Apple Music announced Lunay as the latest addition to its UpNext program, Apple Music’s monthly artist initiative geared towards identifying, showcasing and elevating rising talent.
At just 18 years old, the Puerto Rico born artist has been catapulted to prominence at lighting speed. In a few short years, Lunay went from emulating his idols to working alongside them — earning him the recognition of Ozuna, Bad Bunny, and Daddy Yankee — with the latter two lending memorable verses to Lunay‘s breakout single “Soltera (Remix)”, a dance-floor banger that has racked up over 42 million streams on Apple Music. Lunay‘s accomplishments so early into his bright career enshrines him as one of the most exciting new names in the Latin Urban genre.
Following the premiere of his debut single on Beats 1 in May of 2018, Lunay‘s music has been featured on various popular Latin genre playlists on Apple Music including ¡Dale Play!, RGTN Fire, Pure Fuego, Trap Kingz and La Fórmula among others.
Earlier this year his song “A Solas Remix” was featured on the cover of ¡Dale Play! Lunay made his debut on Shazam’s emerging artist lists in August of 2018 and his song “Soltera (Remix)” with Daddy Yankee and Bad Bunny spent 10 consecutive weeks in the Shazam’s Top 200, peaking in the Top 100 in the US, Spain, and Chile. His music has received 105 million streams to date on Apple Music globally.
On October 2nd, Lunay will make his late-night U.S. debut on Jimmy Kimmel Live! as part of Apple Music’s Up Next program.