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Aselin Ettinger, better known as Aselin Debison, (born June 27, 1990) is a Canadian pop and Celtic music singer.
Debison's singing career began in 1999, when she was asked to sing at a rally of protesting miners in her hometown. Soon after this performance she began working on a Christmas album The Littlest Angel which was released in 2001. In 2002, she was spotted by Sony Classical President, Peter Gelb at the East Coast Music Awards. Her debut album Sweet is the Melody appeared that same year.
In October 2002, Debison was chosen to sing for Queen Elizabeth II at the Roy Thomson Hall in Toronto, Ontario, during her visit to Canada for her Jubilee celebration.
Debison sang with country music artist and Runrig vocalist Bruce Guthro on a CBC (and later a PBS) special entitled "Aselin Debison: Sweet is the Melody". She performed selections from her debut album and also classic Cape Breton Island songs, such as the Island's anthem. During her tour to promote Sweet is the Melody, she performed in New York, Tokyo, Japan, and Seoul, Korea.
One track from the Sweet is the Melody, Debison's cover of the distinctive Israel Kamakawiwo'ole medley arrangement Somewhere over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World, became popular in Korea and Japan. (This medley and adaptation of Over The Rainbow have frequently been wrongly attributed to American singer Norah Jones.) Thanks to its inclusion in soft pop compilation albums such as Sony Music Korea/Splash Music's 2003 Crossover Romance, it became a firmly established element of ambient music in many parts of east Asia. Debison also did covers of "Driftwood", a song by the Scottish band Travis, and Garth Brooks's recording of Stephanie Davis's Christmas song "The Gift". Several other tracks from Sweet is the Melody were also included in Korean and Japanese pop compilations. Debison's version of Mike Oldfield's "Moonlight Shadow" entered the pop music top 20 in many parts of Japan. "Sweet is the Melody" peaked at album number 8 on the Billboard charts and 55 on the authoritative Oricon pop charts in Japan. In Jan 2010, Debison's Asian success extended to Hong Kong, with "Sweet is the Melody" reaching number 60 on the KKBox Hong Kong classical album chart and the single "Moonlight Shadow" reaching number 46
In March 2005 Debison released her second album, Bigger than Me, and the singles "Life" and "Faze" have been popular on light rock and pop radio. Whereas Debison's early recordings consisted of cover versions, for Bigger than Me she wrote the material herself with assistance from Dave Thomson (co-founder of teen pop band Wave) and producer Thomas "Tawgs" Salter (initially renowned as a member of the 1990s Canadian rock band Dunk).
Former Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chrétien has hailed Debison as the next Céline Dion. Debison received official congratulations for her musical success in a resolution from the Nova Scotia provincial legislature in April 2002.
Personal life
Since her Bigger Than Me album from 2005, Debison has been almost completely out of the public eye. However, a fourth album called "Homeward Bound" was released in 2010 on her own label and is available to buy on cdbaby.com and iTunes. Her new single "Close To You" has also been released and can be found on the same album, "Homeward Bound".
While continuing to perform Aselin attended Glace Bay High School from grades 9-12 and graduated in 2008.
In 2012 she graduated from St. Francis Xavier University in Antigonish, Nova Scotia after studying Human Kinetics and Pre-Education. She also graduated with a Double Minor in History/English.
After graduating from S.t.F.X. in 2012 she was accepted into the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton, New Brunswick and graduated with her Bachelor of Education (BEd) in 2013.
In early September 2013 her BEd was put into recognition as she starting her teaching at Yarmouth Consolidated Memorial High School.
In 2012 she married former teacher, now principal of Tri-County Regional School Board, and musician, Jonathan Ettinger.
On September 2, 2016 Aselin and Jonathan welcomed their son Garrison Carter Ettinger into their lives.
Aselin Debison has been a corner stone for the musical landscape of Cape Breton for almost 12 years. Despite her young age, Debison is a well-recognized performer around the world. Her career began at the age of 9 when Aselin captured the hearts of Canadians as she performed the unofficial anthem of Cape Breton, “The Island”, for a coal miners’ rally in her hometown of Glace Bay, Nova Scotia. From that moment, Debison’s success has climbed steadily.
In July 2000 Aselin was asked to perform for the Canada Day celebrations on Parliament Hill in Ottawa alongside country singing sensation Paul Brandt. The next year, Debison released her first album entitled “The Littlest Angel”, which was nominated for an East Coast Music Award for “Pop Album of the Year”. At the time, Aselin had emerged as perhaps the fastest-rising star in Canadian music. Shortly after, she was spotted and signed to an exclusive recording contract with Sony Music Canada by president Peter Gelb; the youngest to ever sign with the company.
