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	{{short description\|British musician}}		{{short description\|British musician}}
	{{~~Use British English~~\|date=~~May 2012~~}}		{{EngvarB\|date=August 2021}}
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	{{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Musicians -->		{{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Musicians -->
	\| name = Anoushka Shankar		\| name = Anoushka Shankar
	\| image = File:Anoushka Shankar -3578.jpg		\| image = File:Anoushka Shankar -3578.jpg
	\| caption = Anoushka Shankar at the [[Rudolstadt-Festival]] 2016		\| caption = Anoushka Shankar at the [[Rudolstadt-Festival]] 2016
	\| birth_date = {{birth date and age\|df=yes\|1981\|06\|09}}<ref name="musicianguide.com"/><br />[[London]], [[England]]		\| birth_date = {{birth date and age\|df=yes\|1981\|06\|09}}<ref name="musicianguide.com"/><br />London, England
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	\| instrument = [[Vocals]], [[sitar]], [[piano]], [[tanpura]]		\| instrument = Vocals, [[sitar]], piano, [[tanpura]]
	\| genre = [[Indian classical music\|Indian classical]], crossover		\| genre = [[Indian classical music\|Indian classical]], crossover
	\| occupation = [[Sitar]]ist, composer		\| occupation = [[Sitar]]ist, composer
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	==Early life==		==Early life==
	Shankar was born in [[London]] and her childhood was divided between London and [[Delhi]]. She is the daughter of Sukanya Shankar and Indian sitar maestro [[Ravi Shankar]], who was 61 when she was born. Through her father, she is also the half-sister of American singer [[Norah Jones]] (born Geetali Norah Shankar), and [[Shubhendra Shankar\|Shubhendra "Shubho" Shankar]], who died in 1992.<ref name="musicianguide.com">{{cite web \|url=http://www.musicianguide.com/biographies/1608003982/Anoushka-Shankar.html \|title=Anoushka Shankar Biography \|website=Musician Biographies \|publisher=Net Industries \|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080720155831/http://www.musicianguide.com/biographies/1608003982/Anoushka-Shankar.html \|archive-date=20 July 2008 \|access-date=20 January 2009 \| url-status= live}}</ref>		Shankar was born in London and her childhood was divided between London and Delhi. She is the daughter of Sukanya Shankar and Indian sitar maestro [[Ravi Shankar]], who was 61 when she was born. Through her father, she is also the half-sister of American singer [[Norah Jones]] (born Geetali Norah Shankar), and [[Shubhendra Shankar\|Shubhendra "Shubho" Shankar]], who died in 1992.<ref name="musicianguide.com">{{cite web \|url=http://www.musicianguide.com/biographies/1608003982/Anoushka-Shankar.html \|title=Anoushka Shankar Biography \|website=Musician Biographies \|publisher=Net Industries \|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080720155831/http://www.musicianguide.com/biographies/1608003982/Anoushka-Shankar.html \|archive-date=20 July 2008 \|access-date=20 January 2009 \| url-status= live}}</ref>

	As a teenager, Shankar lived in [[Encinitas, California]], and attended [[San Dieguito Academy\|San Dieguito High School Academy]]. A 1999 ~~honors~~ graduate and Homecoming Queen, Anoushka decided to pursue a career in music rather than attend college.<ref name="musicianguide.com" /><ref>{{cite web\|last1=Chhibber\|first1=Kavita\|title=Anoushka Shankar\|url=http://www.kavitachhibber.com/main/main.jsp?id=anoushka_shankar\|website=Kavita Chhibber\|access-date=27 July 2015\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170118051303/http://www.kavitachhibber.com/main/main.jsp?id=anoushka_shankar\|archive-date=18 January 2017\|url-status=dead}}</ref>		As a teenager, Shankar lived in [[Encinitas, California]], and attended [[San Dieguito Academy\|San Dieguito High School Academy]]. A 1999 honours graduate and Homecoming Queen, Anoushka decided to pursue a career in music rather than attend college.<ref name="musicianguide.com" /><ref>{{cite web\|last1=Chhibber\|first1=Kavita\|title=Anoushka Shankar\|url=http://www.kavitachhibber.com/main/main.jsp?id=anoushka_shankar\|website=Kavita Chhibber\|access-date=27 July 2015\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170118051303/http://www.kavitachhibber.com/main/main.jsp?id=anoushka_shankar\|archive-date=18 January 2017\|url-status=dead}}</ref>

