Raju Lama

Raju Lama
Background information
Born	March 16, 1978
Origin	Baruwa, Nepal
Genres	pop
Occupation(s)	Singer-songwriter
Instruments	Vocals, Guitar
Years active	1993–present
Labels	Music Nepal, Reeyaz Music, Criss Creations
Associated acts	Mongolian Heart

Raju Lama (Nepali: राजु लामा; born March 16, 1978 in Baruwa, Nepal) is a singer/songwriter from Nepal. He is the lead singer of musical band Mongolian Heart. His work involves songs in Nepali, Tibetan and Tamang language.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]}

Raju Lama travels around the world to perform and is currently based in the US and Nepal.

Albums

• Soltini 1994
• Mongolian Heart -1996
• Mongolian Heart vol 2 -1999
• Mongolian Heart Vol 3- 2002
• Mongolian Heart Solid Gold -2004
• Donbo Tamang Album -2004
• Mongolian Heart Vol 4 -2006
• Mongolian Heart vol 5- 2009
• Mongolian Heart Vol 6 - 2012

Awards

• Sajjan Smriti pop song competition Winner Band (Nepal) -1996
• Best Vocal (Nepal) - 1996
• Best Composition (Nepal) - 1996
• Music Nepal Gold Medal (Nepal) -1999
• Largest Selling Album of the year (Nepal): Hits Fm Awards 2002
• Best performance by group or duo with vocal (Nepal) Aha pop Music Award 2002
• Best performance by group or duo with vocal (Nepal) Music Nepal Award 2002-2003
• Largest selling album of the year (Nepal) Kantipur FM Annual Award 2002, 2003 & 2004
• Most air played song (Nepal) Image Award 2007

Social works

Raju Lama Foundation, works to promote education in rural communities in Nepal. It particularly specializes in building schools, and providing material for students to be able to receive education.^[9]

References

1. "Mongolian Heart, Vol. 3 by Raju Lama on iTunes". Itunes.apple.com. 2003-01-29. Retrieved 2016-04-03.
2. "Raju Lama Live Concert in Barcelona 2013(key gharne rak shi )". YouTube. 2013-04-06. Retrieved 2016-04-03.
3. "Raju Lama Live Concert In Japan". YouTube. Retrieved 2016-04-03.
4. "Raju Lama back to woo Nepali crowd". The Himalayan Times. 2008-12-04. Retrieved 2016-04-03.
5. Rajita Dhungana. "The Kathmandu Post :: Out to win hearts, seventh time in a row". Kathmandupost.ekantipur.com. Retrieved 2016-04-03.
6. "Raju, Naren’s new albums". The Himalayan Times. Retrieved 2016-04-03.
7. "Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor, Your Hale, Hearty, Tough-As-Nails, Acclimatized-At-Birth Mountain People...". Outside Online. 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2016-04-03.
8. Tsering Choden. "And the winner is... Nepali Music". Nepali Times. Retrieved 2016-04-03.
9. "Raju Lama Foundation". Raju Lama Foundation. Retrieved 2016-04-03.