Rajiv Dhall (born 1992) is an American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. On December 18, 2010, he started uploading videos to his YouTube channel "TwentyForSeven" which had over 1,000,000 subscribers and over 120 million views.
Biography
Rajiv Dhall was born the son of
Punjabi Indian-origin father and Caucasian mother. He attended
Plymouth-Canton Educational Park. While Dhall was in high school, he and his friends formed the
emo-pop outfit TwentyForSeven (consisting of Dhall, (vocals/guitar), Matt Pastor (bass/keys/vocals), Blake Hayes (guitar/vocals), Tony Bastianelli (Synth/Programming) and Corey DeLuca (drums)
) and spent several years fronting the band with some success.
Career
His band appeared on
E's,
Opening Act
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competition in 2012 and as a surprise, they got a chance to be the
opening act
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for
Gym Class Heroes
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.
He later started uploading solo
cover songs
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to YouTube which eventually gave him a large online following. In 2015, he released his version of the One Direction song "
Just Can't Let Her Go", which entered the Top 200 of the iTunes songs chart.
After his success on YouTube, his friend
Andrew Bazzi introduced him to
Vine
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,
a short-form video sharing service where users can share six-second-long looping video clips. He was nominated for "Best Vine Musician" in the
Seventh Annual Shorty Awards, losing out to
Shawn Mendes
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.
He was also nominated for the 2015
MTV Woodie Awards.
In 2016, he was nominated for the
2016 iHeartRadio Much Music Video Awards in the "Fan Fave Vine Musician" category and he won.
He also made videos showcasing the top songs of 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2020.
Awards and nominations
References
External links
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People from Canton, Michigan
Singer-songwriters from Michigan
American male musicians of Indian descent
American musicians of Indian descent
American male singer-songwriters
American male pop singers
American pop pianists
American male pianists
American acoustic guitarists
American male bass guitarists
American pop guitarists
Living people
American Internet celebrities
Guitarists from Michigan
1992 births
21st-century American singer-songwriters
21st-century American pianists
21st-century American bass guitarists
21st-century American male singers