			[[File:Anoushka Shanker.jpg\|thumb\|Anoushka Shankar\|alt=SPIC Macay regularly arranges music concerts in Nehru Park. A rare concert by Pandit Ravi Shankar was held last Sunday.]]
	==Career==		==Career==
	[[File:Shankar Concert 2005 crop.jpg\|thumb\|Anoushka and Ravi Shankar in concert, 2005]]		[[File:Shankar Concert 2005 crop.jpg\|thumb\|Anoushka and Ravi Shankar in concert, 2005]]
	Shankar began training on the sitar with her father Ravi Shankar at the age of seven. As part of her training, she began accompanying him on the [[tanpura]] at his performances from the age of ten, soaking up the music and becoming acclimated to the stage. She gave her first public sitar performance on 27 February 1995 at the age of 13, at [[Siri Fort]] in New Delhi as part of her father's 75th birthday celebration concert. For this solo debut, she was accompanied by tabla maestro [[Zakir Hussain (musician)\|Zakir Hussain]]. Her first experience in the recording studio came that same year when Angel Records released a special four-CD box set called ''In Celebration'', to mark her father's birthday. By the age of fourteen, she was accompanying her father at concerts around the world. At fifteen, she assisted her father on the landmark album ''[[Chants of India]]'', produced by George Harrison. Under both their guidance, she was in charge of notation and eventually of conducting the performers who took part in the record. After this experience, the heads of Angel Records came to her parents' home to ask to sign her, and Shankar signed her first exclusive recording contract with [[Angel Records\|Angel]]/[[EMI]] when she was sixteen.		Shankar began training on the sitar with her father Ravi Shankar at the age of seven. As part of her training, she began accompanying him on the [[tanpura]] at his performances from the age of ten, soaking up the music and becoming acclimated to the stage. She gave her first public sitar performance on 27 February 1995 at the age of 13, at [[Siri Fort]] in New Delhi as part of her father's 75th birthday celebration concert. For this solo debut, she was accompanied by tabla maestro [[Zakir Hussain (musician)\|Zakir Hussain]]. Her first experience in the recording studio came that same year when Angel Records released a special four-CD box set called ''In Celebration'', to mark her father's birthday. By the age of fourteen, she was accompanying her father at concerts around the world. At fifteen, she assisted her father on the landmark album ''[[Chants of India]]'', produced by George Harrison. Under both their guidance, she was in charge of notation and eventually of conducting the performers who took part in the record. After this experience, the heads of Angel Records came to her parents' home to ask to sign her, and Shankar signed her first exclusive recording contract with [[Angel Records\|Angel]]/[[EMI]] when she was sixteen.

	She released her first album, ''[[Anoushka (album)\|Anoushka]]'', in 1998, followed by ''[[Anourag]]'' in 2000. In 1999 Shankar graduated from high school with ~~honors~~, but decided against university in favour of beginning to tour as a solo artist. Both Shankar and her half-sister Norah Jones were nominated for [[Grammy]] awards in 2003 when Anoushka became the youngest nominee in the World Music category for her third album, [[Live at Carnegie Hall (Anoushka Shankar album)\|''Live at Carnegie Hall'']].		She released her first album, ''[[Anoushka (album)\|Anoushka]]'', in 1998, followed by ''[[Anourag]]'' in 2000. In 1999 Shankar graduated from high school with honours, but decided against university in favour of beginning to tour as a solo artist. Both Shankar and her half-sister Norah Jones were nominated for [[Grammy]] awards in 2003 when Anoushka became the youngest nominee in the World Music category for her third album, [[Live at Carnegie Hall (Anoushka Shankar album)\|''Live at Carnegie Hall'']].

	Having released three albums of Indian classical music, Shankar took several years away from recording and focused her energy on establishing herself as a solo concert performer outside of her father's ensemble. In that time, she toured worldwide, playing an average of 50–60 concerts per year. 2005 brought the release of her fourth album ''[[Rise (Anoushka Shankar album)\|RISE]]'', her first self-produced, self-composed, non-classical album, earning her another Grammy nomination in the [[Grammy Award for Best Contemporary World Music Album\|Best Contemporary World Music]] category. In February 2006 she became the first Indian to play at the Grammy Awards, playing material from ''RISE''.		Having released three albums of Indian classical music, Shankar took several years away from recording and focused her energy on establishing herself as a solo concert performer outside of her father's ensemble. In that time, she toured worldwide, playing an average of 50–60 concerts per year. 2005 brought the release of her fourth album ''[[Rise (Anoushka Shankar album)\|RISE]]'', her first self-produced, self-composed, non-classical album, earning her another Grammy nomination in the [[Grammy Award for Best Contemporary World Music Album\|Best Contemporary World Music]] category. In February 2006 she became the first Indian to play at the Grammy Awards, playing material from ''RISE''.
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	Duets with artists such as violinist [[Joshua Bell]], in a sitar-cello duet with [[Mstislav Rostropovich]], and with flautist [[Jean-Pierre Rampal]], playing both sitar and piano, Shankar has championed her father's compositions. Shankar also performs Ravi Shankar's 1st and 2nd Concertos for Sitar and Orchestra, performing multiple times under legendary conductors such as [[Zubin Mehta]]. In January 2009 she was the sitar soloist alongside the [[Orpheus Chamber Orchestra]] premiering her father's 3rd Concerto for Sitar and Orchestra, and in July 2010 she premiered Ravi Shankar's first symphony for sitar and orchestra with the [[London Philharmonic Orchestra]] at London's [[Royal Festival Hall]].		Duets with artists such as violinist [[Joshua Bell]], in a sitar-cello duet with [[Mstislav Rostropovich]], and with flautist [[Jean-Pierre Rampal]], playing both sitar and piano, Shankar has championed her father's compositions. Shankar also performs Ravi Shankar's 1st and 2nd Concertos for Sitar and Orchestra, performing multiple times under legendary conductors such as [[Zubin Mehta]]. In January 2009 she was the sitar soloist alongside the [[Orpheus Chamber Orchestra]] premiering her father's 3rd Concerto for Sitar and Orchestra, and in July 2010 she premiered Ravi Shankar's first symphony for sitar and orchestra with the [[London Philharmonic Orchestra]] at London's [[Royal Festival Hall]].

