"Rita MacNeil"@de . . . . . . . . . . "solo_singer" . . . . . . . . . . "1944-05-28"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "2013-04-16"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Vocals"@en . . . "Rita MacNeil CM ONS (May 28, 1944 \u2013 April 16, 2013) was a Canadian singer from the community of Big Pond on Nova Scotia's Cape Breton Island. Her biggest hit, \"Flying On Your Own\", was a crossover Top 40 hit in 1987 and was covered by Anne Murray the following year, although she had hits on the country and adult contemporary charts throughout her career. In the United Kingdom, MacNeil's song \"Working Man\" was a No. 11 hit in 1990. In 1990, she was the bestselling country artist in Canada, outselling even Garth Brooks and Clint Black. She was also the only female singer ever to have three separate albums chart in the same year in Australia. Through her career MacNeil received five honorary degrees, released 24 albums, won three Juno Awards, a SOCAN National Achievement Award, four CCMA awards, eleven ECMA awards, was inducted into the Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame and was named to the Orders of Nova Scotia and Canada. On the eighth anniversary of her death, April 16, 2021, it was announced that Rita MacNeil would be inducted into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame post-humously in May of that same year."@en . . . . . . . "Rita MacNeil"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . "1944-05-28"^^ . . . . . "1975"^^ . "1975"^^ . . . "MacNeil at the National Arts Centre in 2009"@en . . . . "Rita MacNeil (* 28. Mai 1944 in , Nova Scotia; \u2020 16. April 2013 in Sydney, Nova Scotia) war eine kanadische Folk- und Country-S\u00E4ngerin und Songwriterin."@de . . . . "Rita MacNeil, n\u00E9e le 28 mai 1944 \u00E0 Big Pond en Nouvelle-\u00C9cosse et morte le 16 avril 2013 \u00E0 Sydney dans la m\u00EAme province, est une chanteuse canadienne de country et de folk. Ses meilleurs titres sont Flying On Your Own, qui figure dans le Top 40 des charts en 1987 et Working Man, qui atteint la premi\u00E8re place des charts au Royaume-Uni en 1990."@fr . . . . . . . . "Rita MacNeil (* 28. Mai 1944 in , Nova Scotia; \u2020 16. April 2013 in Sydney, Nova Scotia) war eine kanadische Folk- und Country-S\u00E4ngerin und Songwriterin."@de . . . . . "40762"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "solo_singer"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "2013"^^ . . . . "Rita MacNeil"@fr . . . . . ""@en . . . . "Big Pond, Nova Scotia, Canada"@en . . . . "Rita MacNeil"@en . . . "Rita MacNeil"@en . . . . . . . . . . "2013-04-16"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . "1383996"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Rita MacNeil, n\u00E9e le 28 mai 1944 \u00E0 Big Pond en Nouvelle-\u00C9cosse et morte le 16 avril 2013 \u00E0 Sydney dans la m\u00EAme province, est une chanteuse canadienne de country et de folk. Ses meilleurs titres sont Flying On Your Own, qui figure dans le Top 40 des charts en 1987 et Working Man, qui atteint la premi\u00E8re place des charts au Royaume-Uni en 1990."@fr . "Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . "1105699191"^^ . . . "Rita MacNeil CM ONS (May 28, 1944 \u2013 April 16, 2013) was a Canadian singer from the community of Big Pond on Nova Scotia's Cape Breton Island. Her biggest hit, \"Flying On Your Own\", was a crossover Top 40 hit in 1987 and was covered by Anne Murray the following year, although she had hits on the country and adult contemporary charts throughout her career. In the United Kingdom, MacNeil's song \"Working Man\" was a No. 11 hit in 1990."@en . . . .