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'Siti Nurhaliza binti Tarudin' (born January 11, 1979) 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 'Datuk' infront of her name.[1] To date, she has garnered more than 100 local awards as well as international awards.
Biography
Early childhood (1979–1995)
Siti Nurhaliza was born in Berek Polis kg. Awah, Temerloh. During her childhood she was involved in various school activities, including sports and class speeches.
Siti Nurhaliza had her pre-school kindergarten days 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. She had her primary school (standard 1 to standard 6) education at the Sekolah Rendah Kebangsaan Clifford and followed up her secondary education (Form 1 to Form 5) at the 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). It was said that perhaps she had inherited her precocious musical talent and singing flair and ability from her grandfather, who was a famous violinist, and her mother, who was a popular local singer of traditional songs.
Early commercial success (1995–1996)
HMI champion in 1995
Later, as she continued to work on her singing, she participated in numerous local singing competitions. At 16, she competed in the 1995 RTM Juara Bintang competition. While there, 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. After that, she was granted a contract with Suria Records and in 1996 released her first self-titled album, ''Siti Nurhaliza''. Completing her first album was a challenge because she had to balance working on her 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.[1]
Siti's image during her early career
Career development (1996–2006)
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 proven popular among teenagers as well as adults throughout Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei and Indonesia. Despite the challenges of fellow artistes such as Ning Baizura, Dayang Nurfaizah and Misha Omar, Siti remains at the top of the Malay pop industry and garnered numerous musical awards.
Siti was one of the invited artistes and the first non-Chinese artiste to be invited to perform at the 15th Golden Melody Awards, Taiwan in 2004.[2] Apart from performing solo, she also sang a duet with Lee-Hom Wang in a song called 月亮代表我的心 (The Moon Represents My Heart).
Throughout her career,Siti Nurhaliza has a various songs that was taken as a cover version by other artistes, including the infamous song Cindai which was re-recorded in Chinese version by Chien Bai Hui. Also, her first hit song, Aku Cinta Padamu was covered by a boyband in Australia.
Siti held a successful solo concert at the Royal Albert Hall in London in April 1, 2005, although the majority of the audience were Malaysians living in the United Kingdom and Malaysians who had travelled just to see the concert. From this concert also, major press in Britain taught her as 'Asia's Celine Dion'-due to her powerful vocal and outstanding perfomances.
In her country, she is also known as one of the most successful businesswomen and cultivated brandnames. She is currently named as the 'Richest Artiste' in Malaysia.
To date, she has the most number one singles than any other artiste in Malaysia which dominated Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei as well as Indonesia radio stations by storm.
Transkripsi (2006–present)
Siti's latest 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.
She made her first appearance at the Grammy Awards for the red carpet session on February 11, 2007.[3]
On April 20 and April 21, 2007, Siti did a 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.[4][5] 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.
Recently on April 30, 2007, she grabbed a wholesome of 4 nominations in the Anugerah Industri Muzik such as Best Pop Album (''Transkripsi''), Best Vocal Female Performance In An Album (''Transkripsi''), Best Music Video ("Bisakah") and Best Cover for an Album (''Transkripsi''). She grabbed two major awards including Best Pop Album and Best Album for ''Transkripsi'', the first album produced under her production company.
She also bagged 2 fan-based-vote nominations such as Most Popular Female Artist, Most Popular Song ("Biarlah Rahsia") and 3 nominations for Best Female Artist, Best Song and Best Album for this year's Anugerah Planet Muzik, a regional awards for artistes in Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia. She won Most Popular Female Artist, Best Female Artist and Best Song ("Biarlah Rahsia") in which she is the lyricist.
She is currently in the midst of recording her latest studio album. Her upcoming traditional album is set to storm the nation within months and is expected to be released this November 2007.[6] It is rumored that the album will include composers from Malaysia and Indonesia. Apparently, her mom is in charge of choosing one of the song, which she has done for the previous albums. This particular album is the most anticipated album of 2007.
Romance
Datin Siti Nurhaliza and Datuk Khalid during their wedding ceremony in KLCC
Siti has previously been romantically linked to quite a number of fellow artistes including Zamani, Anuar Zain and Dr Fazley Yaakob.Rumour has it that Siti and Fazley were together before she met her future husband because Fazley is the one who helped her get a chance to perform at the Royal Albert Hall in London. They flew there together but things apparently became tense when Siti kept on disappearing with Datuk K during rehearsals. Fazley was said to be upset because she wasn't being professional. Fazley has since married the step-daughter of Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak. The daughter was a result of the deputy prime minister's wife Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor from a previous marriage. However it is known that Rosmah did not attend the wedding because she disapproved of the relationship, despite Fazley coming from a wealthy family and being educated. Siti was also previously linked to actor-singer-director cum producer Yusry Abdul Halim who was formerly married to actress Erra Fazira.