	In April 2016, Shankar performed with violinist [[Patricia Kopatchinskaja]] during a concert in [[Konzerthaus Berlin]], [[Germany]]. The ''[[West Meets East, Volume 2#Recording and musical content\|Raga Piloo]]'' was originally composed, performed and recorded by [[Ravi Shankar]] as a duet with [[Yehudi Menuhin]] on the album ''[[West Meets East, Volume 2]]'' in 1968.		In April 2016, Shankar performed with violinist [[Patricia Kopatchinskaja]] during a concert in [[Konzerthaus Berlin]], Germany. The ''[[West Meets East, Volume 2#Recording and musical content\|Raga Piloo]]'' was originally composed, performed and recorded by [[Ravi Shankar]] as a duet with [[Yehudi Menuhin]] on the album ''[[West Meets East, Volume 2]]'' in 1968.

	‘Love Letters’ marks a different direction for the internationally celebrated artist; it offers a shift in intimacy and content and comes at a pivotal time in her career as she signs to her new record label, Mercury KX.<ref>{{cite web \|access-date=18 August 2020 \|title=Mercury KX: Artists\|url=https://www.mercurykx.com/artists/}}</ref> A host of trail-blazing women feature on ‘Love Letters’ including singer and co-producer [[Alev Lenz]], twin sister vocal duo [[Ibeyi]], singer and cellist [[Ayanna Witter-Johnson]], Indian singer [[Shilpa Rao]], Brooklyn-based mastering engineer Heba Kadry ([[Björk]], Slowdive) and British audio mastering engineer [[Mandy Parnell]] ([[Aphex Twin]], [[The XX]]).<ref>{{cite web \|date=7 February 2020 \|title=Anoushka Shankar Releases Debut Mercury KX EP 'Love Letters'\|url=https://www.udiscovermusic.com/classical-news/anoushka-shankar-love-letters/}}</ref>		‘Love Letters’ marks a different direction for the internationally celebrated artist; it offers a shift in intimacy and content and comes at a pivotal time in her career as she signs to her new record label, Mercury KX.<ref>{{cite web \|access-date=18 August 2020 \|title=Mercury KX: Artists\|url=https://www.mercurykx.com/artists/}}</ref> A host of trail-blazing women feature on ‘Love Letters’ including singer and co-producer [[Alev Lenz]], twin sister vocal duo [[Ibeyi]], singer and cellist [[Ayanna Witter-Johnson]], Indian singer [[Shilpa Rao]], Brooklyn-based mastering engineer Heba Kadry ([[Björk]], Slowdive) and British audio mastering engineer [[Mandy Parnell]] ([[Aphex Twin]], [[The XX]]).<ref>{{cite web \|date=7 February 2020 \|title=Anoushka Shankar Releases Debut Mercury KX EP 'Love Letters'\|url=https://www.udiscovermusic.com/classical-news/anoushka-shankar-love-letters/}}</ref>

	On 13 November 2020, Shankar was featured on "[[Stop Crying Your Heart Out#BBC Radio 2 Allstars charity single\|Stop Crying Your Heart Out]]" as part of the BBC Radio 2's Allstars' [[Children in Need]] charity single.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=All-star BBC Children in Need charity single announced\|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/bbc-radio-2s-allstars-including-cher-kylie-and-robbie-williams-to-release-stop-crying-your-heart-out-cover-for-bbc-children-in-need__31577/\|access-date=2020~~-11-13~~\|~~website~~=~~www.officialcharts.com~~\|language=en}}</ref> The single debuted at number 7 on the Official UK Singles Chart<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Official Singles Chart Top 100 - 20 November 2020 - 26 November 2020\|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/\|access-date=2020~~-11-20~~\|~~website~~=~~www.officialcharts.com~~\|language=en}}</ref> and number 1 on both the Official UK Singles Sales Chart and the Official UK Singles Download Chart.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Official Singles Sales Chart Top 100 - 20 November 2020 - 26 November 2020\|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-sales-chart/\|access-date=2020~~-11-20~~\|~~website~~=~~www.officialcharts.com~~\|language=en}}</ref>		On 13 November 2020, Shankar was featured on "[[Stop Crying Your Heart Out#BBC Radio 2 Allstars charity single\|Stop Crying Your Heart Out]]" as part of the BBC Radio 2's Allstars' [[Children in Need]] charity single.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=All-star BBC Children in Need charity single announced\|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/bbc-radio-2s-allstars-including-cher-kylie-and-robbie-williams-to-release-stop-crying-your-heart-out-cover-for-bbc-children-in-need__31577/\|access-date=13 November 2020\|publisher=Official Charts Company\|language=en}}</ref> The single debuted at number 7 on the Official UK Singles Chart<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Official Singles Chart Top 100 – 20 November 2020 – 26 November 2020\|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/\|access-date=20 November 2020\|publisher=Official Charts Company\|language=en}}</ref> and number 1 on both the Official UK Singles Sales Chart and the Official UK Singles Download Chart.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Official Singles Sales Chart Top 100 – 20 November 2020 – 26 November 2020\|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-sales-chart/\|access-date=20 November 2020\|publisher=Official Charts Company\|language=en}}</ref>

