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Rajiv Dhall | |
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Born | 1999 Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S. |
Occupation(s) | Singer, songwriter, musician, producer |
Instrument(s) | Vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, bass guitar, piano, saxophone |
Years active | 2011–present |
Rajiv Dhall (born in Cincinnati, Ohio) is a singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and part-time actor. He is half-Indian, half-Caucasian by ancestry. On December 18, 2010, he started uploading videos to his YouTube channel "TwentyForSeven" which now has over 1,000,000 subscribers and over 120 million views.
Biography
Rajiv attended Plymouth Canton Education Park. While Dhall was in high school, he and his friends formed the emo-pop outfit TwentyForSeven (consisting of Dhall, (vocals/guitar), Matt Pastor (bass/keys/vocals), Blake Hayes (guitar/vocals), Tony Bastianelli (Synth/Programming) and Corey DeLuca (drums)) and spent several years fronting the band with some success.
Career
His band appeared on E's, Opening Act competition in 2012 and as a surprise, they got a chance to be the opening act for Gym Class Heroes.
He later started uploading solo cover songs to YouTube which eventually gave him a large online following. In 2015, he released his version of the One Direction song "Just Can't Let Her Go", which entered the Top 200 of the iTunes songs chart.
After his success on YouTube, his friend Andrew Bazzi introduced him to Vine, a short-form video sharing service where users can share six-second-long looping video clips. He was nominated for "Best Vine Musician" in the Seventh Annual Shorty Awards, losing out to Shawn Mendes. He was also nominated for the 2015 MTV Woodie Awards.
In 2016, he was nominated for the 2016 iHeartRadio Much Music Video Awards in the "Fan Fave Vine Musician" category and he won.
Awards and nominations
Year | Ceremony | Award | Nominated | Result |
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2015 | 7th Annual Shorty Awards | Vine Musician | Rajiv Dhall | Nominated |
2016 | iHeartRadio Much Music Video Awards | Fan Fave Vine Musician | Rajiv Dhall | Won |
References
- "Rajiv Dhall". Rajiv Dhall – via YouTube.
- "Free Music Downloads: Pop Singles". PPcorn. May 13, 2016. Archived from the original on August 13, 2016. Retrieved June 29, 2016.
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- Collar, Matt. "Rajiv Dhall – Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved June 29, 2016.
- "Rajiv Dhall". Shorty Awards. Retrieved July 1, 2016.
- "Vine Musician in Social Media". Shorty Awards. Retrieved June 29, 2016.
- Hernandez, Brian Anthony (March 16, 2015). "MTV launches social category to honor indie artists for SXSW's Woodie Awards". Mashable. Retrieved June 29, 2016.
- ^ Stevenson, Jane. "Fifth Harmony, Drake big winners at MMVAs". Toronto Sun. Retrieved June 29, 2016.
- "7th Annual Shorty Award Winners". Shorty Awards. Retrieved June 7, 2015.
External links
- "Rajiv Dhall". Vine.
- Rajiv Dhall on Facebook
- Rajiv Dhall's channel on YouTube
- Rajiv Dhall on Instagram
- Rajiv Dhall on Twitter
- People from Canton, Michigan
- Singers from Michigan
- American male musicians of Indian descent
- American musicians of Indian descent
- American male singer-songwriters
- American singer-songwriters
- American pop singers
- Songwriters from Michigan
- American pop pianists
- American acoustic guitarists
- American male guitarists
- American pop guitarists
- American bass guitarists
- Living people
- American Internet celebrities
- Guitarists from Michigan
- 1992 births