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CURRENTLY SIGNED WITH UNIVERSAL MUSIC & M ENTERTAINMENT, ASHANTHI IS THE ‘QUEEN OF SRI LANKAN HIP HOP MUSIC’ AND THE YOUNGEST AND ONLY FEMALE IN THE ISLAND TO BE SIGNED TO AN INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED RECORD LABEL (UNIVERSAL MUSIC) THE ASHANTHI‘N’RANIDU ALBUM ‘OBA MAGEMAI’ PRODUCED UNDER THE SONY MUSIC & M ENTERTAINMENT LABELS IN 2003, WAS A PHENOMENAL SUCCESS IN THE SRI LANKAN MARKET. BRANCHING OUT AS A SOLO ARTISTE WITH HER DEBUT SOLO ALBUM ‘SANDAWATHUREN’ (2006), ASHANTHI HAS TAKEN THE SRI LANKAN MUSIC INDUSTRY BY STORM WITH A SOUND UNIQUE TO HER ALONE. THE ALBUM FEATURES MANY POPULAR HITS - ‘SANDAWATHUREN’ WHICH TOPPED THE CHARTS EVEN BEFORE THE RELEASE OF THE ALBUM, ‘ALAVANTHIYAK’ - THE TUNE THAT SHOT STRAIGHT UP TO THE CHARTS WITH THE PHENOMENAL MUSIC VIDEO AND MADE THE WHOLE OF SRI LANKA ROCK THE FLOOR, THE SOULFUL TEAR JERKERS ‘OBA VENVI’ AND ‘DENAYANA HAMUWE’ WHICH SET NEW STANDARDS IN FEMALE MUSIC IN SRI LANKA ARE ONLY BUT A FEW OF THE MANY FAVOURITES TO BE MENTIONED ON THE ALBUM SANDAWATHUREN’.
ADVERTISING & PRODUCTION
Ashanthi produces / composes & voices many Radio / Tv advertisements in Si Lanka and has been the voice of many English & Sinhalese Radio / TV commercials from the tender age of 6.Popular Advertisements to her credit are –Kandos - (Kandos smile), Marmite, Newdale, Sunsilk, Tang
Samsung - (Samsung Digital), Dialog, Ole, Coca Cola, Anchor, DSI footwear, Lipton Late, Sunlight, Y FM, Arpico to name a few..
NATIONAL / INTERNATIONAL AWARDS & ACHIEVEMENTS
•Brand Ambassador for Sri Lanka’s mobile giant - Dialog Telekom’s pre-paid brand ‘KIT’
•Winner of the ‘Most promising Singer award’ at the Shanghai Asia music festival, where she represented Sri Lanka in China (2000)
•Winner of ‘song of the year’ for her Solo hit ‘Angel’ on the ‘Oba Magemai’ album at the Golden Clef Music Awards in Sri Lanka (2003)
•Ashanthi is also actively involved in Advertising (lyric writing & production) and has created many Ad’s / theme songs which have been aired on international TV stations such as BBC Channel V & MTV
Some of her most popular recent works -
Sirasa ‘We shall rebuild’ Tsunami song (English lyrics)
Neththara/Moving on – Bathiya & Santhush (off the Neththara album)
Alright – Bathiya & Santhush (off the Neththara album)
Angel – Ashanthi (off the Oba Magemai album)
Whats goin' on - Ashanthi (off the Sadawathuren album)
Pretty Fly - Ashanthi (off the Sandawathuren album)
Man of the year theme song - Hameedias
INTERNATIONAL TOURS & PERFORMANCES
•Ashanthi has performed to sell out audiences within Sri Lanka as well as overseas. Namely in India, Malaysia, Thailand, China, Australia, New Zealand, UK, France, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Italy, Serbia, Canada, USA and other countries.
•Millenium dome (London, UK) 2003
•Child aid concert for Tsunami relief at the Opera house (Sydney, Australia) 2005
•ITB - International tourism convention (Berlin, Germany) 2005
•Cannes film festival (Cannes, France) 2005
•Sri Lankan Airlines & Emirates promotions in Sri Lanka & Overseas 05' - 07'
WATCH ASHANTHI'S LATEST MUSIC VIDEO'S
HANTHANE - ASHANTHI FT. DELON (BRAND NEW NO. 1 SINGLE)
PEM KUMARA LIVE! (Y FM 2nd Anniversay Beach Party Dec '07)
HEART FM MOVIE THEME SONG (Releasing in Jan '08) - Ashanthi, Chinthy, Centigradz
ALAVANTHIYAK - THE MUSIC VIDEO
KASTHURI - SANTHUSH, ASHANTHI FEAT. UMARA (ASAI MANG PIYAMBANNA OST)
SADAWATHUREN - LIVE (31st NIGHT SIRASA SHOW)
GET IT CRUNKED - LIVE (Y FM B'DAY BASH)
MERI HO JA RE - (HINDI) BNS WITH ASHANTHI & RANDHIR
ARMS OF AN ANGEL - LIVE! (CALIFORNIA TOUR 2006)
DIALOG KIT - MY 5 TV COMMERCIAL
