(Vidya Vox)
YouTube singing
sensation, Vidya Vox will unleash her larger than life personality and
spectacular voice at Sibaya when she ventures to South Africa for the first
time in September 2017. Her show at Sibaya Sun Park on September 2 is one of
only two she will do while in the country.
“What a coup to
have this hot and happening singing sensation performing on our stage. We have
no doubt that her fans are going to flock to see her live in action,” says
Janet Pillay, the PR and Promotions Manager at Sibaya.
Vidya Vox is
brought to South Africa for the first time by ZedKay productions, Eventz4u and
M2G Promotions. The fast rising star, an India-born American songstress, is
well-known for her originally created mash-ups on YouTube. She sings in various
languages including Bhojpuri, English, French, Hindi, Malayalam, Tamil and Telugu.
Vox found
unexpected success after uploading mash-ups of Bollywood and Western Pop music
to YouTube in 2015. The songs, all produced by band mate Shankar Tucker,
quickly gained recognition from the likes of Diplo, Major Lazer, and Hrithik
Roshan, as well as publications including Cosmopolitan, Buzzfeed, The Hindu,
and the Deccan Chronicle.
In only two years,
Vox accumulated over 760,000 Facebook fans, 2.6-million YouTube subscribers,
and 283-million views on YouTube. Her most popular mash-ups include Lean On and Jind Mahi for which she collaborated with several other musicians.
She also released Kuttanadan Punjayile,
a famous Kerala boat song, as a fusion along with an English song written by
Shankar Tucker and herself which was shot in Kerala.
Vox’s most popular
mash-up of Closer and Kabira featuring singer songwriter Casey
Breves garnered over 2 million views in a day and was trending in India for a
few weeks. In just two weeks, the video has over 13 million views. Vidya
uploaded her first single Be Free in January
2017.
Vox continues to
explore her musical journey with sold out concerts all over India, United
States and Hong Kong with her next performances taking place in South Africa.
For more information on Vidya go www.vidyavox.com
Tickets to her one
night show at Sibaya Sun Park on September 2 at 20h00 are on sale at
Computicket. For more information visit www.suninternational.com or follow Sibaya on www.facebook.com/yoursibaya or on Twitter @SibayaCasino