Background
Shweta was born in Dubai, United Arab Emirates and moved to Ottawa, Canada during her teenage years.
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Shweta Subram
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She graduated from Merivale High School and obtained a Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) degree from Carleton University.
Career
She primarily sings in Hindi, though she has also lent her voice to other languages. Shweta is the recipient of multiple awards including the North American Best Singer award from Sangam Kala Group, and Best Singer Award from Shankar Mahadevan Academy"s talent hunt, judged by Shankar Mahadevan himself. Shweta was an active participant in the International Indian Film Academy Awards (2011), performing with Bollywood music composer/director duo Salim-Sulaiman for IIFA Rocks in Toronto.
Though singing started off as a hobby for Shweta, her talent was constantly appreciated through multiple awards and accolades in Dubai and Canada, and made way to a full time pursuit of music
After winning the North American Best Singer award from Sangam Kala Group, Shweta spent some time in India and was chosen by Zoom (television channel) to join the Sunsilk Gang of Girls. After touring across India with the band, Shweta wanted to embark on her own musical journey.
2011-2014: Independent Music and Covers
Following her stint in India, Shweta returned to Canada in order to focus on independent music Her debut single, Jee Le Live Life was followed up with Ajooba and these releases brought her in the urban music limelight in North America.
Shweta was then contacted by Shankar Tucker to feature in his project
Mere Saajan Sun Sun, which had a phenomenal response and exposed Shweta"s talent to a larger audience. Shweta was then contacted by music composer Pravin Mani of Arkansas Rahman fame who worked with her on the single Piya featuring the playback singer Karthik. Shweta"s biggest break in North America came when she was chosen by The Piano Guys to the render an Indian adaptation of Swedish House Mafia"s Don"t You Worry Child.
2015: Bollywood playback
Shweta"s debut in Bollywood came through the movie Hawaizaada starring Ayushmann Khurrana, Mithun Chakraborty, and Pallavi Sharda.
Shweta sang the title song, Dil-e-Nadaan, alongside Ayushmann Khurrana, who is also the music composer for the movie. Live performances
Shweta is known to be a rockstar performer.
Her set typically includes of popular and upbeat Bollywood songs along with evergreen classics. She has headlined various festivals and concerts in North America, Middle-East, the Caribbean, and Asia.
In April 2015, she was invited to sing national anthems of Canada and India to open floor for speeches by Indian Prime Minister Modi and Canadian Prime Minister harper.
She also headlined the IIFA Buzz (2011) festival in Markham, Ontario and The IIFA Rocks segment was aired globally by STAR (India) to a total audience of 700 million. Shweta sang the song Khuda Ke Liye with Salim-Sulaiman from the film Aazaan
From 2009-2010 Shweta hosted the Drive Home show on HumDesi, the largest radio station in North America. Prior to this she was the host and reporter of the television program "Sounds of India" on Rogers Channel 22 in Canada, and RJ for CKCU 97.9 FM (CHIN FM).
