Sheila Chandra

Quick Facts

Full Name	Sheila Chandra
Occupation	Singer
Date Of Birth	Mar 14, 1965(1965-03-14)
Age	59
Birthplace	London
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	England
Horoscope	Pisces

Sheila Chandra Biography

Sheila Chandra is one of the most popular and richest Singer who was born on March 14, 1965 in London, England, United Kingdom. Sheila Chandra (born 14 March 1965) is an ex-retired English pop singer who is of Indian origin. She has lost the ability to sing due to the effects of burning mouth syndrome that she has suffered from since 2010.

in 1990 Chandra was able to interrupt her time off to record a song, “Raining”, with the folk-synth group Ancient Beatbox which also appeared on their self-titled album.

In 2000, she contributed two tracks, one a cover version of Tim Buckley’s “Song to the Siren” and the other a remix of her solo track “Ever So Lonely/Eyes/Ocean” by Stephen Haig, to the album Gifted on Real World Records.

In 2001, she released a collaborative album with the Ganges Orchestra titled This Sentence is True (The Previous Sentence is False) based on her two experimental EPs with that group.

When she was a teenager, she founded the group Monsoon along with Steve Coe (who became the producer of the band) along with Bassist Martin Smith. Monsoon was a band that fused Western music and Indian popular music styles. Monsoon released their first album Third Eye, in 1982. It was a huge hit single with the track “Ever So Lonely”, which reached No. 12 in the UK Singles Chart. Monsoon continued with the track “Shakti,” which peaked at the top of the chart at. 41. It was to be their last charting single. The album also contains an original cover that is a cover of Beatles’ “Tomorrow Never Knows” with the distinctive EBow guitar tone that is the trademark of Bill Nelson. Dissatisfied with the being under pressure from their record label regarding musical direction, Monsoon ended up dissolving in 1982. Coe and Smith started promoting Chandra as an independent artist through Indipop Records.

Sheila Chandra Net Worth

Sheila Chandra is one of the richest Singer from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Sheila Chandra 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Sheila Chandra was born in Waterloo, London, England. She first gained public notice for her acting, as Sudhamani Patel on her role in the BBC School Drama Grange Hill from 1979 to 1981.

Chandra released several albums in the 1980s, often trying out using her vocals as instruments using various techniques. After a creative breakup together with Martin Smith, Chandra released three albums under Peter Gabriel’s Real World label –Weaving My Voices of My Ancestors (1992), The Zen Kiss (1994) and ABoneCroneDrone (1996).

In the 1990s Chandra decided, having been a studio artist exclusively, to give concerts for the first time, and concurrently released a trilogy of albums on Peter Gabriel’s Real World label. These were in the minimalist solo voice and drone style, which she developed especially for live performances, so that she could perform alone on stage with only the occasional taped drone for accompaniment. Martin Smith was no longer actively involved by this time. Drawing on similarities of structure between Indian ragas and English folk melodies, she started to incorporate many British and Irish traditional songs and techniques, as well as other vocal styles and techniques from around the world.

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Facts & Trivia

Sheila Ranked on the list of most popular Singer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Sheila Chandra celebrates birthday on March 14 of every year.

How old is Sheila Chandra?

57 years (March 14, 1965)

Where is Sheila Chandra from?

London, United Kingdom

What happened Sheila Chandra?

Sheila Chandra (born 14 March 1965) is a retired English pop singer of Indian descent. She is no longer able to perform, as the result of burning mouth syndrome which she has had since 2010.