Shirley Setia

Shirley Setia
Background information
Born (1995-07-02) 2 July 1995 [1]
Daman, India
Genres
Occupation(s) Singer
Instruments
  • Vocals
Years active 2013 - Present
Website www.shirleysetiaofficial.com

Shirley Setia is an Indo-Kiwi singer, performer from Auckland, New Zealand who discovered her passion for music over YouTube on a whim, when she took part in a contest conducted by T-Series about three years back. The entry was recorded in her bedroom while she was wearing pyjamas. 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. Three years, 350K subs and 30 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]

In 2016, Setia won 2 prestigious awards, BIG FM 92.7 Digital Sensation of the Year [6] and Outlook (magazine) Social Media Musician of the Year.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Young Gujarati Girl Achieving Heights in Music". Dhabkar News Paper. Retrieved 2 November 2016.
  2. ↑ Theunissen, Matthew (4 May 2014). "Pyjama pop song a big hit". New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 28 June 2016.
  3. ↑ Cain, Rob (19 March 2016). "Bollywood's Next Big Singing Sensation Just Might Be This Tiny Kiwi". Forbes. Retrieved 28 June 2016.
  4. ↑ "This girl from NZ is the new YouTube sensation for her Bollywood covers". Hindustan Times. 16 March 2016. Retrieved 28 June 2016.
  5. ↑ "Shirley Setia: From singing alone in a grass field to performing for thousands of fans in India". TVNZ. Retrieved 28 June 2016.
  6. ↑ "92.7 BIG FM honours 'Golden Voices' with prestigious awards". Retrieved 2 November 2016.
  7. ↑ "OSM Awards Winners". Retrieved 2 November 2016.


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