Who is Ranidu
Ranidu Lankage is the undisputed icon of Sri Lankan 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 Sri Lankan RnB/ pop to new and never before seen heights in the international arena. Ranidu is the first Sri Lankan 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.
RANIDU IN A NUTSHELL
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 R&B Top 40 chart (Nasty Girl ft Delon a single from Ranidu album charted in 2007 on the hot r&b singles chart)
- Toured 15 countries including, USA, UK, France, Australia, Korea, Canada, Cyprus, Quatar and Dubai and performed at over a 100 events.
- Composed and sang the Sri Lankan mega hits:
- Ahankara Nagare
- Ninda Noyana Handawe
- Oba Magemai
- Kelle
- Mata Aloke Genadevi
- Madumathiye
- Hinahenne mung
- Athamita kasi
- Sebalanani
- Katakaranam
- Released 3 platinum selling albums in Sri Lanka, Oba Magemai (Sony) , Diviyapura (Ransilu) and Ranidu (CMB/Ransilu).
- Silver Award Winners at the “Azia Dauysy” Music Festival in Kazakhstan 2001 (As part of Bathiya and Santhush group)
- Ranidu tied up with Mobitel in 2009/10 on the Sebalanani project in aid of the dead and disabled soldiers of the Sri Lanka army.
- Ranidu was the first Sri Lankan artist to premier a Sinhalese video on MTV World (Sebalanani was featured in September 2010)
- Ranidu’s music was featured on giant global media portals and publications such as MTV World, MTV Desi, Bloomberg and NPR in 2010.
- Voted as a top 10 artist in Sri Lanka in 2010 by fans at the Derana Music video awards. (Equivalent of MTV VMA’s in Sri Lanka)
- Sebalanani won the most patriotic video category at Derana video music awards 2010.
