Friday, March 19, 2010

Anggun Cipta Sasmi biography


Anggun Cipta Sasmi (born April 29, 1974, in Jakarta) is an Indonesian singer/songwriter. Her name means “Grace born out of a dream” in Indonesian. Anggun is also the highest-selling Asian artist outside Asia and made a history for being the first Asian artist to break into international music scene. She is best known in Europe, particularly in France and Italy, as well as in several parts of Asia.

At a young age, Anggun decided to follow in her father, Darto Singo’s footsteps, and become an entertainer. During her early years, she was influenced by rock sounds of native Javanese artists and the rock & roll icon, Elvis Presley. She was educated in Catholic schools because her father wanted Anggun to have a high quality education, although she is a Muslim. Anggun began performing at age 7 and recorded her first album two years later. By the time Anggun was 17, she was a successful national rock star.

Agnes Monica biography


Agnes Monica, born in July 1st 1986 is a stunning young actress from Indonesia. In Indonesian, she is known as a talented teenage. She can dance, sing and acting.

Started her in the age of 6. That time she is only a host of child program and a singer. To be honest, her album that time wasnt a big hit in Indonesia. Since in that period not many children in Indonesia bought cassette of a child singer. Then at the age of 12 years old, she entered acting world. Lupus Milenia is her first series. Not to succesfull but the series led her to the other series that surely a big hit in Indonesia. ” Pernikahan Dini ” in 2001 has made her won several awards in Indonesia.

Then, in 2003 she decided to released her first mature album called” the Story Goes “. Its a big sucess in Indonesia with the singles “Bilang Saja “, ” Jera “, ” Cinta Mati “. Then, in 2005 she released her second album ” Whaddup A “. Her second album is a sucess too. It sold 50000 copies in 10 days. Its big for indonesian singer. She is the only singer in Indonesia who has her own dance group called ” nezindahood “, the dancer always come along whenever Agnes perform.

Some people said that Agnes Monica is a role model for the teenager. Because even tough she is an actress, she still concern on her education ( she is a law student ), she is very mature and she always has a plan for her future. This year, onw of her plan is ” Go International “. Thats why she is leaning Chinese Languange even more. And as the result she played in 2 Taiwan Series ” Romance in the White House ” with Peter Ho and ” The Hospital ” with Jerry Yan. Altough she is not the leading role in the 2 series, its a big step for her and for Indonesian actress.

Bio of Agnes Monica, written by Agnezone:

3.14 in the morning

and I have this question in my mind

Who is Agnes Monica ?

An actress?

A singer?

A dancer?

Well, when the Agmonz group wanted to make a fan site for Agnes Monica , I really get excited with that idea (For you who ask why am I excited, the answer is because I’m a big fans of her. Now you can see the connection J ). For sure, I really don’t know what comes through my mind that time which make my hand typed “ Let me be the one who write about her biography, please” I even typed the word “please” 3 times as I remembered. In addition that time I didn’t think that this job will become a very hard work to me. Now, don’t dare to ask me whether it is a hard work or not because I will say loudly to you “ Yep, it’s very hard ” but when you ask me am I feel sorry because I chose the biography section and not the other I will answer it “ No ” although its hard but I feel really proud because I can share my opinion about Agnes with all of you.

Hm . . enough introduction for me and get back to the question. After thinking the answer for about 2 days, I finally get the answer. The answer is short and simple. She is a phenomenon.

Why is she a phenomenon?

Ok, don’t blame me for saying that she is a phenomenon. Because I can give you a lot of reason for that. Let me take you to a little journey to her early career until she is now. some say that she is controversial. Some say that she is arogant. But, oh well we all know that she is ” something ” in Indonesia Music Industry. In my point of view when you decide to become an entertainer then you have to do it righly in other words dont end up become someone that no one will remember. Agnes Monica always brought a big controversy whether its about her fashion, her songs and even her hairstyle. But the controversy make her unforgetable.

Name: Agnes Monica
Name: Agnes Monica Muljoto
Also known as: Nez, Aggy, Agnes
Profession: Singer, Actress
Birthdate: 1986-Jul-01
Birthplace: Indonesia
Family: Brother (Steve Muljoto), Mother (Jenny Siswono), Father (Ricky Muljoto)
Management: Entertainment Inc.
Education: Law Student in Pelita Harapan University

Faye Wong Biography



王菲 (Faye Wong), also known as 王靖雯. Born August 8, 1969 in Beijing, China, is a popular singer in Asia, especially mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, and more recently in Japan and to some extent in the West.

