Sharon Joseph, is an Indian playback singer from

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who sings in six languages:

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and English. She started her career as a playback singer in the

movie ''

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'' in 2014.

Personal life

Sharon was born to a Roman Catholic Syrian Christian family from

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, Kerala on 17 July 1989. She has been born and brought up in

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, Maharashtra. She started learning Carnatic music at the age of 4 under Mrs. Meenakshi Subramanian. In the year 2013, she was married to Dr. Joseph George who is the Head of the Department – Commerce at

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. It was the inspiration and support from her husband and her present family, that encouraged her to take up singing as her full-time profession. They have a daughter Rebecca and are settled in

Kochi Kochi (), also known as Cochin ( ) ( the official name until 1996) is a major port city on the Malabar Coast of India bordering the Laccadive Sea, which is a part of the Arabian Sea. It is part of the district of Ernakulam in the state of ...

, Kerala.

Career

Before stepping into her full-time Music Career, Sharon was working in

with

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, until the time she got married. A Post graduate in Business Administration, Sharon debuted as a playback singer in 2014 with the song ''Vellithingal'' a duet opposite

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in debutant Sreejith Sukumaran's Malayalam film

under music director

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. She has also played back in

and

, for movies, that await their release. She is also a vocalist and lyricist for several Ad Films in

and English. She has sung for a number of Christian and Hindu Devotional Albums, the first one being cut, when she was aged 10. She went on to debut as a Lyricist in

with

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starring

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for the song ''Pala Naalaayi'' and also lent vocals for the same in 2016. She has also sung a duet ''Sisira Vaanil'' alongside Musical Maestro

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for the movie ''Chinna Dada'' in the same year.

Discography

Films

Ad films

Albums

References

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