Rossa (singer)

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Sri Rossa Roslaina Handiyani, also known as Rossa, also known Teteh Ocha by fans in Indonesia or Dato' Rossa Roslaina in Malaysia (born October 9, 1978, in Sumedang, West Java, Indonesia), is an Indonesian singer and business woman. She remains one of the most popular artists in Indonesian and Malay-speaking countries, and one of the best selling Indonesian artist all of time based on album sales, selling over 10 million copies in the region. Her second compilation album, The Best of Rossa, ranked 10th on the List of Indonesian all time best selling albums. and her solo album Love, Life & Music successfully broke the Indonesian Record World Museum (MURI) as the highest selling Indonesian album of all time with over 100.000 copies sold in a day.

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Career

Rossa debuted as a singer when she was 9 years old with her first album "Gadis Ingusan" in 1989. In 1990, she released her second album named "Untuk Sahabatku" under the supervision of Dian Records/Pro-Sound. However, her second album was not yet successful.

Rossa's success as a singer came when she released "Nada-Nada Cinta" in 1996 under the guidance of Younky Soewarno. This album sold more than 750,000 copies and the single "Nada-Nada Cinta" was ranked 2nd on MTV Ampuh Indonesia for 18 weeks under Indonesia's all time MTV Chart List section. This song was also ranked 1st in the category of Song of the year MTV Ampuh Indonesia. Besides her activity as a singer, she was also an actress in the soap opera entitled "Dua Sisi Mata Uang."

In 1999, Rossa released her new album "Tegar", this album wend platinum four times, with which Rossa was awarded four Platinum Awards. She won an MTV Indonesia Award in 2000 as the favourite female artist, the Potential Star award by Bintang Magazine and the Magical Star by Cek&Ricek. The single "Tegar" was also used for soap opera entitled "Suami, Istri & Dia," on RCTI. In the year 2000, the album "Tegar" was also released in Malaysia under BMG Music.

At the end of July, 2000, Rossa released her new album entitled "Hati Yang Terpilih" exclusively for the soap opera in RCTI with the same title. Outside Indonesia, Rossa actively performed in events such as the Asian Music Festival and My Love in Hanoi, Vietnam on October 26, 2000. She also won the Anugrah Musik Indonesia (AMI Awards) award in 2001. Her second single "Biarkan Cinta itu Ada" from the album "Tegar" was also used as the soundtrack of the soap opera "Tersayang" in Brunei Darussalam in 2001.

Rossa graduated from the Faculty of Social and Political Science, University Indonesia (UI) in February 2002. The same year, she released an album entitled "Kini" which is dominated by ballads. She received the honor of "Best Female Solo Artist" at the Indonesian Music Awards (6th AMI Awards, 2002) for her album's achievement of being sold at approximately 500,000 copies. Two years later, she played as an actress in the soap opera entitled "Perisai Kasih" with her song "Kepastian" as its original soundtrack.

The album "Kini" was relaunched by Rossa with the addition of a new song titled "Malam Pertama" composed by Melly Goeslaw exclusively for the soap opera with the same title. This album went double platinum in 2004. In December 2004, Rossa released a new album entitled "Kembali." One year later (2005), Rossa was chosen as an MTV Exclusive Artist (Malaysia, January, 2005). The album "Kembali" was released by Rossa in Malaysia on May 12, 2005 under the guidance of Suria Record with her mini concert being held at Planet Hollywood, Malaysia on May 23, 2005 for promotion. She was also awarded "The Best Female Singer" by the Pop-Anugerah Musik Indonesia (AMI Awards, 9th, 2005).

In the same year (2005), Rossa contributed in the making of the compilation album entitled "From Us to U" to salute the legendary singer and artist, Titiek Puspa. In this album, Rossa was trusted to sing a legendary song "Cinta" that belonged to Titiek Puspa. Rossa also sang "Marilah Kemari" with various artists who were also involved in the making of this album.

Rossa was also nominated for an award by MTV Asia Awards on February 28, 2006 in Bangkok as one of the representatives of Indonesia. On December 26, 2006, Rossa launched her newest album entitled "Yang Terpilih" with three hits songs; "Terlalu Cinta", "Atas Nama Cinta", and "Tak Termiliki." "Atas Nama Cinta" was chosen as the soundtrack of the soap opera "Cinta Fitri" by MD Entertainment. In Malaysia, the album "Yang Terpilih" was released on May 16, 2007. She also won an award from Anugrah Industri Muzik (AIM 15th, 2008) as "Best Malay Song Performed by a Foreign Artist."

