TORONTO: Karan Aujla has joined the lineup of artists performing live at the 2024 JUNO Awards in March. It was disclosed that Aujla, who is nominated for TikTok JUNO Fan Choice and Breakthrough Artist of the Year award, will be among the esteemed musicians taking the stage in Halifax.
Shubh, another Punjabi-Canadian artist, is nominated for the TikTok Fan Choice, a fan-voted award, along with Aujla
The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS) announced the nominees and the next wave of performers for The 53rd Annual JUNO Awards at a press conference attended by industry notables and media inside the CBC’s Canadian Broadcasting Centre, in downtown Toronto.
This year’s host, Canadian pop icon Nelly Furtado also made a special surprise appearance to speak with guests and celebrate the 2024 nominees. This year’s winners will be revealed in Halifax, Nova Scotia at the JUNO Opening Night Awards Presented by Music Canada on Saturday, March 23 and The JUNO Awards Broadcast on Sunday, March 24, live on CBC.
Karan Aujla, the British Columbia-based singer, rapper and songwriter nominated for TikTok JUNO Fan Choice and Breakthrough Artist of the Year will join the revered lineup of Canadian musical excellence in Halifax.
Hitting the highest spot for a Punjabi artist ever on the Billboard Canadian Albums chart, he’s also making a name for himself globally combining traditional Punjabi with pop, hip-hop and R&B influences to captivate audiences around the world. Aujla’s debut album, BacTHAfuKUP (B.T.F.U.), solidified his place as an ambassador of Punjabi music worldwide, with a hundred million streams across streaming platforms, and #6 placement on Spotify’s Global Chart and in 2021 was dubbed India’s most prominent artist. Karan is approaching 3 billion views on YouTube, has garnered over one billion audio streams, and 7.5 million Spotify monthly listeners.
Montreal-born singer-songwriter Charlotte Cardin returns to dominate this year’s JUNO nominations for a second time with a total of six including: TikTok JUNO Fan Choice, Single of the Year, Album of the Yea*, Artist of the Year, Songwriter of the Year and Pop Album of The Year. Cardin also led the pack back in 2022 with six nominations for her album Phoenix. R&B all-star Daniel Caesar and rising rocker TALK followed with five nominations each. Daniel is nominated for TikTok JUNO Fan Choice, Single of the Year, Album of the Year, Artist of the Year and Contemporary R&B Recording of the Year; while TALK is up for Single of the Year, Album of the Year, Breakthrough Artist of the Year, Songwriter of the Year and Alternative Album of the Year.
