Canadian rock singer Sass Jordan, known for her hit song Make You A Believer, dead at 63
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Sass Jordan, the Canadian music artist who most known for her 1992 hit Make You A Believer, has died at age 63.
Jordan’s loved ones announced the news online on Saturday, sharing a single photo of the singer and writing, ‘On Oct 2 2026, surrounded by her loving family, Sass Jordan peacefully crossed over to the other side.’
The statement continued, ‘She remains in our hearts, an inimitable force of nature. An irreplaceable being of light and joy!’
Born in Birmingham, England on December 23, 1962, Jordan was based in Montreal.
Her debut album Tell Somebody was released in 1989, and earned her a Juno Award for Most Promising Female Vocalist of the Year.
A cause of death has not yet been shared.
Sass Jordan, the Canadian music artist who most known for her 1992 hit Make You A Believer, has died at age 63; pictured in 2009
Jordan’s loved ones announced the news online on Saturday, sharing a single photo of the singer and writing, ‘On Oct 2 2026, surrounded by her loving family, Sass Jordan peacefully crossed over to the other side’; pictured in 2024
In 1992, Jordan was crowned Female Rock Artist of the Year by Billboard magazine following the release of her album Racine.
Before her death, the blonde songstress was scheduled to join the rock trio The Road Hammers as a special guest at the 12th Annual Calgary Concert for Classrooms.
The event is scheduled for November 13 at Bella Concert Hall, and a flyer for the fundraiser was the last post shared on Jordan’s Instagram in August.
Jordan began singing for bands in downtown Montreal music venues as a teenager, per the Toronto Sun.
She became co-lead vocalist in 1986 on Come On (Baby Tonight), on Bündock’s album Mauve. The singer also lended her vocals to The Box’s breakthrough L’Affaire Dumoutier (Say To Me…).
Her song Tell Somebody put her on the map, peaking at No. 11 on Canadian charts.
In June 2007, the entertainer told The Hamilton Spectator lamented that ‘nobody buys’ records anymore.
She told the newspaper: ‘If you love music and you’ve been around as long as I have, you pretty much do what you got to do. [I don’t] make records to sell anymore. Nobody bloody buys them.’
The statement announcing her death continued, ‘She remains in our hearts, an inimitable force of nature. An irreplaceable being of light and joy!’
She acknowledged the privilege she had to make music at her leisure, adding, ‘I am in the indescribably enviable position of being able to make records here and there if I feel like it.
‘It certainly isn’t going to be a living. But I love music. I am a huge, gigantic fan.’
Racine was the best-selling album of Jordan’s career, with the project selling over 450,000 copies.
After Kevin Costner became a fan, she contributed to the soundtrack of his 1992 blockbuster film The Bodyguard, co-starring Whitney Houston.
Jordan recorded the duet Trust in Me alongside Joe Cocker, and the soundtrack sold more than 45 million copies worldwide.
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