Shirley Setia

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Shirley Setia
Shirley Setia snapped at Miss Diva 2020 Mumbai Preliminary Event.jpg
Setia in 2020
Born
Daman, India
NationalityNew Zealand
Occupations
  • Singer
  • YouTuber
  • actress
Musical career
Origin Auckland, New Zealand
Genres Pop
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • ukulele
Years active2012–present
YouTube information
Channel
Years active2012–present
Subscribers3.83 million [1]
Total views389.7 million [1]
Last updated: 8 September 2024 [2]

Shirley Setia is a New Zealand singer and actress known for her work in the Indian film and music industries. [3] [4] [5]

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Born in Daman, India, in the former union territory of Daman and Diu, she immigrated with her family to Auckland and gained attention as a YouTube musician by uploading covers of Hindi film songs while studying at the University of Auckland. Setia was subsequently featured in Forbes magazine, which referred to her as "Bollywood's Next Big Singing Sensation".

Setia made her acting debut with the 2020 Hindi film Maska , which was released on Netflix. She made her big-screen debut with Nikamma in 2022 and also starred in the Telugu film Krishna Vrinda Vihari , which was released on 23 September 2022.

Early life

Setia was born in Daman, India and raised in Auckland, New Zealand. [6] A graduate student from the University of Auckland and marketing and publicity intern at Auckland Council, Setia took part in a contest conducted by T-Series. [7] Her YouTube entry was recorded in her bedroom while she was wearing pyjamas, [7] which earned her the nickname "Pyjama popstar" by the New Zealand Herald . [4] Setia was eventually declared the winner. [7] [8]

Career

Singing career

After working in a weekly radio show and taking part in local competitions in Auckland, Setia performed in her first concerts in Mumbai and Hyderabad in India in 2016. [9] Forbes magazine's Rob Cain wrote a feature on her and her future goals, in which he stated that "Bollywood's Next Big Singing Sensation Just Might Be This Tiny Kiwi". [9] She was also acknowledged as India's YouTube sensation by the Hindustan Times [10] and as one of New Zealand's biggest international artists by TVNZ. [11]

As of September 2023, she has 3.86 million subscribers on YouTube with 381 million views. [12] She was invited by YouTube as a 'YouTube Creator' to perform live in YouTube FanFest held in Mumbai in 2016 and 2017. [13]

Acting career

Setia made her acting debut with the 2020 film Maska which was released on Netflix. Her next film was Nikamma released in June 2022, a remake of the 2017 Telugu film Middle Class Abbayi . [14] [15] [16] She made her Telugu film debut with Krishna Vrinda Vihari which released in September 2022. [17]

Discography

YearFilm/AlbumSongMusic directorCo-singer
2014Non-album single"Thode Se Hum"Shirley Setia and Abhas JoshiAbhas Joshi
20154 Steps Forward"Naye Love Ki Subah"ParichayParichay and Gunsmith
2016Non-album single"Koi Shor"Ravi SinghalRavi Singhal
Passengers "Aadat"Sukumar Dutta Raftaar and Jubin Nautiyal
2017 A Gentleman "Disco Disco" Sachin–Jigar Benny Dayal
Best of Luck Laalu"Luv u Luv u" Kirtidan Gadhvi
T-Series Mixtape "Tu Jo Mila-Raabta" Abhijit Vaghani Jubin Nautiyal
Non-album single"Tu Mil Gaya"Haroon-Gavin
2018"Jab Koi Baat" (Recreated)DJ Chetas Atif Aslam
"Koi Vi Nahi" Rajat Nagpal Gurnazar Chattha
5 Weddings "Na Chah Ke Bhi" Vishal Mishra
Non-album single"Naiyo Jaana"Ravi Singhal
2019 Aladdin "A Whole New World" Kurt Hugo Schneider
T-Series Electrofolk "Bhumro"Aditya DevAditya Dev and Parry G
Non-album single"Biba" Marshmello and Pritam Pardeep Singh Sran and Dev Negi
T-Series Mixtape Season-2"Ik Vaari Aa/Naadan Parindey/Tum Ho Toh" Bhushan Kumar and Ahmed Khan Abhijit V and Jubin Nautiyal
2020Maska"I Wanna Hang With You"Mikey McClealyIP Singh
Non-album single"Dil Ko Tumse Pyaar Hua" (Recreated) Abhijit Vaghani
"Naa Tum Jaano Na Hum" (Recreated)
" Chura Liya Hain Tumne Jo Dil Ko" (Recreated)
2021"Tere Naal Rehniya"Gaurav Dev and Kartik DevGurnazar Chattha
2022 Nikamma "Tere Bin Kya (Reprise)"Gourov Dasgupta Mame Khan
2023 Chhatriwali "Main Teri Hi Rahoon" Akhil Sachdeva Akhil Sachdeva

Filmography

Films

YearTitleRoleLanguageNotesRef.
2020 Maska Persis MistryHindi [18]
2022 Nikamma Natasha "Nikki" Singh [19]
Krishna Vrinda Vihari Vrinda MishraTeluguNominated–SIIMA Award for Best Female Debut – Telugu [20]

Television

YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
2018LockdownHerselfCameo appearance [21] [22] [23]

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  2. ↑ "Shirley Setia - YouTube" . Retrieved 8 September 2024– via YouTube.
  3. ↑ Edens, John (31 March 2016). "The Bollywood Kiwi songstress and YouTube star taking India by storm". Stuff. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
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