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{{short description|Indian musician}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Shilpa Ananth
| image =
| landscape = yes
| birth_place = Dubai, United Arab Emirates
| genre = [[Soul music|Soul]], [[Jazz]], [[Electronic music|Electronic]]
| occupation = Vocalist, Songwriter, Producer, Educator
| instrument = Voice
| website = {{URL|www.shilpaananth.com}}
}}
'''Shilpa Ananth''' is an [[India]]n vocalist, songwriter, composer, producer, and educator whose work combines R&B, soul, jazz, and electronic music elements with music styles from [[South India]]. Singing in [[Tamil language|Tamil]], [[Malayalam]], [[Hindi]], [[Arabic]] as well as English,.<ref name="rs">{{cite web |last1=Tagat |first1=Anurag |title=Exclusive Premiere: New York-Based Singer-Songwriter Shilpa Ananth's Soothing 'Align' |url=https://rollingstoneindia.com/exclusive-premiere-new-york-singer-songwriter-shilpa-ananth-new-song-align/ |website=Rolling Stone India |publisher=Rolling Stone |access-date=21 December 2020}}</ref> she published her debut album ''Indian Soul'' in 2015. In December 2020, she was given the 'Best Independent Artist' award at the Blue Rhymez Entertainment Honorary Awards.

==Biography==

===Early life===
Shilpa Ananth grew up in [[Dubai]] studying Indian classical music from the age of 3, singing [[bhajan]]s and taking lessons.<ref name="soul train" /> At the age of 13, her older brother introduced her to Western styles of music, such as jazz, rock, and hip hop, and she drew inspiration from Western artists such as [[Norah Jones]], [[Lalah Hathaway]], and [[Ella Fitzgerald]].<ref name="Bangalore Mirror">{{cite web |last1=Sadarangani |first1=Khushali |title=A city college grad, this Brooklyn, New York-based singer is back on her first music tour of India fusing regional sounds and languages with Western styles |url=https://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/bangalore/others/a-city-college-grad-this-brooklyn-new-york-based-singer-is-back-on-her-first-music-tour-of-india-fusing-regional-sounds-and-languages-with-western-styles/articleshow/73144971.cms |website=Balgalore Mirror |publisher=Bangalore Mirror |access-date=23 December 2020}}</ref> She successfully competed in vocal competitions as a teenager.<ref name="Bangalore Mirror" />

===Music career===

Ananth released her debut EP, "Indian Soul" in 2015,<ref name="soul train">{{cite web |last1=Smithers |first1=Erin |title=In Conversations - Heart to Heart with Shilpa Ananth |url=http://followthesoultrane.com/2015/01/conversations-heart-heart-shilpa-ananth/ |website=Follow the Soul Trane |access-date=21 December 2020}}</ref> and will be releasing a second EP entitled "Reproduction" in the Fall of 2021.<ref name="cafe royal">{{cite web |title=Music Grant 2020 Fall Grantee |url=https://caferoyalculturalfoundation.org/shilpa-ananth |website=Cafe Royal Cultural Foundation |publisher=Cafe Royal Cultural Foundation |access-date=21 December 2020}}</ref> The first single from her upcoming EP, "Face Myself", was released on December 12, 2019,<ref name="rs" /> and the second single, "Align", was released on January 2, 2020.<ref name="rs" />

She has been featured on a [[Grammy]]-nominated album 'ONA' by [[Thana Alexa]]<ref name="all about jazz">{{cite web |last1=Collette |first1=Doug |title=Thana Alexa: ONA |url=https://www.allaboutjazz.com/ona-thana-alexa-self-produced__20740.php |website=All About Jazz |access-date=21 December 2020}}</ref> and has performed with Grammy award-winning artists such as [[A. R. Rahman]], <ref>{{cite web |last1=Pendharkar |first1=Vrushal |title=Sound of music: What keeps the Berklee Indian Ensemble going, harmoniously |url=https://www.firstpost.com/living/sound-of-music-what-keeps-the-berklee-indian-ensemble-going-harmoniously-2997786.html |website=Firstpost |access-date=1 January 2021}}</ref> [[Bobby McFerrin]], and [[Javier Limón]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Javier Limón to Present Flamenco Orígenes in New York |url=https://worldmusiccentral.org/2017/01/27/javier-limon-to-present-flamenco-origenes-in-new-york/ |website=World Music Central |access-date=21 December 2020}}</ref>

In 2020, Ananth became an instructor at the [[Berklee College of Music]]'s new campus in [[Abu Dhabi]], teaching voice and songwriting.<ref name="berklee">{{cite web |title=Berklee Abu Dhabi Instructors |url=https://berkleeabudhabi.ae/en/instructors |website=Berklee Abu Dhabi |publisher=Berklee College of Music |access-date=23 December 2020}}</ref>

==Awards and honors==
More recently, she was given the 'Best Independent Artist' award at the 2020 Blue Rhymez Entertainment Honorary Awards in December.<ref>{{cite web |title=The 2020 Honorary Music Awards By Blue Rhymez Entertainment |url=https://bluerhymez.com/2020/12/10/the-2020-honorary-music-awards-by-blue-rhymez-entertainment/ |website=Blue Rhymez Entertainment |access-date=23 December 2020}}</ref> She was also the recipient of the [[New York Foundation for the Arts]] Women's Fund for Media, Music, and Theater,<ref>{{cite web |title=2020 Recipients |url=https://www.nyfa.org/awards-grants/nyc-womens-fund-for-media-music-and-theatre/2020-recipients/ |website=New York Foundation for the Arts |access-date=23 December 2020}}</ref> and was the 2020 Fall Grantee of the Café Royal Cultural Foundation music grant<ref name="cafe royal" />

==Discography==

===As a leader===
* ''Indian Soul'' (2015)<ref name="soul train" />
* ''Reproduction'' (coming Fall 2021)<ref name="cafe royal" />

===As a guest===
'''With Javier Limón
* ''OQ'' ([[IMG Artists]], 2018)

'''With Thana Alexa
* ''Ona'' (Self release, 2020)<ref name="all about jazz" />

== References ==

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[[Category:21st-century Indian women singers]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian singers]]
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[[Category:People from Dubai]]
[[Category:Bhajan singers]]

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