There are so many ways to celebrate Asian Heritage Month and pay homage to this community, no matter your background — and one of our favourite ways is to run up the streams on songs by all our favourite artists of Asian descent.
While you might know a number of notable artists from the radio, we’re here to put you on to some names that are up-and-coming, fresh, underground, or simply blooming with their music careers on TikTok.
Get ready to diversify your playlist… READ MORE: ‘Jalebi Baby’ Hitmaker Tesher Was Told To ‘Become A Punjabi Singer To Make It Big,’ But Had Other Plans Manila Grey Our favourite song: “Silver Skies” Based in Vancouver but originally from the Philippines, Soliven and Neeko came together to form R&B duo, Manila Grey, back in 2016.
Since then, they’ve amassed over 70 million streams and sold out shows across Canada and Asia. In 2021, they received a Juno nomination for Breakthrough Group of the Year and have gone on to be recognized by major Canadian publications. Tesher Our favourite song: “Young Shahrukh” Jalebi, anyone?
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