Wednesday, April 25, 2007

TOP 5 WELL KNOWN CELEBRITIES IN MALAYSIA

SITI NURHALIZA




She is currently one of the most successful Malaysian singers. To date, she has gathered more than 100 awards. She won a singing competition in year 1995 when she was 16.She begin her singing career during the year and her first album was a great success, and paved the way for successful subsequent albums. Her songs spanning a broad range of genres, such as pop, R & B, and traditional Malay. Her voice and lyrics proved popular with teenagers and adults throughout Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei and Indonesia
She held a successful solo concert at the prestigious 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 to see the concert.
In Malaysia also, she's known as one of the successful 'brand' businesswoman. She has been touted as one of the 'Most Richest Artistes' in Malaysia.





M. NASIR





He is the most well known composer and singer in Malaysia. He also popular as the macho guy in his movie acting. M. Nasir began his career in the artistic and music scene after obtaining his diploma in western painting from the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, in Singapore in 1978. At that time, he was very involved in writing lyrics and acting in plays. It was while singing with a local band, that he attracted the attention of Wan Ibrahim, then Executive Producer of Polygram Singapore, who introduced him to the record company.
His acting career stemmed from his early theatre days and his debut film was Kembara Seniman Jalanan. He also appeared in “Fenomena, Selubung, Balada, Simfoni Duniaku and Merah,” the latter he also directed.
Nasir has acted in a number of television blockbuster dramas including “Hambali Seorang Jenderal, Ilhamku and Salam Taj Mahal.”


SAIFUL APEK






Mohd Saifulazam b. Mohammad Yusoff also known as Saiful Azam Senario or Saiful Apek, is a famous comedian in Malaysia. He was born on August 15, 1969 in Gombak, Selangor, Malaysia. He started his career as a comedian with Senario, a group of comedian for tv commercial. Since he joined the group he became more popular and he left the group on 2004 and start involve in movie acting. To date, he has act more than 30 films. He has won more than 50 awards.
He also own a production house called “Gitu-gitu Production” and produced movies and dramas. He was the 1st millionaire comedian in Malaysia.


MAWI




Asmawi bin Ani, better known as Mawi, is a Malaysian singer and a winner of Malaysia's most popular reality show named Akademi Fantasia season 3. Mawi had created a new phenomenon in the Malaysian music industry by becoming the most influential singer in 3 years. With his first album sold more than 200,000 copies in Malaysia, Mawi onset his singing career with flying colours and encountered wild gossip and controversies. He became a millionaire in 5 months after winning the reality show.


RAIHAN




Raihan (Fragrance of Heaven in Arabic) is a Malaysian Nasheed group originally composed of five members that took Malaysia by storm with the release of their debut album Puji-Pujian in October of 1996. This group comprised of Nazrey Johani, Che Amran Idris, Abu Bakar Md Yatim and Azhari Ahmad as the leader. However, on 29 August 2001, one of the founding members/header, Azhari Ahmad, died of a heart attack shortly after attending the Era Awards ceremony in Genting Highlands, Pahang.

The remaining four members, Nazrey Johani, Che Amran Idris, Abu Bakar Md Yatim and Amran Ibrahim have continued releasing album after album. So far, Raihan has released a total of 11 albums and has won many awards in Malaysia. To date, Raihan had won AIM Anugerah Kembara three time for their extensive international tours.

Nazrey Johani recently resigned from Raihan and is replaced by Nordin Jaafar. However, in early January 2007, Nordin Jaafar himself resigned from Raihan[1]. His replacement is still unannounced[2] but has been seen performing with Raihan.

Raihan's motto is 'Pray Hard, Work Smart'.

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