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Anggun Cipta Sasmi (; born 29 April 1974), better known as Anggun C. Sasmi or more often
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ously as Anggun, is an
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-born
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singer-songwriter and television personality. Born in
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, she began performing at the age of seven and recorded a children's album two years later. With the help of Indonesian producer
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, Anggun released her first rock-influenced studio album, ''
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'' in 1986. She became further well known with the single "
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" (1989), which was listed as one of the 150 Greatest Indonesian Songs of All Time by ''
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''. She followed it with a series of singles and three more studio albums, which established her as one of the most prominent Indonesian female rock stars of the early 1990s. Anggun left Indonesia in 1994 to pursue an international career. After two years struggling in London and Paris, she met French producer
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, who produced her first international album, ''
Snow on the Sahara ''Snow on the Sahara'' (English version) / ''Au nom de la lune'' (French version) is the fifth studio album and first international release by Indonesian singer Anggun. The French version was first released in France on 24 June 1997 by Columbia R ...
'' (1997). Released in 33 countries, it became the best-selling album by an Asian artist outside Asia. Since then, Anggun has released another six studio albums as well as a soundtrack album to the Danish film ''
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'' (2002). Her singles, "
Snow on the Sahara ''Snow on the Sahara'' (English version) / ''Au nom de la lune'' (French version) is the fifth studio album and first international release by Indonesian singer Anggun. The French version was first released in France on 24 June 1997 by Columbia R ...
", "
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", and "
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", entered the ''Billboard'' charts in the United States, while " In Your Mind", "
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" and " I'll Be Alright" charted on the ''Billboard'' European Hot 100 Singles. She represented
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in the
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in
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,
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, with the song "
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". Anggun also ventured into television, becoming the judge for the pancontinental ''
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'', the French version of ''
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'', as well as the Indonesian versions of ''
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'', ''
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'', and ''
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''. Anggun is one of the Asian artists with the highest album sales outside Asia, with her releases being certified gold and platinum in some European countries. She is the first Indonesian artist to have success in European and American
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s. She has received a number of accolades for her achievements, including the Chevalier des Arts et Lettres from the
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, the
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for World's Best-Selling Indonesian Artist, and the
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for Outstanding Contribution to Asian Television Performing Arts. She also became the first Indonesian woman to be immortalized in wax by
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. Aside from her musical career, Anggun has been appointed as the global ambassador of the United Nations twice, first for the
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in 2005 and then for the
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(FAO) in 2009 onwards.


Life and career


1974–1993: Early life and career in Indonesia

Anggun was born and raised in
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. She is the second child and first daughter of Darto Singo, a Javanese writer, and Dien Herdina, a housewife from the Yogyakartan royal family. Her full name means "grace born of a dream" in Balinese. Despite being a Muslim, Anggun was sent to a
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to receive a better elementary education. At the age of seven, Anggun began receiving highly disciplined instruction in singing from her father. She trained daily, learning various vocal techniques. To help further develop her career, her mother began serving as her manager, accepting singing offers and handling business concerns. At the age of eleven, Anggun began to write her own songs and recorded her first children's album. As a preteen, Anggun was influenced by Western rock music artists. At the age of fourteen, she released her first official studio album, ''
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'' (1986). The album was produced by
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, an Indonesian rock musician. However, the album failed to establish her popularity. Three years later, Anggun achieved some fame after the release of the single "
Mimpi ''Mimpi'' (meaning ''Dream'') is a compilation album by Indonesian singer Anggun, features 2 hit singles "Mimpi" and "Bayang Bayang Ilusi". The album was released in 1989 under label Atlantic Records, Indonesia. The song "Mimpi" eventually got pl ...
"; the song was later ranked by the ''
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Indonesia'' magazine as one of the 150 Greatest Indonesian Songs of All Time. Anggun's fame continued to increase with the release of subsequent singles, most notably "
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" (1990), which became her most popular hit in Indonesia. After a string of successful singles, Anggun released the studio albums ''
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'' (1991) and '' Nocturno'' (1992). The former earned her the Most Popular Indonesian Artist 1990–1991 award. In 1992, Anggun began a relationship with Michel Georgea, a French engineer, whom she had met the year before in
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while touring. The couple married, despite a rumoured objection by Anggun's family, reportedly because they felt Anggun was too young . Georgea later became Anggun's manager. The following year, Anggun became the youngest Indonesian singer to found her own record company, Bali Cipta Records, and took complete creative control over her work. She produced her final Indonesian studio album, '' Anggun C. Sasmi... Lah!!!'' (1993), which yielded the number-one single "Kembalilah Kasih (Kita Harus Bicara)". By age nineteen, Anggun had sold over four million albums in Indonesia. She began to feel dissatisfied with her success in her country and began considering an international music career. Anggun later recalled: " y the timeI was 20, I'd made five albums. I'd built my own record company. I'd produced my last album and produced some Indonesian acts as well. And I said to myself: 'I'm tired! I cannot achieve more than I already have. There's no challenge anymore'."


