Lights (musician)

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Lights performing live in Toronto, Canada
Chart placements
(preliminary)
Explanation of the data
Albums
The listening
  CA 7th 
platinum
platinum
10/10/2009 (1 week)
  US 129 October 24, 2009 (1 week)
Acoustic (EP)
  CA 7th 08/07/2010 (1 week)
  US 122 08/07/2010 (1 week)
Siberia
  CA 3 
gold
gold
10/22/2011 (2 weeks)
  US 47 10/22/2011 (1 week)
Siberia Acoustic
  CA 7th 05/18/2013 (1 week)
  US 86 05/18/2013 (1 week)
Little Machines
  CA 5 10/01/2014 (2 weeks)
  US 34 10/11/2014 (1 week)
Midnight Machine
  CA 9 04/30/2016 (1 week)
  US 104 04/30/2016 (1 week)
Skin and Earth
  CA 3 October 02, 2017 (3 weeks)
  US 95 14.10.2017 (1 week)
Skin and Earth Acoustic
  CA 7th 07/22/2019 (... Template: Infobox chart placements / maintenance / provisional / 2019 where.)

Valerie Anne Poxleitner aka Lights (born April 11, 1987 in Timmins , Ontario ) is a Canadian musician.

Life

Poxleitner was born in Timmins, Canada. Since her parents often moved, she spent her school days in the Philippines and Jamaica, among others . The family returned to Canada in 1997. Poxleitner then turned to music and soon wrote his first pieces of music. At the age of 18, she moved out of her home and settled in Toronto . Several of her pieces of music, including February Air , were used in an advertising campaign by the Canadian retail chain Old Navy .

In April 2008 their first self-titled EP LIGHTS was released , which reached number 3 on the MuchMusic Countdown . The follow-up single Drive My Soul then reached number 1 on MuchMusic. The single won several awards. This was followed by a first tour through Canada, the USA and Great Britain.

In 2009 the debut album The Listening was released , which was awarded a gold record in Canada in mid-November 2011 . On October 4th, 2011 Lights released her second studio album Siberia , for which she worked with the group Holy Fuck and rapper Shad . Lights recorded the song Don't Go with the British band Bring Me the Horizon in 2010 and the song Open Water in 2013 with the American band Blessthefall . Siberia was also awarded a gold record.

On May 12, 2012 Lights married Beau Bokan , lead singer of the band Blessthefall . The two had met at a concert by the Taking Back Sunday group . She gave birth to her first child on February 15, 2014.

Discography

Albums

  • 2009: The Listening
  • 2011: Siberia
  • 2013: Siberia Acoustic
  • 2014: Little Machines
  • 2016: Midnight Machines
  • 2017: Skin and Earth
  • 2019: Skin and Earth Acoustic

EPs

  • 2008: Lights
  • 2010: Acoustic
  • 2012: Siberia (Remixed)
  • 2012: iTunes Session

Compilations

  • 2013: Siberia Acoustic

Singles

  • 2008: Drive My Soul (CA:goldgold)
  • 2009: Savior (CA:goldgold)
  • 2009: Every Day (with Ten Second Epic)
  • 2009: The Listening
  • 2009: Ice
  • 2010: Second Go
  • 2010: My Boots
  • 2010: Wavin 'Flag (with Young Artists for Haiti )
  • 2011: Everybody Breaks a Glass
  • 2011: Toes
  • 2012: banner
  • 2012: Where the Fence Is Low
  • 2012: True Colors (with Artists Against Bullying)
  • 2013: Cactus in the Valley (feat. Owl City )
  • 2013: Up We Go (CA:goldgold)
  • 2013: No One Knows Who We Are (with Kaskade & Swanky Tunes)
  • 2015: Running with the Boys
  • 2015: Zero Gravity (with Borgeous )
  • 2017: Giants
  • 2017: Skydiving
  • 2018: Drama Free (with Deadmau5 )
  • 2019: Amateurs (with Sleepy Tom)
  • 2019: Love Me (with Felix Cartal)
  • 2019: Happy Xmas (War Is Over)

Awards and nominations

  • 2009: Juno Award: "New Artist of the Year"
  • 2012: Nominated for the Juno Award: “Pop album of the Year” for Siberia
  • 2015: Juno Award: “Pop album of the year” for Little Machines
  • 2018: Juno Award: "Pop album of the Year" for Skin & Earth
  • 2020: Juno Award: "Dance Recording of the Year" for Love Me (with Felix Cartal)

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  1. ↑ Chart sources: Canada (until 2013) / USA
  2. ↑ Canadian album charts from October 1, 2014
  3. ^ Canadian album charts from April 18, 2016
  4. ↑ Canadian album charts as of October 2, 2017
  5. ↑ Awards for Music Sales: CA
  6. ^ National Post: Lights is shining bright, Ben Kaplan, Oct. 17, 2011
  7. ↑ a b c d Lights - Biography ( Memento of the original from January 2, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at warnermusic.de, accessed on November 2, 2012 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.warnermusic.de
  8. ↑ Handover of her gold award with manager Jian Ghomeshi
  9. ↑ Official publication of the gold award - UMG ( Memento of the original from May 10, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / universalmusic.ca
  10. ↑ About Lights on the official website
  11. ↑ Jane Stevenson: Singer Lights has a bright future . In: Toronto Sun . November 11, 2011. Retrieved January 13, 2012.
  12. ↑ Beau Bokan & Lights Officially Married . thepartyscenepress.com. May 12, 2012. Archived from the original on July 17, 2012. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved May 13, 2012. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / thepartyscenepress.com
  13. ↑ LIGHTS and Beau Bokan Welcome New Baby Girl: Rocket Wild Bokan . .alterthepress.com. February 16, 2014. Retrieved February 16, 2014.

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personal data
SURNAME Lights
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Poxleitner, Lights; Poxleitner, Valerie Anne (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian musician
DATE OF BIRTH April 11, 1987
PLACE OF BIRTH Timmins , Ontario , Canada