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A Ceylonese Singer sewing machine advertisement card from 1892. The Singer Corporation entered the Sri Lankan market in 1877 with the sale of sewing machines. [1] The company was incorporated as a limited liability company in 1974 and became a quoted company in the Colombo Stock Exchange in 1981.
This is a list of notable Sri Lankan musicians (music artists and bands) from all genres. The musicians/bands are listed according to the alphabetical order by first name. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
Sri Lankan Canadians are concentrated in the cities of Toronto and Montreal.According to the 2001 census, there are 62,000 Canadians who claim Sri Lankan ancestry, but only 10,000 claimed to be of Sinhalese ancestry. [4]
Nuwandhika Senarathne (born 23 June 1993) is a Sri Lankan singer and television personality who is most known as a playback singer, as well as a performer of Soprano Opera and Ghazals. She rose to fame as the 1st runner-up of the reality TV show Derana Dream Star Season IX. [1]
The single largest investment in the 140-plus year history of Hayleys (and the largest acquisition of a public listed company at the time) was the 10.8 billion rupee controlling stake of Singer Sri Lanka in 2017, [31] followed by the buying over of the five-star Ceylon Continental Hotel in Colombo, Sri Lanka (now known as The Kingsbury) in 2010.
Ashanthi De Alwis (Sinhala:අශාන්ති ද අල්විස්), known simply as Ashanthi, is a Sri Lankan rapper, singer and songwriter.She is the only Sri Lankan female rapper who signed with international record labels Sony Music and Universal Music in 2006.
In 2018, Rookantha returned to Sri Lanka and resumed his role as a key figure in the music industry. [ 4 ] He is known for his contributions to Sri Lankan pop and sentimental music, with a repertoire that includes over 200 songs and a lasting impact on the country’s music scene. [ 5 ]
Umara Sinhawansa (born 14 March 1989) is a Sri Lankan singer, songwriter, producer, and audio engineer. She contributed to the country's pop, R&B, and Jazz genres. Sinhawansa worked with the musical group Bathiya and Santhush before transitioning to a solo singing career.