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Genres
  
Pop, World

Years active
  
2015-present

Genre
  
Pop

Occupation(s)
  
Youtuber

Website
  
vidyavox.com

Siblings
  
Vandana Iyer


Origin
  
Virginia, United States

Associated acts
  
Kurt Hugo Schneider, Sam Tsui

Similar
  
Shankar Tucker, Ricky Jatt, Kurt Hugo Schneider, Sam Tsui, Violinder

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Vidya Iyer is an Indian born American singer who was born in Chennai and raised in Virginia. She learnt carnatic music from D.K. Nagarajan, brother of the late D. K. Pattammal. She first started performing on YouTube with her sister Vandana on Shankar Tucker's YouTube channel. She released her first mashup cover on her YouTube page "VidyaVox" in April 2015 and has gained over 250+ million views and 2.1 million subscribers since then. Her mashups have garnered attention from the likes of Shah Rukh Khan, Akshay Kumar, Diplo, Major Lazer, and Hrithik Roshan. She sings in a variety of languages including Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu, Hindi, English, Bhojpuri and French.

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Early life and education

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Vidya Iyer was born in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. She studied up to standard one in Shankara, Adyar . She holds a degree in psychology from George Washington University.

Career

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She regularly sings in a band which is organized by Shankar Tucker. She staged her performance in various parts of the world like White House, National Centre for the Performing Arts (India), Webster Hall and her performance are staged at Festivals Des Artes in Reunion Island, INK Women, Suriname, Dubai and Meru Concert Series in Netherlands. One of her most popular mashups include, "Lean On" and "Jind Mahi" for which she had a collaboration with several other musicians, including Ricky Jatt, Raashi Kulkarni, and Roginder "Violinder" Momi. She released "Kuttanadan Punjayile," famous Kerala boat song, as a fusion along with an English song written by Shankar Tucker and herself which was shot in Kerala with Mohiniyattam performed by Sreenidhi and Sreedevi. Vidya's most popular mashup of "Closer" and "Kabira" featuring singer-songwriter Casey Breves garnered over 2 million views in a day and was trending in India for a few weeks. In just two weeks, the video has over 13 million views. Also Vox uploaded her first single "Be Free" on 9th Jan 2017

Discography

Vidya Iyer Stylish makeover for Malayalam folk song

  • Ellie Goulding - Love Me Like You Do | Hosanna (Mashup Cover) (5 May 2015)
  • Nico & Vinz Am I Wrong | Yeh Duriya (ft. Rohan Kymal) (Mashup Cover) (20 May 2015)
  • Tiaan - Dive Deep | Tujhme Rab Dikhta Hai (Mashup Cover) (29 May 2015)
  • Ed Sheeran - I See Fire (Cover) (4 June 2015)
  • Taylor Swift - Blank Space | Mental Manadhil (Mashup Cover) (13 June 2015)
  • Sam Smith - Lay Me Down | Ennodu Nee Irundhaal (Mashup Cover) (24 June 2015)
  • Major Lazer - Lean On | Jind Mahi (ft. Ricky Jatt, Raashi Kulkarni, Raginder Momi) (Mashup Cover) (7 July 2015)
  • Come Alive (Original) | Hasi (Mashup Cover) (5 August 2015)
  • Calvin Harris - How Deep Is Your Love | Balam Pichkari (Mashup Cover.) (25 August 2015)
  • John Legend - All Of Me | Main Hoon Hero Tera (Mashup Cover) (5 September 2015)
  • Jack Ü - Where Are Ü Now Shankar Tucker (Mashup Cover) (28 September 2015)
  • The Weeknd - Prisoner | Ang Laga De (Mashup Cover) (12 October 2015)
  • Selena Gomez - Same Old Love | Mere Sapno Ki Rani (Mashup Cover) (30 October 2015)
  • Justin Bieber - Sorry | Kandukondain Kandukondain (Mashup Cover) (7 December 2015)
  • Kuttanadan Punjayile - Kerala Boat Song (English Remix) (12 January 2016)
  • Taal Se Taal Mila (ft. Shankar Tucker & Jomy George) (Remix Cover) (12 February 2016)
  • Rihanna - Work | Sakhiya Cheliya (Mashup Cover) (15 March 2016)
  • Zayn - Like I Would | Sun Saathiya (Mashup Cover) (7 April 2016)
  • Adele - When We Were Young | Jashn E Bahaara (Mashup Cover) (13 April 2016)
  • Nicki Minaj - Truffle Butter | Ambarsariya (Mashup Cover) (25 May 2016)
  • Calvin Harris & Rihanna - This Is What You Came For (ft. Jomy George) (Tabla Remix Cover) (21 June 2016)
  • Drake - One Dance | Gur Naalo Ishq Mitha Oye Hoye (Mashup Cover) (6 July 2016)
  • Cheap Thrills (ft. Shankar Tucker & Akshaya Tucker) (Cover) (26 July 2016)
  • Cold Water (Cover) (12 August 2016)
  • Let Me Love You | Tum Hi Ho (Mashup) (23 September 2016)
  • Sandcastles (Original) | Teri Khair Mangdi (ft. Devender Pal Singh) (Mashup Cover) (4 October 2016)
  • Endless Summer Stars (Original) - Live in San Francisco (27 October 2016)
  • The Chainsmokers - Closer | Kabira (ft. Casey Breves) (Vidya Vox Mashup Cover) (8 November 2016)
  • Charlie Puth - We Don't Talk Anymore | Pani Da Rang (ft. Saili Oak) (Vidya Vox Mashup Cover) (2 December 2016)
  • Be Free (Original) | Pallivaalu Bhadravattakam (ft. Vandana Iyer) (9 January 2017)
  • Tove Lo - Cool Girl | Jiya Re (Vidya Vox Mashup Cover) (21 January 2017)
  • Kuthu Fire -Official Video | (Vidya Vox) (1 March 2017)
  • The Chainsmokers & Coldplay - Something Just Like This | Channa Mereya (Vidya Vox Mashup Cover)(30 March 2017)

    • Vidya Iyer Vidya Vox Queen of Bollywood Western Pop Mashups

    Songs

    Cheap Thrills2016
    Lean On | Jind Mahi Mashup
    Love Me Like You Do / Hosanna Mashup

    References

    Vidya Iyer Wikipedia
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