Nalin Jayawardena, Date of Birth

    

Nalin Jayawardena

Sri Lankan musician

Date of Birth: 18-Apr-1957

Profession: singer, songwriter

Nationality: Sri Lanka

Zodiac Sign: Aries


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About Nalin Jayawardena

  • Nalin Jayawardena (Sinhala : ????? ???????) (born 18 April 1957) is a popular Sri Lankan singer and vocalist.
  • He was the first Sri Lankan singer to release an internet based audio album in Sinhala allowing his fans from around the world to download the album free of charge.
  • This album titled Kanda Paamule was released in 2004.
  • Nalin Jayawardena lives in Perth, Australia.He has released more than 21 CDs including several tribute CDs for the legendary singer HR Jothipala .
  • Nalin Jayawardena has sung over 350 original songs and over 20 videos of his songs are available online.
  • These songs were composed in collaboration with talented sinhala lyric writers such as Dr Vicumpriya Perera who wrote most of Nalin's songs, Sunil Govinnage, Sriya Kumarasingha and Chrishanthi de fonseka .
  • Musical composition for Nalin's songs were done by popular Sri Lankan musicians including Nimal Mendis , Jayanga Dedigama, Dhammika Edusooriya, Multi award winner Visharada Dharashana Wickramathunga, Visharada Sarath Ovitigala, Rohan Jayawardena, Sangeeth Wickramasingha, Ananda Widyasekara and Rukshan Karunanayaka .
  • Nalin is one of the early Sri Lankan artists to release his songs in Google Play, iTunes, and Amazon.
  • In 2016, a lyrics book, "Gee Tharu Mal," containing over 300 songs sung by Nalin Jayawardena was released.
  • Nalin Jayawardena was the recipient of the Multicultural Deshabhimani Award in 2016 of Serendib Publications, Australia. He has also collaborated in the making of the first-ever Dhammapada Stanzas CD packs with Ven Beruwela Siri Sobitha and Dr Gill Fronsdal.
  • He also collaborated in making the charity CD/DVD in the aid of the tsunami victims in Sri Lanka.
  • He also collaborated with Vicumpriya Perera and Bhadraji Mahinda Jayatilaka to produce the first-ever sinhala audio fiction book Kulageyin Kulageyata spanning into five compact discs.
  • This audio book is a production of Lanka Heritage and Sarasavi Publishers, Sri Lanka.

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