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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Siti Nurhaliza binti Tarudin |
| Born | January 11, 1979 Kuala Lipis, Pahang, Malaysia |
| Genres | Irama Malaysia, Pop, Soft rock, Pop rock, R&B, Dance-pop |
| Occupations | Singer, Songwriter, Record producer, Businesswoman, Actress |
| Instruments | Voice |
| Years active | 1996 – present |
| Labels | Siti Nurhaliza Productions, Suria Records |
| Website | SitiZone.com |
Dato' Siti Nurhaliza binti Tarudin DIMP, JSM, SAP, PMP, AAP (born January 11, 1979) is a Malaysian pop singer-songwriter. To date, she has garnered more than 200 local awards as well as international awards. She is also dubbed as The Voice Of Asia, when Alicia Keys first introduced her with the title during MTV Asia Awards 2005 in Bangkok, Thailand due to her soprano vocal prowess and greatest achievements locally and internationally.[1]
She rose to fame as a multiple-platinum selling artist, since her winning of Bintang HMI 1995 when she was only 16[2] where she was given offers in form of singing contract from four different international recording companies.[3] Her first single, Jerat Percintaan from her debut album won the tenth Anugerah Juara Lagu and another two awards for Best Performance and Best Ballad.[4]
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Siti Nurhaliza is a multiple-award winning malaysian pop singer-songwriter. She is currently the most successful Malaysian singer. While there have been artists from Malaysia who reached international stardom but left the country in their pursuit of success, Siti Nurhaliza’s career was planted and blossomed locally and as predicted, she has become an international icon respectively.
She was honoured with the title Darjah Indera Mahkota Pahang (DIMP) by the Sultan of Pahang which carries the title Dato' infront of her name. To date, she has garnered more than 100 local awards as well as international awards.[5] During her childhood she was involved in various school activities, including sports and class speeches.
Siti was born on January 11, 1979 in Berek Polis Kg. Awah, Temerloh where she is the fourth child in a family of eight siblings to Tarudin Ismail and Siti Salmah Bachik.[2] She comes from a musically inclined family, where her brother, Saiful Bahri Tarudin, and her sisters Siti Norsaida Tarudin and Siti Saerah are also singers.[6] Her grandfather was a famous violinist, and her mother was a famous local traditional singer.
From the age of 13, she followed her uncle to invitational shows like wedding ceremonies and dinner parties to give her exposure performing live[7], where she was well received by the local community. During her childhood she was involved in various school activities, including sports and class speeches.
Siti Nurhaliza attended pre-school at the Sekolah Tabika Perkep, Balai Polis Kampung Awah, Temerloh. Here she showed her early singing talent at the age of six when she sang "Sirih Pinang", a Malay traditional song, at her kindergarten's end of year event.[2] She attended primary school at Sekolah Rendah Kebangsaan Clifford and followed up her secondary education at Sekolah Menengah Clifford, Kuala Lipis, Pahang.
She was an athlete in school and this showed when at the opening ceremony of the Fiesta Media Idola 2006 in Kuantan she was a torch bearer to light the games of the Fiesta, together with actress Fasha Sanda. Siti had also won a singing contest when she was twelve years old. She sang the patriotic song "Bahtera Merdeka" at a Kuala Lipis Carnival in conjunction with the "Nyanyian Bulan Kemerdekaan" (Independence Month Singing Contest).
Siti Nurhaliza's family performed at many local ceremonies in their hometown, such as weddings. At the age of twelve, Siti began to learn traditional songs from her mother and went on performing that genre of music during special occasions and events.
She also was the vocalist for 'Family Group',[2] a small band founded by her uncle, Abdul Rahim Bachik where she started to improvise her singing skills by participating in numerous local singing competitions before ultimately at the age of 16, where she finally competes in the 1995 RTM Juara Bintang competition.[2] While in the competition, she met Adnan Abu Hassan, a famous Malaysian music composer. He tutored her and helped her with her vocal performance, and ultimately she won the contest. She was granted a contract with Suria Records after making a decision over four offers from different international recording companies which includes offers from Sony Music, BMG Music and Warner Music.[3] In 1996, Suria Records released her first self-titled album, Siti Nurhaliza.[8] Completing her first album was a challenge because she had to balance working on the album with her preparations for the SPM examination. Despite this, her first album was a great success, and paved the way for successful subsequent albums.
