Shannon K is an American singer and actress. She started her singing career with

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with the song “A Long Time” in 2018. She debuted as an actress in the movie ''The Big Feed'' in 2020 with Manolo Vergara in COVID period. Shannon K was selected to perform at Coachella 2025 becoming the First Indie Indian-Origin Artist To Perform At Coachella.

Early life and education

Shannon K was born in Mumbai, India. She studied music at the

Royal Academy of Music, London The Royal Academy of Music (RAM) in London, England, is one of the oldest music schools in the UK, founded in 1822 by John Fane and Nicolas-Charles Bochsa. It received its royal charter in 1830 from King George IV with the support of the first ...

, and acted at the prestigious Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute in the US.

Career

Singing career

She debuted with

with the song “A Long Time” in 2018. The music video for the song has received over 41,000,000 views on YouTube. She collaborated with music producer Kyle Townsend in support of victims of bullying, "Give Me Your Hand". The song was premiered by ''Billboard'' magazine. The song was co-written with Annabel, Shannon K's younger sister, in support of the anti-bullying charity

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, which is part of

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. Shannon stated that she suffered from bullying while growing up so she continues to support this cause. The song won the HMMA Award for best original song. Shannon has collaborated with

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singer

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, and released the love song "OMT" in November 2018.

Acting career

She debuted in American movies with a cameo in Manolo Vergara’s, ''The Big Feed''. She is currently working on a TV series, ''Mystical Inheritance of Adina Hassan'', with American actor

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and a short film, ''Rolling''.

Movie

* ''The Big Feed (2020)'' * ''Chal Zindagi'' * ''Social Mandiya'' – ''(2021)'' * ''Rolling'' (Short film) – (2023) * ''Hindi - Vindi''

TV

* ''Mystical Inheritance of Adina Hassan'' (pre-production)

Award

Shannon K became the recipient of the Wow Outstanding Female Singer Par Excellence Award in 2021.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Shannon K American women singer-songwriters Indian emigrants to the United States Living people Year of birth missing (living people)