Karan Aujla

Jaskaran Singh Aujla (born 18 January 1997), known professionally as Karan Aujla, is an Indian singer, rapper and songwriter based in Canada who is primarily associated with Punjabi music.

He is known for his numerous tracks which have charted on the UK Asian chart published by the Official Charts Company, while seven have charted on the Global YouTube music chart.

His debut album Bacthafucup peaked at number 20 on Billboard Canadian Albums chart and 34th on the New Zealand albums chart, earning him the title of the Largest Digital Artist 2021 on Spotify and had been listed in their Most Popular Artists in Punjabi Music Industry.

Hailing from Ghurala, Ludhiana, Aujla started as a songwriter for Jassi Gill's "Range", from his album Replay.

Then he emigrated to Canada, and wrote lyrics for various other artists including Deep Jandu and Elly Mangat.

Jaskaran Singh Aujla was born on 18 January 1997 and hails from the Ghurala village in Ludhiana district of Punjab.

His parents, Balwinder Singh Aujla and Rajinder Kaur, died when he was nine years old.

He was raised by his sisters and uncle after his parents died.

While studying in 9th standard, Aujla met Jassi Gill in a marriage ceremony and offered him the lyrics of the song Range, which Gill sang and became popular.

Aujla received his Canadian permanent residency and emigrated there.

He did his high school studies in Burnaby, Canada.

Also, he worked part time as a longshoreman in Surrey, British Columbia.

"Rim vs Jhanjhar" was included in Apple Music 2010s Punjabi essentials playlist.

His song "Don't Look" remained in Asian Music Chart for more than twenty-four weeks.

His debut song "Cell Phone" with Mac Benipal was released in 2014, it was a commercial failure, and had just a few thousand views.

In Canada, he started working with Deep Jandu in his studio at Toronto.

Aujla started his career along with Deep Jandu and Elly Mangat.

He wrote lyrics for many artists including Gill, Mangat, Gagan Kokri, Jazzy B, Bohemia and Sukh-E.

His written "Blessings of Bapu", sung by Kokri was well received by audience.

In 2016, he released his debut song "Property of Punjab" as a lead artist, and started featuring as guest artist in songs.

Later in 2016, he released his debut song "Property of Punjab" as a lead artist; started featuring and performing raps in the songs.

Soon after, he released tracks as a lead artist.

His recordings include "Alcohol 2", "Yaarian Ch Fikk", "Shit Talk", "Up & Down", and "Lafaafe".

Aujla got his breakthrough with the song "Don't Worry", featuring Gurlez Akhtar in it.

The song's music video has been viewed over hundred million times on YouTube, and became Aujla's first song to enter UK Asian music chart.

The song was followed by other successes "Rim vs Jhanjhar", "Na Na Na", and "No Need".

He came into limelight with his tracks like "Yaarian Ch Fikk", "Unity", "Alcohol 2", and "Lafaafe"; subsequently he achieved mainstream popularity in 2018 with "Don't Worry", his first song to enter UK Asian chart.

The song also appeared in 2019 Apple Music India charts.

Also, his songs "Don't Worry", "Hair", "2AM", and "Hint" have been ranked on the chart.

In July 2019, Aujla released a title track for the film Sikander 2.

His song "Hint" trended for over five days on YouTube in India.

Also the song was ranked various charts.

The song was debuted at No. 13 on Asian music chart while at number 75 on Global, 27 in India, 9 in Canada, 14 in Australia, and 5 in New Zealand on YouTube charts respectively.

Aujla also become the most-listened artist in Punjab, India in December 2019 on YouTube.

His next "Chitta Kurta" was also peaked at number 35 and 9 on Global and Indian YouTube charts respectively.

In 2019, Spotify included Aujla in the list of the most popular artists in Punjab.

Also, he was nominated for Best Singer - Punjabi category at Gaana User's Choice Icons award.

In 2020, his singles "Jhanjar", "Red Eyes" and "Kya Baat Aa" entered top 10 in the chart, while "So Far" entered top 5.

In January 2020, his song "Jhanjar"'s music video was viewed over five million times within 24 hours on YouTube, and topped the trending lists in Australia, Canada, and India.

The song was debuted at number 26 on Global and number 8 on India YouTube music charts.