B.C. artists Karan Aujla and Felix Cartal won 2024 Juno awards.
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Surrey-based singer Karan Aujla hails from Punjab, India where he began his global career writing for artists such as Jazzi Gill.
Emigrating to B.C. at age 19, he dropped his first hit, Property of Punjab in 2016. Since then, he has had music enter into the UK Asian charts as well as in Australia and New Zealand. Working with such eminent producers as Toronto’s Deep Jandu, Aujla has been on a steady climb to superstardom. In 2021, his album BTFU entered the Billboard Top Canadian Albums chart at No. 19.
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His latest release, Making Memories, features an appearance by Preston Pablo and a hit sci-fi clubbing video that dropped on July 31, 2023.
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At last night’s Juno awards, Aujla was nominated for both breakthrough artist of the year and the fan choice award. While Talk took home the breakthrough artist prize, fans crowned Aujla the TikTok Juno fan choice favourite for 2024.
Expect to hear more big news coming down about this rising global pop star in the coming months as South Asian pop/hip-hop blows up everywhere.
Additional kudos go out to local DJ Felix Cartal who picked up the dance recording of the year Juno award, beating out ceremony MC Nelly Furtado for the prize. The busy DJ recently posted a rousing set with Lights at the Feel Less Pop Up Party live in Gastown that has garnered 25,000-plus views to date.
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All told, not the best performance for B.C. artists compared to previous years. Perhaps there will be an uptick in wins for this province’s talent when the Juno awards return to Vancouver next March 26 – 30.
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