LIGHTS

LIGHTS is and Electro-pop songstress. Lights was born in Timmins, Ontario. She is of German and Austrian descent. Lights currently lives in Toronto and started singing at the age of 11. Lights won indie awards in the Favourite Solo Artist and Favourite Single categories during Canadian Music Week in March 2009 in Toronto. She won the Best New Artist Awards in the Hot AC and CHR categories. All awards were for her debut single "Drive My Soul", except the award for Favourite Solo Artist. She also won in the best new artist category at the 2009 Juno Awards. Her vocals have been compared to Vanessa Carlton, and Lights has said she was a fan of Carlton when she was younger. Her production style has been compared to Dntel. On September 28, 2009, Lights' MTV series Audio Quest: A Captain Lights Adventure premiered. She has a pet tarantula named "Lance."