After the release of her first album, Siti became a well-known figure in Malay pop culture. She continued to have numerous hits, her songs spanning a broad range of genres, such as pop, R&B, and traditional Malay. Her voice and lyrics proved to be popular among teenagers as well as adults throughout Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei and Indonesia. She also has numbers of fans in Thailand, Japan, Taiwan and China.
Siti made her first appearance on international stage during the 1998 Commonwealth Games which were held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Siti shared the same stage together with both international star Céline Dion and Rod Stewart to entertain the crowd during the closing ceremony.[9] The ceremony was televised in 70 nations worldwide, which led her to be known in the international arena for the first time.
Siti received her first international awards when she took part in 'Shanghai Music Festival 1999' that held in China, where she managed to win 'Gold Award', the top award availaible. In the same year, she took part in 'South Pacific International Song and Singing Competition 1999' held in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia and she won the 'Pop Winner' title beating contestants from all over South Pacific and 'Top 40 for International Song' category through her single, We'll Be As One.[1] Siti also managed to catch the juries' attention with her vocal prowess, that finally led her to be awarded with the 'Best Female Vocal Performance' with her song, We'll Be As One. To note, there were about 3000 contestants taking part in every categories from all over South Pacific. For the next few years, Siti took part in 'Voice of Asia 2002' which were held in Kazakhstan where she managed to grab the 'Grand Prix Champion' title, the ultimate prize.[1][10]
After winning several awards, Siti's name began to blossom widely in some part of Asia. In 2003, Siti returned to Japan after knowing that her single, Percayalah and other songs were well accepted and famous there, that led her to make a concert at Yokohama then.[2]
Siti was the first non-Chinese artiste to be invited to perform at the 15th Golden Melody Awards, Taiwan in 2004.[11] Apart from performing solo, she also sang a duet with Leehom Wang in a song called 月亮代表我的心 (The Moon Represents My Heart).
Siti held a successful solo concert at the Royal Albert Hall in London in April 2005, although the majority of the audience were Malaysians living in the United Kingdom and Malaysians who had travelled just to see the concert. British press called her Asia's Celine Dion due to her powerful vocal and outstanding performances [12][13] and factly known that she has the most number one singles than any other artist in Malaysia.
To date, Channel V has listed her as the Second Biggest Asian Artist due to her great achievements whereas the Taiwanese singer, Jay Chou is on the top of the list.[14] Coincidentally, MTV Asia also rated her as the Second Asia's Best Musical Artist, also behind the Taiwanese sensation, Jay Chou.
Siti made her third appearance on MTV Asia Awards in 2004, where she performed with Gareth Gates a song called 'Say It Isn't So'. She was also dubbed The Voice of Asia, when Alicia Keys first introduced her with the title during the MTV Asia Awards in 2005 held in Bangkok, Thailand due to her powerful vocal, and her greatest achievements locally and internationally.[1]
Siti's eleventh studio album, Transkripsi, was released in 2006 and contained contributions from producers such as Aubrey Suwito, Jenny Chin, Mac Chew, Yasin, Cat Farish, Firdaus Mahmud and Damian VE. Transkripsi became the year's best album after winning the Best Album award in the Anugerah Industri Muzik, equivalent to the Grammy Award. It was the first album released under her own production company.
She made her first appearance at the Grammy Awards for the red carpet session on February 11, 2007.[15] She was the first Malaysian to walk the red carpet.
On April 20 and April 21, 2007, Siti performed at the successful Konsert Istana Cinta Nostalgia, which was a tribute concert for the late Tan Sri P. Ramlee & Puan Sri Saloma at Istana Budaya, Kuala Lumpur. The concert featured popular songs composed by Tan Sri P. Ramlee himself, performed by Siti and other invited artistes.[16] Before this, Siti was also invited to perform a tribute concert for the late Sudirman Hj Arshad, also at Istana Budaya, Kuala Lumpur in 2002.
On April 30, 2007, she garnered 4 nominations in the Anugerah Industri Muzik including Best Pop Album (Transkripsi), Best Vocal Female Performance In An Album (Transkripsi), Best Music Video ("Bisakah") and Best Cover for an Album (Transkripsi). Out of these, she won two: Best Pop Album and Best Album for Transkripsi.
She also bagged 2 fan-based-vote nominations for Most Popular Female Artist and Most Popular Song ("Biarlah Rahsia") and 3 nominations for Best Female Artist, Best Song and Best Album at 2006 Anugerah Planet Muzik, a regional award ceremony for artistes in Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia. She won Most Popular Female Artist, Best Female Artist and Best Song ("Biarlah Rahsia").
