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Lights

Canadian musician

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Also known as Lights Valerie Poxleitner · Lights Poxleitner-Bokan

Born: April 11, 1987
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, 1987
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1.Stated in Czech National Authority DatabaseRetrieved 2022-07-11
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Birthplace: Timmins
Citizenship: Canada
Occupation: singer-songwriter
, singer
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, guitarist
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Education: John G. Diefenbaker High School
, R. E. Mountain Secondary School
Spouse: Beau Bokan(since 2012)
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Languages spoken, written or signed: English
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1.Stated in Czech National Authority DatabaseRetrieved 2023-02-09
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Lights Valerie Anne Poxleitner-Bokan known professionally as Lights is a Canadian singer and songwriter. Her debut album, The Listening (2009), reached the top 10 on the Billboard Canadian Albums chart and was certified platinum by the Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA) for selling over 80,000 copies as of 2017. The album included the singles "Drive My Soul" and "February Air" which were featured in a series of Old Navy television ads. Her second album, Siberia, which featured the single "Toes", was released in 2011. A more dubstep influenced record, Siberia has received generally positive reviews from music critics and achieved moderate success, entering the top 50 on the Billboard 200 and selling more than 10,000 units in its first week.

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Sex or gender: female
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Discography: Lights discography
Website: iamlights.com language: English
Residence: Vancouver
Toronto
Timmins
Awards: Juno Award for Pop Album of the Year(March 2015) for work: Little Machines
Juno Award for Breakthrough Artist of the Year(2009)
Nominations: Juno Award for Pop Album of the Year(2012) for work: Siberia
Juno Award for Pop Album of the Year(2010) for work: The Listening
Juno Award for Breakthrough Artist of the Year(2009)
Instrument: keytar
guitar
synthesizer
piano
upright piano
cello
voice
Label: Sire
Universal Music Group
Warner Bros. Records
Last Gang Records
Doghouse Records
Underground Operations
Genre: synth-pop
electropop
pop rock
post-rock
new wave
alternative rock
indie pop
dubstep
Influenced by: Björk
Different from: Lights criterion used: nickname, stage name or pseudonym not unique
Field of work: music composing
music
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1.Stated in Czech National Authority DatabaseRetrieved 2022-11-07
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Start of work period: 2006
Married name: Lights Poxleitner-Bokan
Birth name: Valerie Anne Poxleitner
Pseudonym: Lights language: English
Given name: Valerie Anne
Family name: Poxleitner
Copyright status as a creator: works protected by copyrights applies to jurisdiction: countries with longer than 50 years pma
Social media followers: 368,000(May 11, 2025) youtube channel id: UCAxgvVWyrh2HvKlZNnhTFdA
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355,000(April 27, 2024) youtube channel id: UCAxgvVWyrh2HvKlZNnhTFdA
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1.Stated in YouTube APIRetrieved 2024-04-27
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356,000(March 22, 2023) youtube channel id: UCAxgvVWyrh2HvKlZNnhTFdA
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353,000(July 3, 2021) youtube channel id: UCAxgvVWyrh2HvKlZNnhTFdA
Sexual orientation: bisexuality
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1.people.com/music/lights-singer-bisexual-depression-motherhood-marriage-new-album-comic/
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