Introduction
Shannon K (born Sana Kumar Sanu Bhattacharya in 2001) is an American singer-songwriter.
Life
Her father is Kumar Sanu, who is a Bollywood Playback Singer, and her mother, Saloni, is an entrepreneur. Her younger sister, Annabel, is a songwriter and author.
Shannon went to school at Northwood College in London and Evangel Christian School. She performed for the first time on stage at the age of 4. She has performed in the Bollywood Movie Awards in Atlantic City, USA. She released her first song "Roll Back The Years" when she was 12 but at that time her parents wanted her to focus only on studies so she wrote music as a hobby. Shannon K has worked with the music label Zee Music Company and learned music at ABRSM in the United Kingdom.
Discography
Shannon K recently released her first American collaboration for the song “A Long Time” (2018) with Poo Bear, who has written several songs for Justin Bieber, such as “Where Are Ü Now” and “What do you mean”. The music video “A Long Time” has gained over 36,000,000 views on YouTube.
She collaborated with music producer Kyle Townsend for the anti bullying song “Give Me Your Hand”. Kyle Townsend's song, “Stand Up For Something” was nominated by the 90th Academy Awards for Best Original Song. Shannon's song “Give Me Your Hand” was premiered by Billboard Magazine. The song was co-written with Annabel, Shannon K's younger sister, in support of the anti bullying charity, Love is Louder which is part of The Jed Foundation. Shannon stated that she suffered from bullying throughout her life so she continues to support this cause.
The music video “Give Me Your Hand” featured many Hollywood actors, including Ed Westwick, Ian Bohen, David Arquette, Chrissie Fit, Molly Burnett, Briana Evigan, Kelley Jakle, Drew Van Acker and Ryan Pinkston.
She's is currently collaborating with Bollywood Singer Sonu Nigam and released the love song "OMT" in November 2018.
Additionally, Shannon co-wrote the song “It’s Magical” with Sameer which she performs with her father, Kumar Sanu as a duet.
Shannon also wrote a song for Justin Bieber called "Pretty Eyes".
Career in Bollywood
In 2019, she made her debut as a playback singer in Bollywood when she sung her first song "Tik Tok" for the film Happy Hardy and Heer, composed and sung by composer-singer Himesh Reshammiya.
Achievements
- Shannon was awarded Hollywood Music in Media Awards for writing and singing the song "Give Me Your Hand" with a social message alongside with the co-writer Annabelle K.
- She was awarded Artist of the Month by B4U UK.
- She has performed and appeared in the movie The Big Feed, starring Manola Vergara - Sofía Vergara's son.
- She has been interviewed on BBC Asian Radio UK.
- She has been interviewed on the Face to Face show on TV ASIA.
- She has been interviewed on Good morning La La Land on Focus TV.
- Featured on Billboard Magazine.
- Featured on Rolling Stone
- Interviewed by iheart radio 991KKGi.
- Featured in Stardust magazine.
- Featured in Creative Inn Magazine.
- Shannon has performed live in Washington DC, New York, Los Angeles, New Jersey, Florida, Dallas, Houston and Virginia.