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Jasmine Sandlas
American singer-songwriter and rapper (born 1990) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Jasmine Sandlas (born 4 September 1985) is an American singer, television personality, performer, songwriter who mainly sings Punjabi songs.[1][3][4] Sandlas was born in Jalandhar, India and raised in Stockton, California. Sandlas's first song, "Muskan" (2008), became a hit. In 2014, she began her Bollywood playback singing career with the song "Yaar Na Miley" for the film Kick. Upon its release, "Yaar Na Miley" went viral, topped the charts, and earned Sandlas wide critical acclaim for her singing style. Her latest hits are "Taras" for the movie Munjya 2024 and "Nasha" for Raid-2 2025. She also received several awards, including the "Most Popular Song of the Year 2016" "Most popular song of year 2016 – PTC Punjabi Film Awards" and Screen Award for Best Female Playback. She was also featured on the TEDx Talks, MTV Coke Studio and Spoken Word platforms.[5]
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Early life and background
Jasmine Kaur Sandlas was born in 1985 in Jalandhar, Punjab, India, to a Punjabi Sikh Labana family.[1][6] Her mother put her on stage to sing at an early age. During her school days she participated in many song competitions and then that was the time when she got influenced by many Punjabi folk singers. At the age of 12 or 13, she and her family migrated to California, where she was inspired by West Coast music.[7] She was only 16 when she began writing songs.[8][9]
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2008: Debut with The Diamond
Her first song, "Muskan",[10] from her underground debut album The Diamond, released in 2008, written by Lalie Gill achieved great success worldwide.[11] After the launch of the album, she started receiving recognition from the mainstream Punjabi music industry.
2012: Gulabi
In 2012, her album Gulabi was launched by Sony Music Company. She collaborated on the album with rapper Bohemia, who produced the album.[7]
2014: Bollywood Debut
Her Bollywood playback singing career began with the soundtrack of the film Kick, on which she sung the song called "Devil-Yaar Naa Miley" with Yo Yo Honey Singh, in 2014.[12][13]
2015-16: Further singles and Angels of Rock
In 2015, Jasmine Sandlas released the single "Punjab De Javak". Jasmine sung two singles, "Ishq Da Sutta" and "Raat Jashan Di", for the movies One Night Stand and Zorawar, respectively.
Jasmine was also the part of the TV series, focusing on women-empowerment called Angels of Rock,[14][15] by MTV India. Jasmine along with three other artists namely, Shalmali Kholgade, Akasa Singh, Anusha Mani biked from Mumbai to the Atarri border (travelling through Gujarat, Rajasthan, UP, Punjab along the way), covering places in rural as well as urban India. Along the way, they met some women who scripted their own success stories in varied fields and used their voice to speak up and discuss issues that urgently need attention. Each episode will ended with a song. The pilot episode premiered on 31 July 2016.
2020: What's in a Name
In 2020, her third album What's in a Name was launched on Sandlas's own YouTube channel. The album was produced by Intense and Hark. The illustration for the album cover was designed by Diksha and animation was designed by VFX Kalakaar.[16]
2021: The Great Punjabi Experiment
TGME was an experimental album that Jasmine Sandlas released to observe if her predictions, about "what kind of music people like, were right or wrong". It consisted of 9 songs. The first promotional single "Gaana Challe Ya Na" was released on 8 March 2021 and the album rollout concluded with the single release of "Dil Tutteya", which was released on 10 February 2022.[17]
2022: Tini
Jasmine Sandlas released an EP called "Tini" on her birthday that included 4 songs: “Yakeen”, “Kehnda Hi Nahi”, “Hava Vich” and “Kehri Gali.”[18] Sandlas released a single called "Jee Jeha Karda" on 7 November 2022.[19]
2023
Jasmine's first project of the year, "Jehri Ve" released on 30 January 2023, which also had vocals from fellow singer Gippy Grewal. The track was included on soundtrack of the Punjabi movie Mitran Da Naa Chalda.
“Ittar", written by Jaani, was released on 7 March. B Praak composed the music for the track.
2024
Song ‘Taras’ for munjya.
2025
Song ‘Nasha’ for Raid 2
Jasmine was inducted into the Women Songwriter's Hall of Fame for her impact on the music industry.[20]
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Soundtrack albums
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Coke Studio (India)
MTV Spoken Word
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Television
MTV INDIA "Angels Of Rock"
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