WHAT IT IS: Fresh off a win at the Juno Awards for Traditional R&B/Soul Recording of the Year (“Hello”), Toronto R&B artist Aqyila is starting the year off strong. With 85m+ global streams/views and 1.7b+ shortform video views, plus three Juno noms and two gold-certified singles in South Africa, her latest viral track, “Bloom,” is poised to be her biggest success yet. “Bloom” landed Aqyila a Spotify RADAR Ambassador slot, and she also was named an Apple Music Up Next Artist (along with being interviewed by Strombo). “Bloom” has charted on Apple’s Top Tracks R&B/Soul charts in 95 countries.
ALBUM: TBA
RELEASE DATE: Spring 2025
SINGLE: “Bloom”
TV: 2024 Junos; sync on VH1’s Love & Hip-Hop Miami
LIVE: Co-headlined with SIMI and Tiana Major9; opened for Kimbra, Joyce Wrice and Cat Burns; more touring this summer
INTERNET: 859.3k+ TikTok followers, 62k+ Instagram; 87.3k+ YouTube subs; 80.8k+ Spotify followers, 2m+ monthly listers; 20m+ audio streams on “Bloom,” 4.5m+ video views, 673m+ short-form video views, Top 50 TikTok music chart
RADIO: #1 Added Canadian Top 40, #28*; BBC Radio 1Xtra B List, BBC 1 Future Soul (“Vic’s Pic” for March), The Ebro Show (Apple Music 1), Kiss Radio U.K.; iHeart Radio Canada Future Star (April)
PRESS: Complex, Euphoria, Sparky, ThisisRnB, New Wave, ET, more
BOOKING: Jason Furman & Andre Guerette/Paquin Agency (Canada)
PUBLISHING: SOCAN