Alberta musicians who’ve made it big worldwide will be honoured at the Western Canadian Music Awards next month.

The Western Canadian Music Alliance, which hosts the annual awards, announced Wednesday that Feist, k.d. lang and Nickelback are all being recognized for their international stature and significant album sales.

The gala will take place Oct. 19 at Edmonton’s Meyer Horowitz Theatre.

Feist, whose full name is Leslie Feist, was actually born in Amherst, N.S., but grew up in Calgary. Her third album “The Reminder” sold more than a million copies worldwide and was nominated for four Grammy awards this year.

Lang is from Consort, Alta., and has won multiple Grammys for her country/adult contemporary music, the first being Best Country Vocal Collaboration in 1988 for her duet with Roy Orbison on the song “Crying.” She was also inducted into Canada’s Walk of Fame earlier this month.

Nickelback, formed in Hanna, Alta., has sold more than 26 million albums worldwide and won a World Music Award for World’s Best Rock Group in 2006.






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