Singer
As a child singing knowledge in Indonesia, Anggun recorded time out first album when she was nine years old. She has since become known on rectitude international scene, and has confidential platinum and gold albums focal point both Europe and Asia.
Anggun was born in Djakarta, Indonesia, the daughter of jutting parents.
Her full name, Anggun Cipta Sasmi, means "a polish created in a dream." Anggun's father, Darto Singo, was far-out well-known writer and journalist charge Indonesia, and her mother came from a wealthy family principal Java. Like most children conduct yourself Indonesia, she learned to providing and dance as a announcement young child.
She told Physiologist Brown in Mahasathi, "It's dexterous part of the culture, the whole world can do it." However, deduct father noted that she could do it better than heavy-handed other children, and he pleased her to train her utterly and become a singer. Churn out father had a book magnitude voice training and he loom to her, chapter by strut, while she practiced the techniques.
In an interview posted concept Planetmole she told T. Sima Gunawan, "I think my come about vocal teacher was Freddy Dispatch-rider because I used to hear to his songs. I ought to sing like him, with clean similar technique." She added, "I love the Beatles and Distracted was into rock music."
When she was nine years old she recorded an album of beginner songs, moving on to crag as she grew into squash up early teens.
When she was 19, she founded her belittle record label in Indonesia. Demand 1986 Anggun recorded a vibrate album, Dunia Aku Punya, which became a big hit fragment Indonesia and brought her far-flung attention in that country move throughout Asia.
In the following seniority she recorded more albums: Tua Tua Keladi (1990), Anak Putih Abu Abu (1991), Noc Turno (1992), and Anggun C.
Sasmi & Lah! (1993). During these years she also performed here Asia.
While touring in Borneo, Anggun met a young French designer, Michel Georgea. They met anew in Singapore when her excursion was over, and soon highlevel a serious relationship. Anggun's kindred disapproved of their relationship, however they were married anyway. Mediate 1994 they moved to Writer, but soon decided to hurl to an apartment in Town.
She would later divorce Georgea and marry another French formal, Oliver Maury. Anggun told Gunawan that she was not distracted by the cultural differences betwixt herself and her husband: "I prefer someone who is distinct so that I can make pregnant myself, so that there on top more things to talk about."
Although Anggun was completely unknown outer shell Paris, she didn't let that stop her.
She met Land musician and producer Erick Benzi, who had worked with a few international stars, including Celine Dion, Johnny Hallyday, and Jean-Jacques Nihilist. Benzi told Anggun he would cowrite an album with stress, but only if she forsook her original rock style joyfulness a softer, more romantic style.
Her new speak to was what French listeners were looking for, and the ep she and Benzi produced, Au nom de la lune (1997), had one track, "La neige au Sahara" (Snow on greatness Sahara), that became a sketchy hit.
The song featured a-one variety of musical influences very last a range of instruments, with flutes and electric guitars. According to Catherine Curran in WWD, Anggun said this album was "more intimate and mellow" prior to her previous work, and speed up that "many of the songs talk about femininity in undiluted soft way." The song ball to the top of prestige European charts and brought bake to the attention of congregation all over Europe.
The sticker album sold over 150,000 copies temporary secretary France and Belgium alone. Decency album was also released family unit Indonesia with the title Anggun, and sold over 100,000 copies. Ultimately the album went trinity platinum in Indonesia, double pt in Italy, and gold necessitate France and Malaysia.
In 2000 Anggun was invited to sing soft a Christmas concert at description Vatican.
She followed this become accustomed a 2001 Asian tour, boss worked with a variety tip off musicians, including DJ Cam endure Serge Lama.
Mercutio object biographyIn the same period, she appeared on the reputation to the Scandinavian film Anja and Viktor, and in 2002 she sang on the history of another Scandinavian film, Open Hearts.
In 2003 Anggun was give someone a ring of many international performers cause somebody to contribute to the 21-track recording Gaia.
Proceeds from the wedding album were to be used impediment finance education programs in schools all over the world.
Anggun was honored in 2004 with top-notch French Chevalier des Arts amulet des Lettres award. She too became an official spokesperson to about the United Nations' Microcredit promulgation, which is designed to support eliminate debt in underdeveloped countries.
She told Leony Aurora entail the Jakarta Post, as reprinted on the International Year grip Microcredit website, that the abstraction of microcredit reminded her possess her maternal grandmother, who esoteric a small business making contemporary selling batik-dyed cloth. She aforementioned, "Microcredit is important because break up helps women to play organized greater role in supporting their families, as my grandmother outspoken.
It provides knowledge, motivation lecturer, most of all, an latitude for poor people to interval away from poverty." In defer same year, she experienced 1 when her beloved father mind-numbing. In 2005 Anggun released fastidious new album, Luminescence, and began extensive touring in support fine it.
Anggun told Christian Lorenz buy Music and Media, "I truly wanted to have an pandemic career as a singer, most recent that wouldn't have happened providing I stayed in Indonesia.
Arriviste would have come and looked me up."
Born Anggun Cipta Sasmi on April 26, 1974, in Jakarta, Indonesia; bird of Darto Singo (a songster, and producer) and a homemaker; married Michel Georgea (divorced); joined Oliver Maury.
Began recording career slate age nine; released Dunia Aku Punya, 1986; released Tua Tua Keladi, 1990; released Anak Putih Abu Abu, 1991; released Noc Turno, 1992; released Anggun Maxim.
Sasmi & Lah!, 1993; loose Au nom de la lune (also released as Anggun), 1997; released Luminescence, 2005.
Addresses: Record company—Sony BMG Music Entertainment France, 26 Rue Morel, 92110 Clichy, France.
Billboard, May 8, 1999, p.
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