INFORMATION
| Artist Birtday : | 02/07/1995 (Age 29) |
| Born In : | Daman, India |
| Occupation(s) : | Singer, YouTuber, Actress |
| Genres : | Pop |
Shirley Setia is a New Zealand musician and actress. Setia was featured in Forbes Magazine, where she was guided as “Bollywood’s Next Big Singing Sensation”.
Setia created her acting debut with the 2020 Hindi movie Maska which was unleashed on Netflix. She will be creating her big screen debut with Nikamma and her Telugu movie debut with Krishna Vrinda Vihari.
Setia was born in Daman, India, and grew up in Auckland, New Zealand. A graduate learner from the University of Auckland and marketing and promotion intern at Auckland Council, Setia took part in a competition held by T-Series. Her YouTube entry was registered in her bedroom while she was tattering pajamas, which gained her the nickname “Pyjama popstar” by the New Zealand Herald. Setia has finally announced the victor.
After performing on a weekly radio show and taking interest in regional contests in Auckland, Setia achieved in her first shows in Mumbai and Hyderabad in India in 2016. Forbes publication Rob Cain penned a feature on her and her forthcoming plans, in which he said that “Bollywood’s Next Big Singing Sensation Just Might Be This Little “Kiwi”. She was also recognized as India’s YouTube spectacle by the Hindustan Times and as one of New Zealand’s most prominent international artists by TVNZ.
As of January 2021, she has 3.71 million subscribers on YouTube with 308 million views. She was requested by YouTube as a ‘YouTube Creator’ to function live in YouTube FanFest held in Mumbai in 2016 and 2017.
