Arjun

Arjun Coomaraswamy, known professionally as Arjun, is an English-Sri Lankan singer, songwriter, record producer and actor. He was born in Colombo, Sri Lanka and raised in London. Career Arjun rose to attention following an R&B cover version of the Tamil song "Why This Kolaveri Di" which was uploaded on YouTube in December 2011. Arjun's R&B Remix ("How could you do this to me?") of "Why This Kolaveri Di" attracted over 3 million YouTube views in one month, Arjun became known for his fusion of contemporary Western and Eastern sounds, combining R&B with elements of South Asian music. Arjun was nominated for ‘Best Newcomer‘ at the ‘Brit Asia Music Awards 2011’. In December 2011, his song ‘Stargazer’ was voted the number 2 song on the first ever Asian Video Chart on Kiss TV (No.1 was A.R Rahman's group ‘Super Heavy’, which included Mick Jagger & Joss Stone.) In January 2012, Arjun was chosen as one of MTV's "Brand New" (the Top 20 Unsigned Acts) out of thousands of contestants.