1. Umaria Sinhawansa is the youngest musician to be ever awarded A-Grade by Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation.
23 Facts About Umaria Sinhawansa
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Umaria Sinhawansa has won the 'Kala Keerthi Abhimani' award for her contribution to Sri Lanka's music industry.
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Umaria Sinhawansa made her debut as a playback singer in the film Asai Man Piyabanna.
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Umaria Sinhawansa was listed among the most viewed female artists on YouTube with 22 million views.
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Umaria Sinhawansa received "Aya Pranama Award" for her contribution to the music and was awarded the 2021 SLIM-Nielsen Peoples Awards for the song of the year 2021.
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Umaria Sinhawansa won best playback singer award at Sarasaviya film awards in 2019 for the song 'Ahi Pillamak Athara' in film Vijayaba Kollaya.
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Umaria Sinhawansa was born 5 January 1991, in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
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Umaria Sinhawansa is the daughter of Tony Sinhawansa and Ayesha Sinhawansa who were musicians and Umaria was exposed to music early in her life.
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Umaria Sinhawansa studied at Muslim Ladies College and Gateway International school, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
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Umaria Sinhawansa graduated BA Honours degree In Music and Umaria Sinhawansa has diploma in Interior Designing and Videography.
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Umaria Sinhawansa's grandmother Rani Perera, was an actress in Sri Lankan cinema.
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Umaria Sinhawansa is a granddaughter of the late songstress and actress Rukmani Devi.
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Umaria Sinhawansa later joined with popular music duo Bathiya and Santhush for a song of the Arabic genre which is called Shaheena.
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In 2010, aged 16, Umaria Sinhawansa participated in an International Singing Competition, Pan Asia Music Festival 2010 representing Sri Lanka, which was held in Beijing, China.
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Umaria Sinhawansa later won the first place from semi-finals and she was able to win Silver medal from the whole competition.
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In 2010, Umaria Sinhawansa had performed on International Indian Film Academy Awards with BnS.
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In 2018, Umaria Sinhawansa got honoured by the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the song Vaishnav Jana to, a musical tribute to Mahatma Gandhi's 150th Birth Anniversary.
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Umaria Sinhawansa is known for her role as a coach on the televised singing competition The Voice Sri Lanka and She is the winning coach of the season 2021 In the meantime, on 4 February 2021, she released her next single Yuda Gini Dumaraya as a tribute to war heroes.
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Umaria Sinhawansa made cameo appearances in the films Dancing Stars and Spandana.
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On May 14,2020, Umaria Sinhawansa was involved in a Sri Lankan Government effort to promote COVID-19 Prevention among people in Sri Lanka.
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Umaria Sinhawansa sang the song, Itukama to educate the people how COVID-19 prevention works in Sri Lanka.
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Umaria Sinhawansa has opened up a social media page, called one promise to talk to people who are struggling with depression and other mental issues.
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Umaria Sinhawansa mainly endorses the product Discover the Power of Gold - Prevense Advanced Gold Therapy and many of British cosmetics.