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Diljit Dosanjh Continues to Redefine Punjabi Pop on the Global Stage with New Album 'AURA'

The album continues a landmark year for Dosanjh, who has set records in Canada and throughout the world.

Diljit Dosanjh photographed by Lane Dorsey on July 15 in Toronto. Styling by Alecia Brissett.
Diljit Dosanjh photographiée par Lane Dorsey le 15 juillet à Toronto. Stylisme : Alecia Brissett.
Diljit Dosanjh photographed by Lane Dorsey on July 15 in Toronto. Styling by Alecia Brissett.

Diljit Dosanjh is ready for even bigger heights.

The Punjabi star has released his new album AURA, his 15th studio project, now available on all major streaming platforms.


The launch was accompanied by the premiere of the music video for the lead single “Kufar,” featuring former Miss World Manushi Chhillar.

The ten-track album brings together some of Dosanjh’s most frequent collaborators, including producers Intense, Preet Hundal, MixSingh, Avvy Sra and Sunny Malton.

The lyrics are primarily co-written with Raj Ranjodh.

As part of the rollout, Dosanjh also appeared on Amazon Music India’s Track by Track series, where he discussed the stories behind each track.

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The “Kufar” music video, directed and choreographed by Piyush and Shazia, combines stylized set pieces with strong visual themes. The song was produced by MixSingh and mastered by Sean, and has quickly become one of the day’s most-watched new releases online.

The release of AURA follows a landmark year for Dosanjh, who recently began work on a new feature film with Imtiaz Ali. His Vancouver and Toronto concerts became the biggest ever Punjabi concerts outside of India while the Dil-Luminati Tour was the highest-grossing Punjabi tour ever in North America.

Last year, he appeared in a special print edition of Billboard Canada dedicated entirely to him as well as on the cover of Billboard's Global No. 1 series, where he spoke about bridging Punjabi culture with global pop and redefining the image of Indian artists on the world stage.Language has never limited his reach, he says. His music “belongs everywhere people feel something.”

He also appeared in his first English-language interview with Panos A. Panay, President of the Grammys, at the Billboard Summit at NXNE, where he spoke about his rise across borders. In January 2026, Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU) will make history with the launch of a new course dedicated to Dosanjh,

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AURA comes amidst some major momentum. It's only up from here.

Listen to the full album below.

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