Sashika Nisansala

Sashika Nisansala Jayasumana (Sinhala: සශිකා නිසංසලා: born 28 September 1981), is a Sri Lankan songstress and playback singer.[1][2][3] She won the SLIM-Nielsen Peoples Awards for the Most Popular Female Singer for record six consecutive years since 2016.[4]

Sashika Nisansala
සශිකා නිසංසලා
Born
Sashika Nisansala Jayasumana

(1981-09-28) 28 September 1981
Deraniyagala, Sri Lanka
EducationAnula Vidyalaya, Nugegoda
University of Kelaniya, More info
OccupationVocalist, Producer
Children2
AwardsState Awards, People's Awards, Raigam Awards, Sumathi Awards, More info
Musical career
Genres
InstrumentsVocals
BackgroundSolo singer
Years active1999–present
LabelsIndependent Artist

Personal life

She was born on 28 September 1981 in Deraniyagala as the eldest of the family with one younger brother. She completed primary education at Udapola Primary School, Deraniyagala. Then she attended to President's College, Avissavella for grade-5 scholarship. After passing grade 5 scholarship and attended to the Dharmapala College, Eheliyagoda. She did the GCE Ordinary Level Examination at Dharmapala Vidyalaya and later attended to Anula Vidyalaya, Nugegoda for GCE Advanced Level.[4] After passing the A/Ls, she entered University of Kelaniya in 2002 and completed a special degree in Bachelor of Arts. Then in 2006, she completed her Master of Arts degree.

She is married and the couple has two sons.[4]

Career

Nisansala started music at very the age of 5 where she used to play keyboard. Then she joined Muthuhara and Udara musical programs in television as well as some radio programs. While educating in Anula Vidyalaya, she was selected to "Thurunu Shakthi" singing competition conducted by National Youth Services Council. After winning the contest, Nisansala released her first album which gained huge popularity. Some of her popular songs of the album included Paramitha Nopuramu Api Dedena, Thol Pethi Vitharak, Sanda Reta Reta and Sanda Eliya Mamai Nam. She was invited for hundreds of outdoor musical shows where she established as a popular singer in Sri Lanka.[4]

Her first music video was released in 2010. During this period she sung very popular singles as well as playback songs. Some of her popular music video songs include Oba Esi Piya Nohela Baluwa, Mal Sara Hee Sarin, Es Deka Pura and Husmak Durin Inna.[4] In 2020, she joined with The Voice Sri Lanka as a judge.

Her first original music video is Chandra Payanna and it was released in 2021 on youtube. Xavier Kanishka and Praveena Dissanayake is playing the main roles and are directed by Srilankan film director Chamil Pathirana.

Awards

National Awards

Year Nominee / work Award Result
1999Thurunu Shakthi National AwardsFirst placeWon
2000Yawwana Sammana National AwardsFirst placeWon

Raigam Tele'es

Year Nominee / work Award Result
2007SedonaBest Female VocalistWon

Sumathi Awards

Year Nominee / work Award Result
2008Sangala ThannaBest Female VocalistWon
2013Monara ThannaBest Female VocalistWon

State Television Awards

Year Nominee / work Award Result
2008Theme songBest Female Vocalist [5]Won
2009Theme songBest Female Vocalist [6]Won
2012Theme songBest Female VocalistWon
2013Theme songBest Female Vocalist [7]Won

SIGNIS Awards

Year Nominee / work Award Result
2012Best Female VocalistWon

State Music Awards

Year Nominee / work Award Result
2014Best Female VocalistWon
2016Best Female VocalistWon

Derana Music Video Awards

Year Nominee / work Award Result
2015Oba As Piya Nohela BaluwaMost Popular Song of the Year [8]
Won

SLIM-Nielsen Peoples Awards

Year Nominee / work Award Result
2016People's voteMost Popular SongstressWon
2017People's voteMost Popular SongstressWon
2018People's voteMost Popular SongstressWon
2019People's voteMost Popular SongstressWon
2020People's voteMost Popular SongstressWon
2021People's voteMost Popular SongstressWon

Bunka Awards

Year Nominee / work Award Result
2017Achievement in MusicSpecial Recognition AwardWon

References

  1. Jayawardane, Ishara (30 May 2017). "Notes from the heart". Daily News. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
  2. "Shashika Nisansala Gossip". Hiru Gossip English. 24 June 2017. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
  3. Wimalasinghe, Vasantha (29 October 2012). "Shashika: In tune with the times". Daily Mirror. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
  4. "Oba Esi Piya Nohela Baluwa". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
  5. "State Festivals".
  6. "State Festivals".
  7. "රූපවාහිනී රාජ්‍ය සම්මාන උළෙල - 2013 ප්‍රතිඵල ලේඛනය".
  8. "Winners of Derana Music Video Awards 2015".


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