Jaclyn Joshua Thanaraj Victor is a Malaysian singer, actress and businesswoman who won the inaugural Malaysian Idol, Ikon Malaysia, Gegar Vaganza Season 9 & Gegar Vaganza All Stars. As the winner of Malaysian Idol, she won a recording contract with Sony BMG Music Entertainment. She represented Malaysia in the first Asian Idol and Ikon Asean. She has been dubbed "Asia's Divette" for her vocal prowess and a legend in Malaysia.
Agnes Monica Muljoto, known professionally as Agnez Mo, is an Indonesian singer and actress. Born and raised in Jakarta, she is known as a bilingual singer who records in both Indonesian and English.
Sri Rossa Roslaina Handiyani, known simply as Rossa in Indonesia and Dato' Sri Rossa in Malaysia, is an Indonesian singer, businesswoman, actress, producer, and presenter. She was born in Sumedang, West Java, Indonesia on 9 October 1978. SM Entertainment, Anugerah Planet Muzik, Asia Pop 40 & Indonesia Media mention that Rossa is the "Queen of Indonesian Pop." She is one of the most popular artists in Indonesian and Malay-speaking countries, and the most expensive Indonesian singer in Malaysia and Singapore. She is the best-selling Indonesian artist of all time based on album sales, with over eleven million copies sold in the region until 2021. Rossa has produced numerous hit songs and gained Multi-Platinum Award & Million Award for her albums. Since 1999, her albums have been released in Southeast Asia and also Japan.
Ayu Rosmalina, better known by her stage name Ayu Ting Ting, is an Indonesian singer and presenter. One of Indonesian dangdut divas, she rose to fame following the sudden virality of her song "Alamat Palsu" in 2011. Her stage name "Ting Ting" means "virgin" in Indonesian.
Mendadak Dangdut is a 2006 Indonesian musical comedy-drama film directed by Rudy Soedjarwo and written by Monty Tiwa. Starring Titi Kamal, Kinaryosih, and Dwi Sasono, it details the rise and fall of an alternative rock-turned-dangdut singer and her sister-cum-manager.
Skolastika Citra Kirana Wulan, commonly known as Citra Scholastika, is the youngest finalist from the sixth season of Indonesian Idol. She is of Javanese descent. Her father is an employee at PT. Freeport Indonesia while her mother owns a bakery business. Before she managed to become a finalist on Indonesian Idol, Citra Scholastika was eliminated in the workshop round III and came back through the Wild Card. Her interest in singing began at age four when she started singing at church contests. She is known for her distinctive vocal in jazz.
Isyana Sarasvati is an Indonesian singer-songwriter and the founder of REDROSE RECORDS. She is a graduate of Singapore's Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts and London's Royal College of Music. Known for her original compositions, she wrote all of the songs on her 2015 debut pop album, Explore! and on her three subsequent albums, Paradox (2017), Lexicon (2019) and ISYANA (2023). She has also performed as an opera singer in Singapore. She is the recipient of numerous Indonesian and international awards.
"Kau Ilhamku"[note 1] is a promotional single by various Malaysian and Indonesian artists. It serves as an advertising jingle for a collaboration between streaming music service Yonder Music and telecom provider Celcom Axiata, with a view to promoting the former's music streaming service exclusively available on the latter's mobile telecommunication services in Malaysia and Indonesia.
The Indonesian Dangdut Awards are annual Indonesian awards that are presented by Indosiar television station, which recognize popularity in the music industry dangdut genre. The annual show was first held on June 11, 2014. The annual presentation ceremony features performances by prominent artists, and the presentation of those awards that have a more popular interest.
Maulidia Octavia, known professionally as Via Vallen, is an Indonesian dangdut singer. Her stage name, "Vallen", is taken from Evanescence's first album Fallen.
Energy of Asia: Official Album of Asian Games 2018 is an official music album for the 2018 Asian Games by Indonesian musical artists, released on 13 July 2018 by the Indonesia Asian Games Organizing Committee (INASGOC), Recording Industry Association of Indonesia (ASIRI), and record label Jagonya Musik & Sport. The album was produced by Abdee Negara of Slank, involves several cross-genre musical artists that some of them collaborate. The album consists of 13 songs, available for purchase at KFC fast-food outlets in Indonesia and for streaming on YouTube and Spotify.
Super Girlies are an Indonesian girl group formed in 2011. The group is based in Bandung and is composed of Atu, Kinang, Laras, Mega, and Sarah. The past members of the group were Opie, Rey, Uty, and Yui, who left to pursue solo projects or retired. The group has been signed to the 18 Musik record label since their formation in 2011. Super Girlies are mainly a dance-pop and J-pop-influenced girl group, with their outfits heavily influenced by Harajuku fashion style. The group also released Dangdut singles, usually cover versions of well-known dangdut songs with teen pop arrangement. After releasing multiple singles since 2011, the group released their first album, Semangat, in 2015.
Elizabeth Tan Su Mei is a Malaysian singer, model and actress of Chinese descent. Elizabeth began her music career in 2014 by producing her solo album, "Knock Knock", "Setia" featuring Faizal Tahir (2015), and "Tabah" (2016). Besides that, she began her acting career through the film "Usop Wilcha Meghonjang Makhluk Muzium" (2015), directed by Shy8. Her talent in the musical field was recognized as she was nominated for "Best New Artist" in the "Anugerah Planet Muzik" awards ceremony in 2015.
Iis Dahlia is an Indonesian singer and actress. She rose to fame after the release of her 1990 dangdut album Tamu Tak Diundang. She is best known for her songs "Cinta Bukanlah Kapal", "Payung Hitam" and "Ser".
Siti Badriah, also known by her alias Sibad, is an Indonesian singer, songwriter, actress, and dancer. She became internationally well known in 2018 due to the popularity of her song Lagi Syantik, which has since gained over 500 million views on the popular streaming site YouTube.
Lestiani better known with the mononym Lesti is an Indonesian singer, Dangdut Diva, actress, and television personality of Sundanese origin. In her earliest releases, she is known as Lesti DA or Lesti Kejora.
Arif Defri Arianto, known professionally as Defri Juliant, is an Indonesian singer and actor. He rose to fame for being a finalist of the third season of Liga Dangdut Indonesia representing the province of Riau, broadcast by the Indonesian television channel Indosiar in 2020. After the competition, Juliant has released an album and five singles. He also participated in the D'Academy 5 competition representing Kampar Regency.
Karlien van Jaarsveld is a South African singer-songwriter in Afrikaans. Her debut album, As die Gordyn val, was released in 2010. Previously a member of a rock group, she is now a solo artist who has won several awards in South Africa.
