Bathiya and Santhush (BNS) are Sri Lanka's most accomplished musical duo in the field of ethnic fusion music. In the last 5 years the duo have secured over 350 live performances, a music publishing contract with Universal Music, a recording contract with SONY BMG Music Entertainment / M entertainment and released 3 platinum albums.

Since their inception in 1998, the duo have achieved fourteen entries in the Sri Lankan music charts along with 7 number-one singles. Their single Siri Sangabodhi Maligawedi off the album Life was the the first ever multilingual [English and Singhalese] hit to be played on English Radio after 3 decades. The latest album Neththara released in 2005 sold up to 75,000 copies in just 5 months. The album has been ranked as one of the highest selling Sony Music releases in Sri Lanka.

BNS have also enjoyed enormous success overseas. In 2001 they were runners up at both the Voice of Asia Music Festival in Kazakhstan and the Shanghai Music Festival in China. To this day,the duo have toured over 20 countries, their most memorable overseas show being to a crowd of over 27,000 in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. They have also opened concerts for legendary acts such as UB40 and famous contemporary artists The Vengaboys and DJ Bobo. The video for the duo's hit song Neththara off the Neththara album is now regularly broacast on India's MTv and Channel V.

As a musical duo, BNS are a meeting of two entirely different creative journeys. The magic behind the trademark BNS sound lies in the blending of the two musicians’ contrasting personalities and creative visions.
2005 Tours
ITB - Berlin, Germany
Delhi, India
Opera House - Sydney, Australia
Cannes Film Festival- Cannes, France
Kuwait City, Kuwait
Beijing, China
Bangkok, Thailand
Dubai, U.A.E
Singapore, Singapore

2004 Tours
London, UK
Paris, France
Bangkok, Thailand
Stockholm, Sweden
Copenhagen, Denmark
Milan & Rome, Italy
Sydney & Melbourne, Australia
Auckland, New Zealand
Kualalumpur Malaysia
Dubai, U.A.E

2003 Tours
Toronto, Canada
London, UK
Belgrade, Yugoslavia
Sydney & Melbourne, Australia
Manama, Bahrain
Chennai, India
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Cricket Stadium Sharjah, UAE

2002 Tours
Melbourne, Australia
Singapore, Singapore
Ncosia, Cyprus
Delhi, India
Al Nazar Ice Rig Dubai, UAE
Millenium Dome, UK

2001 Tours
Melbourne, Australia
Almaty, Kazakhstan
Shanghai, China

- Over 300 Live performances including staggering audiences of 27,000. in Sarjah, 19,000 in Colombo and out door performances sustaining average crowds of over 5,000.

- Composers & Performers of the Official Sri Lankan Cricket Anthem BCCSL.

- Music Publishing Contract under UNIVERSAL MUSIC Publishing Hong Kong.

- Recording Contract under SONY BMG Music Entertainment / "M" entertainment.

- Winners of the TYOP Award for the contribution to Culture & Arts 2002.

- Runner-up the 4th Pop Music Festival in Zernjanin Serbia 2003.

- Silver Award Winners at the "Azia Dauzey" Music Festival in Kazakhstan 2001 / Shanghai Music Festival 2001.

- Bronze award winners at the 4th Shanghai Asia Music Festival in China 2001.

- Winner of the Golden Clef Award for the best fusion band - 2002.

- Opening act for "UB 40" at the, Sri Lanka Peace concert December 2002.

- Opening act for the "Vengaboys" in there tour of Sri Lanka in March 2001.

- Opening act for "DJ BoBo" in his tour of Sri Lanka in November 2000. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.