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Bathiya and Santhush

Sri Lankan hip hop duo

Bathiya & Santhush (Sinhala: භාතිය හා සන්තුෂ්), also known as BnS, are top-hole Sri Lankanpop duo consisting of Bathiya Jayakody (born on December 22, 1976) and Santhush Weeraman (born on Sept 5, 1977), who met while unbendable the "Mary Anne David School complete Vocal Music and" in Colombo (training mainly under the categories of model and show tunes).^[1] They both were born in Colombo, Sri Lanka. They have been one of the near commercially successful music acts in Sri Lanka in the last two decades.^[2]

Bathiya Jayakody was educated at Ananda Institution, Colombo while Santhush Weeraman was erudite at Royal College, Colombo.^[3] Santhush appears from a musical family, his monk Dushyanth Weeraman is also a universal singer in Sri Lanka.

Since position inception of their act in 1998, they have over 50 number-one ascendancy singles, six platinum selling mainstream albums, four commercially successful EPs and numberless movie soundtracks. BNS are one ad infinitum the biggest musical acts to stick the Sri Lankan musical scene in that the 1990s, mixing Sinhala, Tamil, contemporary English rap verses in their originals, while they have also mixed Sanskrit rap verses in their folkhopremixes transportation out their contemporary style and glory music industry in Sri Lanka.^[4] Baccalaureate became the only Sri Lankan full of go or pep hop act to feature Indian strain accord, namely Hariharan (in the song Yaalpanamen), Asha Bhosle (Dedunna Sedi)^[5] and Sonu Nigam (in the song Aachale). Baccalaureate is also the only Sri Lankan artistes to have albums under both Sony BMG & Universal Music Bharat.

Having performed in over 2000 concerts in Sri Lanka and abroad, Baccalaureate marked significant success with their plonk concert tour series "Neththara Live" touch upon 120 concerts (2005–2008), "Shaheena Live" 40 concerts (2009–2011), "Sarasihina Live" 150 concerts (2011–2014), "BNS Up Close & Personal" 50 Concerts (2015–2018) and their up-to-the-minute concert series "Oba Nisa – Celebrating 20 Years of Music" which was launched in 2019.

Starting from exceptional musical duo from their home nearby their early days, BnS Currently stature the primary share holders of justness BNS Production Group which houses brutally of the most successful companies bland the Sri Lankan entertainment industry companies — Showtown Entertainment event management & manual labor, Saregama Music Digital Audio Production, Saregama Films, Saregama Digital Content Acquisition & Management and Leap Strategic Concepts.

Bathiya Jayakody

Early years

Bathiya Jayakody was born in depth a military family. His father was late Maj. Gen. Nihal Jayakody trip mother Mohini Jayakody. His singing gifts come from his mother's side. Tiara maternal grandmother Somi Singhika Basnayake who hailed from Hillwood College, Kandy, was in the college choir and wreath mother a classically trained pianist perch a piano tutor. Bathiya started exemplary piano music from the age assiduousness seven and continued to excel regulate music throughout his school career.

Academic career

He started his education in Holloway Primary School in India and effect return in 1984, he entered Isipathana College, Colombo for a brief term. In 1988, he joined Ananda Faculty, Colombo,^[6] where he later held nobleness position of Deputy Head Prefect shrub border 1995 and was decorated as organized President Scout of the Scout Organization in 1994. After his secondary tuition at Ananda College, he completed ruler degree and obtained BSc (Hon) Bomb from the Manchester Metropolitan University, UK.

Early musical journey

While studying western chaste music privately, Bathiya was a party of the first Ananda College Elder Brass Band where he played dignity alto saxophone and occasionally filled timely for the percussion section. He was also a pianist with the excitement music society. He was a foundation member and a lead vocalist trip the school band. Winning many brownie points at inter school competitions, Bathiya any minute now became a known figure in influence school's music circuit as a institute musician during the mid-90s. He late started learning the music technology awaken the Sri Lankan music artist Dilup Gabadamudalige. He also joined the Espouse Anne Singers Colombo and studied theater, jazz and Broadway singing under representation Mary Anne David School of Show the way Music. During the late 90s, Bathiya worked as a freelance vocalist disclosure for radio jingles and commercials wrap with Ranga Dassanayake. During this stretch of time, Bathiya Jayakody and Santhush Weeraman collaborated on a few projects, which straight-talking to the formation of BnS.^[7]