Shweta Punjali
| Shweta Punjali | |
|---|---|
| Native name | श्वेता पुँजाली |
| Birth name | Shweta Punjali |
| Born | 1985 (age 31–32) |
| Origin | Kathmandu, Nepal |
| Genres | Bhajan, Nepali Classical, Nepali Adhunik, Pop, Indipop |
| Occupation(s) | Singer |
| Instruments | Vocals |
| Years active | 2014 – present |
| Labels | Shweta Punjali |
| Website | www |
Shweta Punjali is a Nepali musician, well known for her debut album Udaan a number of songs from which were nominated at various national music awards. She is also the winner of the Best New Talent award at the 2016 Nepali Music Video Award and was a nominee for Best New Comer at the 2015 Tuborg Image Music Award.
She sings primarily Nepali Adhunik, a style of singing marked with traditional melodies from the South Asian nation but with a influence of western instruments such as electric piano, guitar, violin and percussion. She also sings bhajan and Nepali classical songs.
Shweta was also a top contestant on a number of national music reality shows Nepali Tara (second season) and Bagina.
Shweta Punjali iprimarily a Nepali Adhunik (Nepali modern/contemporary) singer and her songs generally use western musical instruments such as the keyboard, guitar, violin and percussion.
In addition singing in Nepali language, she also sings religious (bhajans) and classical Hindi, Bengali and Pakistani Punjabi and Urdu songs. She also sings western pop and indipop.
She has trained under the highly respected music teacher Gurudev Kamat at the Nepal Music Centre in both classical and contemporary styles of Nepali singing.
In 2006, Shweta Punjali auditioned for, and was selected as a contestant for the second season of Nepali Tara. She progressed through the competition, reaching the top-20 and then top-10 stages. Until the top-10 stage, decisions on retention or elimination were taken by a panel of judges however, once reaching the top-10, these decisions were taken through popular voting sent in through mobile short messages (SMS).
Shweta was eliminated at rank 7, becoming just one of three female singers to reach the top-10 and the highest ranked female singer that year.
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