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Veronica Mehta, is a British singer and songwriter based in
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, UK. She sings in English, Hindi and Punjabi.


Career

Veronica's passion for music started at a very young age. She successfully auditioned in her teens for the part of female vocalist for the 2Kool album ''2Kool Flavor''. She was featured on the track "Sambhala Hai Meine". Veronica began her singing career when she teamed up with
Rishi Rich Rishpal Singh Rekhi ( Punjabi: ਰਿਸ਼ਪਾਲ ਸਿੰਘ ਰੈਖੀ, born 30 June 1976), better known by his stage name Rishi Rich, is a British-Indian music producer based in London. He began his career in the Asian Underground sce ...
to form VR1, a band and production unit that experimented with traditional Asian music, remixing, and giving vocals an
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twist. VR1 sold more than 50,000 records in the UK and Europe and earned two Asian Pop Media Awards. After VR1, Veronica joined ePark / Urbanstar and released the single "Girls Gotta Have Fun". Veronica has recorded a few tracks with her new management record company 2Point9, "Indian Girl" featuring Hard Kaur, and "U 'n' I (Mere Dil Vich Hai)", from the Yash Chopra film '' Hum Tum''. Some of her biggest tracks. Veronica's first album, ''Theen'', was released in 2005. "Hey Ya" (featuring Juggy D) was the only single released from the album. In 2006, Veronica won "Best Female Act" at the
UK Asian Music Awards The UK Asian Music Awards, also known by the abbreviation UK AMA, was an awards show that was held annually in the United Kingdom from 2002 to 2012. The awards show has been produced and broadcast by B4U Music since 2008. Awards winners were dec ...
. After almost a 3-year gap, she released her third single "Soniya". Veronica released her second album, ''Rush'', in 2010. Veronica was sadly affected by
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in 2016. She has taken initiative to end the stigma about breast cancer in society and support those going through this tough time too.{{cite news, url= https://www.itv.com/lorraine In 2024, Veronica set up her own independent record label "Viz Pop Records" on which she released her track “Gone”.Through the lyrics she spoke about her battle through breast cancer and how she felt through this tough period of time. Not long after, Veronica dropped an RnB bhangra track featuring Shin DCS and Rishi Rich “Don’t walk away” and in 2025 released the hit “Piya” with the talented producer DJ Swami and legendary classical artist Rafaqat Ali Khan.


Discography


Albums

*''Theen'' (2005) *''Rush'' (2010)


Compilation appearances

* ''King of Hearts Queen of Hearts Vol.1'' * ''King of Hearts Queen of Hearts Vol.2'' * ''Love 2 Love 2000 - Chapter 6'' * ''Playback'' * ''Pure Garage - Chapter 1'' * ''Pure Garage - Chapter 2'' * ''Pure Garage - Chapter 3'' * ''Playback 2'' * ''Gift 2 U'' * ''Let the Music Play - "2005"'' * ''Bombay Mix - CD 1''{{cite news, title=Beronica Mehta News on WN/World News, url=https://wn.com/mobile/veronica_mehta, access-date=15 March 2017, publisher=WN


As featured artist

* "U 'n' I" by Juggy D ft. Veronica and
Rishi Rich Rishpal Singh Rekhi ( Punjabi: ਰਿਸ਼ਪਾਲ ਸਿੰਘ ਰੈਖੀ, born 30 June 1976), better known by his stage name Rishi Rich, is a British-Indian music producer based in London. He began his career in the Asian Underground sce ...
* "Ne Ajaa Ve" by
H-Dhami Hartinder Dhami ( Punjabi: ਹਰਤਿੰਦਰ ਧਾਮੀ), better known as H-Dhami, is a British Bhangra artist. Early life H-Dhami is the son of Palvinder Dhami, lead singer of the 1980s prominent Bhangra group Heera Group UK. He was born ...
and Mehta from '' Breakaway''


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{{Authority control {{DEFAULTSORT:Mehta, Veronica English women pop singers Living people 2Point9 Records artists British Asian musicians Year of birth missing (living people) Singers from London Musicians from Belfast English people of Indian descent People from Northern Ireland of Indian descent