Tishma
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Tishma
| image = Tishma_bangladeshi_rockstar.jpg
| genre = Rock music, hip-hop, R&B, classical, pop, experimental
| occupation = Singer, songwriter, rapper, pianist, guitarist, musician, music composer, music producer
| instrument = Vocals, piano, guitar, drums
| years_active = 2003 – present
| background = solo_singer
| website = {{URL|tishmaonline.com/}}
}}
Tishma is a pop rock singer, songwriter, rapper, pianist, guitarist, musician, music composer and music producer in the U.S.A Bangladesh. She's the first Bangladeshi Hollywood celebrity. She is also known as the "Rock Princess of Bangladesh" by fans.{{cite news |title=Tishma's new album released online |url=http://www.observerbd.com/2016/01/02/128787.php |newspaper=The Daily Observer |date=2 January 2016 |access-date=8 January 2016}}{{cite web |url=http://www.whatson.uk.com/new_design/index.php?cat=bd_listing&filter=bd |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130217225038/http://www.whatson.uk.com/new_design/index.php?cat=bd_listing&filter=bd |archive-date=17 February 2013 |url-status=dead |title=XClusive: Rock Princess |work=WhatsOn.uk.com|publisher=XClusive}}{{cite web |url=http://www.ejugantor.com/share.php?q=2013%2F04%2F18%2F11%2Fdetails%2F11_r2_c2.jpg&d=2013%2F04%2F18%2F |script-title=bn:বাংলার পপসম্রাজ্ঞী |trans-title=Bengali Pop Queen |newspaper=Jugantor |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161009084425/http://ejugantor.com/share.php?q=2013%252F04%252F18%252F11%252Fdetails%252F11_r2_c2.jpg&d=2013%252F04%252F18%252F |archive-date=9 October 2016 |title=Daily Jugantor }} She plays a variety of musical instruments such as piano, guitar, keyboard, and drums, and is Bangladesh's first and only female music composer and music producer.{{Cite web | url=http://www.observerbd.com/2016/01/02/128787.php |title = Tishma?s new album released online}}{{cite web | url=http://www.manobkantha.com/2012/12/09/97048.html | title=রক গান নিয়ে তিশমা | publisher=Manobkantha.com | date=9 December 2012 | access-date=1 March 2013 | language=bn | trans-title=Rock songs with Tishma}}{{cite web|url=http://www.ajkalerkhabarbd.com/pages/details/2011/09/24/15777 |title=The Daily Ajkaler Khabar – ব্যান্ড ও এলবাম নিয়ে তিশমা |publisher=Ajkalerkhabarbd.com |date=24 September 2011 |access-date=24 February 2013}} She is an innovator in Bangladeshi popular music and is noted for introducing changes in the pop music arena in her country.{{cite news |url=http://www.jjdin.com/?view=details&archiev=yes&arch_date=19-06-2012&type=single&pub_no=162&cat_id=1&menu_id=63&news_type_id=1&news_id=21541 |script-title=bn:তিশমার দশ |trans-title=Tishma Ten |newspaper=Jaijaidin |date=19 June 2012 |language=bn |access-date=7 March 2013}}
Career
{{As of|2024}}, Tishma has released nineteen solo albums.{{cite web|url=http://www.ittefaq.com.bd/index.php?ref=MjBfMDFfMDhfMTNfMV85XzFfOTUzMA== |title='রকস্টার' নিয়ে আসছেন তিশমা :: দৈনিক ইত্তেফাক |publisher=Ittefaq.com.bd |access-date=7 March 2013}} Tishma made her debut as a child artist with her album Tara in late December 2002. From then on, Tishma has worked with other music genres, such as R&B, ballads, and funk.{{citation needed|date=February 2017}}
In 2011, Tishma's first own composed album Xperiment came out, which was the first album composed by a Bangladeshi female artist. https://banglanews24.com/public/entertainment/news/bd/87084.details The next year, she released Xperiment ReloadeD, and in 2013, she released Hypnotized which were also composed by herself.{{cite news | script-title=bn:তিশমার নতুন অ্যালবাম 'হিপনোটাইজ্ড' | trans-title=Tishma's new album | url=http://www.samakal.net/2013/12/27/28893 | access-date=28 December 2013 | newspaper=Samakal | language=bn | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131231001210/http://www.samakal.net/2013/12/27/28893 | archive-date=31 December 2013 |url-status = dead}}{{cite news |date=28 December 2013 |script-title=bn:সংস্কৃতি সংবাদের |trans-title=Culture News |url=http://oldsite.dailyjanakantha.com/news_view.php?nc=42&dd=2013-12-28&ni=159027 |newspaper=Daily Janakantha |language=bn}}{{cite news |date=27 December 2013 |script-title=bn:তিশমার ‘হিপনোটাইজড’ |trans-title=Tishma Hypnotized |url=http://www.prothom-alo.com/entertainment/article/109467/%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B6%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0_%E2%80%98%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%A1%E2%80%99#jadewits_print |newspaper=Prothom Alo |language=bn}}{{cite news |script-title=bn:অনলাইনে তিশমার অ্যালবাম |trans-title=Tishma Online Album |url=http://www.jjdin.com/?view=details&archiev=yes&arch_date=27-12-2013&feature=yes&type=single&pub_no=699&cat_id=3&menu_id=63&news_type_id=1&index=3 |work=Jaijaidin |language=bn}} In 2014, Tishma released her next solo album, Rockstar.