Bathiya and Santhush
| Bathiya N Santhush | |
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| Origin | Colombo, Sri Lanka |
| Genres | Sri Lankan music, Pop, R&B |
| Years active | 1998–present |
| Labels | SonyBMG[1] / Universal Records[2]/M-Entertainment [1] |
| Associated acts | Ashanthi Nirosha Virajini Randhir Witana Umaria and Umara Hariharan |
| Website | www.bnsmusic.com |
Bathiya & Santhush (BNS) are one of the biggest names in the Sri Lankan music industry who were pop/rap duo composed of Bathiya Jayakody and Santhush Weeraman, who met while at Mary Anne David's school for singing in Colombo (training mainly under the categories of classical and show tunes).
Bathiya Jayakody was educated at Ananda College Colombo while his partner, Santhush Weeraman was educated at Royal College Colombo. Santhush comes from a musical family,his brother Dushyanth is also a musician of repute.
Since the inception of their act in 1998, they have released six albums and had seven Sri Lankan number one singles. Bathiya & Santhush are one of the biggest musical acts to hit the Sri Lankan musical scene since the 1990s, mixing Sinhala, Tamil , and English lyrics in their originals, while utilized Hindi language also in remix songs bringing out their contemporary style and revolutionising the music industry in Sri Lanka.[1]
In 2008 BNS marked the end of their most successful concert series after over 150 performances "Neththara Live". This was replaced with a brand new concert series named "Shaheena" after their 2008 No. 1 single and the same titled promotional album for Lux.
With the release of their 5th main album "Sara Sihina - the 5th Element" Bathiya and Santhush became the only Sri Lankan artists to feature with popular Indian singers Hariharan (in the song Yaalpanamen) and Asha Bhosle (Dedunna Sedi)
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[edit] Awards and accomplishments
- First Sri Lankan artists to secure a Music Publishing Contract under "UNIVERSAL MUSIC"
- Silver Award Winners at the "Azia Dauysy" Music Festival in Kazakhstan 2001 / Shanghai Music Festival 2001[1]
- Composers & Performers of the Official Sri Lankan Cricket Anthem BCCSL.
- Bronze Award Winners at the Shanghai Music Festival 2001[1]
- Winners of the TYOP Award for the contribution to Culture & Arts 2002 [1]
- Winner of the Golden Clef Award for the best fusion band in 2002 [1]
- Runner-up the 4th Pop Music Festival in Zernjanin Serbia 2003[1]
- Winners of the "Male Icon - 2006" award (Award ceremony was held on 14 June 2007 at the Colombo Hilton)
- Runner up at the first Music Video Awards held in Sri Lanka - Derana Music VDU Awards - Runner Up award for Res Wihidena Samanaliyak - 2008/9
- First Sri Lankan artists to release a song with Indian collaboration. BNS released a track called "Yaalpaanamen" featuring eminent Indian singer Hariharan (of colonial cousins) in June 2009 and a track with Asha Bhosle in their 5th album "Sara Sihina" which was released in September 2010
- Derana Music Video Awards 2010 - Video of Lanka Matha won the 2nd place
[edit] Discography
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