Nosheen

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Nosheen Phoenix (born Nosheen Saeed; February 21st, 1983) is a singer-songwriter from East London, UK. She hasn't had the easiest of lives. She grew up being the black sheep in a very dysfunctional family from a stereo-typical Pakistani background where wanting to be a Singer or an Actress were simply out of the question. She tried very hard to stick with the 'traditional' ways but eventually found that the more she tried to confine herself to these traditions, the farther away from 'herself' she was becoming and decided it was time to pursue her dreams full steam. She began Modeling and Acting for various Asian Exhibition Catwalks, Magazines, Pop Videos etc., but her place in music today happened all by accident in March 2002 when she mistook an audition for a band in Stage magazine for a Theatre job. After a rigorous audition process Nosheen became one 7th of what back then was DeVoteD. A mixed race, mix sex pop band that was put together by Al Malik, of Iconoclast Records who himself was pursuing his dream to create the first cross-over British Asian band. Being the least experienced Singer in the band at the time, Nosheen often found herself struggling with her self confidence as all other members of the band had been singing since they were young but this was the driving force that drove her to stand tall as the Solo artist she is today. The band reshaped and regrouped over the years from a 7 piece to a 5 piece, to a 3 piece girl band. The band worked with some of t

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