Sreya Jayadeep

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Sreya Jayadeep
Background information
Born (2005-11-05) 5 November 2005 (age 18)
Kozhikode, Kerala, India
Occupation(s)Playback singer
Years active2013 – present

Sreya Jayadeep (born 5 November 2005) is an Indian singer.[1] She has sung on music albums and films in South Indian languages. She has appeared on reality shows.[2]

By age fourteen, she had recorded more than 60+ films, along with 200 devotional and 70 general albums. Her first commercial song was the Christian devotional album Hitham; she later released Sreyam. Sreya began music lessons at age three. Her teacher in classical music was Thamarakkad Krishnan Namboodiri, and playback singer Sathish Babu trained her in different genres of music. She attended Silver Hills Higher Secondary School. As of 2020 she was in tenth grade at Devagiri CMI Public School. Sreya has been touring around the world to Europe, including Britain, and been to USA, UAE, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Australia.[3]

Career

Sreya was crowned the Surya TV ‘Surya Singer – 2013’ (Malayalam) title at age 8 followed by Sun TV ‘Sun Singer – 2014 (Tamil)’. Her debut as a playback singer was in the Malayalam film Weeping Boy in 2013 with two songs, "Chema Chema Chemanoru" and "Thaaraattupaattum". Her song "Mele Manathe Eashoye" from the Christian devotional album ‘God’ under the direction of music stalwart Composer Sri. M. Jayachandran was viewed more than 11 million times. This song made her popular.[2] Subsequently, she received a lot of film offers and worked in Malayalam films. Her song "Enno Njan Ente" from the film Amar Akbar Anthony (2015) was well received.[4][1]

In 2016, she sang "Minungum Minnaminuge" in Oppam which earned more than 70 million views in YouTube.[5] She worked with almost all the leading music directors and has worked in Tamil, Telugu, and Kannada films. Sreya's Tamil song based on the biography Wings of Dreams depicted the life of Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam. She is part of Kerala Government's ‘Harithasree Project’ an environmental action initiative, Water Conservation Project by Mathrubhumi and Rubella Vaccine campaign by National Health Mission. In 2022, she replaced Baby Meenakshi as the lead Host of popular reality show Flowers Top singer season 3.

Sreya Jayadeep has an alto-soprano vocal range and can sing at a speed of 600+ beats per minute, according to her live performance on YouTube in Flower's Top Singer. She sang a K. S. Chithra song, which plead the audio with applause. She can play a little bit of keyboard and guitar.

Awards

Year Award Category Film / Serial Song
2013 Surya Singer
2014 Sun Singer
2015 Kerala State Film Awards Special Mention Amar Akbar Antony "Enno Njanente"
2015 Henko Flowers and Indian Film Special Jury Award
2016 South Indian International Movie Awards Best Playback Singer Amar Akbar Anthony "Enno Njanente"
2016 Red FM Award Best Debut Singer Amar Akbar Anthony "Enno Njanente"
2016 Red FM Award New Sensational Singer
2016 Asiavision Movie Awards New Sensation in Singing Oppam "Minungum Minnaminuge"
2016 Flowers TV Award Special Jury Mention Amar Akbar Anthony "Enno Njanente"
2017 IIFA Utsavam (Malayalam section) Best Playback Singer (Female) Oppam "Minungum Minnaminuge"[3]
2017 Asianet Television Awards Best Playback Singer Vanambadi
2017 Anand TV Award Prodigy Singing
2017 Thikkurissi Award Best Playback Singer Oppam "Minungum Minnaminuge"
2017 Vayalar Ramavarma Award Best Playback Singer Oppam "Minungum Minnaminuge"
2017 Mangalam Music awards Popular Singer Oppam "Minungum Minnaminuge"
2017 Mangalam Music awards Singer spl jury Oppam "Minungum Minnaminuge"
2018 Flowers Music awards spl jury Pullikaran Staara Tapp tapp
2018 UK event life Budding young nightingale Album Mele manathe Eshoye

Discography

Year Song Film / album Notes
2013 "Pinneyum Snehichu" Hitham Album song
2013 "Chemma Chemma" Weeping boy
2013 "Tharattu pattum" Weeping boy
2014 "Vinnile Naru Punyame" Sparsam
2014 "Divyakarunyame" Christian devotional song
2014 "Aarilum ashrayam" Christian devotional song
2014 "Mele manathe eeshoye" God Christian devotional song
2014 "Sneham Navil" Niravu
2015 "Sree Sabareesane" Sabari Punyam Hindu devotional song
2015 "Oh Snehame" Kaval
2015 "Yenno Njanente" Amar Akbar Anthony
2015 "Anupamasneham"
2016 "Onam Onam Onam" Ponnaavani Paattukal
2016 "Minungum Minnaminunge" Oppam
2016 "Onde Thaayi" John Jani Janardhan Kannada film[4]
2017 Title songs Vanambadi (TV series) Malayalam TV serial
2017 Title songs Mouna Raagam (Tamil TV series) Tamil TV series (Vanambadi (TV series)
2017 Title song Vezhambal Malayalam TV serial
2017 "Tapp Tapp" Pullikkaran Staraa
2017 "Snehamam eshoye" Love of God Album
2018 "Pasiyaara Yenaiyootti" Vivasaayi (Farmer Tribute) Tamil Album Song
2018 Title song Arundathi Malayalam TV serial
2018 "Yarusaleem" Abrahaminte Santhathikal
2018 "Amma I Love You" Bhaskar Oru Rascal
2018 Title song Kuttikurumban Malayalam TV serial
2019 Title song Ayyappa Saranam Malayalam TV serial
2019 "Rekkeyaa" Kavacha Kannada remake of "Oppam"
2019 "Mathaliru Pookkum Kalam" Professor Dinkan
2020 Title song Ente Maathavu Malayalam TV serial
2021 FLOREO - A fusion of the East and West Song released on YouTube
2021 "Nanmakal Nalkidum Nallavanam Yeshuve" Bright Ministry (YouTube) Christian Devotional Song
2021 Eeshoye Nee Varoo Celebrants India Christian Devotional Song produced by Angel Audios USA released on YouTube[6]

References

  1. ^ a b "Happy Birthday Shreya". Malayala Manorama. 5 November 2017. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
  2. ^ a b Soman, Deepa (2 September 2014). "Surya Singer winner Shreya Jayadeep sings for M Jayachandran". The Times of India. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
  3. ^ a b Prasanth, Aniket (26 September 2018). "At 13, Sreya Jayadeep from Kerala has stirred up a real storm in the music industry". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
  4. ^ a b Waseem, Mohammed (24 January 2017). "Sreya sings for John Jaani Janardhan". The Times of India. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
  5. ^ M, Athira (3 September 2016). "Bonded by music". The Hindu. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
  6. ^ EESHOYE NEE VAROO | SREYA JAYADEEP | BERNEY KARIMPIL | MIDHUN MATHEW | NEW CHRISTIAN DEVOTIONAL 2021, retrieved 1 May 2022

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