ALUS

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Alus is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and producer. She gained popularity through her YouTube mash-ups and covers on her channel as an independent artist. Alus was born January 1, 1994 in New Jersey. Her grandmother's music had been a childhood influence, who was a renowned musician in the Violinaires, a group of violinists that performs with Frank Sinatra's The Rat Pack. Alus at a very young age, started performing on stage in musicals. When she was eleven years old, she started her classical vocal training in opera from a Curtis Institute of Music instructor and also received formal classical piano lessons. She is also a self-taught guitarist. She passed on a scholarship to Berklee College of Music to pursue her career full time after high-school. Alus's first release that gained traction was "Ordinary Girl". Released independently with much success on New York Radio, she gained the attention of music veterans Steve Rifkind and Russell Simmons. After teaming up with their Samsung sponsored label All Def Digital, Alus released the official music video that came out on the label's YouTube channel. Alus records herself in her at home studio, releasing mash-ups and covers on her YouTube channel. She released them into monthly albums called the "Bedroom Covers" series. Her mashup video of Xxxtentacion’s "SAD!" and The Weeknd’s "Call Out My Name" received over 1 million views. Alus was reposted by Nicki Minaj twice on her Instagram page after gaining attention from