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1. Indiafled her home in Indonesiaat the age of 9 in 2007, to settle in
the UK for a better life. Unfortunately the artist had a tough
upbringingbeforemovingto the UK, it wasduringthis difficulttime
for India and her family that she found her passion for music. “Indias
peacefuland beautiful singingvoice was what made livingin the
slumsback home doable”, her mother reported to ‘VIBE’ magazine
last week.
Duringher interview with ‘VIBE’ magazinelast week India shocked
her fans with the horrific livingconditions her and her family had
endured for over 9 yearsbefore her family finally received the right
to enter the UK. Indiaincorporatesthe difficultfeelings she felt
duringher childhood throughout the lyrics of her songs.
Since the age of 10 the singer has been buskingon the streets of
London in an attempt to pay her unemployed familiesrent.
After being filmed and uploaded onto severalsocial mediasites for
her uniqueand differentversionsof original R&B classics and her
catchy own written songs, Indiabuilt an onlinename for herself,
which rapidly grew justlike the crowdsstoppingto watch her sing
outsideCoventGarden tubestation.
The singer was offered her first official singing contract in 2013,
which led to be a huge let down for both Indiaand her family as the
dealers bailed outlast minute! India reported she was ‘absolutely
heart broken’when she found out.
However, Indiasdreamswerefinally made truein January 2016,
after another record deal wentthrough successfully, withher song
‘Rush’ hitting number onefor four consecutiveweeks and leading
Indiato be nominated for four musicawards, includinga VMA!The
artist referred to the experienceas being a “blessing from God”.
The new artist has managed to stay massively humble despite the
amountof recent fame she has received. Since the very beginning of
her journey of fame, she has been donatinghuge amountsof money
back to her home country and charities. Indiahas reported “no
matter what happensregardingmy musiccareer, I will alwayskeep
God close to my heart”. R&B music has alwayshad a history for
puttinggreat importanceon Religion and India bringingback the old
traditional concepts within R&B is contributing towardsher fame.

2. Details of the latest line-up for the annualfestival, V Festival, held in
Essex, England, wereannounced on Tuesday, Indiawillbe oneof the
three headliner acts at V Festival this year, which will be held in mid-
August.
Although V Festival has had big modern R&B stars before, including
Rihannalast summer and Beyoncein 2016, thisis arguably the first
time a new upcomingR&B artist has taken the place as a headliner at
V Festival. Indiahas recently commented to Capital FM that she
“absolutely cannotwait to perform at a festival, I know it will be an
experience I will never forget!”