For the past few years Siti was rumoured to be in a relationship with a prominent Malaysian businessman, who was then only referred to as Datuk K. The rumour went on that she would be getting married in 2006, to which she neither confirmed nor denied, which deviated from her usual response to rumors. The rumors were further fueled during her acceptance speech at the "Anugerah Bintang Popular 2006" awards ceremony. In her speech she thanked "her special one", whom she had never mentioned before. Recently reporters saw the family of Siti's supposed lover visiting her house in Kuala Lipis. Many believed that the family visited in order to arrange for the wedding.Rumours also has it that Siti had an affair with Datuk K and ask him to leave his wife for her.They apparently met through Datuk K's then wife Tengku Zawyah who use to call Siti to perform at charity functions she host.At that time Datuk K was still married to Tengku Zawyah.Siti has been said to be the cause of the break-up of the marriage and Datuk K is known to be a womaniser.However both Datuk K and Siti denied these allegations.
On July 17, 2006, Siti and Datuk Khalid made a press conference announcing their wedding plans, which did not go down well with 49% of respondents to a local TV SMS poll conducted on the same day of the announcement. The press conference got a frenzy media coverage by live telecast from TV3's Wanita Hari Ini. It was announced that she will wed businessman Datuk Khalid Mohamed Jiwa, on August 21, 2006. This kind of press conference was the first in Malaysia to be televised live on TV3 and made front page headlines on most of the presses the next day. Her wedding announcement intrigued the internet, and resulted Siti Nurhaliza Wedding as one of the popular search worldwide. She has been charted in the top celebs wedding on Yahoo Buzz.[7]
7 layers of wedding cake which costs RM12,000
The engagement and akad nikah ceremony were held at Masjid Wilayah Persekutuan 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[8]. There were a lot of invitees including royal families, VIPs, celebrities, closest friends and families. A second reception was held on September 3, 2006, in Siti's hometown of Kuala Lipis, Pahang. A crowd of 10,000 was at the event, storming into the state.
The couple commissioned Datuk Raja Shah Reza from Nusantara Gems as their wedding planner, and the reception at the KLCC featured a garden wedding concept. Fashion designers Michael Ong, Radzwan Radzwill, Embun and Anne Avantie were all engaged to design the wedding costumes, which featured traditional songket and tekat. Makeup artistes Nurul Shukur and Mia were also engaged for the events.
In July of 2007,there were tabloid headlines stating that Datuk K had beaten Siti,apparently he was also known to be a wife beater back then when he has still married to Tengku Zawyah with whom he had four sons with.Apprently because of these abuse it has led Siti to slow down and have been maintaining a low profile,and hardly appears in public.However both Siti and Datuk have since denied these allegations.
2007 sees Siti's participation on the soundtrack record, which include for the films ''Kayangan'' and ''1957 : Hati Malaya''. For Kayangan, Siti recorded a song Menanti Pasti and it's the first single to hit the Indonesian market. Whereas for 1957 : Hati Malaya, Siti recorded a song called Hati Malaya and is set to hit the nation around September 2007.
Siti's also confirmed to be one of the main casts of upcoming musical theatre 'Remy ... Kisah P. Ramlee (Remy ... The Story of P. Ramlee),which is a tribute to the late P.Ramlee. It will be staged at Istana Budaya from Oct 17 to Nov 3.
Discography
Studio albums
★ Transkripsi (2006)
★ Prasasti Seni (2004)
★ E.M.A.S (2003)
★ Sanggar Mustika (2002)
★ Safa (2001)
★ Sahmura (2000)
★ Pancawarna (1999)
★ Adiwarna (1998)
★ Cindai (1997)
★ Siti Nurhaliza II (1997)
★ Siti Nurhaliza I (1996)
Duet album
★ Seri Balas (1999)
Compilation albums
★ Siti Nurhaliza Klasik (2007)
★ Cerita Cinta Siti Nurhaliza (2006)
★ Anugerah Aidilfitri (2004)
★ Fiesta Aidilfitri (2002)
★ Salam Aidilfitri (2001)
★ Gema Hari Raya (2000)
Videography
Compilation albums
★ CT Best 7 (2004)
★ CT Best 6 (2004)
★ CT Best 5 (2003)
★ CT Best 4 (2001)
★ CT Best 3 (2001)
★ The Best of Siti Nurhaliza (2000)
★ CT Best 2 (1999)
★ CT Best (1998)
Concert albums
★ Siti Nurhaliza In Concert Royal Albert Hall, London (2005)
★ Siti Nurhaliza Fantasia Tour (2004)
★ Konsert Siti Nurhaliza Untukmu Sudir (2002)
★ Konsert Mega Siti Nurhaliza (2001)
★ Konsert Live Siti Nurhaliza (1999)
DVD/VCD
★ Best Of Siti Nurhaliza DVD Karaoke (2007)
Promotional work
Siti's popularity meant that she is constantly in demand for endorsements. She has sung themes for movies (eg. Puteri Gunung Ledang) and corporate jingles (eg. the Malaysian wireless communications firm Maxis). She has also been featured in various advertisements and has been spokeswoman for many well-established brands such as Maybelline, Pepsi, Jusco, TMnet, Konica Minolta, Nippon Wiper Blade, Olay, Pantene and [Samsung].