{{cite web | url=http://www.bdtoday.net/newsdetail/detail/36/6376 | title=বিডিটুডে.নেট:রকস্টার তিশমা আসছেন | publisher=Bdtoday.net | access-date=24 February 2013}} A documentary video album of Tishma named The Rock Princess – Xposed, was released in 2013 or 2014.{{cite news |script-title=bn:তিশমার ভিডিও অ্যালবাম ‘দ্য রক প্রিন্সেস-এক্সপোজ্ড’ |trans-title=Tishma video album 'The Rock Princess-exposed' |url=http://www.banglanews24.com/printNews.php?nssl=a252a9d9f6999d54babfb9d6b0089b54 |language=bn |newspaper=Banglanews24.com |url-status = dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130628171340/http://www.banglanews24.com/printNews.php?nssl=a252a9d9f6999d54babfb9d6b0089b54 |archive-date=28 June 2013 |access-date=20 April 2013}} In 2015, she released MesmerizeD, which contained English tracks and is the first original English album released by a Bangladeshi artist.{{cite news | url=http://www.prothom-alo.com/entertainment/article/727945/%E2%80%98%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%A1%E2%80%99-%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B6%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE | title='মেসমোরাইজড' তিশমা | access-date=2016-01-08 | author=বিনোদন প্রতিবেদক |work=Prothom Alo |language=bn}}{{cite news | url=http://bangla.samakal.net/2016/01/01/183287 | title=তিশমার 'মেসমেরাইজড' | date=2016-01-01 | access-date=2016-01-08 | newspaper=Samakal |language=bn}} In 2016, Tishma's thirteenth solo album, Royalty, was released. From this album, "Mone Mone Tomake Bhalobashi Mone Hoe" was released as a single in the same year.{{cite web|url=http://www.banglatribune.com/entertainment/news/177989/%E0%A6%AD%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A1%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%93%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%87-%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%A8-%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B6%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE|title= New Tishma video |publisher=Bangla Tribune}}{{cite news |url=http://www.bd-pratidin.com/entertainment/2016/12/31/196510|title=Tisma is coming with the solo album 'Royalty' |work=Bangladesh Pratidin |language=bn}}
Following 'Royalty' in 2016, Tishma next released two more of her own written and composed solo albums titled 'X' (2018) and '2020' (2020) respectively. It is currently not yet known when her upcoming new album will be released. {{Cite web|url=https://samakal.com/todays-print-edition/tp-entertainment/article/18126465/%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B6%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%A8-%E0%A6%85%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AE|title=তিশমার নতুন অ্যালবাম}}
Education and biography
Tishma spent a large part of her early childhood in various parts of Europe, beginning her formal education in the UK.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/bengali/multimedia/2011/05/110518_sm_tishma_gangolpo.shtml |title=BBC Bangla – মাল্টিমিডিয়া – হরেক রকমের ধারার গায়িকা তিশমা |publisher=BBC |date=1 January 1970 |access-date=2 March 2013}}
Originally a classically trained musician,{{cite web |url=http://www.bestofbengal.com/starvoice8.htm |title=Star Voice |website=Best of Bengal |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130616125858/http://www.bestofbengal.com/starvoice8.htm |archive-date=16 June 2013 |access-date=12 February 2013}} Tishma began her musical education at a very early age; she was playing piano by age four,{{cite web |url=http://www.gonona.net/purplenew/?p=12495 |title=Interviews with The Pop-Queen TISHMA |website=Gonona Technologies |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130221190407/http://www.gonona.net/purplenew/?p=12495 |archive-date=21 February 2013 |access-date=24 February 2013}} and studied European classical music and music theory under ABRSM.{{cite web |url=http://www.bangladeshdir.com/webs/catalog/tishma.html |title=Tishma |website=BangladeshDir.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130215024029/http://www.bangladeshdir.com/webs/catalog/tishma.html |archive-date=15 February 2013 |access-date=2 March 2013}}{{User-generated source|date=March 2016}} She also received talim (musical education) in Indian classical music and later studied Tagore songs and folk music. She has released songs in a variety of genres such as rock, Bangla folk, opera, rap, classical, experimental, alternative, Nazrul, Rabindra Sangeet and Adhunik.