1994–1996: Beginnings in Europe

In 1994, Anggun released '' Yang Hilang'', a
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of her Indonesian hits. She later sold her record company to fund her move to Europe, and moved to London for about a year. In a 2006 interview with ''Trax'' magazine, Anggun admitted to experiencing "culture shock" and having some serious financial problems while trying to start her new life in Europe, saying "I thought the money that I got by selling my record company was enough o sustain life in London but I began to lose money, little by little. I had to spend so much on taking cabs and eating! So I ended up taking buses everywhere and going to clubs to introduce myself as a singer." She also admitted that she "had to convert from being a shy, introverted, 'real' Javanese woman to being an unabashed, fearless, 'fake' Javanese woman." She began writing songs and recording
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, but after a few months, all the demos she had sent to record companies around the UK were returned with negative replies. She began thinking about moving to another country, and initially considered moving to the Netherlands, but later decided on France. In 1996, her international career began to advance; she was introduced to producer
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, who had previously worked with
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,
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and
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, by one of music legends in France named
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. Later, Anggun learned from
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about how a French artist act on stage and communicate with audiences by accompanying him on his concerts and shows. Instantly, he became Anggun's mentor. Impressed by Anggun's talent, Benzi immediately offered her a recording deal. Later that year, Anggun was signed to Columbia France and
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. After a brief French course at
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, Anggun began working on her debut album with Benzi, alongside
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,
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and Nikki Matheson. She learned French language by enjoying the French culture in terms of music, movie, literature, etc. One of her favorite TV series which helped Anggun to understand French was '' Hélène et les Garçons''.


