Shirley Setia
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Shirley Setia | |
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| Genres | Pop |
| Occupation(s) | Singing |
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| Years active | 2011 - present |
Shirley Setia is an Indo-Kiwi singer, performer from Auckland, New Zealand.
Personal life
A graduate student from the University of Auckland and marketing and publicity intern at Auckland Council, Setia took part in a contest conducted by T-Series. Her YouTube entry was recorded in her bedroom while she was wearing pajamas.[1] This earned her the sobriquet "Pyjama popstar" by the New Zealand Herald.[2] She was declared as one of the winners from thousands of entries. Amidst the chaotic life of being a student and a part-time radio jockey, she started uploading regularly on to YouTube and has since then collaborated with YouTube artists from across US, UK, India, and Canada. Four years, 1.8 million subscribers and 114 M views later, she has now moved to Mumbai to pursue her dream of making it big in Bollywood. Forbes magazine's Rob Cain wrote a feature on her and her future goals recently in which he stated that "Bollywood's Next Big Singing Sensation Just Might Be This Tiny Kiwi".[3] she was also acknowledged as India's YouTube sensation by the Hindustan Times [4] and as one of New Zealand's biggest international artists by TVNZ.[5] Now she has 2.4 million subscribers on YouTube with 167 Million+ views.
She was invited by YouTube as a 'YouTube Creator' to perform live in YouTube FanFest held in Mumbai in 2016.
Awards
| Year | Award Show | Category | Result |
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| 2016 | BIG Golden Voice | BIG Digital Sensation | Won[6] |
| 2016 | Outlook Social Media Awards | OSM Musician of the year | Won[7] |
| 2017 | New Zealand Social Media Award | Best in Music | Won[8] |
| 2018 | Artist Aloud Music Award 2018 | Best Hindi Music Category | Won |
Discography
| Year | Film | Song | Music Director | Co-Singer |
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| 2014 | Shirley Setia Single Album | Thode Se Hum | Shirley Setia & Abhas Joshi | Abhas Joshi |
| 2015 | 4 Steps Forward | Naye Love Ki Subah | Parichay | Parichay & Gunsmith |
| 2016 | Shirley Setia Single Album | Koi Shor | Ravi Singhal | Ravi Singhal |
| 2016 | Passengers | Aadat | Sukumar Dutta | Raftaar, Jubin Nautiyal |
| 2017 | A Gentleman | Disco Disco | Sachin - Jigar | Benny Dayal |
| 2017 | Best of Luck Laalu | Luv u Luv u | Sachin - Jigar | Kirtidan Gadhvi |
| 2017 | T-Series Mixtape | Tu Jo Mila-Raabta | Abhijit Vaghani | Jubin Nautiyal |
| 2017 | Shirley Setia Single Album | Tu Mil Gaya | Haroon-Gavin | |
| 2018 | Jab Koi Baat recreated | Jab Koi Baat recreated | DJ Chetas | Atif Aslam |
| 2018 | Gaana Exclusives | Koi Vi Nahi | Rajat Nagpal | Gurnazar Chattha |
| 2018 | A Whole New World | A Whole New World | Kurt Hugo Schneider | Kurt Hugo Schneider |
| 2018 | 5 Weddings | Na Chah Ke Bhi | Vishal Mishra | Vishal Mishra |
References
- ^ Joseph, Raveena (5 January 2018). "Meet Youtube sensation Shirley Setia". The Hindu. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
- ^ Theunissen, Matthew (4 May 2014). "Pyjama pop song a big hit". New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 28 June 2016.
- ^ Cain, Rob (19 March 2016). "Bollywood's Next Big Singing Sensation Just Might Be This Tiny Kiwi". Forbes. Retrieved 28 June 2016.
- ^ "This girl from NZ is the new YouTube sensation for her Bollywood covers". Hindustan Times. 16 March 2016. Retrieved 28 June 2016.
- ^ "Shirley Setia: From singing alone in a grass field to performing for thousands of fans in India". TVNZ. Retrieved 28 June 2016.
- ^ "92.7 BIG FM honours 'Golden Voices' with prestigious awards". Retrieved 2 November 2016.
- ^ "OSM Awards Winners". Retrieved 2 November 2016.
- ^ "Winners & Finalists". NZSMA. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
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