Lights is one of the famous Pop Singer, who was born on the memorable day of April 11 in the year 1987. Lights is a proud citizen of Canada.
Canadian electropop singer-songwriter best known for singles “Ice” and “Toes.” She has gold certified albums The Listening and Siberia.
Over the years, not only have skills been honed, but a significant impact has also been made in the professional field. Whether it's through work, public appearances, or contributions to the community, Lights continues to be an inspiration for many.
Personal Information
Details about Lights
Popular As:
Lights
First Name:
Lights
Gender:
Female
Birthday:
April 11
Birth Year:
1987
Age:
36-years
Career
She was a writer for Sony/ATV Music Publishing. She composed music for the show Instant Star as well.
She received the Juno Award for New Artist of the Year in 2009.
Family
She married Beau Bokan, lead vocalist of Blessthefall, in 2012. In 2014, she and Bokan welcomed a daughter named Rocket. She was influenced by Icelandic singer Bjork.
Lights Timeline
2001
Lights produced her first song "Saturn's Rings" with an eight-track recorder she purchased with inheritance money from her grandmother in 2001.
2007
In 2007, she contracted with Jian Ghomeshi, who acted as her manager until late 2014.
2008
In early 2008, Lights toured cities in the Great Lakes region, in Canada and the United States.
2009
The platinum certified 2009 debut album, The Listening, included the singles "Drive My Soul" and "Saviour".
2010
Its music video was nominated for Best Independent Music Video at the 2010 MuchMusic Video Awards.
2011
Her second album, Siberia, which featured the single "Toes", was released in 2011.
2012
Sales surpassed 40,000 and the album was certified gold in Canada on April 27, 2012.
2013
In March 2013, Lights released an acoustic version of "Cactus in the Valley", featuring Owl City, as a single in the UK.
2014
In July 2014, Lights' third studio album, Little Machines, became available for pre-order on iTunes with its lead single, "Up We Go", available to download.
2015
Her work has earned multiple Canadian Independent Music Awards, and Juno Awards including Pop Album of the Year for her third album Little Machines, which included the single "Up We Go", and fourth album Skin & Earth, in 2015 and 2018, respectively.
2016
On April 8, 2016, she released the acoustic EP Midnight Machines, which included acoustic versions of six songs from Little Machines and two new songs: "Follow You Down" and "Head Cold".
2017
In April 2017, Lights announced the forthcoming release of her fourth studio album, Skin & Earth.
2018
The album track "Fight Club" is featured in the video game Just Dance 2018.
2019
In early 2019, she collaborated with Felix Cartal on the track "Love Me" and with Sleepy Tom on the track "Amateurs".
2020
On June 11, 2020, she released a seven-track instrumental synthwave album on Bandcamp titled How to Sleep When You're on Fire.
2021
In 2021, Lights began releasing music under the pseudonym Lūn, a character that appeared in her Skin & Earth comic in 2017, explaining "Lūn is a musician in the Skin&Earth universe.
2022
Lights' fifth studio album, PEP, was released in 2022.
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2023
On April 2023, she released a re-imagined album of Pep titled dEd.