1997–1999: ''Snow on the Sahara'' and international success

Erick Benzi wrote her a first song, " La Rose des vents", then an album called ''
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'' whose flagship title, ''
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'', was chosen as the first single. This launched his career and allowed him to become known to the general public. The album was first released in Japan in 1997 by Columbia, a subsidiary of Sony Music. This version includes nineteen songs, three of which are in French. It was published in France in 1998 with sixteen songs including fifteen in French. Finally in 1999, it was released in the United States under the title Snow on the Sahara with only eleven songs, all in English. The album is marketed in 35 countries and Anggun ensures the promotion (United States, Indonesia, Italy, etc.) for three years. She is accompanied by a group of French musicians composed of Patrick Buchmann (drums, percussion, vocals), Nicolas-Yvan Mingot (guitar), Yannick Hardouin (bass) and Patrice Clémentin (keyboards). Worldwide sales of the record exceed 900,000 copies and it is certified as a "double gold record". Following in June 1997, Anggun released her first French-language album, entitled ''
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''. The album was a huge artistic departure from Anggun's earlier rock style, experimenting with world music and more
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sounds. Anggun described the album as "a concentration of all the musical influences of my life. I want to introduce Indonesia, but in a progressive way, in a lyric, in a sound, and mainly through me." The album's first single, "
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", quickly became a hit in France, peaking at number 1 on the French Airplay Chart and number 16 on the French Singles Chart. It became the most played single in France of 1997, with a total of 7,900 radio
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s, and was certified
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for shipment of 250,000 copies. Two more commercial singles, "La rose des vents" and "Au nom de la lune", were released to modest chart success. The album peaked at number 34 on the
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and sold over 150,000 copies in France and Belgium. Anggun received a nomination for the La révélation de l'année award (''Revelation of the Year/Best New Artist'') in
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(a
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-equivalent in the French music scene). She attended and performed her song on French TV show, ''Tapis rouge'', and
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also attended as guest. They met each other in person for the first time and they sang
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's hits,
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together alongside other guest stars. The English version of the album, ''
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'', was released internationally in 33 countries throughout Asia, Europe, and America between late 1997 and early 1999. The album contained the songs on ''Au nom de la lune'', adapted to English by songwriter Nikki Matheson, and a cover version of the
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hit "
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". For the Southeast Asian market, Anggun included an Indonesian song, "Kembali", which became a huge hit in the region. American music critic
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from
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called the album "a promising debut effort" because "she illustrates enough full-formed talent on the disc". According to Erlewine, Anggun "tackles polished ballads, Latin-pop and dance-pop on ''Snow on the Sahara'', demonstrating that she can sing all the styles quite well." The album's first single, "
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" was a commercial success, reaching number one in Italy, Spain and several countries in Asia, and the top five on the UK Club Chart. The song was also used as the soundtrack for an international marketing campaign launched by the Swiss watchmaker
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. ''Snow on the Sahara'' has sold over 1.5 million copies worldwide and received the Diamond Export Sales Award. In North America, ''Snow on the Sahara'' was released in May 1998 by
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. Anggun went on an extensive tour for nine months in the United States to promote the album, including as a supporting act for several artists such as
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, as well as participating at the
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(performing with
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and
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on stage). She also appeared on American television programs such as ''
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'', ''
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'', ''
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'', and received a
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WorldBeat interview; she was also given coverage in printed media like ''
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'' and ''
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''. However, ''Snow on the Sahara'' was not much of a commercial success in the United States. The album peaked at number 23 on the ''Billboard'' Heatseekers Albums Chart and shipped 200,000 units. The single reached number 16 on the ''Billboard'' Hot Dance Music/Club Play and number 22 on the ''Billboard'' Adult Top 40.
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did a cover version of "Snow on the Sahara" song on her '' The Harem World Tour: Live from Las Vegas'' album in 2004. Also in 2008, Italian singer Ilaria Porceddu covered that song on her debut album called '' Suono naturale''. The album track "On the Breath of an Angel" was later used as the soundtrack of American television series ''
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'' and television film ''
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'', both of which aired on
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.


