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"Hayden McHugh is one of the most professional vocal artists I have ever worked with. They are positive, dependable, incredibly talented and dedicated to their craft. Beyond that they have impressive creative abilities as an artist, always pushing themselves to aim higher and do better with every performance they brings to an audience.”
~ Kelley Matley, Creative & Managing Director for Le Cirque de la Nuit
About Hayden
“If you gave Elton John a beat pad, you’d get yourself Hayden McHugh”
With joyful tones and happy beats, Hayden McHugh looks to make you smile with their brand of feel-good dance-pop. They are a producer, songwriter, and vocalist from Calgary, Canada, and is ‘a vibrant, exciting, and collected individual, poised to make their presence felt in the ever-evolving Calgary arts community.’
Also an avid songwriter, Hayden has also written songs with and for various artists including Nicole Rayy, Mariya Stokes, Tom Lewis, working with songwriters both locally and internationally to write songs for them in genres not limited to EDM, Pop, and Country music. Most recently, ‘Graveyard’, written by Sam Davs, David Madras, and Hayden, was used by almost 1000 creators on Tik Tok, placed on Amazon Music’s “Break Through Country” and “Brand New Music” playlists, and even peaked at #57 on the iTunes Canada Country charts.
Music & Videos
Live Performance Highlights
Festival
Acoustic
Career Highlights
Press
‘Pride in Music’ - Show Feature (2021, Canada)
‘To The Point’ Music Review - “Forgettin’ Ya” (2021, United States)
CJSR 88.5 - Spotlight, “Forgettin’ Ya:” (2021, Canada)
Touring
Canada Day, City of Calgary, Fort Calgary - 2025, Calgary AB
City of Calgary Downtown Holiday Event - 2024, Calgary AB
Kelowna Pride Festival - 2024, Kelowna BC
Central Alberta Pride - 2023, Red Deer AB
KDAYS Pride, Edmonton Expo Centre - 2023, Edmonton AB
Lethbridge Pride, Galt Gardens - 2023, Lethbridge AB
Tri-Pride, headlining with Trinity K. Bonet & Ongina - 2023, Kitchener ON
Industry
Canada’s Music Incubator 2022 “Artist Entrepreneur West” Professional Development Program
Calgary Arts Development & RISE UP YYC “Downtown Revitalization” Live Performance Grant Recipient 2022
Calgary Arts Development & RISE UP YYC “Rise Up Weekends” Live Performance Grant Recipient 2021
Pop Recording of the Year Nominee, YYC Music Awards, 2021
Artist of the Year Nominee, YYC Music Awards, 2019
Single of the Year Nominee, YYC Music Awards, 2018
Music Highlights
Artist Releases
‘Smile’, Hayden McHugh - Written by Hayden McHugh. Streamed over 550,000 times, Shazamed over 1100 times, featured on OUTTV.
‘Better’, Hayden McHugh - Written by Hayden McHugh and Mariya Stokes. Shazamed over 900 times.
‘California’, Hayden McHugh - Written by Hayden McHugh. Shazamed over 400 times.
Songwriting & Cowriting
Graveyard, Nicole Rayy - Written by Hayden McHugh, David Madras, and Sam Davs. Placed on Amazon Music’s “Break Through Country” and “Brand New Music” playlists. Peaked at #57 on the iTunes Canada Country charts. Received over 250,000 views on Tik Tok and 1500 pre-saves prior to release. Yangaroo’s most downloaded indie single October 2022.
Alone, LOST YOU featuring Hayden McHugh - Written by Hayden McHugh. Received over 1,000,000 streams. Featured on Spotify’s NMF Deutschland Playlist. Featured on BBC Radio. Shazamed over 600 times. Remixed twice, collectively receiving 1,000,000 streams.
Photo Gallery
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Performance Inquiries:
bookings@haydenmchugh.com
Other inquiries:
management@haydenmchugh.com