2007 showed Siti's participation on soundtracks for the films Kayangan and 1957: Hati Malaya. For Kayangan, Siti recorded a song Menanti Pasti. It's the first single to be released to the Indonesian market. For 1957: Hati Malaya, Siti recorded a song called "Hati", which was released in September 2007.
Siti performed as Azizah, P. Ramlee's mysterious lover, in the musical 'Remy ... Kisah P. Ramlee (Remy ... The Story of P. Ramlee), which is a tribute to the late P. Ramlee, staged at Istana Budaya from October 17, 2007, to November 3, 2007.
Siti's twelfth studio album Hadiah Daripada Hati was released on December 10, 2007. Siti released the Latin-influenced pop song Ku Mahu as the first single of this album and it was featured as the opening theme song for a drama called Spa-Q. Thanks to the popularity of Spa-Q, the single was well received and topped most of the Malay charts for weeks. Melawan Kesepian was her second single and was the first track of this album to have a video clip. The song was a remake of a hit that was once popularized by an Indonesian band called Jikustik. Her acting debut in the musical 'Remy... The Story of P. Ramlee' also saw the debut of her third single Mulanya Cinta, which was created by Dick Lee, a Singaporean composer. Siti said that it was her first collaboration with the renowned musician although she had known him for years.
The new album was previously claimed to be a traditional album but due to lack of materials, she moved on with producing another pop album. The traditional album is now slated for a 2008 release, as stated by Siti herself.
Siti has also recently became the most frequently searched person on Google by Malaysian Google users, according to Google's 2007 Malaysia Year-End Zeitgeist, beating celebrities like Paris Hilton and Britney Spears.[17]
On March 21, 2008, Siti held a successful solo acoustic concert at the prestigious Esplanade Theatre in Singapore. The concert was called Diari Hati or 'A Diary of Her Heart'. She performed numbers of hits from her latest album, Hadiah Daripada Hati and previous albums. The concert has received good reviews from the local press saying that 'she rules hearts in Singapore as well as in Malaysia' and 'her reign as the queen of Malay pop songs is still going strong'.[18]
Hadiah Daripada Hati came under criticism from the press when it was released. Critics said it was a moderate performance from Siti Nurhaliza and was not on the same par as her previous album Transkripsi, which was touted as the best album she had ever made. But these criticisms were rebutted when Hadiah Daripada Hati received five nominations in the 15th edition of AIM including Best Pop Album and Song of The Year, making Siti the second nominee with the most nominations after newcomer Faizal Tahir.[19] Out of five categories including three multiple nominations, the album earned her three awards for Best Pop Album, Best Musical Arrangement in a Song (Malay) for the song Cintamu as well as her ninth Best Vocal Performance in an Album (Female) in which she had lost to Jaclyn Victor the previous year.[20]
On 26 December 2008, is the 13th released album of Siti Nurhaliza Lentera Timur, her recent traditional comtemporary album, Irama Malaysia (Fourth Ethnic Creative Album) since her third one Sanggar Mustika in 2002. The album will have modern and contemporary songs unlike her usual traditional genre. Siti also worked with renowned composers like M. Nasir and Indonesia's Katon Bagaskara. It was said the initial development of her album was in 2006, due to lack of materials she had to postpone for the next 2 years (which is in 2008). Subsequently, in order to not disappointing any party including her fans, Siti produced her previous album, Hadiah Daripada Hati in 2007.
Siti has also recorded 2 songs for the soundtrack to Perempuan Berkalong Sorban film. The songs recorded are Opick's Ketika Cinta and Batasku Asaku which was written by Siti herself.
Siti also sang a new song called as 'Suara Sepi', which was written by Johari Teh and Habsah Habsan during her performance at Palestinian charity concert.
Despite of the poor sale due to the lack of promotions, the quality of the album has never been denied. As in Anugerah Industri Muzik 16, Siti Nurhaliza proved that she is still at the top notch. Lentera Timur grabbed top awards, Best Pop Ethnic and later on honoured Album Of The Year in AIM 16. She also took home Best Female Vocal trophy for the song ' Di Taman Teman '. She was not present at the award ceremony as she went to Mecca to perform Umrah with her family.[21]
In the same year, her wealth is said to have reached RM 50 Million and was named one of the millionaires in entertainment in South East Asia.[22]
In Year 2009, Siti announced her major 3 day concert at the prestigious Istana Budaya, SATU Konsert Eksklusif Dato' Siti Nurhaliza. It began its run on June 26, 2009 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The tickets were sold out weeks before the debut night.[23] The concert received overwhelming compliments from critics, and the show was attended by distinguished people such as region well-known divas like Kris Dayanti and Rossa from Indonesia to name some.
