Ananya Nanda is the winner of Season 2 of Indian Idol Junior, in 2015. During competing in Indian Idol Junior she got a two-year record deal with Universal Music India. After winning Indian Idol Junior, she has released her debut album 'Mausam Mastana' under the label Sony Music, the song was originally sang by veteran playback singer Asha Bhosle from 1982 movie Satte Pe Satta. She has started as Bollywood playback singer in film M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story for the music director Amaal Mallik. She is also regular playback singer for Ollywood Industry, has sung in many films like Agastya, Baby (2016 film), Kathadeli Matha Chuin. When she won the competition received calls to visit Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India and Naveen Patnaik, Chief Minister of Odisha. In 2019, she participated in Colors TV reality show Rising Star where she was in Top 3.