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She has a uniquely melodic voice and disarmingly frank lyrics. Singer and songwriter Anjulie is a new presence on the music scene. The Los Angeles-based songwriter is the youngest of four children raised by Indian-Guyanese parents in Oakville, Ontario. Anjulie grew up with diverse musical sounds at home with everything from Afro-Caribbean calypso, reggae and South American Latin music to the pop and rock. She has worked on several songs with Jon Levine, keyboardist for Toronto-based funk-pop band The Philosopher Kings, whom she met while doing an internship at Metalworks recording studio in Toronto. She got fired for hanging out with a client, but ended up getting a creative partner instead! In 2005, the pair wrote two songs for actress-singer Emma Roberts’ debut album Unfabulous and More. Anjulie also wrote a track on the Philosopher Kings’ album 2006 album Castles and penned “Don’t Call Me Baby,” which became a Billboard Top 10 hit in Canada for songstress Kreesha Turner. Anjulie's debut single, "Boom" was released in November 2008 and her self-titled debut album came out in 2009. She was nominated for the 2009 MTV Video Music Award for "Best Breakthrough Artist in a Video."

Q&A

Zodiac sign: Gemini/Taurus. I'm right on the cusp.

Relationship status: Single.

Best way to unwind: Curb my enthusiasm and a cup of yerba mate.

Fave Bollywood movie: I haven’t seen one yet. Any recommendations?

Favourite Hollywood movie: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.

Favourite book: Quiet Days in Clichy by Henry Miller.

Guilty pleasure: I don't feel guilty about feeling pleasure.

If you could choose a superpower, what would it be and why? Mind reading. I want to know people’s secrets.

What is on your iPod? The new Mika record, Radiohead's OK Computer and David Bowie's "IWish IWas English”.

Something quirky about you no one would know: I am a hermit. I'm terrified of social situations.

Best personal feature and why: I'm a good food taster. Really, I am.

Best feature on the opposite sex: A good cook. Then honesty, trust, etcetera.

Celebrity crush: Jon Hamm, hands down.

If you had to choose, would it be Romance or Hot Sex? A little of column A, a little of column B.

Three things you can’t live without: A sense of humour, a vibrator and pepper spray. Not in that order.

Most memorable professional moment: Being nominated for an MTV Video Music Award and sitting in the audience meters away from Madonna and Janet Jackson.

Most valuable life lesson: Patience. Still learning it.

Motto you live by: What doesn't kill me only makes me sing harder.

BY: TAMARA BALUJA / PUBLISHED: 7TH ANNIVERSARY SEXY & SUCCESSFUL 2010 ISSUE