Now based in Britain, 23-year-old Raghav was born in Canada to Indian parents, studied Indian classical music, grew up singing in his local temple, in choirs and performing in musicals, leading to school years crammed not only with study but also tours of Canada and Europe.

He began writing music when he was 15, heavily influenced by the pop R&B music filtering across the border from America. He received offers of scholarships from many music schools across America but chose, at 17, to move to LA on his own to study with Seth Riggs, vocal coach to, amongst others, Stevie Wonder and Michael Jackson.

In the UK, he studied at the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts, fine tuning his own sound. He joined R&B band 11/7 and a Mobo nomination for best unsigned artist was enough to get Raghav a solo management deal and an introduction to the highly influential Sly & Robbie and British R&B producer Mushtaq. Raghav finally began to settle on the style that has become his own, a fusion of the best of his influences into a unique sound.

Soon after, he signed with A&R Records while simultaneously working with the DJ producer 2play, heralding his arrival in the mainstream with a maximum of underground buzz.