She is believed by critics and fans alike to be one of the most commercially and artistically distinguished singers in Chinese pop music history, with a following so large and devoted that media in Hong Kong, Taiwan, and mainland China often place the title tiānhòu, (天后; diva or goddess) before her name, while Japanese fans call her “Diva of Asia”. Shy, intensely private, and unsocial, she is one of the very few people widely popular on both sides of the Taiwan straits despite her aggressive avoidance of the media. Not only admired openly by well-known celebrities around the world (most likely Asian ones), she was also labeled as the gay icon among the gay community.

According to The Guinness Book of Records she sold 9.7 millons copies of all her albums as of March 2000.

She has acted in several TV shows and films, most memorably in Wong Kar-wai’s Chungking Express, a role that garnered her international acclaim. She also won the award for “Best Actress” at the 1994 Stockholm Film Festival. Her most recent movie, 2046, she stars as an android and one of Tony Leung’s love interests.

She is known not only to many Final Fantasy fans from her famous song “Eyes On Me”, which was used in the game Final Fantasy VIII and in its promotional campaign in 1998, but also as one of the faces of such brand advertisements as Head & Shoulders shampoo and Pepsi-Cola.

Faye Wong also sung a cover of the theme song for the well-acclaimed blockbuster film Hero, and the song is available on the movie’s sound track.

She was previously married to Dou Wei, and had one daughter with him. She is now married to mainland actor Li Ya-Peng, and recently had another daughter with him.

Musical career

Born in Beijing, People’s Republic of China, she was originally named Xia Lin (Chinese: 夏琳; pinyin: Xià Lín), adopting her mother’s maiden name because the Wang family was persecuted during the Cultural Revolution (her grandfather was a Republic of China congressman when it governed the mainland). At the age of 15, several years after the turmoil ended, her name was changed to Wang Fei (王菲). She inherited a talent for music from her mother, who was a soprano, and recorded several low-cost albums in high school covering the songs of Teresa Teng, her personal idol.

Modest beginnings

In 1987, she moved with her family to Hong Kong and began her musical career after a brief stint as a model, sometimes using the stage name “Miss Charm”. She signed a contract with Cinepoly and released three albums under the stage name Shirley Wong (Chinese: 王靖雯; pinyin: Wáng Jìng Wén, Cantonese: Wong Ching Man). Containing a large number of covers of songs by artists from the US and Japan, these albums attracted little attention and a lukewarm response from critics. Frustrated with her career direction, she decided to take some time off in 1991 and travel to New York for vocal studies and cultural exchange. This brief hiatus would prove to be important for her artistic development.

During her absence, Cinepoly released a few compilations repackaging songs from her three albums, thereby keeping her somewhat visible at the record stores.

A year after returning to Hong Kong, she burst into the spotlight with her 1992 album Coming Home, which incorporated R&B influences like her previous two and was a drastic change in musical direction from the more traditional Cantopop fare of her earlier albums. On this album, she covered the song “Fragile Woman,” originally sung by the Japanese music diva Miyuki Nakajima. While this song had been covered by other Chinese singers, her angelic version nonetheless swept over Hong Kong and single-handedly lifted her to superstardom. The album also included her first English-language song, “Kisses in the Wind”; she is on record as stating that this is her personal favourite song. In 1992-93 she also starred in TVB shows such as Files of Justice II (壹號皇庭II) and Legendary Ranger (原振俠).

For Coming Home and all subsequent releases, she changed her stage name back to her original name “Wong Fei” (王菲). Not satisfied to rest on her laurels, she wrote the Mandarin lyrics for the ballad “No Regrets” (執迷不悔) in 1993, which led many people to praise her not just as a talented singer but as a gifted songwriter as well; in February, the similarly titled album was released and became an instant best-seller. Although the songs were mostly more soft contemporary arrangements, like most of what was being traditionally released in Hong Kong, it also had a few dance songs and two versions of the title track: Wong’s Mandarin song, and the other with Cantonese lyrics by Chen Shao Qi (the Mandarin version is by far the more popular one)

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