(1994-07-17) 17 July 1994 (age 29) Mumbai, Maharashtra India
Genres
Pop
Electropop
Occupation(s)
Singer
Songwriter
Activist
Entrepreneur
Instrument(s)
Vocals
Guitar
Santoor
Piano
Years active
2016–present
Labels
Universal Music India
Website
Official website
Musical artist
Ananyashree Birla (born 17 July 1994) is an Indian singer, songwriter and entrepreneur.[1] Since her debut single in 2016,[2] Birla has reached more than 350 million combined streams[3] and collaborated with artists including Sean Kingston, Afrojack, and Mood Melodies.[4] Birla is the first Indian artist with an English-language single to go platinum in India; five of her singles have achieved platinum or double platinum status.[5]
In 2020, Birla became the first Indian to sign with Maverick Management in Los Angeles[6] and released “Let There Be Love”[7] and “Everybody's Lost” becoming the first Indian artiste to be featured on American national top 40 pop radio show, Sirius XM Hits.[8]
Birla is the founder of Svatantra Microfin, a company that provides microfinance to women in rural India.[9] She is also the founder of Ikai Asai[10] and cofounder of Mpower.[11] Birla has received awards for her work and entrepreneurship, including the ET Panache Trendsetters of 2016 award for Young Business Person[12] and was listed as one of GQs Most Influential Indians of 2018.[13]
In 2020, she launched the Ananya Birla Foundation to support: mental health, equality, education, financial inclusion, climate change and humanitarian relief efforts.[14] She is the daughter of Kumar Mangalam Birla, an Indian industrialist and the chairman of the Aditya Birla Group and sister to Indian cricketer Aryaman Birla (see Birla family)[15]
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^"ImagineAR Announces Agreement with Indian Superstar Singer Ananya Birla – Company Announcement – FT.com". Financial Times. Archived from the original on 26 September 2021. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
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^Thomson, Zangba (4 May 2019). "Ananya Birla releases a lyric video for her "Blackout" single". Bong Mines Entertainment. Archived from the original on 16 January 2021. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
^Baddhan, Raj (20 February 2020). "Ananya Birla becomes first Indian artist to sign deal with Maverick". BizAsia ZeeTV. Archived from the original on 24 January 2021. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
^"Ananya Birla / Overcoming Stereotypes, Stigma & New Single "Let There Be Love"". Flaunt. Archived from the original on 16 December 2020. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
^"Ananya Birla announces a new upcoming song, Let There Be Love". indulgexpress.com. Archived from the original on 25 January 2021. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
^Chaudhary, Deepti (29 October 2015). "Ananya Birla: Her father's daughter". Forbes India. Archived from the original on 16 March 2019. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
^Pereira, Beverly (27 February 2020). "Indian home décor brands of the moment that are here to stay". Design Pataki. Archived from the original on 28 February 2021. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
^"MPower urges India to #StampOutStigma on mental health". Campaign India. 19 February 2016. Archived from the original on 27 February 2019. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
^"ET Panache Trendsetter Awards 2016: Ananya Birla wins the Trendsetting Young Business Person Award". The Economic Times. 25 October 2016. Archived from the original on 24 December 2018. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
^"GQ's 50 Most Influential Young Indians of 2018". GQ India. 5 December 2018. Archived from the original on 15 July 2019. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
^EE News Desk (1 October 2020). "Ananya Birla announces the launch of her Philanthropic Foundation". Everything Experiential. Archived from the original on 26 January 2021. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
^"Birla heiress hits the high note with musical debut". Business Line. 25 October 2016. Archived from the original on 3 August 2019. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
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