Raju Lama ( ne, राजु लामा; born 16 March 1978) is a Nepalese singer-songwriter and an Everester. He is the main singer of the musical band Mongolian Heart. His work involves songs in Nepali, Tibetan,

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and other languages. Lama is currently based in the US and Nepal. He is one of the coaches in ''

The Voice of Nepal ''The Voice of Nepal'' is the Nepalese format of the international TV singing reality series called ''The Voice''. The show usually have four different coaches (judges), which eventually form a four different team after the selection event called ...

''.

Albums

*Soltini – 1995 *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 *Samling Gompa – 2016 *Mongolian Heart Vol 7 – 2018

Awards

*Sajjan Smriti pop song competition Winner Band (Nepal) – 1996 *Best Vocal (Nepal) – 1996 *Best Composition (Nepal) – 1996 *Music Nepal Gold Medal (Nepal) – 1999 *Highest 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 *Highest selling album of the year (Nepal): Kantipur FM Annual Award 2002, 2003, 2004 & 2005 *Most aired song (Nepal): Image Award 2007 *The Winning coach of Voice of Nepal Season 4 - 2022

Social work

Lama has volunteered to help the victim of the recent flood in Sindhupalchowk. On May 16, 2022, he reached the summit of Mt. Everest (8,848.86 m). Titled ‘Raju Lama Everest Expedition, the climb was to raise awareness about climate change and impacts of global warming. He also called for the reduction of carbon emissions and how it’s directly affecting the lives of people living in the mountains. As a part of this expedition, he also performed a solo concert ‘Music for a Cause’ between Camp 2 and Camp 3 at 6574m, which was probably the highest performance on the land ever.

References

1978 births Living people People from Sindhupalchowk District 21st-century Nepalese male singers 20th-century Nepalese male singers Nepalese folk singers Nepalese pop singers Nepalese songwriters Tibetan-language singers Tamang-language singers Nepali-language lyricists Tamang people People from Bagmati Province Nepalese summiters of Mount Everest {{Nepal-bio-stub