	===Acting and writing===		===Acting and writing===
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	==Personal life==		==Personal life==
	Shankar grew up in the [[US]], the [[UK]], and [[India]]. In 2010 she married British director [[Joe Wright]].<ref name="Guardian2014">{{cite news\|last1=Barnett\|first1=Laura\|title=Anoushka Shankar: 'Suddenly I'm the parent'\|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/may/20/anoushka-shankar-alchemy-festival\|access-date=2 November 2016\|work=The Guardian\|date=20 May 2014}}</ref> They had two sons and then divorced in 2019. She lives in London with her two sons.<ref>{{Cite news\|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/trending/trending-in-india/anoushka-shankar-instagram-post-on-first-love-and-separation-5124881/\|title=Anoushka Shankar writes a heartfelt note on 'first love' and 'life as a single parent'\|date=5 April 2018\|work=The Indian Express\|access-date=11 June 2018\|language=en-US}}</ref>		Shankar grew up in the US, the UK, and India. In 2010 she married British director [[Joe Wright]].<ref name="Guardian2014">{{cite news\|last1=Barnett\|first1=Laura\|title=Anoushka Shankar: 'Suddenly I'm the parent'\|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/may/20/anoushka-shankar-alchemy-festival\|access-date=2 November 2016\|work=The Guardian\|date=20 May 2014}}</ref> They had two sons and then divorced in 2019. She lives in London with her two sons.<ref>{{Cite news\|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/trending/trending-in-india/anoushka-shankar-instagram-post-on-first-love-and-separation-5124881/\|title=Anoushka Shankar writes a heartfelt note on 'first love' and 'life as a single parent'\|date=5 April 2018\|work=The Indian Express\|access-date=11 June 2018\|language=en-US}}</ref>

	==Discography==		==Discography==

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{{short description|British musician}}
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{{Infobox musical artist 
| name = Anoushka Shankar
| image = File:Anoushka Shankar -3578.jpg
| caption = Anoushka Shankar at the [[Rudolstadt-Festival]] 2016
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1981|06|09}}<ref name="musicianguide.com"/> [[London]], [[England]]
| death_date =
| instrument = [[Vocals]], [[sitar]], [[piano]], [[tanpura]]
| genre = [[Indian classical music|Indian classical]], crossover
| occupation = [[Sitar]]ist, composer
| years_active = 1995–present
| label = [[Angel Records|Angel]], [[Deutsche Grammophon]], [[Mercury KX]]
| associated_acts = [[Ravi Shankar]]
| website = {{url|anoushkashankar.com}}
}}

'''Anoushka Shankar''' (born 9 June 1981<ref name="musicianguide.com"/>) is a [[British Indian]] [[sitar]] player and composer. She is the daughter of Pandit [[Ravi Shankar]] and Sukanya Rajan, and the half-sister of [[Norah Jones]].

==Early life==
Shankar was born in [[London]] and her childhood was divided between London and [[Delhi]]. She is the daughter of Sukanya Shankar and Indian sitar maestro [[Ravi Shankar]], who was 61 when she was born. Through her father, she is also the half-sister of American singer [[Norah Jones]] (born Geetali Norah Shankar), and [[Shubhendra Shankar|Shubhendra "Shubho" Shankar]], who died in 1992.<ref name="musicianguide.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.musicianguide.com/biographies/1608003982/Anoushka-Shankar.html |title=Anoushka Shankar Biography |website=Musician Biographies |publisher=Net Industries |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080720155831/http://www.musicianguide.com/biographies/1608003982/Anoushka-Shankar.html |archive-date=20 July 2008 |access-date=20 January 2009 | url-status= live}}</ref>

As a teenager, Shankar lived in [[Encinitas, California]], and attended [[San Dieguito Academy|San Dieguito High School Academy]]. A 1999 honors graduate and Homecoming Queen, Anoushka decided to pursue a career in music rather than attend college.<ref name="musicianguide.com" /><ref>{{cite web|last1=Chhibber|first1=Kavita|title=Anoushka Shankar|url=http://www.kavitachhibber.com/main/main.jsp?id=anoushka_shankar|website=Kavita Chhibber|access-date=27 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170118051303/http://www.kavitachhibber.com/main/main.jsp?id=anoushka_shankar|archive-date=18 January 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Career==
[[File:Shankar Concert 2005 crop.jpg|thumb|Anoushka and Ravi Shankar in concert, 2005]]
Shankar began training on the sitar with her father Ravi Shankar at the age of seven. As part of her training, she began accompanying him on the [[tanpura]] at his performances from the age of ten, soaking up the music and becoming acclimated to the stage. She gave her first public sitar performance on 27 February 1995 at the age of 13, at [[Siri Fort]] in New Delhi as part of her father's 75th birthday celebration concert. For this solo debut, she was accompanied by tabla maestro [[Zakir Hussain (musician)|Zakir Hussain]]. Her first experience in the recording studio came that same year when Angel Records released a special four-CD box set called ''In Celebration'', to mark her father's birthday. By the age of fourteen, she was accompanying her father at concerts around the world. At fifteen, she assisted her father on the landmark album ''[[Chants of India]]'', produced by George Harrison. Under both their guidance, she was in charge of notation and eventually of conducting the performers who took part in the record. After this experience, the heads of Angel Records came to her parents' home to ask to sign her, and Shankar signed her first exclusive recording contract with [[Angel Records|Angel]]/[[EMI]] when she was sixteen.

