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JOHN MARX His first concert was Buffalo Springfield at the Indio Date Fair. (9/17a)
 HITS' FIRST LIVE ISSUE TAKES THE STAGE THIS FALLWe're manning the merch table. (9/13a)
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THE GRAMMY SHORT LIST
Who's already a lock?
COUNTRY'S NEWEST DISRUPTOR
Three chords and some truth you may not be ready for.
AI IS ALREADY EATING YOUR LUNCH
The kids can tell the difference... for now.
ALL THE WAY LIVE
The players, the tours, the enormous beers.
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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