Debison’s debut album with the Sony Music family, “Sweet Is The Melody”, was released in September of 2002 and produced by pop luminaries Peter Asher and George Massenberg. The album was a complete success peaking at number 10 on the Billboard charts and receiving numerous East Coast Music Award nominations.
A highly successful tour across North America gave Debison a slew of many great opportunities including singing the anthem for the Toronto Raptors, performing at Carnegie Hall with Clint Black, singing for the Boston Tree Lighting ceremony twice, appearing on several television talk shows and specials, performing for the prime minister of Canada, and performing for Queen Elizabeth the II’s Golden Jubilee celebrations at Roy Thompson Hall alongside The Tragically Hip and Oscar Peterson. Aselin was also enlisted to record the theme song for the holiday film “Blizzard”, entitled “Center of My Heart”. Debison next set out for a tour of Japan where her single, “Moonlight Shadow”, charted at the number 3 spot replacing Madonna. With the release of “Sweet is the Melody”, Aselin recorded a hugely successful television special for CBC and PBS, which was later released on DVD. Aselin also made her songwriting debut with this album, penning “The Dance You Choose” with friend and fellow Cape Breton artist Bruce Guthro. Happy with the end product, Aselin decided it was time to work on her sophomore album.
In February of 2005, Debison released “Bigger Than Me” to rave reviews at the East Coast Music Awards in Sydney, Nova Scotia. This new album showcased Aselin’s development as both an artist and budding songwriter. Debison co-wrote each track on the album with help from friends Dave Thomson (co-founder of teen pop band Wave) and producer Thomas “Tawgs” Salter (initially renowned as a member of the 1990s Canadian rock band Dunk). With the release of “Bigger Than Me” came a cross-Canada mall tour, a second invitation to perform for the Canada Day Celebrations on Parliament Hill, more East Coast Music Award nominations, as well as an endorsement deal with Fender Guitars.
Widespread corporate restructuring at Sony Music globally throughout 2006 and a merger with BMG Music saw many of the key people involved in Aselin’s youthful industry ascent suddenly out of work. While Canadian talent rosters were in the process of being slashed, Aselin parted ways with the record label to try things on her own. Debison started her own label and in the summer of 2010 released her fourth studio album “Homeward Bound”. The lead single from the album, “Close To You”, has received tremendous radio airplay around Canada, topping the East Coast Countdown at number 2. “Homeward Bound” brings Aselin Debison and her sound back to her roots in folk based country tinged music.
Debison's singing career began in 1999, when she was asked to sing at a rally of protesting miners in her hometown. Soon after this performance she began working on a Christmas album The Littlest Angel which was released in 2001. In 2002, she was spotted by Sony Classical President, Peter Gelb at the East Coast Music Awards. Her debut album Sweet is the Melody appeared that same year.
In October 2002, Debison was chosen to sing for Queen Elizabeth II at the Roy Thomson Hall in Toronto, Ontario, during her visit to Canada for her Jubilee celebration.
Debison sang with country music artist and Runrig vocalist Bruce Guthro on a CBC (and later a PBS) special entitled "Aselin Debison: Sweet is the Melody". She performed selections from her debut album and also classic Cape Breton Island songs, such as the Island's anthem. During her tour to promote Sweet is the Melody, she performed in New York, Tokyo, Japan, and Seoul, Korea.
One track from the Sweet is the Melody, Debison's cover of the distinctive Israel Kamakawiwo'ole medley arrangement Somewhere over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World, became popular in Korea and Japan. (This medley and adaptation of Over The Rainbow have frequently been wrongly attributed to American singer Norah Jones.) Thanks to its inclusion in soft pop compilation albums such as Sony Music Korea/Splash Music's 2003 Crossover Romance, it became a firmly established element of ambient music in many parts of east Asia. Debison also did covers of "Driftwood", a song by the Scottish band Travis, and Garth Brooks's recording of Stephanie Davis's Christmas song "The Gift". Several other tracks from Sweet is the Melody were also included in Korean and Japanese pop compilations. Debison's version of Mike Oldfield's "Moonlight Shadow" entered the pop music top 20 in many parts of Japan. "Sweet is the Melody" peaked at album number 8 on the Billboard charts and 55 on the authoritative Oricon pop charts in Japan. In Jan 2010, Debison's Asian success extended to Hong Kong, with "Sweet is the Melody" reaching number 60 on the KKBox Hong Kong classical album chart and the single "Moonlight Shadow" reaching number 46
In March 2005 Debison released her second album, Bigger than Me, and the singles "Life" and "Faze" have been popular on light rock and pop radio. Whereas Debison's early recordings consisted of cover versions, for Bigger than Me she wrote the material herself with assistance from Dave Thomson (co-founder of teen pop band Wave) and producer Thomas "Tawgs" Salter (initially renowned as a member of the 1990s Canadian rock band Dunk).
