Sashika Nisansala

Sashika Nisansala Jayasumana (Sinhala: සශිකා නිසංසලා: born 28 September 1981) is a Sri Lankan singer and playback singer. She is often called as singer of the heart.^[1][2][3] She won the SLIM Peoples Awards for the Most Popular Female Singer for a record ten consecutive years since 2016 and Youth Choice Female Singer for a four consecutive years since 2022.^[4]

Nisansala was born on 28 September 1981 in Deraniyagala. She completed primary education at Udapola Primary School. Then she attended President's College, Avissavella for the grade-5 scholarship. After passing the grade 5 scholarship, she attended Dharmapala College, Eheliyagoda. She did the GCE Ordinary Level Examination at Dharmapala Vidyalaya and later attended 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(music) . Then in 2006, she completed her Master of Arts degree,specialized in Drama and the theatre from University of Kelaniya. She is married and has two sons.^[4]

Nisansala started music at the age of 5 playing keyboard. Then she joined Muthuhara and Udara musical programs in television and radio. She won the Thurunu Shakthi singing competition conducted by the National Youth Services Council. After winning, she released her first album. Some of the songs on the album were "Paramitha Nopuramu Api Dedena", "Thol Pethi Vitharak", "Sanda Reta Reta", and "Sanda Eliya Mamai Nam". She was invited to hundreds of outdoor musical shows.^[4]

Her first music video was released in 2010. During this period she sang singles as well as playback songs.^[4] Her first original music video is Chandra Payanna, which was released in 2021 on YouTube.^[5]