Victoria Canal is Spanish-American, pop-soul singer/songwriter. A U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts in 2015, Victoria's independently-released soulful debut EP "Into the Pull" has garnered over 4 million plays on Spotify and has been praised by the likes of Alessia Cara, Nataly Dawn of Pomplamoose, and Gabrielle Aplin as well as having charted at #6 on Billboard's "Next Big Sound". Valerie Simpson herself awarded Victoria with the ASCAP Reach-Out-and-Touch award for her impressive songwriting. At just 19, she has already toured the UK and the U.S. and performed in various venues worldwide, including the legendary Apollo and Eddie’s Attic. In early 2017 she signed with Instrumental, sublabel of Warner, to enter production of her next project. Most recently, Victoria was featured in a major national ad campaign with Mastercard in conjunction with the Grammys. Victoria is currently a freshman at the Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music at NYU Tisch.

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