
Photo: Bollywood Hungama · CC BY 3.0 · credits
Timeline
1990s
2010s
· Debut release
Debut release: Vaaste
First documented Single in the MusicBrainz discography.
source: musicbrainz
2020s
Biography
Biography
Dhvani Bhanushali (born 22 March 1998) is an Indian singer and actress. Born in Mumbai, she gained recognition with her single "VaasteVaasteSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Vaaste4:26" (2019), which has received over 1.7 billion views on YouTube.
She began her music career in 2017 with an acoustic version of the song Humsafar from Badrinath Ki Dulhania. Her first film song was Ishtehaar from Welcome To New York (2018). In the same year, she appeared in the music video "Ishare Tere" alongside Guru Randhawa and performed "Dilbar" from Satyameva Jayate.
Early life and career
Bhanushali was born in a Gujarati Hindu family in Mumbai to father Vinod Bhanushali and mother Rinku Bhanushali. Her father was the President of Global Marketing and Media Publishing for T-Series for 27 years until he quit the company in August 2021 to start his own venture Bhanushali Studios Limited. She has a younger sister named Diya Bhanushali.
Bhanushali, who made her debut with the songs "Humsafar Acoustic" from Badrinath Ki Dulhania, "Tere Mere Reprise" from Chef, "Veere" from Veere Di Wedding, and "Ishtehaar" from the film Welcome To New York, later worked with Neha Kakkar on the song "Dilbar" and Guru Randhawa on the song "Ishare Tere". Her debut song was "Ishtehaar" from the film Welcome To New York, in which she sang with Rahat Fateh Ali Khan. Her song, "Dilbar", was the first Hindi language song to enter the Billboard Top Ten. She has released a carpool mashup of "Gulabi Aankhen" and "Shape of You". She has released the singles "Leja Re" and "Main Teri Hoon". She has sung "Duniya" from the movie Luka Chuppi along with Akhil. She has also sung the song "Laila" for the film Notebook. Her super hit single "VaasteVaasteSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Vaaste4:26" along with Nikhil D'Souza, starring herself and Siddharth Gupta, gained 2 billion views and counting in June 2020 making her the fastest and youngest star to reach this mark. Next in cue was "Dariyaganj" along with Arijit Singh from the film Jai Mummy Di. She then sang "Nachi Nachi" from the movie Street Dancer 3D along with Neeti Mohan and Millind Gaba. She also sang "Jeetenge Hum" which was composed by DJ Chetas and Lijo George and penned by Manoj Muntashir and "Gallan Goriyan" composed by Taz and written by Kumaar during the Coronavirus lockdown in India. Later on, she sang "Baby Girl" along with Guru Randhawa which is composed and written by him too. The last song sung by her in 2020 is "Nayan" with Jubin Nautiyal which is composed by DJ Chetas and Lijo George and written by Manoj Muntashir. She released her new single "Radha" on her 23rd birthday. She also released a Gujarati song on the occasion of Navaratri 2021 Mehendi with 65 million views on her channel. Her Mera Yaar was released on 1 December 2021 with more than 50 million views. Her latest song, 'Candy' with Yuvan Shankar Raja released on Hitz Music's official YouTube channel.
On working with Tanishk Bagchi, she commented that he is her mentor. She said, "He has guided me really well. My career is mostly made because of him."
She graduated from the University of Mumbai with Bachelor of Commerce in September 2019. She also has done a BME (Business Management & Entrepreneurship) from the Indian School of Management & Entrepreneurship, Mumbai.
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 14 | 70.2th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | 9,044,174 | 30th |
| Release groups in DB | 8 | 81.1th |
| Studio albums | 1 | 76th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 3 | 73.3th |
| Recording span (years) | 5 | 18.3th |
| Genres | 0 | 0th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (8 release groups · 1 studio albums)
Albums · 1
2023 · studio album
Search SpotifySearch YouTube Music
Tracklist · 5 tracks · 17:43
1Preet4:192Masoomiyat2:303Shagun4:474Jadoo3:105Khushnaseebi2:57
Single · 7
| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | VaasteSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 1 track · 4:261Vaaste4:26 | 6 April 2019 | ||
| 2019 | Bekhayali AcousticSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 1 track · 4:011Bekhayali Acoustic4:01 | 19 July 2019 | ||
| 2022 | Hona MereSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 1 track · 3:491Hona Mere3:49 | 25 August 2022 | ||
| 2023 | PreetSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 1 track · 4:191Preet4:19 | 24 January 2023 | ||
| 2023 | Naina MilaykeSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 1 track · 3:351Naina Milayke3:35 | 14 September 2023 | ||
| 2024 | Hold OnSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 1 track · 3:061Hold On3:06 | 27 January 2024 | ||
| 2024 | Thank You GodSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 1 track · 2:131Thank You God2:13 | 27 March 2024 |
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Dhvani Bhanushali head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 14 | 70.2th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | 9,044,174 | 30th |
| Release groups in DB | 8 | 81.1th |
| Studio albums | 1 | 76th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 3 | 73.3th |
| Recording span (years) | 5 | 18.3th |
| Genres | 0 | 0th |
Awards & honours
Where this record comes from
portrait—Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 3.0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dhvani_Bhanushali_snapped_in_Khar_%28cropped%29.jpgpopularity—kworb.net · no licence published · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://kworb.net/spotify/listeners.htmlaliases/urls—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/c68b5992-5a74-4fbc-b839-b01d653d2444discography—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/c68b5992-5a74-4fbc-b839-b01d653d2444core—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q61896827seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhvani_Bhanushalibiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhvani_Bhanushali
Why this artist is in the database
- List of Indian playback singers — rank #45
Dhvani Bhanushali | 2015–present | Hindi, Tamil
- Spotify monthly listeners (kworb.net) — rank #1497 · 9,044,174
Dhvani Bhanushali
Tier rule: notable long tail (listeners 9,044,174, 14 language versions)
Image: Bollywood Hungama · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Wikidata: Q61896827 · MusicBrainz: c68b5992-5a74-4fbc-b839-b01d653d2444
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