Chandan Shetty (born 17 September 1989) is an Indian composer, lyricist, and pop singer who works in Kannada films. Shetty gained fame as a solo artist with Kannada singles such as "Halagode", "3 Peg", "Chocolate Girl", "Tequila" "Fire" and "Party Freak.
Career Shetty entered the music industry in 2012, as a lyricist and assistant music director for the movie Alemaari, under the music director, Arjun Janya. He went on to work on the music of films such as Varadanayaka, Power, Chakravyuha, and Bhajarangi. He was engaged to his co-contestant of Bigg Boss Kannada Season 5, Niveditha Gowda on 21 October. He won in the reality show Bigg Boss Kannada Season 5. He married her on 25 February 2020.
Controversies January 2025
Kannada rapper-composer Chandan Shetty's latest song is caught in a plagiarism row. Yuvraj YBull has alleged that Chandan has copied portions of his 2018 party song Y Bull and is looking at filing a copyright case https://kannada.asianetnews.com/sandalwood/chandan-shetty-is-facing-copyright-issues-for-his-music-album-cotton-candy-spwyrv Cotton Candy
August 2020 Chandan Shetty stoked a controversy by presenting his version of the folk song 'Kolumande Jangamadeva'. A section from the Old Mysuru region has objected to this song claiming that Shetty distorted the very history of Malemadeshwara Swamy, to whom the song is dedicated, thus hurting their religious sentiments. Several people have also objected to the way the song has been depicted. They said that Sharane Sankamma has been insulted in this song and, thus, the entire Sharana tradition has also been insulted by the rap singer. Following the outrage, Anand Audio Company had deleted the song from YouTube.
October 2019 During Dasara celebrations of 2019, he proposed to reality TV star Niveditha Gowda on the Yuva Dasara stage, which is meant for cultural events. Chandan was performing at the government-sponsored Dasara programme at the Maharaja's College grounds. District in-charge minister V Somanna said, "I have told the police to issue a show-cause notice. We will consider action as per the law. It is wrong to misuse the platform."
May 2022
He Promoted MPL, Junglee Rummy and other gambling apps.
Filmography Year Film Role Note2026 Elra Kaaleliyatte Kaala Vijay Acting Debut
Discography
All music composed is for Kannada films, unless mentioned.
As music composer
YearFilmDirector 2016Railway ChildrenPrithvi Konanur2017SanjeevaShree Panchami CiniGanchaliAshokAppugeVikram Shetty2018 JoshelayVinayak JoshiSeizerVinay Krishna2019DigbayamAmith 2021PogaruNanda Kishore2022 Raana Nanda Kishore2024 Choo Mantar Navaneeth2025SuthradaariKiran Kumar GSTSrujan Lokesh
Singles - YouTube Channels Year Song Artist Label Notes 2011 Nanna Preethi Sullalla - Chandan Shetty 2015 Halagode Himself Chandan Shetty 2016 3 PEG Aindrita Ray Chandan Shetty Kirik Keerthi Namma Bengaluru Himself Kirik Keerthi 2017 Chocolate Girl Neha Shetty Chandan Shetty Tequila Shalni Gowda Chandan Shetty 2019 Fire Himself Chandan Shetty Shokilala Ashvithi Shetty, Raashi T-Series Bad Boy Mateen Hussain T-Series 2020 Get High Niveditha Gowda Chandan Shetty Kolumunde Himself Anand Audio Party Freak (Kannada) Nishvika Naidu United Audios Party Freak (Telugu) Nishvika Naidu United Audios 2021 Salige Himself Chandan Shetty Nodu Shiva Megha Shetty Anand Audio Laka Laka Lambargini Rachita Ram, Baby Bindya K Chandan Shetty 2024Cotton CandyChandan Shetty Ft. Sushmitha GopinathChandan Shetty
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See also Alok R. Babu