In March, Siti Nurhaliza revealed that she would begin work on her next album later in the year. Apparently, the idea came about while Siti Nurhaliza was taking part in an Erma Fatima theatre production, Sirah Junjungan. She also stated that, this will be her first attempt at spiritual songs and she plans to release the album for the holy month Ramadan of 2009 known as Tahajjud Cinta. Siti Nurhaliza and Indonesian singer Kris Dayanti will feature in eight duets. Siti Nurhaliza will choose four Malaysian compositions while Kris Dayanti will pick the other four from Indonesia.[23]
After SATU, there will be a concert in Dubai, a local TV cooking show where she will host one episode and more TV appearances for Hari Raya Aidilfitri.[23]
Siti was given a privileged of her own channel on Astro at Channel 188 , Channel Siti for 28 hours on 30 August 2009 which has broadcasted her SATU Konsert Eksklusif Dato' Siti Nurhaliza, her previous concert which was held at Bukit Jalil, the Siti's Fantasia Tour concert in 2004 and some of her music videos.[24]
Siti's most recent concert was Konsert Bagaikan Sakti which was held in Esplanade Theatre, Singapore alongside Malaysian top producer-composer-songwriter, M Nasir which also was broadcasted live through Astro Box Office Events (Channel 955) on January 1st, and the repeat show from 2nd till 10th of January.[25] Her own company, Siti Nurhaliza Productions (M) Sdn. Bhd. will also produce a concert for two Malaysian award winning artists, Faizal Tahir and Aizat entitled Konsert Satu Suara which will be accompanied by Simfoni Orkestra Kebangsaan (National Orchestra Symphony) on February 12th until 14th at Istana Budaya[26].
Siti Nurhaliza is a well-known singing prodigy for her versatile vocal capability. She is known for her sweet tonality in low notes range and expertise in using melisma to her upper registry. She can cover her songs in low contralto to high soprano in full chest voice. To date, Siti is able to understand the vocal scales which helps her deal in her singing perfection.
With success in her singing career, Siti then got herself involved in business. She set up her own company - Siti Nurhaliza Productions (M) Sdn. Bhd. - with activities generally in the entertainment scene. She has two subsidiary companies, Siti Nurhaliza Collections Sdn. Bhd. and Siti Nurhaliza Marketing Sdn. Bhd. Siti sells her own tea, Ctea [27], brand of Malaysian tea, from tea cultivated on the foothills of Mount Kinabalu, Sabah. This Ctea brand comes in two flavours, Geranium Special and Pandan.
And now besides having her own products, she receives substantial income through commissions and royalties for her endorsements and as ambassador of products.
Sit Nurhaliza plans to branch out into the cosmetics business.[28]
Siti has collaborated with many renowned Asian artist such as Leehom Wang (Taiwan)[29], Agnes Monica[30], Kris Dayanti[31][32] and Dewa 19[33] (Indonesia), Francesca Peter (Singapore). In addition, Siti had also collaborated with Gareth Gates (UK), during MTV Asia Awards 2004[34].
Throughout her career, Siti Nurhaliza's songs have been covered by other artists, including the famous song Cindai which was re-recorded in Chinese version by Chien Bai Hui, a Chinese singer.[35] Also, her first hit song, Aku Cinta Padamu was as I Wonder when it was covered by North, an Australian boy band.[36]
By far, she has been thrice to be invited to perform at the MTV Asia Awards, which are in 2003, where she sang her debut, Bukan Cinta Biasa[37], in 2004 where she perform together with Gareth Gates[34] and her 2005 solo performance with her famous song, Seindah Biasa[38]. However, her earliest performance at an international stage is during the closing ceremony of 1998 Commonwealth Games where it was watched by more than 70 countries when she was only 19.[9] 1999 was the year of her first debut at the the 'Shanghai Music Festival 1999' in China and the 'South Pacific International Song and Singing Competition 1999' where she garnered a 'Gold Award' and 'Best Female Vocal Performance' respectively. She also has performed in Australia[2], Brunei[27], China[2], Indonesia[1][31], Japan[39][40], Kazakhstan[1], Singapore[41], Taiwan[35], Thailand[42], and United Kingdom[1]. In August 2006, she also has performed in front of 300 Bollywood artists and guests along with 2.6 billion television viewers where she performed at Global Indian Film Awards in Kuala Lumpur.[43]
Siti was bestowed the 'Darjah Indera Mahkota Pahang' award by the Sultan of Pahang which carries the title Dato on October 24, 2006.[44]
Siti is known to be a formidable and successful and well-known businesswoman in Malaysia. She currently tops the list of the 'Richest Artistes' in Malaysia[45]. She is also worth more than RM50 million and was named one of the millionaires in entertainment in South East Asia.[22] As one of the most profitable artists in Malaysia, she is said to be paid RM 45,000 (USD$ 13 140) for a 30 minutes show and RM 70,000 (USD$ 20 441) for an hour show.[46]
On July 17, 2006, Siti and Datuk Khalid made a press conference announcing their wedding plans. A local TV SMS poll conducted on the same day of the announcement showed that 49% of viewers did not approve of the news. The press conference got a frenzy of media coverage and a live telecast from TV3's Wanita Hari Ini. It was announced at the conference that she will wed businessman Datuk Khalid Muhammad Jiwa, on August 21, 2006.
