Dasha

Born: 27 February 2000

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Years Active: 2020–present

Genre/s: Pop, country

Label/s: Disruptor, Warner

Anna Dasha Novotny (born February 27, 2000) is an American country and pop singer-songwriter. She has released two EPs, $hiny Things (2021) and Anna (2025), 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 five 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 eight. Her father, PJ, was her first talent manager and booked gigs for her in coffee shops and wineries at age ten. Her older brother Bardo, who is a guitarist for Beauty School Dropout, helped produce her music. She released her first song when she was thirteen years old after PJ gave her a small recording budget.

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. She then attended Belmont University until the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, when she dropped out to pursue her music career.

Dasha has cited Taylor Swift, Ariana Grande, Bazzi, Dominic Fike, Jeremy Zucker, Kacey Musgraves, Pink Sweat$, Role Model and Tove Styrke as major influences.