Nalin Jayawardena

Nalin Jayawardena is currently employed as a building service professional in Australia. He recently released several Sinhala audio compact discs including "My Sister Meenachchi (2018)" and Adare Makaranda (2017). In 2016, a lyrics book, "Gee Tharu Mal," containing over 300 songs sung by Nalin Jayawardena was released. Nalin Jayawardena was the recipient of the Multicultural Deshabhimani Award in 2016 of Serendib Publications, Australia.

He has released more than 21 CDs including several tribute CDs for the legendary singer HR Jothipala . Nalin Jayawardena has sung over 350 original songs and over 20 videos of his songs are available online. These songs were composed in collaboration with talented sinhala lyric writers such as Dr Vicumpriya Perera who wrote most of Nalin's songs, Sunil Govinnage, Sriya Kumarasingha and Chrishanthi de fonseka . Musical composition for Nalin's songs were done by popular Sri Lankan musicians including Nimal Mendis , Jayanga Dedigama, Dhammika Edusooriya, Multi award winner Visharada Dharashana Wickramathunga, Visharada Sarath Ovitigala, Rohan Jayawardena, Sangeeth Wickramasingha, Ananda Widyasekara and Rukshan Karunanayaka . Nalin is one of the early Sri Lankan artists to release his songs in Google Play, iTunes, and Amazon. In 2016, a lyrics book, "Gee Tharu Mal," containing over 300 songs sung by Nalin Jayawardena was released. Nalin Jayawardena was the recipient of the Multicultural Deshabhimani Award in 2016 of Serendib Publications, Australia.

Nalin Jayawardena (Sinhala : නලින් ජයවර්ධන) (born 18 April 1957) is a popular Sri Lankan singer and vocalist. He was the first Sri Lankan singer to release an internet based audio album in Sinhala allowing his fans from around the world to download the album free of charge. This album titled Kanda Paamule was released in 2004. Nalin Jayawardena lives in Perth, Australia.