South Asian acts, who scored nominations in general fields such as Single and Album of the Year at the 2025 Junos, were shut out of them for this year\u2019s edition of the Canadian equivalent of the Grammys.\u00a0<\/p>\n
However, Punjabi singer-rappers Karan Aujla and Shubh will compete with the likes of superstars such as Justin Bieber and The Weeknd for the Fan Choice Award. Aujla\u2019s album P-Pop Culture and Shubh\u2019s single \u2018Supreme\u2019 are also up for the South Asian Music Recording of the Year.<\/p>\n
Producer Ikky\u2019s collaborative EP with Raf Sappera Renaissance, Sukha\u2019s album By Any Means, and AP Dhillon\u2019s duet with Anuv Jain \u2018Afsos\u2019 also earned nods in that category, which was introduced last year when Dhillon took home the trophy. Additionally, hip-hop star Nav\u2019s track \u2018Unlimited\u2019, which features Playboi Carti, is a nominee for the Rap Single of the Year.<\/p>\n
The recognition is not just about representation\u2014Indians, for instance, make up nearly 4% of Canada\u2019s population according to the CIA World Factbook\u2014but also a reflection of the growing presence of south-Asian, especially Punjabi music on the country\u2019s music charts. Aujla scored six hits on Billboard\u2019s Canada Hot 100 in 2025, including the top ten smash \u2018At Peace\u2019, while P-Pop Culture debuted at No.3 on the albums survey, with a record 12.4m streams<\/a> for a Punjabi-language LP.<\/p>\n Related Stories\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"South Asian acts, who scored nominations in general fields such as Single and Album of the Year at…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":257512,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[275,156,2344,147467,157,111,139,69],"class_list":{"0":"post-257511","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-canada","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-india","11":"tag-karan-aujla","12":"tag-music","13":"tag-new-zealand","14":"tag-newzealand","15":"tag-nz"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257511","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=257511"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257511\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/257512"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=257511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=257511"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=257511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}