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Alus (born January 1, 1994) is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and producer. She gained popularity through her Youtube mashups and covers on her channel as an independent artist.

Early life
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.

Career
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 mashups and covers on her Youtube channel, she released them into monthly albums called the “Bedroom Covers” series, gaining attention on social media. 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 her remix of “Megatron” and mashup of “No Frauds,” Change It,” and “Regret In Your Tears”

Alus sang the national anthem at Madison Square Garden on many occasions including for the televised sold-out Canelo vs. Rocky boxing match in 2018.

Mixtape
2014: Alus - Alustrious (Hosted By DJ Epps)

Single
2015: Talk It

2016: Naked Pic

2017: Wild Thoughts / Loyalty

2017: '90's Mashup

2017: Touch Me

2017: SBU

2017: Aladdin

2018: My Favorite Part

2018: I

2018: Lucid Dreams / Better Now

2019: I Can't Get Enough

2018: MIA / Taki Taki

2018: Selena Mashup

2018: Sad! / Call Out My Name

2018: Woman Like Me / Side To Side

2018: Perfect Illusion / Papa Don't Preach

2018: Halloween Mashup

2018: Snow Business

2019: bury a friend / Toxic

2019: 7 rings / ***Flawless

2018: Eastside / Happier

2018: Ooh Papi

2019: Con Calma / Secreto

2019: Girl Gang

2019: i'm so tired...

2019: Sucker

2019: Sally Walker

2019: My Bad

2019: Thotiana

2019: Talk

2019: Maroon 5 Mashup

2019: Baby Shark

Personal life
Alus is Puerto Rican, Russian, and Austrian. She is an advocate for animal rights, serving as an ambassador for the ASPCA.