Sreya Jayadeep

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Sreya Jayadeep
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Background information
Born (2005-11-05) 5 November 2005 (age 19)
Kozhikode, Kerala, India
Occupation 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]

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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

YearAwardCategoryFilm / SerialSong
2013 Surya Singer
2014 Sun Singer
2015 Kerala State Film Awards Special Mention Amar Akbar Antony "Enno Njanente"
2015Henko Flowers and Indian FilmSpecial Jury Award
2016 South Indian International Movie Awards Best Playback SingerAmar Akbar Anthony"Enno Njanente"
2016Red FM AwardBest Debut SingerAmar Akbar Anthony"Enno Njanente"
2016Red FM AwardNew Sensational Singer
2016 Asiavision Movie Awards New Sensation in Singing Oppam "Minungum Minnaminuge"
2016Flowers TV AwardSpecial Jury MentionAmar 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
2017Anand TV AwardProdigy Singing
2017Thikkurissi AwardBest Playback SingerOppam"Minungum Minnaminuge"
2017Vayalar Ramavarma AwardBest Playback SingerOppam"Minungum Minnaminuge"
2017Mangalam Music awardsPopular SingerOppam"Minungum Minnaminuge"
2017Mangalam Music awardsSinger spl juryOppam"Minungum Minnaminuge"
2018Flowers Music awardsspl juryPullikaran StaaraTapp tapp
2018UK event lifeBudding young nightingaleAlbumMele manathe Eshoye

Discography

YearSongFilm / albumNotes
2013"Pinneyum Snehichu"HithamAlbum 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"GodChristian devotional song
2014"Sneham Navil"Niravu
2015"Sree Sabareesane"Sabari PunyamHindu 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]
2017Title songs Vanambadi (TV series) Malayalam TV serial
2017Title songs Mouna Raagam (Tamil TV series) Tamil TV series (Vanambadi (TV series)
2017Title 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
2018Title songArundathiMalayalam TV serial
2018"Yarusaleem" Abrahaminte Santhathikal
2018"Amma I Love You" Bhaskar Oru Rascal
2018Title songKuttikurumbanMalayalam TV serial
2019Title songAyyappa SaranamMalayalam TV serial
2019"Rekkeyaa" Kavacha Kannada remake of "Oppam"
2019"Mathaliru Pookkum Kalam"Professor Dinkan
2020Title song Ente Maathavu Malayalam TV serial
2021FLOREO - A fusion of the East and WestSong released on YouTube
2021"Nanmakal Nalkidum Nallavanam Yeshuve"Bright Ministry (YouTube)Christian Devotional Song
2021Eeshoye Nee VarooCelebrants IndiaChristian Devotional Song produced by Angel Audios USA released on YouTube [6]
2023"O Kathale"Song released on YouTube

References

  1. 1 2 "Happy Birthday Shreya". Malayala Manorama . 5 November 2017. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
  2. 1 2 Soman, Deepa (2 September 2014). "Surya Singer winner Shreya Jayadeep sings for M Jayachandran". The Times of India . Retrieved 2 October 2020.
  3. 1 2 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. 1 2 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, 26 January 2021, retrieved 1 May 2022