Jann Arden was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame on the 50th Junos. The Canadian legend was honored for her hard work and contribution to Canadian entertainment.
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Introducing her, Anne Murray recalled, recounted her first time of hearing the voice of Jann Arden and when she had the opportunity to meet her.
Jann Arden catapulted onto the Canadian music scene in 1993, and today in 2021 we celebrate her induction into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame 👏👏👏
Experience @jannarden's incredible Hall of Fame performance ⬇️ https://t.co/fYcX3kJrqa
Presented by @TD_Canada @TheJUNOAwards pic.twitter.com/lBmKbwtmoi
— CBC Music (@CBCMusic) June 7, 2021
“my first memory was of her singing ‘Insensitive’ on the radio. My second was meeting her at the Junos.” She adds that she invited her into her golf club where she turned up in jeans, lumberjack jacket and boots … she joked.
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On a more sincere note, Murray praised Arden for being “warm, witty, kind and wears her heart on her sleeve.”
Who better to induct the iconic @jannarden into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame than the legendary Anne Murray 🙌 @annemurray1 had nothing but love and a few laughs for her dear friend 🇨🇦 ♥️ Jann Arden
Presented by @TD_Canada @TheJUNOAwards #JUNOS pic.twitter.com/5mi0cAHjW8
— CBC Music (@CBCMusic) June 7, 2021
“I am so very grateful. I still can’t believe I am standing here holding this. I think I am too young, don’t you? If I have learned anything it is ‘good things come out of bad things,’” Arden Murray said of her childhood, telling a story about how “listening to music became everything.”