D. Vijaya Kumar (born 26 April 1980) is an

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playback singer. He is mostly referred to as Vijay Urs. He has won the Sarvashreshta Kalabhusana award from department of

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& Culture, Karnataka. His Profession is Music, passion is farming. He has recorded over 5000 songs in devotional and

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, private albums.

Early life

Vijay Urs was born to Devaraj Urs and Laxmamani Urs,

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, Karnataka. He has one brother and two sisters. He has completed his

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, Diploma in Personal Management and Post graduation in

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. He has completed classical courses and is a carnatic senior.

Personal life

Vijay Urs is married and has one daughter.

Career

Vijay Urs has started his career by releasing an album, Bhavabindu, lyrics written by himself. He has sung over 5000 songs in Devotional and

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. He is known for his songs in 45 movies. He has sung for almost every music director, namely

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, Hari Krishna,

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and so on. He has written more than 1000 songs which are now in market,

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and Devotional. He is recognised as a member of IPRS (Indian Performing Rights Society). He is a recognised singer on

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and

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apps.http://gaana.com/artist/vijay-urs He has sung many songs with

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, Manu, Nandita, Shamita and many more. He has been performing orchestra since 1998 and has completed more than 3000 shows all over India, mainly in

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. He is also known for his songs in

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serials being Varudu Kaavali the first. He has also sung in

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for 3 movies and some devotional songs.

Songs

References

Gallery

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