Former Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chrétien has hailed Debison as the next Céline Dion. Debison received official congratulations for her musical success in a resolution from the Nova Scotia provincial legislature in April 2002.
Personal life
Since her Bigger Than Me album from 2005, Debison has been almost completely out of the public eye. However, a fourth album called "Homeward Bound" was released in 2010 on her own label and is available to buy on cdbaby.com and iTunes. Her new single "Close To You" has also been released and can be found on the same album, "Homeward Bound".
While continuing to perform Aselin attended Glace Bay High School from grades 9-12 and graduated in 2008.
In 2012 she graduated from St. Francis Xavier University in Antigonish, Nova Scotia after studying Human Kinetics and Pre-Education. She also graduated with a Double Minor in History/English.
After graduating from S.t.F.X. in 2012 she was accepted into the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton, New Brunswick and graduated with her Bachelor of Education (BEd) in 2013.
In early September 2013 her BEd was put into recognition as she starting her teaching at Yarmouth Consolidated Memorial High School.
In 2012 she married former teacher, now principal of Tri-County Regional School Board, and musician, Jonathan Ettinger.
On September 2, 2016 Aselin and Jonathan welcomed their son Garrison Carter Ettinger into their lives.
Aselin Debison has been a corner stone for the musical landscape of Cape Breton for almost 12 years. Despite her young age, Debison is a well-recognized performer around the world. Her career began at the age of 9 when Aselin captured the hearts of Canadians as she performed the unofficial anthem of Cape Breton, “The Island”, for a coal miners’ rally in her hometown of Glace Bay, Nova Scotia. From that moment, Debison’s success has climbed steadily.
In July 2000 Aselin was asked to perform for the Canada Day celebrations on Parliament Hill in Ottawa alongside country singing sensation Paul Brandt. The next year, Debison released her first album entitled “The Littlest Angel”, which was nominated for an East Coast Music Award for “Pop Album of the Year”. At the time, Aselin had emerged as perhaps the fastest-rising star in Canadian music. Shortly after, she was spotted and signed to an exclusive recording contract with Sony Music Canada by president Peter Gelb; the youngest to ever sign with the company.
Debison’s debut album with the Sony Music family, “Sweet Is The Melody”, was released in September of 2002 and produced by pop luminaries Peter Asher and George Massenberg. The album was a complete success peaking at number 10 on the Billboard charts and receiving numerous East Coast Music Award nominations.
A highly successful tour across North America gave Debison a slew of many great opportunities including singing the anthem for the Toronto Raptors, performing at Carnegie Hall with Clint Black, singing for the Boston Tree Lighting ceremony twice, appearing on several television talk shows and specials, performing for the prime minister of Canada, and performing for Queen Elizabeth the II’s Golden Jubilee celebrations at Roy Thompson Hall alongside The Tragically Hip and Oscar Peterson. Aselin was also enlisted to record the theme song for the holiday film “Blizzard”, entitled “Center of My Heart”. Debison next set out for a tour of Japan where her single, “Moonlight Shadow”, charted at the number 3 spot replacing Madonna. With the release of “Sweet is the Melody”, Aselin recorded a hugely successful television special for CBC and PBS, which was later released on DVD. Aselin also made her songwriting debut with this album, penning “The Dance You Choose” with friend and fellow Cape Breton artist Bruce Guthro. Happy with the end product, Aselin decided it was time to work on her sophomore album.
In February of 2005, Debison released “Bigger Than Me” to rave reviews at the East Coast Music Awards in Sydney, Nova Scotia. This new album showcased Aselin’s development as both an artist and budding songwriter. Debison co-wrote each track on the album with help from friends Dave Thomson (co-founder of teen pop band Wave) and producer Thomas “Tawgs” Salter (initially renowned as a member of the 1990s Canadian rock band Dunk). With the release of “Bigger Than Me” came a cross-Canada mall tour, a second invitation to perform for the Canada Day Celebrations on Parliament Hill, more East Coast Music Award nominations, as well as an endorsement deal with Fender Guitars.
Widespread corporate restructuring at Sony Music globally throughout 2006 and a merger with BMG Music saw many of the key people involved in Aselin’s youthful industry ascent suddenly out of work. While Canadian talent rosters were in the process of being slashed, Aselin parted ways with the record label to try things on her own. Debison started her own label and in the summer of 2010 released her fourth studio album “Homeward Bound”. The lead single from the album, “Close To You”, has received tremendous radio airplay around Canada, topping the East Coast Countdown at number 2. “Homeward Bound” brings Aselin Debison and her sound back to her roots in folk based country tinged music.
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