ABOUT JULIANA JOYA

Juliana is an exciting, captivating, enchanting new artist with a style and voice to entice the dance-filled, party-loving romantic in all of us. With a silky-smooth singing voice bordering on the hypnotic and maturity and poise beyond her years, 20 year-old singer/songwriter Juliana is eons ahead of where age should have her, with an inherent sense of melody and the ability to turn poignant to sexy on a dime.

“Joya” is the phonetic spelling and pronunciation of her Italian nickname “Gioia” (pronounced Joy-ah, meaning “joy”). She was nicknamed by her mother Anna, who felt that Juliana’s singing was a joyful gift from god. Raised in Venice, Italy, the green-eyed beauty has written all her own melodies since the age of eight, when she would sing along with the music of Italian cartoons and perform native favorites at family gatherings until exposure to MTV, Michael Jackson and Alicia Keys placed her on a different path. Juliana moved to America at age 15 without knowing a word of English. She now speaks the language fluently with barely an accent, and sings like a master of both music and language. Juliana, whose exotic, enchanting looks come from the blend of her Italian mother and Puerto Rican father, can now sing fluently in Spanish, Italian and English.

Juliana gained the attention of many A-list songwriters almost immediately upon her arrival on the music scene. Her songwriting collaborators include Mr. Fantastic (Charice), Jon Ingoldsby (Kesha, Madonna), L.P. (Rihanna) Shy Carter (Rob Thomas, Sugarland) The Writing Camp (Beyonce, Pussycat Dolls), Superspy (Demi Lovato, Selena Gomez), PJ Bianco (Jonas Brothers), Shelly Peiken (Christina Aguilera, Britney Spears) and many others.

You may have heard her songs and voice on Fox TV’s “So You Think You Can Dance”, or Nickelodeon’s new teen drama “Gigantic”, or Lifetime television’s mini-drama “Marry Me” - amongst many others. Juliana Joya is slowly becoming a recognized voice on television.

The Brooklyn-based Juliana hopes to eventually have the same impact as her musical idols. “I want everybody to get something out of my songs,” says Juliana, speaking in a Brooklyn coffee shop with the authority of years, yet sneaking sips of raw sugar with childlike enthusiasm when no one’s watching. “I want to write songs people can relate to - the kind of songs you can put on when you feel down, and they make you feel better.”