Sahi Siva

Sahiththiyan Sivapalan (born 4 May 1998) , known by his stage name Sahi Siva, is an independent British Sri Lankan Tamil independent artist, musician and composer from East London. Sahi Siva commenced his musical journey by performing several hits of Tamil songs , by posting them onto several social media platforms, such as Instagram. and YouTube 
He has produced several independent albums, from his life at university, until now and has released them on several platforms, such as Spotify , YouTube , YouTube Music , Apple Music and Deezer . He has also collaborated with several super singers, including Nithyashree Venkataraman and Maanasi G Kannan, as well as collaborating with several guitarists, such as Keba Jeremiah and Ashnaa Sasikaran. 
Since the age of 15, Sahi Siva has been composing his own songs. He then got signed to Oru Nation Entertainment after performing in several university shows, such as Mega Maalai (hosted by Imperial College London Tamil Society) and Kings of Gaana (hosted by King's College London Tamil Society). Sahi Siva also had a great opportunity to perform in front of music composer, Anirudh Ravichander, during an event organised by LSE Tamil Society. 
==Early Life==
From a very young age, Sahi Siva has started learning Carnatic music, which is a type of Indian classical music. Alongside with singing, Sahi has learnt mridangam, an Indian percussion instrument, since six years old. For GCSEs and A-levels, Sahi Siva studied at Ilford County High School, where he had obtained 11 A*s with 3 As for GCSEs, 2As for AS Levels and 3A*s with 1A for A-levels. At Ilford County High School, he also took part in many societies, such as football clubs, athletics and cross country clubs, swimming club. He also founded the engineering society at Ilford County High School. 
After his high school success, he read Mechanical engineering (MEng) at Imperial College London . He graduated from university with an upper second honours. Sahi Siva has also appeared in BBC Sounds, as part of BBC Asian Network, with Pritt , Ashanti Omkar , with MC Sai , where is independent music has been played. He has also talked about how independent artists like himself have recovered from the COVID-19 pandemic in his exclusive interview with BBC Asian Network. Also, Sid Sriram praised the independent artist and mentioned in an interview with BBC Asian Network that he has an interest to work with Sahi Siva because of his good voice. 
==Musical Career and Discography==
Sahi Siva has worked with rappers , such as MC Sai and Ratty Adhiththan and OfRo (Rohith Abraham) to publish his independent albums as part of his career in Oru Nation Entertainment. Also, Sahi Siva has worked with Meshach Jasan(known as MJ Melodies), a music composer from London, and has released songs, such as Pirakkekka Kettavan on Amazon Music.. 
===Vaeraan Album (2019)===
Name of Song 	Composer
Aarariro 	Steve Cliff
Vaeraan 	Livimusic
Pothume 	Jegz
Suththi Suththi	Sahi Siva
Vaanam 	Steve Cliff
Thozha 	Vernon G Segaram
Kan Moodi 	Sahi Siva
Idikkuthe 	Steve Cliff
Ciroc 	Vernon G Segaram
Azhagu Mayile 	Deyo
 Indicates Sahi's own song compositions
===Independent Songs===
Name of Song and Year 	Composer
Believe (2023) 	Sahi Siva
Kanmaniye (2023) 	MJ Melodies(Meshach Jasan)
Pirakekka Kettavan(2023) 	Sahi Siva
What a Vadivu (2023) 	Selojan
Ammamma (2023) 	Sahi Siva
Devathai (2023) 	Sahi Siva
Iravillaa Maalai (2023) 	Sahi Siva
One Time (2021) 	Sahi Siva
Uyir Thedal (2021) 	Sahi Siva
Neethane (2020) 	Sahi Siva
Naan Kudikka Poren (2019)	Selojan
Marana Rap (2019) 	Deyo
Nenjinile (2018) 	Chris G
 Indicates Sahi's own song compositions
==Concerts and Tours==
Sahi Siva has been performing worldwide, such as in Sri Lanka and Canada. He has also performed his several hit songs, such as Ammamma and Naan Kudikka Poren, in Santhosh Narayanan's concert in Jaffna, and in Yuvan Shankar Raja's pre acts in London and Canada, which has received over millions of views worldwide.
Date 	City 	Venue
September 30, 2023	Toronto 	FirstOntario Centre
April 7, 2023 	London 	Wembley Arena
October 21, 2023 	Jaffna 	Muttraweli Grounds, Jaffna
January 14, 2023 	Oslo 	Klubben I Røverstaden
January 4, 2020 	Stuttgart	Liederhalle (Hegel-Saal)
December 8, 2019 	London 	Troxy
November 2, 2019 	London 	Megaro Bar
Category:1998 births
Category:People from London
Category:Playback singers
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