Saleka Shyamalan, known professionally as Saleka, is an American R&B singer-songwriter.

Early life and career

Saleka was born in 1996. The eldest daughter of filmmaker

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, she studied classical piano as a child but decided to pursue a singing and songwriting career at the age of 16. She studied Literary Arts and Music at

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and has opened for acts like

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, Baby Rose and

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. Upon debuting her first single, "Clarity", in September 2020, ''

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'' called Saleka "a new artist to watch". Saleka frequently collaborates with her younger sister, Ishana, who has directed a majority of her music videos. Her debut album, ''Seance,'' was released in late 2022. Saleka recorded the majority of ''Seance'' at MilkBoy studios, Philadelphia. In 2021, Saleka released "The Sky Cries" for the second season of ''

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.'' The music video for the single was directed by her father, M. Night Shyamalan. She released three more songs for the third season of the series. The four songs were compiled in an EP, released on March 25, 2022. Within the show's canon Saleka's songs are mentioned to be from the never-seen, in-show performer, Vivian Dale, who is mentioned to have died tragically. In June 2022,

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announced Saleka as one of four supporting acts for his North American Give or Take Tour on August and September 2022.

Discography

Studio albums

Extended plays

Singles

Music videos

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Saleka 1996 births Living people American musicians Brown University alumni American people of Indian Tamil descent American people of Malayali descent American musicians of Indian descent Singers from Pennsylvania