Tara Priya
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![]() San Francisco musician Tara Priya performing in The Boom Boom Room at the Fillmore Jazz Festival in 2012 | |
Background information | |
Birth name | Tara Priya Chandra |
Also known as | Tara Priya |
Born | San Francisco Bay Area, California | 3 December 1989
Genres | Pop, blue-eyed soul, R&B |
Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter |
Years active | 2011-present |
Labels | P-Vine Records (Japan), Rockhit Records (Germany) |
Website | http://www.tarapriya.com |
Tara Priya (born Tara Priya Chandra, December 3, 1989)[2] is an American singer-songwriter and vocalist. Tara Priya was born Tara Priya Chandra in San Francisco to a Persian mother, the niece of poet Sohrab Sepehri, and an Indian father.[3]
Early life
Tara Priya attended The Harker School in San Jose prior to Columbia University in New York City.[4] Priya majored in economics while studying jazz and classical voice.[5] After graduating from Columbia two years early, Priya returned to California to focus on her career as a singer-songwriter.[6]
Career
Immediately after moving to LA and releasing a 6-track Motown-inspired EP,[7] Priya was nominated as one of the Best Emerging Artists by The Deli Magazine.[8] Shortly after, Priya was selected as one of three "Pop" genre finalists of the John Lennon Songwriting Contest[9] and named a category winner in the Billboard Song Contest.[10][11]
Tara Priya was a guest performer on BBC London 94.9 in November and December 2011.[12] Earlier that year, she also performed at the NAMM Show,[13] and the Bacardi NH7 Weekender in India.[14]
In January 2012, after signing to Japanese indie P-Vine Records,[15] Priya released her first radio single, "Run Like Hell", in Japan, where it peaked at number 25[16] on the Billboard Japan Hot 100, and number six[17] on the Billboard Japan Digital and Airplay chart. This led to two subsequent tours of Japan, through Tower Records and Billboard Live, respectively.[18]
Clear Entertainment, a subsidiary of David Letterman's Worldwide Pants Incorporated,[19] signed Priya to their management roster.[20] The following March, Priya showcased at SXSW 2013 in Austin, TX,[21] after which she was named an "emerging icon" by The Huffington Post.[22]
Discography
- Tara Priya - EP (2011)
- Goodbye, Romeo (2012)
- Tara Priya (2012)
- Shot in the Dark (2014)
References
- ^ a b "'Shot in the Dark' Credits" Tower Records Online. Retrieved 6 February 2014
- ^ "Tara Priya Biography". Last.fm. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 22 November 2012.
- ^ "NXNE Concert Picks". The Toronto Star. 2013-06-12. Retrieved 2013-06-12.
- ^ Bukowski, Danielle (September 2011). "Interview, Tara Priya". Side b Magazine. 04.
- ^ "Tara Priya, CC '09, makes waves with retro soul". Columbia Daily Spectator. 2013-04-11. Retrieved 2013-10-02.
- ^ "Two Old Souls". Mountain View Voice. 2010-12-03. Retrieved 2012-02-02.
- ^ "San Francisco Retro Soul Queen Tara Priya Follows in the Footsteps of Amy Winehouse". mb! by Mercedes Benz. 2011-04-01. Retrieved 2013-10-15.
- ^ "Best of LA #42: Tara Priya". La.thedelimagazine.com. 2011-02-14. Retrieved 2012-02-02.
- ^ "John Lennon Songwriting Contest". Jlsc.com. Retrieved 2012-02-02.
- ^ "Tara Priya". P-Vine.jp. 2012-01-07. Retrieved 2012-02-02.
- ^ "Songwriting Competitions". ASCAP.com. 2011-03-15. Retrieved 2013-10-15.
- ^ "London 94.9 Programmes - Sunny and Shay, Anna Smith, Hardeep Singh Kohli and Raghav and Tara Priya". BBC. 2011-12-03. Retrieved 2012-02-02.
- ^ http://www.namm.org/node/7292
- ^ "Pretty in Pink". Indian Express. 2011-11-22. Retrieved 2012-02-02.
- ^ "P-Vine Records Artist Roster". p-vine.jp. Retrieved 2013-10-15.
- ^ "Japan Hot 100". Billboard.com. 2012-02-18. Retrieved 2012-02-25.
- ^ "Billboard JAPAN Digital and Airplay Overseas". Billboard-Japan.com. 2012-02-20. Retrieved 2012-02-25.
- ^ "Tara Priya". Time Out Tokyo. 2012-03-24. Retrieved 2013-02-25.
- ^ "David Letterman Starts Record Label". Entertainment Weekly. 2010-04-28. Retrieved 2013-10-15.
- ^ "Clear Entertainment Music Artists". http://clearentertainmentmusic.com/. Retrieved 2013-04-04.
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- ^ "Tara Priya Schedule sxsw". http://schedule.sxsw.com/. Retrieved 2013-02-14.
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- ^ "You Need To Hear This". The Huffington Post. 2013-05-07. Retrieved 2013-10-15.