Photos by Robert Georgeff – Jillian Dowding, known professionally as JJ Wilde is a Canadian rock singer from Kitchener, Ontario. She released her debut EP, Wilde Eyes, Steady Hands, in 2019. Her debut single “The Rush” simultaneously reached #1 on Canada’s modern rock, active rock and mainstream rock charts in May 2020, only one of eleven songs to accomplish the feat. She followed up with her debut album Ruthless in 2020. The album won Rock Album of the Year at the 2021 Juno Awards, making Wilde the first woman to win the award in 25 years, since Alanis Morissette won in 1996. She also released an EP Wilde in 2021.
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