One month before 2008 began, Rossa again showed her talents as an Indonesian Music Diva with the release of a new single entitled "Ayat-Ayat Cinta" which was exclusively made for film "Ayat-Ayat Cinta," which aired on February 28, 2008. This single has won a lot of award such as "The Best Female Singer" Category by the Pop-Anugerah Musik Indonesia (AMI Awards 11th, 2008), The Most Popular Singer (SCTV Awards, 2008), The best favorite singer (SWA Magazine), and Best Malay Song Performed by a Foreign Artist - Anugerah Industri Muzik (AIM 16th, 2009).

Rossa also performed "Takdir Cinta" and "Tercipta Untukku ft. Ungu." in Malaysia. The single (Ayat-ayat Cinta) broke the record by being the most downloaded song with around 700,000 downloads. Rossa also had the chance to perform at the Asian Night Olympic Games in Beijing, China (2008) as the representative of Indonesia.

Rossa's single concert on November 26, 2008, with the assistance of Jay Subiyakto and Erwin Gutawa, was finally realized with the title "Persembahan Cinta" in the Jakarta Convention Centre (JCC) accompanied by UNGU and Melly Goeslaw as her special guests. The tickets sold out three weeks before the concert with attendees numbering around 6000.

Rossa released a new album entitled "Rossa (Self-Titled)" January 14, 2009. The single of this album was entitled "Terlanjur Cinta", a duet with Pasha (UNGU). The same year, Rossa was awarded "The Best Inspiring Woman (Kartini Awards, 2009)" and "The Best Video Clip Inbox Awards 2009." Rossa was also awarded in Malaysia as "The Best Malay Song Performed by a Foreign Artist-Anugerah Industri Muzik (AIM 16th, 2009)." On May 23, 2010, Rossa held a mega concert entitled "Melodi Cinta" in stadium Putra, Bukit Jalil, Malaysia with more than 12,000 attendees. This concert also introduced special guests; Ungu, ST12, Aizat, Permata Seni Choir, Permata Seni Muzik Tunas, Yovie Widianto heading the Orchestra, and Jay Subiyakto as the Art Director. This mega concert was supported by Datin Paduka Seri Rosmah Mansor (the Malaysian Prime Minister's Wife), Ibu Linda Gumelar and Bapak Agum Gumelar.

Having experienced such success with the mega concert, Rossa actively released a new album entitled "Harmoni Jalinan Nada & Cerita" with 3 popular songs; "Memeluk Bulan", "Jagad Khayalku", and "Ku Menunggu." Rossa was awarded by Halo Selebriti as The Most Popular Female Artist, The Best Female Song-SCTV Music Awards 2010 (for "Rossa" album), The Best Malay Song Performed by a Foreign Artist-Anugerah Industri Muzik (AIM 18th, 2011) for single "Ku Menunggu," and The Best Female Singer-Anugerah Planet Muzik (APM 10th, 2011) for album "Harmoni Jalinan Nada & Cerita.

October 11th, 2011. Rossa held her own concert outside of Indonesia, in Esplanade, Singapore. The concert was entitled "Harmoni Cinta." At this concert, Rossa launched her new single, "Aku Bersahaja" which was sung together with "Taufik Batisah." This concert was attended by 1,800 fans. At the end of 2011, Rossa released an album entitled "The Best of Rossa" in Indonesia, with 3 popular songs; "Jangan Ada Dusta Diantara Kita" ft. Broery Marantika, "Tak Sanggup Lagi", and "One Night Lover" ft. Joe Flizzow. 2 more songs were added to this album for the international market "Ku Pinang Kau Dengan Bismillah", and "Aku Bersahaja". In Indonesia, this album sold 1,5 million copies and it was ranked 10th on the list of Indonesian all time best selling albums. Along with this album, Rossa won awards of International and National acknowledgement. In addition, the duet with Joe Flizzow "One Night Lover" delivered Rossa as a singer in New York Fashion Week (2012), and her name was listed in Global Grind, a well-known entertainment website in the US.

Apart from her activity as a singer, Rossa also expanded her activities into the family karaoke business, and established Diva Family Karaoke. Currently, Diva Family Karaoke is one of the biggest family karaoke establishments in Indonesia. She was also appointed by Fremantle Media as one of the judges for X-Factor Indonesia (Season 1) and with her coaching her contestant won.

Rossa was endowed with a title of nobility from Keraton Surakarta as "Kanjeng Mas Ayu Tumenggung Sri Rossa Swarakaloka", as well as the title of nobility from the Pahang Kingdom, Malaysia, as "Dato (Darjah Indera Mahkota)." Rossa is the only one singer from Indonesia to be given this prestigious title.

In the end of year 2013, Rossa released the single "Salahkah" along with Malaysian Singer, Hafiz Suip, which was exclusively made for the Malaysian soap opera "Bukan Kerana Aku Cinta." This song received five nominations in World Music Award under the following categories; World's Best Female Artist, World's Best World's Live Act, World's Best Song, World's Best Entertainer of the Year, and World's Best Video. This song was also included in her latest album entitled "Love, Life & Music."

