2024 BREAKTHROUGH ARTIST OF THE YEAR | LU KALA | | The JUNO Awards

Every once and a while an artist appears who is destined to break the mold, LU KALA is one of them. With a gift for writing striking pop tracks, the fiery voiced songstress—with signature vibrant orange hair to match—is redefining what a pop star sounds and looks like.

Gifted with a talent for writing striking pop tracks and memorable hooks, LU KALA has amassed over 83 million streams.

Since its release her single Pretty Girl Era which has over 20 million streams spent 15 weeks in the Top 15 at Top 40 radio in Canada peaking at number 10 on both the Top 40 and Adult Contemporary Mediabase charts. This year LU scored her first career entry on the Billboard Hot 100 with her feature on Latto’s “Lottery”. After less than two weeks on air her single Hotter Now is already in the top 20 (and rising) for Top 40 airplay in Canada after being the most added song on Top 40 radio and across all formats it’s first week out.

LU has also found great success on TikTok with “Pretty Girl Era,” which currently has over 270K UGC videos on TikTok.