years_active name article_title home_town occupation
1963 -- present nihal nelson nihal nelson
 moratuwa , sri lanka singer
nihal nelson

nihal nelson is a sri lankan baila singer .
he is from the moratuwa region and has released over 100 albums .
nelson 's first recording `` lassanata pipunu wanamal '' was released on ep on march 31 , 1963 .
he was among the first sri lankan vocalists to release a cassette in 1978 with `` gune ayyage kamare '' .
the release was on wijaya ramanayake 's tharanga label which introduced the format to sri lanka .
nelson was also among the first to release a compact disc .
nelson 's hundred and tenth album `` nihal 110 dot com '' came out in 2000 .
it was recorded at sunflowers studios in mahawewa , chilaw with conduction by neil warnakulasooriya and music by the sunflowers -lrb- band -rrb- .
