Priya Ragu
Sri Lankan-Swiss singer
Priya Ragu (born 1986), is a Tamil-Swiss singer-songwriter. She rose to prominence in 2020 for her debut single, "Good Love 2.0".
Biography
Priya was born in 1986 to Sri Lankan-Tamil parents in Switzerland. Her parents fled Sri Lanka in 1980s during the civil war. She was raised in Canton St. Gallen City, Switzerland.
Her parents hosted jam sessions with others from the Swiss Tamil community with the intention of making Priya aware of her Tamil heritage as a young child. Her father formed a small band performing songs which featured in Kollywood films. In her father's band, she performed as a singer, her father played tabla and her brother (Japhna Gold) played keyboard.
Career
After completing her secondary education, she became an accountant for Swiss International Air Lines and moved to Zürich.
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Chronology provides the most reliable spine for this subject; interpretation should follow only after identities and dates are secure. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 10, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q108304178. VIAF identifies the subject as 7570163709948829700008. The Library of Congress control number is n2023006327. 4 of 4 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1986 and 2020.
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