The wedding was charted as the top celebrity wedding on Yahoo Buzz.[47]
The engagement and akad nikah ceremony were held at Masjid Wilayah Persekutuan (Federal Territory Mosque) on August 21, 2006. The ceremony was also televised live and gathered more than 2 millions viewers. The first wedding reception was held on August 28, 2006, at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre (KLCC) which televised to 6.3 millions viewers nationwide.[48] It was a star studded affair, with guests including royal families, VIPs, celebrities, close friends and family. A second reception was held on September 3, 2006, in Siti's hometown of Kuala Lipis, Pahang.
As a renowned artists in the Asean region, she has a remarkable achievements of total sales in her albums. She has a total sales of more than half a million albums of her 14 years of singing career. Seven out of 14 of her albums have received multiple platinum awards: Siti Nurhaliza II (6 times platinum with total sales of 150,000 copies)[49][50], Cindai (5 times platinum)[50][51], Adiwarna (4 times platinum)[50][52], Pancawarna (2 times platinum)[50][53], Sahmura (2 times platinum award)[50], E.M.A.S (8 times platinum with total sales of 200,000 copies)[54] and (Gold in Indonesia)[50] and Transkripsi (2 times platinum with total sales of 80,000 copies)[50][55]. Her live album Siti Nurhaliza In Concert, Royal Albert Hall London[50] and her Anugerah Aidilfitri album [56] have also received 3 times platinum award with total sales of 60,000 copies[57][58][59] and a platinum award respectively.
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2004 | Zaleha Ayam Patah | as herself | Cameo |
| 2008 | Spa Q 2 | Special appearance |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2007 | P. Ramlee The Musical | Azizah | Special appearance |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2009 | Kelip-Kelip | Kunang-Kunang (voice) | Main character |
| Year | Title | Film | Telemovie | Drama | Notes |
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| 1996 | "Mawarku" (duet with 2 By 2) | Mawar-Mawarku | |||
| "Tiga Malam" (duet with 2 By 2) | |||||
| 2000 | "Di Taman Syahdu" | Featured in The Best of Siti Nurhaliza album | |||
| "Gelora Kasih" | |||||
| N/A | Mahligai Gading | Mahligai Gading | |||
| N/A | Pahlawanku | A song dedicated to those honorable military veteran | |||
| N/A | Kini Kau Disisi | Featured in Album Molek | |||
| N/A | Dunia | ||||
| 2003 | Tetap Di Sini | Paloh | |||
| Untuk Selamanya | Laila Isabella | Also featured in E.M.A.S | |||
| Airmata Ibu | Airmata Ibu | ||||
| 2004 | Bagaikan Sakti | Puteri Gunung Ledang | duet with M. Nasir | ||
| 2007 | Menanti Pasti | Kayangan | |||
| Ku Mahu | Spa Q | Also featured in Hadiah Daripada Hati | |||
| Hati | 1957: Hati Malaya | ||||
| 2008 | Ketika Cinta | Perempuan Berkalung Sorban | Also Featured in Tahajjud Cinta | ||
| Batasku Asaku | |||||
| Pada Cintanya | Spa Q 2 | ||||
| 2009 | Suara Sepi | Performed during Palestinian charity concert | |||
| Satu Malaysia | 1Malaysia contestant | ||||
| 2010 | Hanya Semalam (duet with M Nasir) | Performed in Esplanade Theatre, Singapore |
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