“Pretty Little Devil” singer Shaya Zamora signs with Atlantic & More

Indie-folk singer-songwriter Shaya Zamora has signed with Atlantic Recordswhich will release its new single “Sinner” on Friday (July 12), the label announced billboard. Atlantic says short-form content announcing the upcoming title has already been created over 24,000 times on TikTok and has been viewed 20 million times.

Zamora hails from rural Washington and only officially began releasing new music last summer. His debut EP, Give a eulogyin late January. The set was propelled by the success of his breakthrough track “Cigarette,” which boasts more than 25 million streams on Spotify alone. He followed that with his Atlantic debut single “Pretty Little Devil,” which exploded on TikTok, where it garnered more than 160,000 creates and over 260 million views, according to the label (“Devil” has been added to TikTok’s global discovery hub #NewMusic.) On Instagram Reels, “Devil” has garnered more than 16,000 creates and over 85 million views.

More new music from Zamora is expected to be released later this year.

Zamora is managed by Matt Reed at Hyphen Media Group and Devin Poindexter at Mad Jack Management.

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