Shannon Kumar Sanu, better known by name Shannon K, is an Indian–American singer-songwriter and daughter of Indian singer

Kumar Sanu Kedarnath Bhattacharya (born 20 October 1957), better known as Kumar Sanu, is an Indian playback singer. He is known as the King of Melody in Bollywood. He is famous for singing thousands of Bollywood Hindi songs. Apart from Hindi, he has al ...

Life

Shannon's father is

, a

Bollywood Hindi cinema, popularly known as Bollywood and formerly as Bombay cinema, refers to the film industry based in Mumbai, engaged in production of motion pictures in Hindi language. The popular term Bollywood, is a portmanteau of "Bombay" (fo ...

playback singer; and her mother, Saloni Sanu, is an entrepreneur. Her younger sister, Annabel, is a songwriter and author.

Discography

Shannon K released her first American collaboration for the song "A Long Time" (2018) with

Poo Bear Jason Paul Douglas Boyd, better known by his stage name Poo Bear, is an American songwriter, singer, and music producer. He is best known for being one of Justin Bieber's main collaborators, having co-written many of Bieber's hits (including " ...

. The music video for the song has received over 41,000,000 views on YouTube. She collaborated with music producer

Kyle Townsend Kyle Townsend (born September 21, 1978) is an American record producer, songwriter, and composer. He has produced songs for such acclaimed recording artists as 5-time GRAMMY Award winner Celine Dion, 10-time Academy Award-nominated songwriter Dia ...

for the anti-bullying song "Give Me Your Hand". The song 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 The Jed Foundation (JED) is a non-profit organization that protects emotional health and prevents suicide for teens and young adults in the United States. JED partners with high schools and colleges to strengthen their mental health, substance m ...

. Shannon stated that she suffered from bullying while growing up so she continues to support this cause. Shannon has made her debut as an actor in the movie "The Big Feed" starting Manolo Gonzalez Vergara. Shannon has collaborated with

singer

Sonu Nigam Sonu Nigam (born 30 July 1973) is an Indian singer, music director and actor. He has been described in the media as one of the most popular and successful playback singers of Hindi Cinema and Kannada Cinema. He has been honoured by the Governme ...

, and released the love song "OMT" in November 2018. Shannon co-wrote the song "It’s Magical" with

Sameer Samir (variantly spelled Sameer) is a male name found commonly in the Middle East, Central Asia and Europe. In Arabic, Samir () means holy, jovial, loyal or charming. In Albanian, it translates literally as “so good” but the connotation is clo ...

Shannon is also the Executive Director for the movie ''Social Mandiya'', "Aajaa" song which from Surroor Album 2021 Shannon once again collaborated again with Himesh Reshammiya.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Shannon K American women singer-songwriters Indian emigrants to the United States Living people American singer-songwriters Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century American women