Alongside having released most of her albums while in school, Tishma has 10 A's in O levels (in one sitting){{cite web |url=http://alltimenews.com/article/date/2012/02/25/entertainment/1915 |script-title=bn:রেকর্ড গড়েছেন তিশমা |trans-title=Tishma record |language=bn |website=alltimenews.com |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130215121058/http://alltimenews.com/article/date/2012/02/25/entertainment/1915 |archive-date=15 February 2013 |access-date=24 February 2013}} and 5 A's in A levels.{{cite web|url=http://www.soundcloud.com/tishma |title=tishma | Tishma Bangladesh |publisher=SoundCloud |date=2013-01-15 |access-date=2016-01-08}}{{cite news|url=http://www.daily-sun.com/details_yes_01-01-2011_No-more-a-lazy-girl_84_1_7_1_1.html |title=culturetainment | No more a lazy girl |work=Daily Sun |date=1 January 2011 |access-date=2 March 2013}} In 2014, she took a break from music production to attend college to study engineering.{{cite web|url=http://www.bossbd.com/2012/08/bangladeshi-pop-singer-tisma.html |title=Bangladeshi Pop Singer Tisma |publisher=Bossbd.com |date=11 August 2012 |access-date=7 March 2013}}
Discography
=Albums=
- Tara (2002) (due to the release time late in the year, sometimes Tishma's album is often listed as a 2003 release)
- Chand (2003)
- Shurjo (2004)
- Baula Prem (2005)
- Sham Rakhi Na Kul Rakhi (2006)
- Matir Putul (2006)
- Cholonar Daba (2007){{cite web|url=http://www.music.com.bd/2007/10/12/tishma-cholonar-daba-released/ |title=Tishma – Cholonar Daba Released |publisher=music.com.bd |date=12 October 2007}}
- X-Factor (2008)
- Xperiment (2011)
- XoXo (Xperiment ReLoadeD) (2012)
- Hypnotized (2013){{cite news |script-title=bn:অনলাইনে তিশমার গান |trans-title=Tishma Songs Online |url=http://www.banglanews24.com/detailsnews.php?nssl=8e8ca8aec50e37e936a3ce8dbe03b787&nttl=20131227063639251778 |newspaper=Banglanews24.com |language=bn |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131230233745/http://www.banglanews24.com/detailsnews.php?nssl=8e8ca8aec50e37e936a3ce8dbe03b787&nttl=20131227063639251778 |archive-date=30 December 2013 |access-date=28 December 2013}}
- Rockstar (2014){{cite news
| url = http://www.kalerkantho.com/index.php?view=details&type=gold&data=Car&pub_no=1059&cat_id=1&menu_id=54&news_type_id=1&index=0&archiev=yes&arch_date=12-11-2012
| date = 18 June 2012
| newspaper = Kaler Kantho
| script-title =bn:রকস্টার তিশমা
| trans-title = Rockstar Tishma
| access-date = 1 March 2013
}}
- Mesmerized (2015)
- Royalty (2016) {{cite web|url=http://dailyasianage.com/news/43219/tishmas-new-album-royalty-released|title=Tishmas New Album Royalty Released}}
- X (2018) {{Cite web | url=https://www.kalerkantho.com/print-edition/ronger-mela/2019/01/03/721652 |title = তিশমার এক্স | কালের কণ্ঠ|date = 2 January 2019}}{{Cite web | url=https://www.jugantor.com/todays-paper/anando-nagar/128048/%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%9B%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%B6%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B7%E0%A7%87-%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B6%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%A8-%E0%A6%85%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AE |title = বছর শেষে তিশমার নতুন অ্যালবাম}}{{Cite web|url=https://samakal.com/todays-print-edition/tp-entertainment/article/18126465/%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B6%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%A8-%E0%A6%85%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AE|title = তিশমার নতুন অ্যালবাম}}
- 2020 (2020)
- Xperiment X (2021) https://businesspostbd.com/show-biz/tishma-recreates-her-xperiment-albumafter-10-years
- XX (2022) https://www.banglatribune.com/entertainment/779853/%E0%A6%8F%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%8B-%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B6%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%85%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AE-%E2%80%98%E0%A6%8F%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%8F%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B8%E2%80%99
- Cobra (2023) https://www.dailyjanakantha.com/entertainment/news/708941
=Video albums=
- 2003 – Pop Queen
- 2003 – Bashiwallah
- 2003 – Chand
- 2004 – Digi Digi Dum Dum
- 2004 – Best of Tishma
- 2005 – Sham Rakhi Na Kul Rakhi
- 2005 – Deewana
- 2005 – Prem
- 2006 – Matir Putul
- 2006 – Neel Chokh
- 2007 – Chander Meye Josna
- 2008 – Mega Hitz of Tishma
- 2009 – Rock Rajkonna
- 2010 – Projapoti
- 2014 – The Rock Princess – Xposed (musical documentary){{cite news |url=http://www.prothom-alo.com/detail/date/2013-04-29/news/348455 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130713041410/http://www.prothom-alo.com/detail/date/2013-04-29/news/348455 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-07-13 |script-title=bn:তিশমার 'দ্য রক প্রিন্সেস-এক্সপোজড' - প্রথম আলো |work=Prothom Alo |access-date=2016-01-08}}
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