| Dasha | |
| Birth Name: | Anna Dasha Novotny |
| Birth Date: | 27 February 2000 |
| Birth Place: | San Luis Obispo, California, U.S. |
| Instrument: | Vocals, guitar |
| Years Active: | 2021–present |
Anna Dasha Novotny (born February 27, 2000) is an American country and pop singer-songwriter. She has released one EP, $hiny Things (2021), and two studio albums: Dirty Blonde (2023) and What Happens Now? (2024). Her song "Austin" peaked at No. 18 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2024.
Dasha was born and raised in San Luis Obispo, California, and is of Czech descent. When she was 5 years old, she started participating in musical theater productions. She danced ballet and hip hop. She won national poetry competitions in school and then learned to play the guitar and piano at age 8. Her dad was her first talent manager and booked gigs for her in coffee shops and wineries at age 10. Her brother, who is a guitarist for Beauty School Dropout, helped produce her music. She released her first song when she was 13 years old after her father gave her a small recording budget.[1] [2]
She attended San Luis Obispo High School, where she performed in Guys and Dolls (2016), Footloose (2017), Annie (2018), and Bye Bye Birdie (2018) and was also a member of the Improv Team.[3] She then attended Belmont University until the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, when she dropped out to pursue her music career.[4]
Dasha released the single "Don't Mean a Thing" through Famouz Records in April 2020.[2] Later that year, she signed with Quadio Records, a subsidiary of Disruptor Records.[2] "Don't Mean a Thing" and the follow up singles "None of My Business", "$hiny Things", and "21st Birthday" appeared on the 2021 extended play $hiny Things released through Quadio Records.[2]
In 2021 and 2022, Dasha released singles for her debut album Dirty Blonde (2023).[2]
In November 2023, Dasha released the single "Austin", a foray into country music which marked her first entry on the Billboard charts and peaked at number 19 on the Billboard Hot 100 in June 2024. The song was also successful worldwide, peaking within the top ten of the charts in Belgium (Flanders), Ireland, the Netherlands, Norway, and the United Kingdom.[5] That month, she signed with Warner Records.[6] Her second full-length album, What Happens Now? was released in February 2024. In April 2024, she performed "Austin" live at the 2024 CMT Awards in Austin, Texas.[1] In August 2024 she performed “Austin” live at Allsång på Skansen in Sweden.
| Details | Peak chart positions | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [7] | US Country [8] | CAN [9] | GER | NLD [10] | |||
| Dirty Blonde |
| — | — | — | — | — | |
| What Happens Now? |
| 117 | 27 | 48 | 93 | 8 | |
| Details | ||
| $hiny Things |
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| Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [11] | US Country [12] | AUS [13] | CAN [14] | GER [15] | IRE [16] | NOR [17] | NZ [18] | UK [19] | WW [20] | ||||
| "Don't Mean a Thing" | 2020 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $hiny Things | |
| "None of My Business" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Better Than She Did" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "$hiny Things" | 2021 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "21st Birthday" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Love Me Till August" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Dirty Blonde | ||
| "Nervous" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Talk" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Going Nowhere" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Olivia" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Fuck You" | 2022 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "7 Minutes in Heaven" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Dramatic" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Vegas" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Eyeliner" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Wish That You Were Here" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Even Cowboys Cry" | 2023 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | What Happens Now? | |
| "Austin" | 18 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 16 | |||
| "King of California" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "42" | 2024 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Didn't I" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||