Showing posts with label Top Singer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Top Singer. Show all posts

Thursday, November 26, 2009

Top Singer Indonesia : Anggun Cipta Sasmi

Anggun C Sasmi is is an Indonesian singer/songwriter with French citizenship. Anggun was born on 29th April 1974 in Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia. Her full name is Anggun Cipta Sasmi. Her father is Darto Singo (a famous singer and producer in Indonesia). Anggun Cipta Sasmi started her career as a singer when her age was 7 year, she recorded her first album with children's song.

Anggun C Sasmi is her famous name in Indonesia, She was interested in rock music. Her second heavily rock influenced album is "Dunia Aku Punya", that in the Indonesian language mean "World of mine". This album became very popular, It's made her as a megastar in East Asia.


Anggun returned to the studio to record new albums in 1990 with her solo sing of song "Tua Tua Keladi" and "Mimpi", and Anggun C Sasmi released her next album "Anak Putih Abu Abu". Again in the 1992 she appeared on TV with her new music album "Noc Turno".

In 1992, Anggun began a relationship with Michel Georgea, a French man, whom she had met the year before in Kalimantan while touring. Anggun C Sasmi became the youngest singer to found her own record company (Bali Cipta Record), and released what would be her final Indonesian studio album, Anggun C. Sasmi... Lah!!! in 1993.

On 1994, She left Indonesia and decided to pursue an international career. After a year in London, Anggun C Sasmi settled in Paris, France and met producer Erick Benzi (who previously had worked with Celine Dion, Jean-Jacques Goldman and Johnny Hallyday, among others), who later helped her sign a record deal with Sony Music France and recorded her first French album, Au Nom de la Lune, in 1996.


Anggun C Sasmi is the first Indonesian artist who appear in MTV Asia, Hong Kong. She launched a video music with her unique performance, she is wearing her tomboy style on her single album "Kembalilah Kasih (Kita Harus Bicara)".

Erick Benzi look at on her improvement, He offered to the Anggun C Sasmi a record deal and on the same year, Anggun signed to Sony Music and Columbia France. She also success in learning French language, By this reason Benzi made debut album with her as well as a handful of musicians and songwriters, including Jacques Veneruso, Gildas Arzel and Nikki Matheson.


The phenomenal success of Anggun began when the first single of the album, "La neige au Sahara", Anggun C Sasmi quickly became a top hit in France and Belgium. At the end of 2000 Anggun received an invitation from the Vatican, asking her to appear at a Christmas concert alongside a host of international stars including Bryan Adams. For the event, she gave her renditions of "Have Yourself a Little Merry Christmas" as well as "Still Reminds Me".

Her career continuously improve year by year. On 16 October 2009, Anggun was nominated Goodwill Ambassador of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Top Singer and Actor TV : Zac Efron

Zac Efron is an American actor and singer, He born on 18 October 1987 in San Luis Obispo, California, USA. His full name or birth name is Zachary David Alexander Efron, But his nick name was Zacquisha Hollywood Zefron. His father is David Efron, an engineer at a power plant. Zac Efron's mother is Starla Baskett, She is a former secretary who worked at the same power plant.

Zac Efron took his first step toward acting at the age of 11 when his parents took note of his singing ability. On the early 2000s, Zac Efron started his professional acting and became known to young audiences after his roles in the Disney Channel Original Movie High School Musical, the WB series Summerland, and the 2007 film version of the Broadway musical Hairspray.

As a singer, Zac Efron can singing lessons soon led to an appearance in the production of "Gypsy" that ran 90 performances and he was hooked. After appearing on-stage in "Peter Pan," "Auntie Mame", "Little Shop of Horrors" and "The Music Man", guest parts quickly followed on television series, including "Firefly" (2002), "ER" (1994), and "The Guardian" (2001).

After he became guest-starring in several episodes of "Summerland" (2004), Zac Efron joined the regular cast as girl-crazy Cameron Bale. He also starred in several pilots such as The Big Wide World of Carl Laemke (2003) and Triple Play (2004) in the TV. Zac Efron also recently starred as an autistic child in the television movie Miracle Run (2004), alongside Mary-Louise Parker and Aidan Quinn.


Zac Efron attended Pacific Conservatory of the Performing Arts, This is a community college located in Santa Maria, California. From there he learned how to get the opportunity to perform as a "young player", It was during the years of 2000 and 2001 ago. Zac Efron took his education and was graduated from Arroyo Grande High School in June 2006. After that, He continue his education at University of Southern California, but Zac Efron deferred his enrollment while he worked on film projects.

He has many interest in the sport like golf, skiing, rock climbing, and snowboarding. Zac Efron learn and play piano and guitar by him self at home. In 2006, Efron starred in the Disney Channel original movie High School Musical as Troy Bolton, the popular student and captain of the basketball team. Shortly after High School Musical aired, Efron debuted with two simultaneous charted songs on Billboard Hot 100 on February 4, 2006, with "Get'cha Head in the Game" and "Breaking Free", a duet with Vanessa Hudgens from the film.

Rolling Stone declared Zac Efron the "poster boy for tweenyboppers" and featured him in their late August 2007 issue, It's exactly before High School Musical 2 released on Television. However, Efron stated in interviews that he felt his future is that of a serious dramatic actor, not necessarily a singer.

Zac Efron became top IMDBPro's Star Meter as rank-1, indicating that he was the most searched celebrity. It's happened after High School Musical 2 released in August 2007. The film set a new record, becoming the most watched basic cable program in U.S. history, with 17.2 million viewers.


His career as actor movie again popular in early 2008, Efron was cast as the lead role in the film Me and Orson Welles. At quarter of 2009, Zac Efron signed on to play a role in the movie "The Death and Life of Charlie St. Cloud". He was revealed to be connected to the live action rendition of the Japanese anime Full Metal Panic, simply entitled "Panic".