Ashanthi, caused an upset when she walked away with the overall best female act beating out favourite Shreya Ghoshal and electro-pop acts Shadow finally came into their element by winning the Best Electro act. 

 

“The sole purpose we embarked on championing the South Asian independent music scene was to unite musicians from all the South Asian countries. Over the years we had hundreds of artistes contact us from these countries to help them elevate themselves in their own local music scene and beyond their boundaries. We are happy to note that so much camaraderie has sprung forth via these awards platform and we wont be surprised to see collaborations of acts from the various countires,” said Siva “Zaphod” Chandran, the founder of the awards.

 

“It was a real tough call to select the Song of The Year from such a good batch of songs but Brodha V’s track stood out from the rest and will make an excellent representative of the South Asian flavor in the global music awards.One thing we are also striving to put together is a compilation of the nominees and winners songs from all the 4 countries,” said Meera Thuraivel, co-founder of the awards.

 

Ashanthi living the moment shared, ”Really honoured to win so many awards for my country. Sri Lanka has so much talent and I am so glad that I was able to show a fraction of it to the world through my music..I feel this year will be a really big one for me with a start like this! I must first thank all the people behind IndieGo music awards especially Siva and Meera for making this happen and for all the recognition I have received globally with the win of these 4 awards.The new age Asian movement is about to take over the world and the cornerstone has just been laid. So proud to be part of the action and so honoured by this big achievement! Thank you team Indiego and all the judges and all my fans who support me throughout my music career! It’s gonna be a great year!”

 

(bitemymusic.com)