Jamal Abdillah

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Jamal Abdillah

جمال عبيدﷲ
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During Anugerah Juara Lagu 23
Born
Jamal Ubaidillah bin Haji Mohd Ali

(1959-05-07) 7 May 1959 (age 64)
Telok Anson, Perak, Federation of Malaya, (now Teluk Intan, Perak, Malaysia)
Other names
  • Jamal Abdillah
  • King of Pop Malaysia
Occupation(s)Singer, actor
Years active1973–present
Spouses
  • Basariah Abdul Latiff (divorced)
    Noraina Che Yusoff (divorced)
    Fatimatuzahra Abdul Samad (divorced)
Datin Zai Izzati Khiruddin
(m. 2017)
Children4
RelativesJamilul Hayat & Helmi Hussaini (Brothers)
Musical career
GenresPop, Traditional Malay
Instrument(s)Vocals
LabelsEMI Warner Music Malaysia

Dato' Jamal Ubaidillah bin Haji Mohd Ali (born 7 May 1959), known by his stage name Jamal Abdillah, is a Malaysian pop singer and actor [1] with a "bad boy" image. [2]

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Jamal began his singing career in 1973. He won Radio Televisyen Malaysia's Bintang RTM competition in 1979. [3] Following his victory, he continued to sing but also appeared in films such as 'Azura'.

Jamal is the eldest of seven siblings. Having married four times, Jamal has two sons, Osama Yamani (known as Yamani Abdillah) and Ahmad Zaki Yamani and a daughter, Nur Azura Yamani. [4]

He is of Banjar descent. [5] He has performed in Indonesia, Singapore and Brunei Darussalam. He regularly performs charity concerts in Singapore every year.

Discography

Studio album

Single

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1980ToyolSinger InvitationsSpecial appearance
1984AzuraZack/Zakaria
1989TuahHang Tuah/ASP Sazali
1991SejatiBani
1993Kekasih Awal dan AkhirYusman
1996Suratan KasihSunny/Said Helmi
1997Ghazal Untuk RabiahJamal/Salman

Television

YearTitleRoleTV channelNotes
1990JenakaramaHimself TV1
2012Bicara – with Daud YusofHimself Mediacorp Suria Special appearance
2015Konsert Nostagia Dato' Jamal AbdillahHimselfTV1
2016Konsert 2 DimensiHimselfTV1with Dato' M. Nasir
2017Sepahtu Reunion LiveHimself Astro Warna
2019Sepahtu Reunion LiveHimselfAstro Warna
2019Cinta Overhaul AidilfitriZakariaAstro Warna

Telemovie

YearTitleRoleNotes
2003Azura 2003ZackDirect-to-video

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References

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  2. Lockard, Craig A. (1998). Dance of life: popular music and politics in Southeast Asia . University of Hawaii Press. p.  257. ISBN   978-0-8248-1918-7.
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  4. "Singers Jamal Abdillah, Rossa conferred Datuk titles". Astro Awani. Malaysia. 24 October 2013. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
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