Akasa Singh

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Akasa Singh
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Singh in 2023
Born (1990-04-02) 2 April 1990 (age 34)
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Occupations
  • Singer
  • actor
Musical career
Genres
InstrumentVocals
Labels Sony Music India

Akasa Singh, (born 2 April 1990) known mononymously as Akasa, is an Indian singer and performer. She has debuted with "Kheech Meri Photo" from the 2016 Hindi film Sanam Teri Kasam . Starting her career through reality shows, she was signed to Sony Music India. Her debut pop single "Thug Ranjha" was her breakthorugh. [1] [2] In 2021, she participated in Bigg Boss 15.

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Akasa made her television debut as a host for Secret Side on MTV Beats. [3] [4] [5]

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 film Sanam Teri Kasam . [7] Akasa was also a contestant in Amazon Prime Video'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 film 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 has participated in Bigg Boss 15.

Discography

As playback singer

YearSongFilmComposerLyricsLanguageNotesRef.
2013"Full Jhol" Jackpot Mika Singh Raj Hans Hindi [18]
2016"Kheech Meri Photo" Sanam Teri Kasam Himesh Reshammiya Sameer AnjaanDebut lead song [19]
2017"Kudi Gujrat Di" Sweetiee Weds NRI Jaidev Kumar Shyam Bhateja [20]
"Peh Gaya" Fukrey Returns Jasleen Royal Aditya Sharma
2019"Aithey Aa" Bharat Vishal–Shekhar Irshad Kamil [21]
"Prem Pujari" Drive Amartya Bobo Rahut Siddhant Kaushal [22]
"Dil Na Jaaneya" Good Newwz Rochak Kohli Gurpreet Saini, Ari Leff, Michael Pollock
2020"Dhak Dhak" Love Aaj Kal Pritam Irshad Kamil
"Peg Sheg" Bhangra Paa Le JAM8 JAM8, A Bazz [23]
2021"Sherni" Sherni Utkarsh DhotekarRaghav
2022"Kangan Ruby (House Mix)" Raksha Bandhan Himesh Reshammiya Irshad Kamil
"Hypnotise" Middle Class Love Mayur Puri
2024"Not Funny" Madgaon Express Sharib-Toshi Kalim Sheikh
"Daavudi" Devara: Part 1 Anirudh Ravichander Ramajogayya Sastry Telugu Also in Hindi and Kannada dubbed versions [24]

Singles

YearTitleCo-singer(s)ComposerRef.
2018"Thug Ranjha"—Vayu [25]
2019"Naagin" Aastha Gill [26]
2020"Naiyyo" Raftaar Herself, Raftaar, Gonzalo Hermida, Ricardo Lobo [27]
2021"Shola"—Herself, Charan [28]
2022"Kamle" Yasser Desai Shantanu Dutta [29]
"Saamna"—Vayu, Stav Beger [30]
"Shringaar" Aastha Gill, Raftaar Vayu [31]
2023"Koi Jaye Toh Leh Aaye"Aasa SinghHerself, Aasa Singh [32]
"Kalleyan" Taaruk Raina Herself [33]

Filmography

Television

YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
2014 India's Raw Star Contestant [34]
2018 MTV Beats' Secret SideHost [35]
The Remix Contestant Amazon Prime Video's reality show [36]
2021 Bigg Boss 15 21st place [37]

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