Leela Gilday

Dene-Canadian singer-songwriter
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Leela Gilday

Summary

Leela Gilday is a human[1]. She was born in Yellowknife[2]. She was born on January 1, 1974[3]. She worked as a singer-songwriter[4]. She ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (39 views/month, #7,290 of 1,000,298).[5]

Key Facts

  • Leela Gilday was born in Yellowknife[2].
  • Leela Gilday was born on January 1, 1974[3].
  • Leela Gilday held citizenship in Canada[6].
  • Leela Gilday is identified as part of the Dene ethnic group[7].
  • Leela Gilday worked as a singer-songwriter[4].
  • Leela Gilday's education included a stint at University of Alberta[8].
  • Leela Gilday received the Canadian Folk Music Award for Indigenous Songwriter of the Year[9].
  • Leela Gilday received the Juno Award for Indigenous Artist or Group of the Year[10].
  • Leela Gilday received the Juno Award for Indigenous Artist or Group of the Year[11].
  • Leela Gilday was a member of Indigenous Performing Arts Alliance[12].
  • Leela Gilday is recorded as female[13].
  • Leela Gilday's instance of is recorded as human[14].
  • Leela Gilday's genre is traditional folk music[15].
  • Leela Gilday's Commons category is recorded as Leela Gilday[16].
  • Leela Gilday's family name is recorded as Gilday[17].
  • Leela Gilday's given name is recorded as Leela[18].
  • Leela Gilday's official website is recorded as http://www.leelagilday.com[19].
  • Leela Gilday's instrument is recorded as guitar[20].
  • Leela Gilday's instrument is recorded as voice[21].
  • Leela Gilday's nominated for is recorded as Canadian Folk Music Award for Single of the Year[22].
  • Leela Gilday's nominated for is recorded as Juno Award for Contemporary Roots Album of the Year[23].
  • Leela Gilday's nominated for is recorded as Juno Award for Indigenous Artist or Group of the Year[24].
  • Leela Gilday's nominated for is recorded as Juno Award for Indigenous Artist or Group of the Year[25].
  • Leela Gilday's languages spoken, written or signed is recorded as Athabaskan[26].
  • Leela Gilday's affiliation is recorded as Délı̨nę First Nation Band[27].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Type: Person[28]

  • Country: CA[29]

  • Began / founded: 1974[30]

  • MusicBrainz ID: b0d0b278-8b89-4a5b-afab-7cd92bac9837[31]

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Origins and Family

Leela Gilday was born in Yellowknife[2]. She was born on January 1, 1974[3]. She is identified as part of the Dene ethnic group[7].

Education

Leela Gilday's education included a stint at University of Alberta[8].

Career and Affiliations

Leela Gilday's professions included singer-songwriter[4].

Recognition

Awards received include Canadian Folk Music Award for Indigenous Songwriter of the Year[9], a class of music award[32] and Juno Award for Indigenous Artist or Group of the Year[10], a Juno Awards[33], in Canada[34], founded in 1994[35].

Why It Matters

Leela Gilday ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (39 views/month, #7,290 of 1,000,298).[5]

FAQs

Where was Leela Gilday born?

Leela Gilday was born in Yellowknife[2].

What did Leela Gilday do for work?

Leela Gilday worked as singer-songwriter[4].

Where did Leela Gilday go to school?

Leela Gilday was educated at University of Alberta[8].

What awards did Leela Gilday receive?

Honors received include Canadian Folk Music Award for Indigenous Songwriter of the Year[9], Juno Award for Indigenous Artist or Group of the Year[10], and Juno Award for Indigenous Artist or Group of the Year[11].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . cbc.ca. Retrieved . cbc.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [13] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [14] . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] . wikidata.org.
  6. [4] . cbc.ca. Retrieved . cbc.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [15] . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] . folkawards.ca. Retrieved . folkawards.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [10] . junoawards.ca. Retrieved . junoawards.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [11] . junoawards.ca. Retrieved . junoawards.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [7] . leelagilday.com. Retrieved . leelagilday.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [16] . wikidata.org.
  13. [12] . IPAA membership directory. Retrieved . ipaa.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [3] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . folkawards.ca. Retrieved . folkawards.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . junoawards.ca. Retrieved . junoawards.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . junoawards.ca. Retrieved . junoawards.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . junoawards.ca. Retrieved . junoawards.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . leelagilday.com. Retrieved . leelagilday.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . leelagilday.com. Retrieved . leelagilday.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [28] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [29] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [30] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [31] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [5] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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