She released her first album, ''[[Anoushka (album)|Anoushka]]'', in 1998, followed by ''[[Anourag]]'' in 2000. In 1999 Shankar graduated from high school with honors, but decided against university in favour of beginning to tour as a solo artist. Both Shankar and her half-sister Norah Jones were nominated for [[Grammy]] awards in 2003 when Anoushka became the youngest nominee in the World Music category for her third album, [[Live at Carnegie Hall (Anoushka Shankar album)|''Live at Carnegie Hall'']].

Having released three albums of Indian classical music, Shankar took several years away from recording and focused her energy on establishing herself as a solo concert performer outside of her father's ensemble. In that time, she toured worldwide, playing an average of 50–60 concerts per year. 2005 brought the release of her fourth album ''[[Rise (Anoushka Shankar album)|RISE]]'', her first self-produced, self-composed, non-classical album, earning her another Grammy nomination in the [[Grammy Award for Best Contemporary World Music Album|Best Contemporary World Music]] category. In February 2006 she became the first Indian to play at the Grammy Awards, playing material from ''RISE''.

Shankar, in collaboration with [[Karsh Kale]], released ''[[Breathing Under Water]]'' on 28 August 2007. It is a mix of classical sitar and [[electronica]] beats and melodies. Notable guest vocals included her paternal half-sister Norah Jones, [[Sting (musician)|Sting]], and her father, who performed a sitar duet with her.

In 2011 Shankar signed with record label [[Deutsche Grammophon]] as an exclusive artist. This marked the beginning of a prolific recording and creative period for Shankar, during which time she continued to refine the sitar sound and musical ideas she had become known for. She earned a third Grammy Award nomination in 2013 for ''[[Traveller (Anoushka Shankar album)|Traveller]]'', an exploration of the shared history between flamenco and Indian classical music, which was produced by [[Javier Limón]] and featured artists such as [[Concha Buika|Buika]], [[Pepe Habichuela]] and [[Duquende]]. As Shankar had begun to do with ''Rise'', she created a specially handpicked ensemble of musicians with whom to perform this cross-genre music, and played over a hundred concerts worldwide in support of ''Traveller''. In 2013 she released a personal album called ''[[Traces of You]]'', which was released several months after the passing of her father Ravi Shankar. Produced by [[Nitin Sawhney]], and featuring her half-sister Norah Jones as the sole vocal performer, ''Traces of You'' earned Shankar a fourth Grammy nomination in the World Music category. In July 2015 Shankar released ''Home'', her first purely classical album of Indian Ragas. Self-composed and produced, Home was recorded over a week in October 2014 in Shankar's new, purpose-built home-studio.

[[File:Concert de Anoushka Shankar du 6 août 2014 - 02.jpg|thumb|Anoushka Shankar in Lorient Interceltic Festival in 2014]]
Shankar has made many guest appearances on recordings by other artists, among them Sting, [[Lenny Kravitz]], [[Thievery Corporation]] and Nitin Sawhney. Recently, Shankar has collaborated with [[Herbie Hancock]] on his latest record ''[[The Imagine Project]]'', and with Rodrigo y Gabriela on their album ''[[Area 52 (album)|Area 52]]''.

Duets with artists such as violinist [[Joshua Bell]], in a sitar-cello duet with [[Mstislav Rostropovich]], and with flautist [[Jean-Pierre Rampal]], playing both sitar and piano, Shankar has championed her father's compositions. Shankar also performs Ravi Shankar's 1st and 2nd Concertos for Sitar and Orchestra, performing multiple times under legendary conductors such as [[Zubin Mehta]]. In January 2009 she was the sitar soloist alongside the [[Orpheus Chamber Orchestra]] premiering her father's 3rd Concerto for Sitar and Orchestra, and in July 2010 she premiered Ravi Shankar's first symphony for sitar and orchestra with the [[London Philharmonic Orchestra]] at London's [[Royal Festival Hall]].

In April 2016, Shankar performed with violinist [[Patricia Kopatchinskaja]] during a concert in [[Konzerthaus Berlin]], [[Germany]]. The ''[[West Meets East, Volume 2#Recording and musical content|Raga Piloo]]'' was originally composed, performed and recorded by [[Ravi Shankar]] as a duet with [[Yehudi Menuhin]] on the album ''[[West Meets East, Volume 2]]'' in 1968.

