1. Shakila Mohseni Sedaghat, known mononymously as Shakila, is an Iranian singer-songwriter based in San Diego, California.
15 Facts About Shakila
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Shakila is an international artist who has performed in various languages including Persian, Kurdish, English, Turkish, Hindi and Spanish.
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Shakila has won a Persian Music Academy Award in 2006 and a Global Music Award in 2015.
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Shakila has released over twenty albums in Persian language as well as many albums in English.
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Shakila is an official voting member at the Grammy Awards.
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Shakila started her professional career at the age of nine when she was invited to perform on an Iranian television show.
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Shakila released her debut album titled Kami Ba Man Modaaraa Kon in 1990.
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In 1993, Shakila signed with Persian record label, Taraneh Records and released her third album Gheybate Noor.
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From 1997 to 2008, Shakila was signed with Los Angeles based record label Caltex Records and she released more than eight albums with them.
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In 2013, Shakila founded her own record label Shakila Enterprises.
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Shakila has released over ten singles on her record label.
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In 2014, Shakila released her single Treasure Within which reached the peak position of No 1 at various Billboard Charts.
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In 2016, Shakila released her album Splashing Tears which stayed at the peak position of No 1 at the Billboard charts for several weeks.
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Shakila has won Persian Music Academy Award in 2006 and Global Music Award in 2015.
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Shakila has been nominated twice at the Hollywood Music in Media Awards.