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Artist
Shahnaz
12+ albums
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It's tempting to ask about her eyes first -- they're so green that it's a bit unnerving, truth be told. What would you even call that color? But no, stay focused, because one quickly gets the sense that too much attention paid to the superficial would make those striking eyes roll; clearly pop chanteuse Shahnaz wants to talk music. Though barely out of her teens, the petite singer/songwriter with the powerhouse voice has already received her first gold record for co-writing "Live Like There's No Tomorrow" for Selena Gomez’s sophomore release. The long list of industry heavyweights she's collaborated with is impressive, too -- producers like Howard Benson, Mike Elizondo and the Matrix, go-to hitmakers Toby Gad, Bonnie McKee and Weezer's Rivers Cuomo, Sixx: A.M.’s James Michael, and hot producer/songwriter Greg Wells, who just made Shahnaz the first signing to his new co-venture with SONGS Publishing. Meghan Shahnaz Kabir was born in a small college town in the Appalachian Mountains of North Carolina to an Irish mother and Afghan father, who as a young man escaped to America from his native war-ravaged Afghanistan. Although Top Ramen was a frequent dinnertime staple for the young family, "every extra penny" went towards after-school activities like acting and dance to support Shahnaz’s obvious talent for music and performance. Eventually, bit parts in studio films like James and the Giant Peach materialized, and at age five she almost landed a role opposite Robin Williams in