Vito Luprano

Luprano began his career as an independent radio promoter while in his 20s, working primarily in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He was a member of the Canadian Record Pool, but left in 1978 to become director of promotion at Generation Records.[3] By the 1980s he had obtained a marketing, radio and press position with CBS Records. By 1986, Luprano was promoted to Director of A&R for Sony Music Canada (formerly CBS Records). It was during that same year that Luprano signed Celine Dion[4] and her success lead to his promotion to Senior Vice President of A&R for Sony Music Canada.[5] During the period of 1986 to 2009, Vito Luprano was responsible for executive producing over 20 of Céline Dion's albums.[2] In addition to working with Dion, Luprano was also producing for French Canadian music artists including Garou, Marilou and Mario Pelchat.[2] In 1996 he signed the Quebec pop R&B band Soul Attorneys.[6]

In early 2009, Luprano left Sony Music Canada, intending to take some time off. However, shortly thereafter he was introduced to a young singer/songwriter, Kristina Maria. After working with her to develop several single recordings, Luprano signed recording artist Kristina Maria under his independent label Lupo One Productions in 2012[7] and released her debut album Tell the World.[8][9][10][11] In 2013, the album was nominated for a Juno Award.[12]