JESSIAB次元官网网址檚 jaw dropped dramatically as her name was read aloud at the Juno Awards on May 15 at Budweiser Stage in Toronto.
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This is the homegrown Ucluelet singer-songwriterB次元官网网址檚 first Juno win. JESSIA (born Jessika Harling) was also a first-time nominee for B次元官网网址楽ingle of the YearB次元官网网址�, B次元官网网址楶op Album of the YearB次元官网网址� and the B次元官网网址楾ikTok Juno Fan Choice AwardB次元官网网址�. B次元官网网址業B次元官网网址檓 not PrettyB次元官网网址� has achieved 271 million global streams to date and 13 million-plus video views. JESSIA was BillboardB次元官网网址檚 B次元官网网址淐hartbreakerB次元官网网址� for the month of June, spent 13 consecutive weeks at the top of Billboard CanadaB次元官网网址檚 Emerging Artists chart in 2021, and was the eighth most viewed Canadian artist on TikTok.
JESSIAB次元官网网址檚 mom Beth Harling was her date for CanadaB次元官网网址檚 biggest night in music. Harling, a music teacher at the Ucluelet Elementary School, said she was welcomed back to class with a giant B次元官网网址楥ongratulations!B次元官网网址� banner and a group of kindergarten kids serenaded her with B次元官网网址業B次元官网网址檓 Not PrettyB次元官网网址� from the playground.
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| JESSIAB次元官网网址檚 mom Beth Harling, a Ucluelet Elementary School music teacher, beams beside the banner she received after returning from the Juno Awards. (Nora OB次元官网网址橫alley photo) |
A post-Juno win interview with JESSIA is a little tricky to line-up, according to her publicist, since she is currently on tour in Europe with One Republic, performing to 20,000 plus crowds. Harling told Black Press Media that JESSIA didnB次元官网网址檛 even have a chance to attend the after party because she had to leave to catch a flight to Sweden.
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Harling was unsure when her daughter would make it home to Ucluelet to celebrate her win with the community.
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JESSIA wasnB次元官网网址檛 the only Vancouver Island star to grace the 2022 Juno stage; was a presenter and also sang her platinum single B次元官网网址楩ingers CrossedB次元官网网址�.
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