Key facts
- Also known as
- 78violet (2009–2015)
- Origin
- Torrance, California , U.S.
- Genres
- Pop rock indie pop synth-pop
- Years active
- 2004–present
- Labels
- AWAL Hollywood 78violet Music LLC
- Members
- Aly Michalka AJ Michalka
- Website
- alyandaj .com
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Wikidata facts
- Official website
- alyandaj.com
- Image
- Alyson and AJ Michalka.jpg
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- Commons category
- Aly & AJ
- inception
- 2002-00-00
- start of work period
- 2004-00-00
- social media followers
- 254000
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Aly & AJ is an American pop rock duo consisting of sisters Alyson "Aly" Michalka (born 1989) and Amanda Joy "AJ" Michalka (born 1991) from Torrance, California. They signed with Hollywood Records and in 2005, they released their debut album Into the Rush. The album was certified Gold by the RIAA and contained the singles "Rush" and "Chemicals React". They followed this release with the albums Acoustic Hearts of Winter (2006) and Insomniatic (2007). The latter contained the Platinum single "Potential Breakup Song", which was a top 20 hit on the Billboard Hot 100. They departed from their record label in 2010 and briefly changed their name to 78violet, releasing the single "Hothouse" in 2013.
Following a period of inactivity in music, the duo reverted to their original name and released the extended plays Ten Years (2017) and Sanctuary (2019), followed by the studio albums A Touch of the Beat Gets You Up on Your Feet Gets You Out and Then Into the Sun (2021), With Love From (2023) and Silver Deliverer (2025).