Akasa Singh

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Akasa Singh
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Singh in 2023
Born (1994-04-02) 2 April 1994 (age 30) Bombay, Maharashtra, India
NationalityIndian
Occupations
  • Playback singer
  • performer
  • actor
Musical career
GenresPop Filmi
Instrument(s)Vocals
Labels Sony Music India

Akasa Singh (born 2 April 1994) better known by her stage name AKASA is an Indian singer and performer. She is most known for her song Naagin with Aastha Gill. She debuted with Kheech Meri Photo from the 2016 Bollywood movie Sanam Teri Kasam . Starting her career through reality shows, she was signed to Sony Music India. Her debut pop single "Thug Ranjha" crossed 27M+ views in one month and became the most watched Indian video worldwide on YouTube. [1] [2]

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She has had many movies songs to her credit like Aithey Aa from Bharat, Dil Na Jaaneya from Good Newzz, as well as hit singles like Thug Ranjha, Maserati, Naiyyo, Yaad Na Aana, Shola, Teri Meri Ladayi, etc.

Akasa made her television debut as a host for Secret Side on MTV Beats. [3] [4] [5] She participated as a contestant in Bigg Boss 15.

Career

Akasa started her career with Mika Singh where she was the only girl in a band of 10 male members. [6] She was a contestant in India's Raw Star. Her mentor on the show, Himesh Reshammiya, promised Akasa that he would give her a break in Bollywood which she got through the song "Kheech Meri Photo" of the 2016 movie Sanam Teri Kasam. [7] Akasa was also a contestant in Amazon Prime's original reality show The Remix with DJ Skip. [8]

In 2017, Akasa, who has also featured in Being Indian's Judaai and Jugni Ji [9] released a duet with Ricky Martin called Vente Pa Ca. [10] She has also done a mashup of Ed Sheeran's Shape of You and Badshah's Mercy [11] and released a cover version of Zara Zara song from the movie RHTDM . [12]

Akasa released her duet single "Thug Ranjha" on 18 May 2018. [13] Along with her, the video featured two male actors, Shasvat Seth [14] and Tiger Zinda Hai actor Paresh Pahuja. [15] The official video went out to be the most viewed Indian video on YouTube worldwide. [16] [17] In 2021 She participated in Bigg Boss 15.

Discography

Soundtrack albums

YearFilmTitleLyricsMusicCo-singerLengthRef.
Hindi
2013 Jackpot "Full Jhol"Raj Hans Mika Singh 3:21 [18]
2016 Sanam Teri Kasam "Kheech Meri Photo"Sameer Anjaan Himesh Reshammiya Darshan Raval, Neeti Mohan 4:44 [19]
2017 Sweetiee Weds NRI "Kudi Gujrat Di"Shyam Bhateja Jaidev Kumar Jasbir Jassi, Sonia Sharma, KD3:42 [20]
Fukrey Returns "Peh Gaya"Aditya Sharma Jasleen Royal Jasleen Royal, Divya Kumar, Akansha Bhandari3:00
2019 Bharat "Aithey Aa" Irshad Kamil Vishal–Shekhar Kamal Khan, Neeti Mohan3:39 [21]
Drive "Prem Pujari"Siddhant Kaushal Amartya Bobo Rahut Amit Mishra, Dev Arijit3:03 [22]
Good Newwz "Dil Na Jaaneya"Gurpreet Saini, Ari Leff, Michael Pollock Rochak Kohli Lauv 3:51
2020 Love Aaj Kal "Dhak Dhak" Irshad Kamil Pritam Nikhita Gandhi 3:29
Bhangra Paa Le "Peg Sheg"JAM8, A Bazz JAM8 Jonita Gandhi, Shashwat Singh, A Bazz2:51 [23]
2021 Sherni "Sherni"RaghavUtkarsh Dhotekar Raftaar 3:48
2022 Raksha Bandhan "Kangan Ruby (House Mix)" Irshad Kamil Himesh Reshammiya Himesh Reshammiya, DJ Lloyd, Rap by: Akshay The One4:48
2024 Madgaon Express "Not Funny"Kalim Sheikh Sharib-Toshi Sharib2:42

Singles

YearTitleCo-singer(s)LabelComposerNotesLengthRef.
2018"Thug Ranjha"— Sony Music India VayuReleased May 183:04 [24]
2019"Naagin" Aastha Gill Released October 172:35 [25]
2020"Naiyyo" Raftaar Herself, Raftaar, Gonzalo Hermida, Ricardo LoboReleased June 243:23 [26]
2021"Shola"—Herself, CharanReleased April 142:19 [27]
2022"Kamle" Yasser Desai Shantanu DuttaReleased March 153:39 [28]
"Saamna"—Vayu, Stav BegerReleased April 53:57 [29]
"Shringaar" Aastha Gill, Raftaar VayuReleased June 303:44 [30]
2023"Koi Jaye Toh Leh Aaye"Aasa SinghIshtar MusicHerself, Aasa SinghReleased March 273:16 [31]
"Kalleyan" Taaruk Raina Sony Music India HerselfReleased November 233:04 [32]

Television

YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
2014 India's Raw Star Contestant [33]
2018 MTV Beats' Secret SideHost [34]
The Remix Contestant Amazon Prime Video's reality show [35]
2021 Bigg Boss 15 21st place [36]

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