Artist

Yohani

Last updated: 10 hours ago

Yohani is an award-winning, chart-breaking singer, performer, and songwriter from Sri Lanka, celebrated for her soulful voice and magnetic, feel-good live performances.

Her songs offer an innovative take on pop and R&B, shimmering with the euphoria of unique Sri Lankan sounds, and an otherworldly approach to production that makes every track feel like something totally new. During 2021, she vaulted to the forefront of popular culture on her own terms and introduced a Sinhala song to an international audience for the first time in history, with the single “Manike” that bubbled up as a phenomenon.

It sparked trends on TikTok and Instagram, inspiring millions of global "creators" on social media with over 10 billion views and counting. The song gathered hundreds of millions of streams as it climbed to #1 on the charts and buzzed on radios across the globe.

To date, Yohani has released 40 singles including 3 acclaimed Bollywood movie songs, "Manike" for Thank God, "Jehda Nasha" for Action Hero, "Shiddat" for Shiddat and “Kella” her debut studio album.

Since 2016 Yohani has been gathering fans apace, now with over 2 million monthly listeners globally, and she was streamed over 183 million times in 2023 alone.

Singer, songwriter, rapper, and multi-instrumentalist Yohani emerges as the perfect cultural ambassador for her home of Sri Lanka and as your new favorite artist.

Monthly Listeners

1.2 million