Veronica Mehta
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| Born | London |
| Genres | R&B, Bollywood, bhangra |
| Years active | 1996–present |
Veronica Mehta, is a British singer and songwriter based in London, UK. She sings in English, Hindi and Punjabi.
Career
[edit]Veronica's passion for music started at a very young age. She successfully auditioned in her teens for the part of female vocalist for the 2Kool album 2Kool Flavor. She was featured on the track "Sambhala Hai Meine". Veronica began her singing career when she teamed up with Rishi Rich to form VR1, a band and production unit that experimented with traditional Asian music, remixing, and giving vocals an R'n'B twist. VR1 sold more than 50,000 records in the UK and Europe and earned two Asian Pop Media Awards.
After VR1, Veronica joined ePark / Urbanstar and released the single "Girls Gotta Have Fun". Veronica has recorded a few tracks with her new management record company 2Point9, "Indian Girl" featuring Hard Kaur, and "U 'n' I (Mere Dil Vich Hai)", from the Yash Chopra film Hum Tum. Some of her biggest tracks.
Veronica's first album, Theen, was released in 2005. "Hey Ya" (featuring Juggy D) was the only single released from the album. In 2006, Veronica won "Best Female Act" at the UK Asian Music Awards.[1] After almost a 3-year gap, she released her third single "Soniya". Veronica released her second album, Rush, in 2010.
Veronica was sadly affected by Breast cancer in 2016. She has taken initiative to end the stigma about breast cancer in society and support those going through this tough time too.[2]{{cite news|url= https://www.itv.com/lorraine
In 2024, Veronica set up her own independant record label "Viz Pop Records" on which she released her track “Gone”.Through the lyrics she spoke about her battle through breast cancer and how she felt through this tough period of time.
Not long after, Veronica dropped an RnB bhangra track featuring Shin DCS and Rishi Rich “Don’t walk away” and in 2025 released the hit “Piya” with the talented producer DJ Swami and legendary classical artist Rafaqat Ali Khan.
Discography
[edit]Albums
[edit]- Theen (2005)
- Rush (2010)
Compilation appearances
[edit]- King of Hearts Queen of Hearts Vol.1
- King of Hearts Queen of Hearts Vol.2
- Love 2 Love 2000 - Chapter 6
- Playback
- Pure Garage - Chapter 1
- Pure Garage - Chapter 2
- Pure Garage - Chapter 3
- Playback 2
- Gift 2 U
- Let the Music Play - "2005"
- Bombay Mix - CD 1[3]
As featured artist
[edit]- "U 'n' I" by Juggy D ft. Veronica and Rishi Rich
- "Ne Ajaa Ve" by H-Dhami and Mehta from Breakaway
References
[edit]- ^ "Desi hits the UK AMA's - London 2006 - on desihits.com". desihits.com. 1 January 2007. Archived from the original on 11 March 2011. Retrieved 24 August 2010.
- ^ {{cite news|url= https://www.itv.com/news/2018-09-06/bollywood-star-“princess of Bhangra”(veronica-mehta)- on a mission to end breast cancer. stigma/|title= Bollywood star Veronica Mehta on mission to end Asian breast cancer, 2018.
- ^ "Beronica Mehta News on WN/World News". WN. Retrieved 15 March 2017.
External links
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