At the launching of her latest album "Love, Life and Music" in May 2014. Rossa successfully broke the Indonesian Record World Museum (MURI) with the Oriflame version of her album selling 100,000 copies, and the original version of this album winning the triple platinum award. Rossa plotted "Hijrah Cinta" for the Indonesian market and it was used as the soundtrack of the Indonesian film "Hijrah Cinta". For the international market, Rossa plotted "Salahkah ft. Hafiz" as the hit single. Afterwards, Fremantle Media appointed Rossa as one of judges of the X-Factor Indonesia Season 2 and again she won with her contestant. This album was awarded the Multi-Platinum Awards on January 30, 2015.

The Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy of Republik Indonesia appointed Rossa to sing the jingles "Pesona Indonesia" and "Wonderful Indonesia" as Indonesia tourism branding to go international. This campaign was promoted in the international media such as; Astro TV, National Geographic Australia, FX-Australia, Channel News Asia, FOX Channels, CCTV China, CNBC International, Channel 5, Channel 8, Channel U Singapore, MBN, MBC, TV3, TBS, TV Asahi Ch. 1, Channel 7, Channel 9, Aljazeera, Diva (Asia TV channel), Discovery Channel, Travel Living Channel/AFC, CNN International, BBC World, Sport Channels, Time Square New York and many more.

Rossa held a concert in 2015 at Istana Budaya (Malaysia) entitled "Malam Keajaiban Cinta Dato Rossa" that gained an audience of 2000 fans per night. Rossa created magic, the first Indonesian artist to hold two days of concerts at the Istana Budaya (Malaysia), which also broke the record as the most expensive tickets sold for a concert, the price itself being RM 1,500. In addition, Rossa also held a concert in Persada Johor International Convention Centre entitled "Pesona Cinta Dato Rossa" with 1,800 attendees.

In early January 2016, Rossa held a concert again at Istana Budaya (Malaysia) entitled "Raja & Rakyat Berpisah Tiada" along with 7 Malaysian singers to commemorate Sultan Pahang's birthday. This concert successfully broke the record of the most expensive ticket prices at RM 5,000.

Rossa created a new single "Jangan Hilangkan Dia" from Ryan D'Masiv, arranged by an International musician, Tushar Apte. The song was first released in 4 countries and was ranked number 1 in "iTunes Soundtrack" for 6 months. Afterwards, Rossa went to LA in July to record her latest album, with Mitch Allan as her vocal producer. Rossa also performed at the event "21 Asian Television Awards" on December 2, 2016 as a representative from Indonesia.

On April 5, 2017, Rossa produced a new album entitled "A New Chapter" which incorporated new genres such as EDM, Electronic Pop and Urban with the support from International Musicians from Hollywood who had previously worked with international singers Demi Lovato, Justin Bieber, One Direction, Rihanna and many more. This album has 4 English songs and the remaining 5 are in Indonesian.

Rossa herself is the First Asian Artist Who Collaborated with a World Class Musician, namely Mitch Allan, Tushar Apte, Fiona Bevan, Stuart Chricton, Gatlin Green, Hugo Lira, Thomas Gustafsson, Negin Djafari, Steve Shebby, Joleen Belle, Michelle Buzz, & Nikki Leonti when producing this album.

Her new English single entitled "Body Speak" enabled Rossa to be the "First Indonesia Artist" who made an appearance on MTV Asia Spotlight Artist for 1 whole month. According to Peter Coquillard, the Executive Producer for the 4 English songs on the new album, namely "A New Chapter", these songs were initially planned for Celine Dion's new album in the future but Rossa was proud to be given the honor to sing these songs.

To commemorate the 21 years of her career in the music industry, Rossa deployed a concert entitled "The Journey of 21 Dazzling Years" at the Jakarta Convention Center (JCC) with the help of Jay Subiyakto as Art Director and Tohpati as the head of the Orchestra. This concert was attended by a crowd of 6000. Her latest album, "A New Chapter" went four times platinum on October 4, 2017. Rossa is believed to be singing a title for the soundtrack of the film "Ayat-Ayat Cinta 2" entitled "Bulan Dikekang Malam" that was released on 20 October 2017.

Rossa also held another sold out concert at Esplanade, Singapore in 2017 also based on The Journey of 21 Dazzling Years. In early 2018, Rossa released some new single likes "Pernah Memiliki (feat. D'Masiv), Bukan Maksudku (taken from the album "A New Chapter") and The Good Is Back (feat. Anggun)". Rossa received prestigious "Intellectual Property Award 2018" by Indonesia Directorate General of Intellectual Property Rights for her contribution for Music Indonesia. She's also awarded by SCTV Music Awards 2018 as "The Best Female Singer" for her song "Bulan Dikekang Malam" original soundtrack film "Ayat-Ayat Cinta 2".

