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{{Infobox musical artist<br />
| name = Kiran Ahluwalia<br />
| image =Kiran Ahluwalia.jpg<br />
| alt =Kiran Ahluwalia performing<br />
| caption = Kiran Ahluwalia performing<br />
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| background = solo_singer<br />
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| birth_date = July 1, 1965<br />
| birth_place = [[Patna]], India<br />
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| occupation = Singer and composer<br />
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| website = {{URL|www.kiranmusic.com}}<br />
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'''Kiran Ahluwalia''' is an Indian singer, songwriter who infuses African desert blues and Western musical styles. Kiran Ahluwalia won the 'Newcomer' category in the inaugural Songlines Music Awards (2009) – announced 1 May 2009 – the new 'world music' awards organised by the UK-based magazine, Songlines.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://songlines.co.uk/awards2009/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090529053233/http://songlines.co.uk/awards2009/|url-status=dead|archive-date=2009-05-29|title=Songlines - Music Awards 2009 - recognising outstanding talent in world music|date=2009-05-29|access-date=2020-04-19}}</ref><br />
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== Personal life ==<br />
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Ahluwalia was born in [[Patna]], grew up in Delhi and moved to [[Toronto]] at the age of nine.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.southasianobserver.com/topstories.php?cid=1220 |title=Archived copy |access-date=1 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304035906/http://www.southasianobserver.com/topstories.php?cid=1220 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> After completing her MBA at [[Dalhousie University]], she returned to Toronto with the plan of being in the financial services industry, she changed her mind and went back to India to study music and then returned to Toronto to build her career as a musician.<ref name=rockpaper>[http://www.rockpaperscissors.biz/index.cfm/fuseaction/current.press_release/project_id/208.cfm "Kiran Ahluwalia Pursues the Beloved: The Nexus of Ghazal Love Poetry, Canadian Celtic Fiddle, and Time-Honored Pick Up Lines 2005 Album"]. www.rockpaperscissors.biz, 8 February 2005.</ref><br />
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Ahluwalia is married to guitar player and co-arranger [[Rez Abbasi]], and currently lives in New York.<br />
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In 2016, Ahluwalia was one of the recipients of the [[Top 25 Canadian Immigrant Awards]] presented by [[Canadian immigrant magazine|Canadian Immigrant Magazine]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Canadas Top 25 Immigrants 2016|url=https://canadianimmigrant.ca/canadas-top-25-immigrants/canadas-top-25-immigrants-2016|access-date=2021-06-18|website=Canadian Immigrant|language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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== Discography ==<br />
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!bgcolor="#97A3AF"| Title<br />
!bgcolor="#97A3AF"| Release<br />
!bgcolor="#97A3AF"| Record label<br />
!bgcolor="#97A3AF"| Awards<br />
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| ''Kashish&nbsp;— Attraction''<br />
| 2000<br />
|Kiran Music<br />
|nominated for 2002 Juno Award, Best Global Album<br />
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| ''Beyond Boundaries''<br />
| 2003<br />
|Kiran Music<br />
|winner of 2004 Juno Award, World Music Album of the Year<ref>[http://www.soulshine.ca/news/newsarticle.php?nid=419 "CARAS Scores A Hit With 2004 Juno Awards"]. ''Soul Shine''. 5 April 2004</ref><br />
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| ''Kiran Ahluwalia''<br />
| 2005<br />
|Triloka Records<br />
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|-<br />
| ''Wanderlust''<br />
| 2007<br />
|Four-Quarters Entertainment<br />
|nominated for 2008 Juno, World Music Album of the Year<br />
winner of 2009 Songlines/WOMAD Best Newcomer Award<br />
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|''Aam Zameen – Common Ground''<br />
| 2011<br />
|Kiran Music (Canada), Avokado Artists Recordings (United States, Europe, Australia)<br />
|winner of 2012 Juno Award, World Music Album of the Year<br />
winner of 2011 Canadian Folk Musi Award – Best World Solo Artist<br />
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|-<br />
| ''Sanata : Stillness''<br />
| 2014–15<br />
|ARC/Magenta<br />
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|-<br />
|-<br />
| ''7 Billion''<br />
| 2018<br />
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|-<br />
|}<br />
'''With [[Rez Abbasi]]'''<br />
*''[[Things to Come (Rez Abbasi album)|Things to Come]]'' (Sunnyside, 2009)<br />
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'''Featured by [[Delerium]]'''<br />
*''[[Nuages du Monde|Indoctrination (from Nuages du Monde)]]'' (Nettwerk, 2006)<br />
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== References ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* [http://www.kiranmusic.com Kiran Ahluwalia]<br />
* [http://www.nycradiolive.org/?p=387 Kiran Ahluwalia performing on NYC Radio LIVE!]<br />
* [http://news.allaboutjazz.com/under-your-skin-interviews-muriel-anderson-maria-joao-kiran-ahluwalia-and-mieko-miyazaki.php Kiran Ahluwalia Interview at allaboutjazz.com]<br />
*[https://www.facebook.com/KiranMusic/ Kiran Ahluwalia] on [[Facebook]]<br />
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[[Category:Canadian world music musicians]]<br />
[[Category:Indian emigrants to Canada]]<br />
[[Category:Musicians from Toronto]]<br />
[[Category:Living people]]<br />
[[Category:Canadian musicians of Indian descent]]<br />
[[Category:Juno Award for World Music Album of the Year winners]]<br />
[[Category:21st-century Canadian women singers]]<br />
[[Category:21st-century Canadian singers]]<br />
[[Category:Canadian Folk Music Award winners]]<br />
[[Category:1965 births]]<br />
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