2013 | Pop Album of the Year (Sponsored by TD) | Kristina Maria | | The JUNO Awards

Hailing from Ottawa, Kristina Maria was born under a lucky star. In 2009, she met her producer and manager Vito Luprano, senior VP of A&R at Sony Music and Celine Dion’s executive producer for 22 years. Thanks to this partnership, Kristina Maria co-wrote 11 of the 14 songs on her latest album with some of the industry’s biggest hit-makers, including JC Chasez (N’Sync) and some of Sweden’s most stellar writers and producers, who, collectively, have worked with Celine Dion, Madonna, Katy Perry, Britney Spears, etc. On April 10, Kristina Maria was finally able to ‘Tell the World’ about her first record. This album includes the number one hit singles, “Let’s Play” (almost Platinum) and “Our Song Comes On” (Gold), as well as the number two hit single, “Co-Pilot,” featuring Laza Morgan. Her French version of “Co-Pilot,” featuring Corneille, has more than 3,450,000 YouTube views and tonnes of airplay in Quebec and France. She even recently performed it before 200,000 people at the Tolerance of the Middle East concert in Morocco. Clearly, nothing can stop her now! Canadian Radio Music Award nominations: Dance/Urban/Rhythmic, HOT AC and SOCAN Song of the Year for her hit single “Let's Play.”