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Singers Who Emerged To Success From YouTube

Youtube has brought to the forefront some of the most amazing talents that were hidden from us for a long time. Such talents have come from the field of music as well. Youtube has acted as a strong platform and helped them earn not just money but also millions of fans from across the world. 

Here are few of the YouTube stars that has earned millions of hearts.

Jonita Gandhi

Born in India and raised in Canada, Jonita has given Bollywood her melodious voice and has many hit and popular songs on her name. She initially started her singing journey by uploading her videos on Youtube with Aakash Gandhi at the young age of 17. She has sung many Bollywood songs which include the breakup song (Ae Dil Hai Mushkil), Sau Tarah Ke (Dishoom) Gilehriyaan (Dangal), Chandralekha (A Gentleman) and many more.

Darshan Raval

Though the initial stages of his journey were slow, this artist rose to success and fame with his amazingly soothing romantic voice. He has 1 million subscribers to his YouTube channel. Apart from creating and singing for his YouTube channel, Darshan Raval has also given Bollywood hits like Kamariyan (Mitron), Chogada (Loveyatri), and Jab Tum Chaho (Prem Ratan Dhan Payo). 


Vidya Iyer (Vox)

A completely distinctive talent with a rare voice, Vidya Iyer sturred the Indian youth with her stellar genre. Vidya Iyer stage-named and popularly known as Vidya Vox is love for her unique mix of western pop, EDM and Indian Classical music. Having 6 million subscribers on YouTube, Vidya specifically famous for her song covers like Closer-Kabira, Lean On-Jind Mahi, We Don’t Talk Anymore-Paani Da Rang and Cheap Thrills. With these covers in her bucket, it wouldn’t be wrong to say that Vidya is quite an internet star.

Shirley Setia

Encouraged by the great Indian singer Shreya Ghoshal, Shirley recorded her video at 1:00 am in her pajamas. Her first viral video was the song Kyunki Tum Hi Ho from the film Aashiqui 2. She started her YouTube channel to connect with the Indian audience by sitting in Auckland. She launched her channel in 2012 with her videos reaching the viewership of as high as 120 million. With her talent being spread all over, Shirley got the chance to lend her voice to a Bollywood hit Disco Disco from A Gentleman. Her other songs like Koi Shor, Jab Koi Baat ft DJ Chetas, Bol Do Na Zara (cover), too gained massive success.

Sanam Puri

From the YouTube band named SANAM, Sanam Puri’s voice left all the girls’ hearts melt. His sweet, innocent, and most importantly romantic voice made of the youngsters fall in love with him. His voice earned their YouTube Channel ‘Sanam’ 4 million subscribers. He is known for songs like O mere dil ke chain, Mere mehmoob qayamat, Mere sapno ki rani and many more. His songs are worth listening to.

If you haven’t heard their voice yet, go and listen to them now. 

Aakanksha Ahire

Aakanksha is a feature writer covering youth centric beats involving education, careers, health, lifetsyle, culture, and mental health. Though a Gen Z, she is a Millennial at heart. You can connect with her @aakankshahire

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