Shweta Shetty
Encyclopedia
Shweta Shetty is an Indian pop
singer known for her albums and for her contributions to Bollywood
film soundtracks. She currently lives in Hamburg
. She is married to a German, Christian Brandt.
Her song johnny joker was a famous one.
Shetty started her career at age 17 by taking modelling jobs and singing commercial jingles. Her father was displeased with this career path and did not speak to her for years until after she married Brandt in 1997.
Her first album, Johnny Joker, was a moderate success. Soon Shetty became known as a star in the Indian pop scene, performing songs for films and appearing on television programs such as MTV India
.
Shetty has performed with several other artists including Sarah Brightman
, Gregorian
and Jam & Spoon
.
Indian pop
Indian pop music , often known as Indian-Pop, Hindi Pop, Indipop or Indi-pop, refers to pop music in India. Pop music really started in the South Asian region with the famous playback singer Ahmed Rushdi's song ‘Ko-Ko-Korina’ in 1966...
singer known for her albums and for her contributions to Bollywood
Bollywood
Bollywood is the informal term popularly used for the Hindi-language film industry based in Mumbai , Maharashtra, India. The term is often incorrectly used to refer to the whole of Indian cinema; it is only a part of the total Indian film industry, which includes other production centers producing...
film soundtracks. She currently lives in Hamburg
Hamburg
-History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808...
. She is married to a German, Christian Brandt.
Her song johnny joker was a famous one.
Shetty started her career at age 17 by taking modelling jobs and singing commercial jingles. Her father was displeased with this career path and did not speak to her for years until after she married Brandt in 1997.
Her first album, Johnny Joker, was a moderate success. Soon Shetty became known as a star in the Indian pop scene, performing songs for films and appearing on television programs such as MTV India
MTV India
MTV India is the Indian version of MTV , a channel specialising in music and youth culture programming. It was launched in 1996 and is now part of the Viacom 18 Media Pvt. Ltd based in Mumbai. . "MTV India" is one of the oldest Music Television Networks in Asia...
.
Shetty has performed with several other artists including Sarah Brightman
Sarah Brightman
Sarah Brightman is an English classical crossover soprano, actress, songwriter and dancer. She is famous for possessing a vocal range of over 3 octaves and singing in the whistle register...
, Gregorian
Gregorian (band)
Gregorian is a German band headed by Frank Peterson that performs Gregorian chant-inspired versions of modern pop and rock songs. The band features both vocal harmony and instrumental accompaniment.- Band history :...
and Jam & Spoon
Jam & Spoon
Jam & Spoon was an electronic dance duo from Frankfurt, Germany, that consisted of composers and producers Rolf Ellmer and Markus Löffel . They also worked under the pseudonyms Tokyo Ghetto Pussy, Storm and Big Room...
.
Discography
- Johnny Joker (1993)
- Bekaraar (1996)
- Deewane To Deewane Hain (1998)
- Saajna (2003)