Nora Fatehi Lights Up ‘All That Glitters’ Diwali Ball | Billboard News

The “All That Glitters” Diwali Ball made its way to The Pierre Hotel this year, and Billboard is taking you inside the glamorous exclusive event. From Nora Fatehi’s show-stopping performance to Jay Sean’s hot soundtrack, keep watching to see it all!

Tetris Kelly:
It’s time to celebrate Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, and this year, Billboard is taking you inside one of the world’s hottest Diwali parties and one of the hardest to get into. The ultra glamorous invite-only affair started as a small gathering in the Tribeca loft of music industry veteran Anjula Acharia, who introduced artists like Lady Gaga, Britney Spears and 50 Cent to India, while launching the career of Priyanka Chopra in the U.S.

But in 2019, she moved her party to The Pierre Hotel on New York’s Upper East Side, drawing celebrities from Padma Lakshmi to Mindy Kaling and hundreds of millions of eyeballs on social media, showcasing the ascension of South Asians in pop culture. This year, 300 lucky guests were invited by a house committee that included the CEO of Warner Music Group, the Chief Content Officer at Netflix and Billboard‘s Editorial Director, Hannah Karp, with the soundtrack for the evening curated by Jay Sean, who made his U.S. Billboard chart debut in 2009, breaking cultural barriers as a South Asian artist with back-to-back Hot 100 top 10 hits, including “Down,” which spent two weeks at No. 1.

But the belle of the ball this year was undoubtedly Nora Fatehi, a rising Canadian-Moroccan pop star with 47 million Instagram followers, who moved to India from Toronto at the age of 22, learned Hindi and became a Bollywood sensation. She stole the show with an electrifying performance of her new song, “Nora,” and a string of her most beloved Bollywood hits, supported by a team of world-class dancers from AATMA Performing Arts.

Keep watching for more!