Kali Uchis, born in Alexandria, Virginia in 1994 and raised between there and Colombia, moves easily between English and Spanish, R&B and reggaeton. Isolation (2018) is the breakthrough, Sin Miedo won a Latin Grammy, and Red Moon in Venus (2023) is the recent favorite. Browse Kali Uchis vinyl, CDs, and reissues at Wax Trax Records.
Karly-Marina Loaiza, performing as Kali Uchis, was born in Alexandria, Virginia on July 17, 1994 to Colombian parents and was raised in both Pereira, Colombia and Virginia. She launched her recording career in 2012 with self-released material and signed with Virgin EMI for her major-label debut Isolation (2018). Her 2020 Spanish-language album Sin Miedo (del Amor y Otros Demonios) won the Latin Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Pop Album in 2021. She has continued releasing material in both English and Spanish across multiple decades.
Kali Uchis's sound combines R&B, contemporary R&B, alternative R&B, Latin pop, neo-soul, reggaeton, and electronic with her distinctive vocal delivery and bilingual lyrical content drawing on Colombian and Latin American musical traditions alongside American R&B and indie pop reference points.
Virgin EMI, Interscope, and Geffen pressings of the Kali Uchis catalog have been issued in multiple color variant editions and limited deluxe pressings.
Listeners new to Kali Uchis typically start with Red Moon in Venus (2023) or Isolation (2018).
