Audios

Who is Ranidu

RANIDU IN A NUTSHELL

  • Sri Lankan R&B Sensation
  • Singer
  • Songwriter
  • Producer
  • Entrepreneur

RANIDU BIO

Major Achievements in Music

  • First Sri Lankan artist to receive radio airplay on BBC Radio1 and BBC Asian Network.
  • First Sri Lankan artist to receive airplay on MTV India, Channel V and Zee Music in India.
  • First Sri Lankan artist to achieve worldwide distribution on an international compilation album. (Essential Asian R&B).
  • First Sri Lankan artist to be on US Billboard Top 40 chart (Nasty Girl single from Ranidu album charted in 2007)
  • Toured 15 countries including, USA, UK, France, Australia, Korea, Canada, Cyprus, and Dubai.
  • Composed and sang the Sri Lankan mega hits:
    • Ahankara Nagare
    • Ninda Noyana Handawe
    • Oba Magemai
    • Kelle
    • Mata Aloke Genadevi
    • Madumathiye

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Ranidu Lankage is the undisputed icon of Sinhalese RnB and hip hop who has captured the imagination of the Sri Lankan masses with his breathtaking voice and enigmatic compositions. He is also the individual who has single handedly taken the genre of Sinhalese RnB/ pop to new and never before seen heights in the international arena. Ranidu is the first Sinhalese artist to be played on the venerated Radio1 of the BBC and also the creator of the first Sinhalese single to be played on MTV, channel V and Z music India. Read more