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{{Infobox musical artist
| image = Ani Chöying Drölma 2011.jpg
| caption = Chöying Drölma in 2011
| name = Chöying Drolma
| native_name = आनी छोइङ डोल्मा
| native_name_lang = ne
| image_size =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1972|06|04}}
| birth_place = [[Kathmandu]], [[Nepal]]
| years_active = 1994-present
| genre = [[Buddhist music]]<br>[[Buddhist chant]]ing
| label = [[Six Degrees Records]]<br>[[Hannibal Records|Hannibal]]/[[Rykodisc Records]]
| website = {{URL|http://www.choying.com/}}
}}

'''Ani Choying Drolma''' (born 4 June 1972), also known as '''Choying Dolma''' and '''Ani Choying''' (''Ani'', "nun", is an honorific), is a Nepalese [[Buddhism|Buddhist]] nun of [[Tibetan script|Tibetan]] origin and musician from the [[Nagi Gompa]] nunnery in [[Nepal]]. She is known in [[Nepal]] and throughout the world for bringing many [[Tibetan Buddhism|Tibetan Buddhist]] chants and feast songs to mainstream audiences. She is the UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador to Nepal since 2014.<ref>[http://www.ekantipur.com/2014/04/12/top-story/drolma-appointed-unicef-nepal-ambassador/388129.html Drolma appointed Unicef Nepal ambassador] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402100507/http://www.ekantipur.com/2014/04/12/top-story/drolma-appointed-unicef-nepal-ambassador/388129.html |date=2015-04-02 }} [[The Kathmandu Post]], April 12, 2014</ref>

==Early life==
Ani Choying was born on 4 June 1971, in [[Kathmandu]], [[Nepal]], to [[Tibetan people|Tibetan]] exiles. She entered [[Monasticism|monastic]] life as a means of escape from her physically abusive father, and she was accepted into the Nagi Gompa nunnery at the age of 13.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2011/03/13/134455191/buddhist-nun-shares-the-sound-of-music|title=Buddhist Nun Shares The Sound Of Music|date=13 March 2011|work=NPR.org}}</ref> For a number of years, the monastery's resident chant master (who was trained directly by the wife of [[Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche]]) taught Ani Choying the music that she is famous for performing.

==Musical career==
In 1994, guitarist [[Steve Tibbetts]] visited the nunnery and eventually recorded much of the Tibetan music with Ani Choying on two albums. The recordings, titled ''Chö'' and ''Selwa'', were released to critical acclaim. Tibbetts and Ani Choying embarked on small performance tours, which included shows at several historical Tibetan monasteries.

===Discography===
#Chö (1997) (with [[Steve Tibbetts]])
#Dancing Dakini (1999)
#Choying (2000)
#Moments Of Bliss (2004)
#Selwa (2004)
#Smile (2005)
#Taking Refuge (2006)
#Inner Peace (2006)
#Time (2007)
#Aama (2009)
#Matakalaa (2010)
#Inner Peace 2 (2010)
#Mangal Vani (2011)
#Clear Light (2012)
# Zariya - Ani, [[A. R. Rahman|A R Rahman]], [[Farah Siraj]]—[[Coke Studio (India)|Coke Studio]] (Season 3) at [[MTV]] (2013)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.moviereviewpreview.com/exclusive-mtv-coke-studio-season-3-zariya-by-a-r-rahman-review-extraordinary/12860/|title=Exclusive: MTV Coke Studio Season 3: Zariya by A.R. Rahman: Extraordinary|author=Team MRP|date=4 August 2013|work=MovieReviewPreview.Com|access-date=10 August 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402162014/http://www.moviereviewpreview.com/exclusive-mtv-coke-studio-season-3-zariya-by-a-r-rahman-review-extraordinary/12860/|archive-date=2 April 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>
#Rebuilding with Love World Tour<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.esplanade.com/events/2015/choying-drolma-rebuilding-with-love-world-tour|title=Exclusive: Rebuilding with Love World Tour}}</ref>

==Humanitarian work==

Ani Choying has been involved in several humanitarian works. She has advocated the need for an official [[Earth Anthem]] for the planet supporting the efforts of Indian poet-diplomat [[Abhay K]] in this direction.<ref>[http://www.ekantipur.com/2014/04/22/capital/manisha-drolma-for-earth-anthem/388590.html Manisha, Drolma for Earth Anthem] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141106161910/http://www.ekantipur.com/2014/04/22/capital/manisha-drolma-for-earth-anthem/388590.html |date=2014-11-06 }} The Kathmandu Post, 22 April 2014</ref> She was part of [[India Inclusion Summit]] where she delivered a heart-warming speech.<ref>[http://www.knowyourstar.com/ani-choying-drolma-interview/ Spreading Cheer with Magic Wand of World Music] KnowYourStar.com, 27 March 2015.</ref>

== Book ==
She published her autobiographical book [[Phoolko Aankhama]] in 2008. The book has been translated into 14 different languages.

== Film ==

"Ani Choying Drolma: Mission Impossible", dir. F. Jennifer Lin, Shan Bai, Hong Kong SAR China 2023<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://wff.pl/en/film/39-ani-choying-drolma-mission-impossible |title=Ani Choying Drolma: Mission Impossible |website=wff.pl |access-date= 2023-10-15}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.choying.com Official website]
*[https://www.npr.org/2011/03/13/134455191/buddhist-nun-shares-the-sound-of-music NPR: Buddhist Nun Shares the Sound of Music]
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[[Category:Nepalese people of Tibetan descent]]
[[Category:Performers of Buddhist music]]
[[Category:21st-century Nepalese women singers]]
[[Category:Nepalese Buddhist nuns]]
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[[Category:21st-century Buddhist nuns]]
[[Category:Six Degrees Records artists]]
[[Category:21st-century Tibetan women singers]]

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