Maggie Szabo is a Canadians singer and songwriter. Originally from Ontario, she spent some years in Nashville, Tennessee as a young artist before relocating to Los Angeles in 2013. From her origins in pop music and soul music, she has also performed on a number of occasions as a guest vocalist on electronic music tracks. Her work is also often featured in film and television soundtracks, and has appeared on most major US networks.
After high school, she moved to Nashville, Tennessee, to pursue her music career, with financial assistance from her parents. She had her first exposure performing cover versions on YouTube, including a collaboration with Walk Off The Earth for their cover of "Party Rock Anthem", which was viewed over 9 million times. After releasing her debut album, the music videos for Szabo's original songs began going viral on YouTube.
Szabo moved to Los Angeles in 2013, where she performed at the Viper Room, House of Blues, and the Hotel Café. Szabo's track "Tidal Waves and Hurricanes" was premiered exclusively by Ryan Seacrest in 2014, and she won the 2014 Toronto Independent Music Awards in the Best Pop category.
In 2016, Szabo's songs appeared on the TV shows Criminal Minds ("Hushabye Mountain") and Stuck in the Middle ("Living the Life"), and her track "Forgive and Forget" was shared on Tidal.
She was a featured vocalist on the album Future by German electronic DJ Schiller in March 2016, the first of several collaborations with electronic music producers.
Her single "Don't Give Up", taken from her Worthy EP, premiered on Billboard on 19 September 2017. The track was dedicated to transsexual young people, with part of the proceeds donated to the Ali Forney Center. She performed the song with the Trans Chorus of Los Angeles in June 2018 at Los Angeles Pride festival.
Her song "Love Is Free" was chosen by Jennifer Hudson as the song for her artist, Kennedy Holmes, on the season 15 finale of The Voice on NBC in 2018. Her track "Home", released the same year with DJ Madison Mars, reached the top 40 on the Billboard Charts.
Szabo writes extensively for film and television. Her music has been featured on film and TV projects for networks including Netflix, Disney, ABC, E!, and NBC.
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