{{subst:submit}} Charin Mendis, also known professionally as Charin Mendes (English: /tʃɑːrɪn/; Sinhala: /චරින්/; born December 1986) is a Sri Lankan singer, songwriter, producer, audio engineer, and entrepreneur. He first caught mainstream attention in 2016 when his cover of Coldplay’s “Clocks” hit the number three chart positions on the iTunes Top 100 in Sri Lanka and scaled up to the iTunes Top 200 in Vietnam. In the same year, he was the ‘most-Shazamed’ Sri Lankan artist on Apple’s music discovery app Shazam.

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{{subst:submit}} Charin Mendis, also known professionally as Charin Mendes (English: /tʃɑːrɪn/; Sinhala: /චරින්/; born December 1986) is a Sri Lankan singer, songwriter, producer, audio engineer, and entrepreneur. He first caught mainstream attention in 2016 when his cover of Coldplay’s “Clocks” hit the number three chart positions on the iTunes Top 100 in Sri Lanka and scaled up to the iTunes Top 200 in Vietnam. In the same year, he was the ‘most-Shazamed’ Sri Lankan artist on Apple’s music discovery app Shazam. Charin is the first Sri Lankan to have been invited to the Grammy Awards. He first attended the 54th Annual Grammy Awards, which was held on February 12, 2012, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. As a songwriter, he has penned music for many artists globally in multiple genres. He is a voting member of the ‘Songwriters Hall of Fame’ (New York) and has been in membership since 2012. In 2017, Charin signed to EIQ Records. He released his first single “About Us” in March 2018. Initially releasing his music under different pseudonyms, he first released an acoustic version of “About Us” under his name. In April 2019, Charin wrote, performed, and produced his hit song “Satellites”, which featured Brian McKnight Jr. of the legendary McKnight family. Following the success of “Satellites”, Charin recorded and released two more songs with Brian McKnight Jr.; “Heart of The Problem” in December 2019 and “I Wanna Love You Again” in July 2020. Inspired by Prince to create a record by himself, Charin performed all the instruments, recorded, mixed, and produced the Princesque “Purple People”, which he composed for a 12 piece jazz-funk ensemble at age 19. It was officially released over a decade later in May 2020. “Aalakam”, which was written by him amidst the Covid-19 lockdown in Sri Lanka, is his first Sinhalese language single and was released in August 2020. By October 2020, the EDM version of his single "About Us” was released. The track featured Charin singing in a velvety falsetto tone and later gained popularity in the EDM underground. Charin’s first international duet “Nothing” featuring NFRTAY was released in November 2020.