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Kristina Kovač is composer, producer and singer, born 1974 in Belgrade. Since her early age she's been involved in music with her sister Aleksandra Kovac (who won MTV Award for best Adria act in 2006). Their first recordings were done in Norway in the studio owned by their uncle. In 1989 under their father's guidance, using the name Next of Kin the girls recorded an English language album Way to the Top in Spain. The album was also released in Serbia, their home country in 1990, but failed to make much of a splash without proper media support. In 1991, the duo sang backing vocals for Bebi Dol who represented Yugoslavia at the 1991 Eurovision Song Contest. In the spring of 1991 they signed their first contract with a London-based management company, Mismanagement (whose clients also included Supertramp, Rod Stewart and Chris de Burgh. They moved to London in September 1991 to support Labi Siffre on tour. Towards the end of the year they came back to Belgrade, before departing for Norway in the summer of 1992 where under the name You Dirty Sisters they recorded a promo material for composer Sway. Year 1993 brought another trip to England where the sisters performed in various London clubs such as Mean Fiddler, "The Orange" and "Tea Room des Artistes". After hearing them perform in Mean Fiddler in 1993, Errol Brown (the former singer of Hot Chocolate) booked Aleksandra and Kristina as an opening act and as backing vocals on his tour. For this occasion they performed as Th