Bathiya and Santhush

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Bathiya & Santhush
Neththara Album Cover
Neththara Album Cover
Background information
Origin Colombo, Sri Lanka
Genre(s) Sri Lankan Music, Pop
Years active 1998 - present
Label(s) SonyBMG / Universal Records/M-Ethertainment
Associated
acts		 Ashanthi
Nirosha Virajini
Website www.bnsmusic.com

Bathiya & Santhush is a popular Sri Lankan pop/rap duo composed of Bathiya Jayakody and Santhush Weeraman. Since their inception in 1998, they have released six albums and had seven Sri Lankan number one singles. Bathiya & Santhush was the biggest musical act to hit Sri Lankan musical scene since the 1970's. In 2002 they signed on a contract with Universal Music, becoming Sri Lanka's first recording & performing artistes to be offered such a contract by an international music publishing company.

In 2001, they were runner-ups at the Voice of Asia Music Festival in Kazakhstan, where they won silver. They were rated no 2 in the Euro-Asia region and no 1 in Asia. They won bronze at Shanghai Music Festival in China.

Their latest album Neththara was released in 2005 and sold up to 75,000 copies in just 5 months. The album has been ranked as one of the biggest selling Sony Music releases in Sri Lanka.

In 2006, they release their debut movie soundtrack for the movie Hiripodha Wessa. They will also launch their own clothing label "BNS".

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[edit] Awards & Acccomplishments

  • Music Publishing Contract under "UNIVERSAL MUSIC"
  • Recording Contract under SONY BMG Music Entertainment / "M" entertainment
  • Silver Award Winners at the "Azia Dauzey" Music Festival in Kazakhstan 2001
  • Bronze Award Winners at the Shanghai Music Festival 2001
  • Winners of the TYOP Award for the contribution to Culture & Arts 2002
  • Winner of the Golden Clef Award for the best fusion band in 2002
  • In 2002 they signed a two-year contract with Coca-Cola to represent them as as brand ambassadors
  • Global Hot 40 selected the duo as artists of the month in May 2003

[edit] Trivia

  • Santhush's Brother,Dushyanth Weeraman is also a Musician.

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

[edit] Singles

  • "Neththara" (2005)
  • "Kiri Kodu" (2005)
  • "Unmadanie" (2002)
  • "Na Na Ne Na" (2002)
  • "Tharunyaye" (2002)
  • "Ayubowan" (2000)
  • "Manusathkule" (2000)
  • "Ae" (2000)
  • "Life" (2000)
  • "Siri Sangabodhi Maligawedi" (2000)
  • "Vasanthaye" (1998)

[edit] External links

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