Zaeden


Sahil Sharma, better known by his stage name Zaeden, is an Indian singer and record producer.
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Early life and career beginnings

Zaeden was born in Gurugram, India. Growing up, he attended The Heritage School, where he played the tabla and piano throughout school. At the age of 14, he began performing as a DJ. He briefly studied mass communication at Amity University, Noida before relocating to Mumbai to study sound engineering.
Sharma stated that his given name was too common in India, and so he chose the stage name "Zaeden" as it meant "out of the box thinking" in Latin.

Personal life

Zaeden got married on October 26, 2024, with DJ Nina Shah in an intimate wedding ceremony held in Goa.

Career

Sharma began his career at the age of 14, by mixing tapes of dance music releases and distributing them among his friends, which led him to release his first single titled "Land of Lords" in 2014. That same year, his remix of Coldplay's "Magic" aired on Dutch DJ Hardwell's radio show Hardwell On Air, making him one of the youngest DJs to be featured on the show. He further released his official remix of Maroon 5's single "Don't Wanna Know" that year.
In 2015, he signed with Spinnin' Records and released his single "Yesterday," a collaborative effort with American DJ Borgeous.
In 2016, Sharma was a closing act for DJ David Guetta's Mumbai concert. That same year, he became one of the few Indian artists to have performed at the Tomorrowland Festival in Belgium, where he premiered "Yesterday" along with his remix of Justin Bieber's "Love Yourself." In July of that year, Sharma released his second single under Spinnin' titled "Never Let You Go," a collaborative effort with DJ duo Nina & Malika. The track featured vocals by Cimo Frankel, and the subsequent music video was shot across Europe. He was also featured on GQ magazine's 'Best Dressed List 2016' and MensXP's list of ‘Top 50 Indians who defined fashion in 2016.' He also spoke at the TEDx conference at The Heritage School that year.
In 2017, Sharma released his official remix of Maroon 5's collaborative effort with American rapper Kendrick Lamar, "Don't Wanna Know." He also released his third single titled "City of the Lonely Hearts" featuring Cimo Frankel. That same year, he was one of the opening acts for the Mumbai date on Justin Bieber's Purpose World Tour.
On 5 September 2019, Zaeden released his first Hindi non-film song, "tere bina" on VYRL, Universal Music along with a music video featuring Amyra Dastur. A few weeks later, he released its acoustic version with Jonita Gandhi. A regular performer at Tomorrowland, he debuted "tere bina" during his third appearance there.
He went on to release four more singles, "kya karoon?", "dooriyan", "intezaar," and "socha na tha". He also collaborated with Lost Stories for "Noor," and Sez on the Beat for "Kahaani 2020". In 2021, he released his debut album titled "Genesis 1:1". It featured 11 tracks.
The 25-year-old has been featured on GQ's Best Dressed and MensXP's ‘Top 50 Indians who defined fashion in 2016’ list. He has collaborated with designers Shantanu & Nikhil, and Siddhartha Tytler.
In 2023, He launched his own fragrance brand "SOL".

Discography

Albums

Genesis 1:1
YearAlbumSongCo-singer
2014Land of LordsSyzz
2015YesterdayBorgeous
2016Never Let You GoNina & Malika
2017City of the Lonely HeartsCimo Fränkel
2017Tere Jaane SeAnkit Tiwari
2018Tempted to TouchRupee
2018Something likeYves V, Jermaine Fleur
2018UncomplicatedLost Stories, Matthew Steeper
2019tere bina
2019tere bina Jonita Gandhi
2020Genesis 1:1kya karoon?
2020Genesis 1:1dooriyan
2020Kahaani 2020Sez on the Beat, Enkore, yungsta,
Lit Happu, Shayan Roy
2020NoorLost Stories, Akanksha Bhandari
2020Genesis 1:1intezaarsomanshu
2020Genesis 1:1socha na tha
2020for ChristmasNatania
2021Genesis 1:1yaadeinAAKASH
2021Genesis 1:11000 piecesPolar
2021Genesis 1:1jaaye na tuNishu
2021Genesis 1:1KTMBKHanita Bhambari
2021Genesis 1:1days
2021Genesis 1:1kho gayaYashraj, AAKASH
2021Settle DownFly By Midnight
2021Setting Sail Lisa Mishra
2022Paas AaAAKASH
2022Lagda NaStunnah Beatz
2023Aa MilLisa Mishra
2023jaana
2023Dreams
20245 am
2024AawaraKing, Kshmr
2024pia <3
2024Deewana
2025Raaz