®Bathiya & Santhush (BNS) are One of the Biggest Names in the Sri Lankan Music Industry as well as Worldwide who were pop/rap duo comprising of Bathiya Jayakody and Santhush Weeraman, who met while at Mary Anne David's school for singing in Colombo (traning mainly under the categorise of classical and show tunes). Since the inception in 1998, they have released six albums and had seven Sri Lankan number one singles. Bathiya & Santhush are one of the biggest musical acts to hit the Sri Lankan musical scene since the 1970's, mixing both sinhalese and English lyrics in their originals, bringing out their contemporary style and revolutionising the music industry in Sri Lanka.
In 2001, they were runner-ups at the Voice of Asia Music Festival in Kazakhstan, where they won silver. They were rated no 2 in the Euro-Asia region and No. 1 in Asia. They won the bronze award at Shanghai Music Festival in China.
In 2002 they signed on a contract with Universal Music, becoming Sri Lanka's first recording & performing artistes to be offered such a contract by an international music publishing company.
Their album Neththara was released in 2005 and sold up to 75,000 copies in just 5 months. The album has been ranked as one of the biggest selling Sony Music releases in Sri Lanka.
In 2006, they released their debut movie soundtrack for the movie Hiripodha Wessa. They also featured on the soundtrack of the movie (Piyambanna Aasai), which was their second featured album as guest artists .
Their latest album to be released was Ayubowan (Namaste). It consists of their popular tracks re-done in Hindi, therefore placing emphasis on the Indian market, making them the First Sri Lankan artists to launch an album in India. The music video of Oh Sathi which feature Sri Lankan Cricketer's Sanath Jayasuriya and Chaminda Vaas and former Miss Sri Lanka - Jacqueline Fernandez has popular airplay on MTV India (Music television).
In 2007 the duo remixed Sri Lankan and shot a Music video in Sri Lanka for DeLon's hit single "We Strugglin'" off his album "Unstoppable".
Their Current HIT is "Gum Nade" (2008 May), which is featured on the soundtrack of the movie "Rosa Kale".
Their 5th Album is scheduled to be released in the Summer of 2008, as announced at the "Neththara" Live tour end Concert.