Career achievements
Malaysian Music Industry Awards (''Anugerah Industri Muzik'')
★ Best Album (Transkripsi) 2007
★ Best Pop Album (Transkripsi) 2007
★ Best Female Vocal Performance Album (Siti Nurhaliza Live In London) 2006
★ Kembara (Explorer) Award 2005
★ Best Musical Arrangement Song ("Seindah Biasa") 2005
★ Best Female Vocal Performance Album (Prasasti Seni) 2005
★ Kembara (Explorer) Award 2004
★ Best Musical Arrangement Song ("Bukan Cinta Biasa") 2004
★ Best Album (E.M.A.S) 2004
★ Best Pop Album (E.M.A.S) 2004
★ Best Female Vocal Performance Album (E.M.A.S) 2004
★ Best Female Vocal Performance Album (Sanggar Mustika) 2003
★ Best Musical Arrangement Song ("Merisik Khabar") 2003
★ Best Female Vocal Performance Album (Konsert Mega Siti Nurhaliza) 2002
★ Best Female Vocal Performance Album (Sahmura) 2001
★ Best Ethnic Pop Album (Sahmura) 2001
★ Best Female Vocal Performance Album (Pancawarna) 2000
★ Kembara (Explorer) Award 2000
★ Best Ethnic Pop Album (Seri Balas) 2000
★ Best Album (Seri Balas) 2000
★ Best Female Vocal Performance Album (Adiwarna) 1999
★ Best Pop Album (Adiwarna) 1999
★ Best Album (Adiwarna) 1999
★ Best Song ("Jerat Percintaan") 1997
★ Best Newcomer (Female) 1997
Malaysian Song Champion Awards (''Anugerah Juara Lagu'')
★ Viewers Choice Song Champion ("Cindai") AJL 20
★ Best Performance ("Ku Milikmu") AJL 18
★ Best Performance ("Nirmala") AJL 17
★ Ethnic Pop Song Champion ("Nirmala") AJL 17
★ Best Performance ("Ya Maulai") 2001
★ Pop Rock Song Champion ("Engkau Bagaikan Permata") 2001
★ Ballad Song Champion ("Kau Kekasihku") 2000
★ Ethnic Pop Song Champion ("Balqis") 2000
★ Song Champion ("Balqis") 2000
★ Ballad Song Champion ("Purnama Merindu") 1999
★ Ethnic Pop Song Champion ("Hati Kama") 1999
★ Ethnic Pop Song Champion ("Cindai") 1998
★ Song Champion ("Cindai") 1998
★ Best Performance ("Aku Cinta Padamu") 1997
★ Ballad Song Champion ("Aku Cinta Padamu") 1997
★ Song Champion ("Jerat Percintaan") 1996
★ Best Performance ("Jerat Percintaan") 1996
★ Ballad Song Champion ("Jerat Percintaan") 1996
Malaysian Popular Stars Award (''Anugerah Bintang Popular'')
★ Popular Female Singer 2006
★ Popular Female Singer 2005
★ Most Popular Star 2004
★ Popular Female Singer 2004
★ Popular Female Singer 2003
★ Popular Female Singer 2002
★ Most Popular Star 2001
★ Popular Female Singer 2001
★ Popular Female Singer 2000
★ Most Popular Artiste 2000
★ Popular Female Singer 1999
★ Most Popular Star 1999
★ Popular Female Singer 1998
★ Most Popular Artiste 1998
★ Most Popular Teenager 1997
★ Popular Female Singer 1997
★ Popular TV Entertainer 1997
★ Most Popular Star 1997
The Malaysia Book of Records
★ First Malaysian artiste performing a solo concert in Royal Albert Hall, London (2005)
★ Most Awards Won Artiste - 112 awards (2004)
★ Most Awards Won Artiste - 52 awards (2001)
Anugerah Planet Muzik (''Planet Music Awards'')
★ Most Popular Female Artiste 2007
★ Best Female Artiste 2007
★ Best Song ("Biarlah Rahsia") 2007
★ Most Popular Female Artiste 2006
★ Most Popular Female Artiste 2005
★ Most Popular Song ("Lagu Rindu") 2005
★ Most Popular Female Artiste 2004
★ Best Female Artiste 2004
★ Best Song ("Bukan Cinta Biasa") 2004
★ Most Popular Female Artiste 2003
★ Best Female Artiste 2003
★ Special Award 2003
★ Most Popular Female Artiste 2002
★ Best Female Artiste 2002
★ Most Popular Female Artiste 2001
★ Most Popular Song ("Balqis") 2001
★ Best Female Artiste 2001
Anugerah ERA (''ERA Awards'')