‘Love Letters’ marks a different direction for the internationally celebrated artist; it offers a shift in intimacy and content and comes at a pivotal time in her career as she signs to her new record label, Mercury KX.<ref>{{cite web |access-date=18 August 2020 |title=Mercury KX: Artists|url=https://www.mercurykx.com/artists/}}</ref> A host of trail-blazing women feature on ‘Love Letters’ including singer and co-producer [[Alev Lenz]], twin sister vocal duo [[Ibeyi]], singer and cellist [[Ayanna Witter-Johnson]], Indian singer [[Shilpa Rao]], Brooklyn-based mastering engineer Heba Kadry ([[Björk]], Slowdive) and British audio mastering engineer [[Mandy Parnell]] ([[Aphex Twin]], [[The XX]]).<ref>{{cite web |date=7 February 2020 |title=Anoushka Shankar Releases Debut Mercury KX EP 'Love Letters'|url=https://www.udiscovermusic.com/classical-news/anoushka-shankar-love-letters/}}</ref>

On 13 November 2020, Shankar was featured on "[[Stop Crying Your Heart Out#BBC Radio 2 Allstars charity single|Stop Crying Your Heart Out]]" as part of the BBC Radio 2's Allstars' [[Children in Need]] charity single.<ref>{{Cite web|title=All-star BBC Children in Need charity single announced|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/bbc-radio-2s-allstars-including-cher-kylie-and-robbie-williams-to-release-stop-crying-your-heart-out-cover-for-bbc-children-in-need__31577/|access-date=2020-11-13|website=www.officialcharts.com|language=en}}</ref> The single debuted at number 7 on the Official UK Singles Chart<ref>{{Cite web|title=Official Singles Chart Top 100 - 20 November 2020 - 26 November 2020|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/|access-date=2020-11-20|website=www.officialcharts.com|language=en}}</ref> and number 1 on both the Official UK Singles Sales Chart and the Official UK Singles Download Chart.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Official Singles Sales Chart Top 100 - 20 November 2020 - 26 November 2020|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-sales-chart/|access-date=2020-11-20|website=www.officialcharts.com|language=en}}</ref>

===Acting and writing===
Shankar has also ventured into acting (''[[Dance Like a Man]]'', 2004) and writing. She wrote a biography of her father, ''[[Bapi: The Love of My Life]]'', in 2002 and has contributed to various books. As a columnist she wrote monthly columns for India's ''[[First City Magazine]]'' for three years, and spent one year as a weekly columnist for India's second largest newspaper, the ''[[Hindustan Times]]''.

===Benefit concerts===
On 29 November 2002, Shankar was the featured performer of the "Indian" half of the [[Concert for George]], a posthumous tribute to the life and music of [[George Harrison]], held at the [[Royal Albert Hall]] in London. She opened the show by playing a solo sitar instrumental titled "Your Eyes". Also on the sitar, she performed George Harrison's "[[The Inner Light (song)|The Inner Light]]" with [[Jeff Lynne]]. Lastly, she conducted a new composition, ''Arpan'', written by her father. The composition featured [[Eric Clapton]] playing acoustic guitar, and a full orchestra of Indian and Western musicians. The concert was modelled after Ravi Shankar's benefit concert with Harrison, the 1971 [[Concert for Bangladesh]].

Shankar was invited by [[Richard Gere]] and [[Philip Glass]] to perform in a concert at [[Avery Fisher Hall]] in 2003 in aid of the [[Healing the Divide]]: A Concert for Peace and Reconciliation.
Shankar and [[Jethro Tull (band)|Jethro Tull]] postponed a concert scheduled for 29 November 2008 in Mumbai after the [[2008 Mumbai attacks]]. They reorganised the performance as [[A Billion Hands Concert]], a benefit performance for victims of the attacks, and held it on 5 December 2008. Shankar commented on this decision stating that: "As a musician, this is how I speak, how I express the anger within me [...] our entire tour has been changed by these events and even though the structure of the concert may remain the same, emotionally perhaps we are saying a lot more."<ref>{{cite news |last=Jamkhandikar |first=Shilpa |date=5 December 2008 |title=Mumbai hosts first concert after deadly attacks |url=http://in.reuters.com/article/entertainmentNews/idINIndia-36890220081205}}</ref>