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Discography

Children's albums

• Gadis Ingusan (1989)
• Untuk Sahabatku (1990)

Studio albums

• Nada-Nada Cinta (1996)
• Tegar (1999)
• Hati Yang Terpilih (2000)
• Kini (2002)
• Kini (Repackaged Edition) (2003)
• Kembali (2004)
• Yang Terpilih (2006)
• Rossa (2009)
• Harmoni Jalinan Nada & Cerita (2010)
• The Best of Rossa (2011)
• Platinum Collection (2013)
• Love, Life and Music (2014)
• Rossa The History (2014)
• A New Chapter (2017)

Singles

• Setinggi Mimpi Mereka - UNICEF Themesong (2008)
• Sang Surya - OST. Sang Pencerah (2010)
• Rasa Terindah (featuring Afgan & Pasha of Ungu) (2012)
• Bukan Cinta Biasa (featuring Bebi Romeo) (2013)
• Your Dreams Our Inspirations - Oriflame Themesong (2014)
• Pesona Indonesia & Wonderful Indonesia - Indonesia Tourism and Creative Economy Themesong (2015)
• Kebebasan - Yonder Music Indonesia Themesong (2016)
• Satu Indonesiaku (2017)
• Bright As The Sun - ASIAN GAMES 2018 Themesong (2017)
• Bulan Dikekang Malam OST. Ayat-Ayat Cinta 2 (2017)
• Hidup Itu Indah - Oriflame Themesong (2018)
• Pernah Memiliki (featuring D'Masiv) (2018)
• The Good Is Back (featuring Anggun) (2018)

Compilation albums

• From Us To U (Tribute to Titiek Puspa) (2005)
• OST. Ayat-Ayat Cinta (2007)
• Sinar Lebaran (Malaysia Edition) (2009)
• OST. Cinta Fitri (2010)
• OST. Sang Pencerah (2010)
• Takbir Raya (Malaysia Edition) (2011)
• Bebi Romeo Materpiece "Bebi Romeo album" (2012)
• KFC Adu Bintang (2013)
• Havoc (Malaysia Edition) "Joe Flizzow album" (2013)
• OST. Soekarno (2013)
• Anugerah-Mu (Malaysia Edition) (2014)
• Melodi Melankolik (Malaysia Edition) (2014)
• The Best of Nada Kita (2017)
• OST. Ayat-Ayat Cinta 2 (2017)

Solo concerts

• Persembahan Cinta (Jakarta Convention Center, Indonesia) - 2008
• Persembahan Cinta Mini (Bandung & Surabaya) - 2009
• Mini Cerita Cinta (Road tour Indonesia & Malaysia) - 2009
• Melodi Cinta Rossa (Stadium Nasional Bukit Jalil, Malaysia) - 2010
• Harmoni Cinta Rossa (Esplanade, Singapore) - 2011
• K-20 Special Rossa (Kompas TV) - 2013
• Malam Keajaiban Cinta (Istana Budaya, Malaysia) - 2015
• Pesona Cinta Rossa (Persada Convention Center, Malaysia) - 2015
• The Journey of 21 Dazzling Years (JCC, Jakarta) - April 2017
• The Journey of 21 Dazzling Years (Esplanade, Singapore) - November 2017
• A New Chapter (Bali, Indonesia) - December 2017

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Soap opera

• Dua Sisi Mata Uang (2000)
• Perisai Kasih (2002)

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Music competitions

• Judges Indonesian Idol Season 6 - 2010
• Mentor X-Factor Indonesia Season 1 - 2013 (Winner)
• Mentor X-Factor Indonesia Season 2 - 2015 (Winner)
• Judges 3 Juara Malaysia ('Ballad' category) - 2016 (Winner)

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TV show

• A Night To Remember (Trans TV) (2016)

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Brand ambassador

• Sumber Ayu scrub & betel leaf soap (2006)
• Zink shampoo (2007)
• Pantene Indonesia (2011-present)
• Kintakun (2012)
• Oriflame Indonesia (2013-present)
• Pesona Indonesia & Wonderful Indonesia (2015-present)
• Pita Pink Indonesia (2015-present)

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Business

• House of Rossa
• Diva Family Karaoke (50 outlet in 2015)
• Villa Paya-Paya, Bali (one of the best villa in the world)
• Kain Made in Indonesia
• Paloma
• Rossa Eau De Parfum (Indonesia & Malaysia)
• Rossa Beauty
• Minang Mande Cake (4 outlet)

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Awards music

• www.rossaofficial.com

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References

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External links

• Official website
• Rossa at AllMusic
• Rossa discography on iTunes
• Rossa discography on Discogs
• Rossa on Twitter

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