★ Best Choice for Female Vocalist 2007
★ Best Choice for Female Vocalist 2006
★ Best Choice for Female Vocalist 2005
★ Best Choice Ethnic Song ("Badarsila") 2003
★ Best Choice Music Video ("Bukan Cinta Biasa") 2003
★ Best Choice for Female Vocalist 2002
★ Best Choice Ethnic Song ("Nirmala") 2002
★ Best Choice Music Video ("Nirmala") 2002
★ Best Choice for Female Vocalist 2001
★ Best Choice for Duo/Group Vocalist (with Tan Sri S.M Salim) 2001
★ Best Choice Ethnic Song ("Pandang-pandang Jeling-jeling") 2001
★ Best Choice Pop Song ("Percayalah") 2001
★ Best Choice Music Video ("Percayalah") 2001
MTV Asia Awards
★ Favourite Artiste (Malaysia) 2005
★ Favourite Artiste (Malaysia) 2004
★ Favourite Artiste (Malaysia) 2003
★ Favourite Artiste (Malaysia) 2002
Recognitions & Honours
★ Darjah Indera Mahkota Pahang (DIMP) (2006)
★ Anugerah Srikandi Seni (2005) - UMNO Bahagian Maran, Pahang
★ Setia Ahmad Shah (SAP) (2005)
★ Tokoh Karyawan Usahawan Muda (2005) - Universiti Sains Malaysia
★ Nickoledeon Kid's Choice Awards (2005) - Wannabe Award
★ BestBrands Malaysian Personality of the Year Award (2005) - BestBrands Council
★ Nickoledeon Kid's Choice Awards (2004) - Wannabe Award
★ The Outstanding Young Malaysian Award 2003 (TOYM) - Cultural Achievement - Junior Chamber of Kuala Lumpur Mandarin
★ Johan Setia Mahkota (JSM) (2003) - SPB Yang DiPertuan Agong
★ Anugerah Jasamu Dikenang MAYC (2003)
★ Anugerah Puteri Remaja (2002) - Puteri UMNO
★ Bintang Universe of Corum (2002) - The Most Success Talent In Malaysia Music Industry
★ Darjah Paduka Mahkota Perak (PMP)
★ Ahli Ahmad Shah Pahang (AAP) - Darjah Kebesaran Ke-4 Negeri Pahang
Appointments
★ Ambassador of Elegance Tiara Collection (2006)
★ Ambassador of SHINE Pantene Pro-V (2006)
★ Ambassador of OLAY Total Effects (2006)
★ Ambassador of Maxis-Hotlink (2004)
★ Ambassador of Produk IT Samsung Malaysia (2004)
★ Ambassador of Minolta DiMAGE Malaysia (2003)
★ Ambassador of "With All Our Hearts’ Charity Fund" Jusco (2002-2006)
★ Ambassador of TM Net (2002)
★ Malaysia Stamp Princess
★ Model of Mitsubishi Trium
★ Model of BLEU and PEPSI (2002)
★ Model/Spokesperson of Maybelline New York
★ Model of Nippon Wiper Blade (NWB)
★ Ambassador of Muhibah PBSM
International Awards
★ SCTV Music Awards Indonesia 2004 - Top Foreign Artist
★ Indonesian Music Awards 2003 - Malaysian Best Album (E.M.A.S)
★ Voice of Asia 2002 - Grand Prix Champion
★ Indonesian Music Awards 2001 - Most Lucrative Foreign Artist In Indonesia
★ South Pacific International Song and Singing Competition 1999 - Pop Winner/Top 40 Category International Song (We'll Be As One) & Best Female Vocal Performance (We'll Be As One)
★ Shanghai Music Festival 1999 - Gold Award in Singing Competition
★ Singapore Music Awards 1997 - Most Popular Newcomer Female & Most Popular Song ("Mawarku")
References
1. Abdullah heads awards list
2. Asia pop stars sing Golden Melody
3. Siti Nurhaliza gets Grammy invite
4. Siti hidupkan khazanah P.Ramlee dalam Konsert Istana Cinta
5. http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Wednesday/MusicGames/20070424193325/Article/index_html
6. http://www.bharian.com.my/m/BHarian/Tuesday/Hiburan/20070522084219/Article/
7. Top Celeb Weddings - Yahoo! Buzz Log
8. The Ratings are in: Siti 6.3 million Log
External links
★ Siti Nurhaliza Official Website
★ Siti Nurhaliza - Voice of Asia
★ Siti Nurhaliza @ CtNurhalizaOnline
★ we (heart) siti
★ SimplySiti.com
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