==Awards and honours==
* [[British House of Commons Shield]], 1998<ref>{{cite news |last=De Cruz |first=Errol |date=27 February 2001 |title=Shankar guru a left-handed genius |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=KQgkAAAAIBAJ&dq=commons+shield+anoushka&pg=4517,4261834 |location=Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |newspaper=[[New Straits Times]] |access-date=7 April 2011}}</ref>
* Woman of the Year awarded on International Women's Day 2003 in India<ref name="musicianguide.com" />
* Named as one of 20 Asian Heroes by the Asia edition of ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' in 2004
* Nominated for a Grammy award in 2003 in the World Music category for her third-album, ''Live at Carnegie Hall''. She was the youngest-ever nominee in this category.
* In 2005 she was nominated for another Grammy, in the Best Contemporary World Music category for her fourth album ''RISE''.
* In 2012 she won Best Artist in the [[Songlines (magazine)#Songlines Music Awards|Songlines Music Award]] for her album ''Traveller''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://songlines.co.uk/music-awards/2012/winners.php |title=Songlines – Music Awards – 2012 – Winners |website=[[Songlines (magazine)|Songlines]] |access-date=14 February 2013}}</ref>
* In 2013 she was nominated for her third Grammy, in the Best World Music category for her album ''Traveller''.
* In 2014 she was nominated for a fourth Grammy in the Best World Music category for her album ''Traces of You''.
* In 2015 she was nominated for a fifth Grammy in the Best World Music Category for her album "Home".
* In 2016 she was nominated for a sixth Grammy in the Best World Music Category for her album "Land of Gold".
* In 2017 she won the Eastern Eye Arts, Culture & Theatre Awards (ACTA) Award for Music for outstanding achievements in the Indian classical and progressive world music scenes.
* Asteroid [[292872 Anoushankar]], discovered by Italian amateur astronomer [[Silvano Casulli]], was named in her honour.<ref name="MPC-object" /> The official {{MoMP|292872|naming citation}} was published by the [[Minor Planet Center]] on 12 January 2017 ({{small|[[Minor Planet Circulars|M.P.C.]] 103028}}).<ref name="MPC-Circulars-Archive" />
* In 2021 she is nominated for a seventh Grammy in the Best World Music Category for her album "Love Letters".

==Activism==
Shankar is a supporter of animal rights. She and her father appeared in a thirty-second public-service announcement against animal suffering for [[People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals]] (PETA).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kentuckyfriedcruelty.com/c-ravianoushkashankar.asp |title=Kentucky Fried Cruelty :: Celebrity Support :: Anoushka Shankar ad Pundit Ravi Shankar |website=Kentucky Fried Cruelty |publisher=PETA}}</ref> She is also the spokesperson for the United Nations [[World Food Programme]] in India.

In 2013, responding to the horrific gang-rape of a young girl in Delhi, whom the Indian media referred to as [[Nirbhaya]], Shankar threw her weight behind an online campaign [[One Billion Rising]] on Change.org,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://in.omg.yahoo.com/news/anoushka-shankar-supports-the-one-billion-rising-movement-093412310.html |title=Anoushka Shankar supports the One Billion Rising movement |website=Yahoo Celebrity India}}</ref> demanding an end to crime against women.<ref>{{cite news |last=Nigam |first=Aarushi |date=7 October 2013 |title=Anoushka Shankar names song after Delhi gang-rape victim |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/music/news-and-interviews/Anoushka-Shankar-names-song-after-Delhi-gang-rape-victim/articleshow/23606354.cms? |newspaper=The Times of India}}</ref> As part of the campaign, she released a video in which she revealed she had been sexually abused for many years as a child.<ref>{{cite news |date=13 February 2013 |title=Anoushka Shankar says she was sexually abused |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-21438277 |newspaper=BBC News |access-date=12 February 2013}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Shankar grew up in the [[US]], the [[UK]], and [[India]]. In 2010 she married British director [[Joe Wright]].<ref name="Guardian2014">{{cite news|last1=Barnett|first1=Laura|title=Anoushka Shankar: 'Suddenly I'm the parent'|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/may/20/anoushka-shankar-alchemy-festival|access-date=2 November 2016|work=The Guardian|date=20 May 2014}}</ref> They had two sons and then divorced in 2019. She lives in London with her two sons.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/trending/trending-in-india/anoushka-shankar-instagram-post-on-first-love-and-separation-5124881/|title=Anoushka Shankar writes a heartfelt note on 'first love' and 'life as a single parent'|date=5 April 2018|work=The Indian Express|access-date=11 June 2018|language=en-US}}</ref>

