Tate McRae’s So Close To What is the winner of the 2026 JUNOs Album of the Year and Pop Album of the Year!

Tate McRae is a very young artist, born in 2003 and no stranger to the JUNOs, winning an award every year since 2024 and having been nominated since 2021. She was born in Calgary, Alberta, and her first appearance to the world was as a contestant on the 2016 season So You Think You Can Dance at the age of 13. Ever since then, she has been dancing, singing, and writing much of her own songs and music videos.