Dhruv (singer)

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Dhruv
Birth nameDhruv Sharma
Born (1999-02-25) 25 February 1999 (age 25)
London, England
Genres
Occupation(s)Singer-songwriter
Years active2019–present
Labels
  • RCA
  • Little Worry
Website dhrvie.com

Dhruv Sharma (born February 25, 1999), known mononymously as Dhruv, is an English-Indian singer-songwriter. [1] [2] His 2019 single "Double Take", a "smooth R&B track about falling in love with a best friend", became a sleeper hit after it went viral on TikTok two years after its release. In 2021, the song went No. 1 in the Philippines and Thailand, and reached the top five of Malaysia, Indonesia, and Singapore's streaming charts.

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Early life

Dhruv Sharma was born on February 25, 1999 in London to an Indian family. [3] He moved to Singapore at the age of two. He learned the piano as a child and began writing melodies at a young age. Dhruv started pursuing and writing music seriously at the age of 15, and began uploading self-recorded demos to SoundCloud while living in Singapore. At the age of 18 he moved to New Haven, Connecticut to attend Yale University. [4] During his time at Yale, Dhruv performed as a member of the Shades of Yale cappella group. Dhruv would go on to pause his studies in 2020, prior to the virality of "Double Take", in order to pursue music full time. [4]

Career

Sharma released his debut single "double take" on May 24, 2019, while he was still a student at Yale University. [4] This was followed by the release of singles "moonlight" and "vulnerable" the following year. Sharma rose to prominence in 2021 when "double take" went viral on social media. [4] "double take" eventually debuted on the Billboard Global Excl. US Chart. [5] Sharma was signed to RCA in October 2021. [6]

He released his debut studio album "rapunzel" on January 21, 2022. [7] He later released a standalone single "Blur" in 2022 [8] and was a support act for Joji on his 2022 North American Smithereens Tour. [9]

On January 19, 2024, Dhruv released "Tragedy", the lead single from his forthcoming debut studio album, after taking a brief hiatus from releasing music. [10]

Later in 2024, he released two more singles in "How?" and "Speed of Light".

Discography

Studio albums

Singles

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References

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  3. ↑ Yuen, Michelle (2022-09-22). "dhruv Proves the Globalization of Music Can Break New Artists". Chartmetric. Retrieved 2024-02-05.
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