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Iranian-born singer (born 1975)

Musical artist

Sepideh (Persian: سپیده; born 14 January 1976) is an Iranian-born singer. She has recorded and toured around the world multiple times, performing songs in multiple languages including Persian, English, Armenian, Arabic, Kurdish and Turkish.^[1]

Personal life

Sepideh was born in Tehran, Iran and is of Kurdish descent on her father's side.

She moved with her family to the Washington D.C. area in the late 1980s. She started singing in a band called Setareh while still in high school. After graduating, she joined another band called Mask. The band did shows all along the east coast of the United States for several years before Sepideh moved to Los Angeles, California in 1997 to pursue a career in music full time.^[2] She still lives in Los Angeles area with her husband.^[3]

Career

After moving to Los Angeles in 1997, Sepideh got her break upon meeting the Persian music industry prod