==Discography==

===Studio albums===
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! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:16em;"| Album details
! scope="col" colspan="6"| Peak chart positions
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! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[SNEP|FRA]] <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lescharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Anoushka+Shankar |title=Discographie Anoushka Shankar |publisher=Lescharts.com. Hung Medien |access-date=22 May 2016}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[PROMUSICAE|SPA]] <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.spanishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Anoushka+Shankar&titel=Traces+Of+You&cat=a |title=Anoushka Shankar – Traces Of You |publisher=Spanishcharts.com. Hung Medien |access-date=22 May 2016}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Swiss Hitparade|SWI]] <ref>{{cite web|url=http://hitparade.ch/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Anoushka+Shankar |title=Discographie Anoushka Shankar |publisher=Hitparade.ch. Hung Medien |access-date=22 May 2016}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Billboard 200|US]] <ref name="Billboard200">{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/279654/Anoushka%20Shankar/chart?f=305 |title=Anoushka Shankar – Billboard 200 chart |work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=22 May 2016}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Top Heatseekers|US Heat.]] <ref name="BillboardHeat">{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/279654/Anoushka%20Shankar/chart?f=324 |title=Anoushka Shankar – Top Heatseekers Albums chart |work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=22 May 2016}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| [[Top World Music Albums|US World]] <ref name="BillboardWorld">{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/279654/Anoushka%20Shankar/chart?f=339 |title=Anoushka Shankar – Top World Albums chart |work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=22 May 2016}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Anoushka (album)|Anoushka]]''
|
*Released: 23 October 1998
*Label: [[Angel Records]]
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! scope="row"| ''[[Anourag]]''
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*Released: 15 August 2000
*Label: Angel Records
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|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Rise (Anoushka Shankar album)|Rise]]''
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*Released: 27 September 2005
*Label: Angel Records
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| —
| —
| 29
| 2
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Breathing Under Water]]'' {{small|(with [[Karsh Kale]])}}
|
*Released: 28 August 2007
*Label: [[Manhattan Records|Manhattan]]
| 177
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| —
| 40
| 6
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Traveller (Anoushka Shankar album)|Traveller]]''
|
*Released: 13 October 2011
*Label: [[Deutsche Grammophon]]
| 144
| 62
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| 4
| 2
|-
! scope="row"| ''[[Traces of You]]''
|
*Released: 4 October 2013
*Label: Deutsche Grammophon
| 190
| 90
| 77
| 185
| 4
| 1
|-
! scope="row"| ''Home''
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*Released: 6 July 2015
*Label: Deutsche Grammophon
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| 3
|-
! scope="row"| ''Land of Gold''
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*Released: 1 April 2016
*Label: Deutsche Grammophon
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| 5
|-
! scope="row"| ''Reflections''
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*Released: 8 March 2019
*Label: Deutsche Grammophon
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| —
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|-
! scope="row"| ''Love Letters''
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*Released: 7 February 2020
*Label: Mercury KX
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|-
| colspan="8" style="font-size:90%"| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
|}

===Remix albums===
* ''Rise Remixes'' (2006)

===Live and compilations===
* ''[[Full Circle: Carnegie Hall 2000]]'' (2000)
* ''[[Live at Carnegie Hall (Anoushka Shankar album)|Live at Carnegie Hall]]'' (2001)
* ''[[Concert for George (album)|Concert for George]]'' (2003)
* ''Live in Concert at the Nehru Park, New Delhi'' (2005)
* ''Healing the Divide: A Concert for Peace and Reconciliation'' (2007)

===Features===
* "Adarini" – ''In Celebration'' composed by Ravi Shankar, 1995
* ''Chants Of India'' – Ravi Shankar; [[George Harrison]], featuring Anoushka as Conductor & Assistant, 1997
* ''[[Sacred Love]]'' – by [[Sting (musician)|Sting]], 2003
* ''8 classical ragas performed on ShankaRagamala'' composed by Ravi Shankar, 2005
* "Rebirth" – Co-written by Gaurav Raina, Tapan Raj and Anoushka Shankar. [[Midival Punditz]] – ''MIDIval Times'', 2005
* "Beloved" – by Anoushka Shankar remixed by [[Thievery Corporation]] – ''[[Versions (Thievery Corporation album)|Versions]]'', 2006
* "[[Bring It On (Lenny Kravitz song)|Bring It On]]" – Featuring Anoushka Shankar on sitar. Written by [[Lenny Kravitz]], ''[[It Is Time for a Love Revolution]]'', 2007
* "Mandala" – Featuring Anoushka Shankar on sitar. Co-written by [[Hilton Garza]], ''[[Radio Retaliation]]'', 2008
* "Charu Keshi Rain" – Co-written by [[Nitin Sawhney]] and Anoushka Shankar, ''[[London Undersound]]'', 2008
* "Variant Moods – Duet For Sitar & Violin" (abridged version) Written by Ravi Shankar, ''At Home With Friends'' by [[Joshua Bell]], 2009
* "Ixtapa" – [[Rodrigo y Gabriela]] & C.U.B.A. featuring Anoushka Shankar on sitar, ''[[Area 52 (album)|Area 52]]'', 2012
* ''"[[Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds]]"'' – [[Miloš Karadaglić]] featuring Anoushka Shankar, on the album ''Blackbird: The Beatles Album'', 2016
* "[[Stop Crying Your Heart Out#BBC Radio 2 Allstars charity single|Stop Crying Your Heart Out]]", [[Children in Need]] charity single, 2020

== References ==
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|access-date = 12 September 2019}}</ref>

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==Further reading==
* {{cite book|last1=Sinnott|first1=Susan|title=Extraordinary Asian American and Pacific Islander|date=2003|publisher=Children's Press|location=New York}}
* {{cite book|last1=Cole|first1=Joni B|last2=Joffrey|first2=Rebecca|last3=Rakhra|first3=B K|title=This day:diaries from American women|date=2003|publisher=Beyond Words|location=Hillsboro, Oregon}}

==External links==
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* {{Official website|http://www.anoushkashankar.com}}
* [http://www.livemint.com/2008/12/11235917/The-show-must-go-on.html?h=B The show must go on] – Video interview about [[A Billion Hands Concert]]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090203011254/http://www.asiasociety.org/resources/090124_anoushka_shankar.html Anoushka Shankar: Different Worlds, One Musical Language] – Video interview about performing [[Ravi Shankar]]'s Concerto No. 3 for Sitar and Orchestra.
* [http://www.medici.tv/#!/anoushka-shankar-traveller Anoushka Shankar Live : Gypsy Music From India to Spain] on Medici.tv

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