2000–2003: ''Chrysalis'', ''Open Hearts'', and collaborations

In 1999, Anggun ended her seven-year marriage to Michel Georgea; this inspired her to record another studio album. Her second French album, ''
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'', was released in September 1999. It was an artistic departure from ''Au nom de la lune'', experimenting with
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and ambient elements as well as R&B music. The album was again produced by Erick Benzi, but it featured some of Anggun's compositions. ''Désirs contraires'' failed to repeat the success of the previous album. It peaked at number 48 on the French Albums Chart and sold about 30,000 copies in France. Only two singles were released off the album: the tropical-sounding "
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" and the R&B-influenced " Derrière la porte". Both singles failed to achieve commercial success, although "Un geste d'amour" reached number 62 on the French Singles Chart. It was the English version of the album that enjoyed more success. ''
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'' was released at the same time as ''Désirs contraires'' and represented a huge artistic growth for Anggun, who had co-written the entire album. Distributed simultaneously in 15 countries, the album was never released in the United States due to the lackluster sales of her first album. The album spawned the hit single "
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", which received high airplay across Asia and Europe. It became her third number-one hit in Indonesia since her international career and her third top 20 single in Italy (peaking at number 17). It also reached the top five on the ''Music & Media'' European Border Breakers Chart. She released a single especially for the Indonesian and Malaysian market, "Yang 'Ku Tunggu" (the Indonesian version of "Un geste d'amour"), which became another number-one hit for Anggun in the region. In 2000, Anggun presented her second album, still under the aegis of Erick Benzi, Desires Contraires. The record received little promotion and went relatively unnoticed in France. It has exported well, especially to Indonesia (platinum record) and Italy (gold record). The album was released under the name Chrysalis in fifteen Asian countries simultaneously, including Singapore, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan and Japan. The song ''Tu nages'' on the track list of Désirs Contraires was also performed by
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on her album ''Une fille et quatre types'' in 2003. She joined
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concert called ''Echoes From Earth''. François Moity and Nicolas Yvan-Mingot compiled, rearranged, and recorded every soundtracks that played at the concert into an album. Anggun was the lead vocal on "Over The Hill Of Secrets" and "Songe D'Argile". She then made a mini-tour of ten dates inaugurated at
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on February 1, 2001, her first French stage. She announced her departure from her first label in January 2003, then moved to Montreal, Canada, to meet up with her then fiancé. She toured Indonesia and chose to accompany her the young Julian Cely, who had become her musical godson. At the end of 2000 Anggun received an invitation from the
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, asking her to appear at a special Christmas concert alongside
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and
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. For the event, she gave her renditions of "
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" as well as "Still Reminds Me". Her performance was also included on the ''Noël au Vatican'' disc compilation. The following month, she started a tour across Asia and Europe, including her first-ever concert in France at
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on 1 February 2001. The tour ended on 30 April 2001 at
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,
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. In 2002, Anggun received the Women Inspire Award from Singapore's Beacon of Light award ceremony for "her achievements as a role model for many young women in Asia." On 2 April 2002, she held her
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concert at State Concert Hall of the Tchaikovsky. The next year, she was honored with Cosmopolitan Indonesias Fun Fearless Female of the Year Award. Anggun had an interview with VOGUE Deutsch,
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edition of
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for a rubric called ''Vogue Trifft''. During this period, Anggun also did a string of collaborations, soundtrack projects, and charity albums. These included a mixed French-English song with
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entitled "Summer in Paris" (which later became a club hit in Europe and Asia for both artists) on his 2001 album, ''
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''; an Indonesian-English song with
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entitled "Deep Blue Sea" on their 2002 album, ''
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''; and three collaborations in 2003, including with Italian rock singers
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,
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and
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. Her duet with Piero Pelù on an Italian-English song entitled " Amore immaginato" became a hit in Italy, spending over two months at the top of Italian Airplay Chart, and sung it at
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in 2003. Anggun also collaborated with
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in writing a song entitled "Walking Away" which remains unreleased for unknown reason. The same year, her song ''On the Breath of an Angel'', composed by her with
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, Nikki Matheson was interpreted and adapted in Vietnamese by
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in 2001. This title is engraved on the first album of the latter ''Mãi Yêu''. In 2002, Anggun performed ''Open Hearts'', the soundtrack of the film ''Open Hearts'' by
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, released in 2003 in Scandinavian theaters. Previously, she has appeared in other soundtracks, ''
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'' with
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in 1997, '' Gloups! je suis un poisson'' and ''Anja & Victor'' in 2001. Later on, her songs have chosen to be the soundtrack of ''
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(Cesse la rain)'' in 2005 and the documentary series '' Genesis II et l'homme créa la nature'' by
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which was broadcast in 2004 on France 5. Anggun participated in two Scandinavian movies: contributing the song "Rain (Here Without You)" for ''Anja & Viktor'' in 2001, and the entire soundtrack album for ''
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'' in 2002. For ''Open Hearts'', Anggun worked with two Danish producers, Jesper Winge Leisner and
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. "Open Your Heart" was released as a commercial single from the soundtrack album and charted at number 51 on the
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. It also earned Anggun a nomination for Best Original Song at the Danish Film Academy's
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in 2003. "Counting Down" was also released as a single and became a top-ten airplay hit in Indonesia. Anggun's work with Sony Music ended in 2003 due to the company's structural change after a merger with
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. She composed a theme song, called "Human", for Abel Ferry's short movie ''Le bon, la brute et les zombies''. She later moved to Montreal, Canada where she met Olivier Maury, a law school graduate, who became Anggun's manager. In 2004, Anggun and Maury were married in a private ceremony in Bali.


2004–2006: ''Luminescence''

In 2004, Anggun returned to Paris and landed a new record deal with Heben Music, a French independent label. She began working on her next album with several producers, including Jean-Pierre Taieb and Frederic Jaffre. Anggun, who composed mainly in English, enlisted the help of several well-known French songwriters, such as
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,
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and Evelyn Kral to adapt her English songs into French. At the same year, she co-wrote a song with Ocean Drive's frontman, Gilles Luka, titled "I Believe (That I See Love in You)" for the winner of
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's album called '' No Boundaries''. In late 2004, Anggun released her first solo French single in nearly four years, "
Être une femme "Être une femme" (''English: "Being a Woman"'') is the first single from the third French album, ''Luminescence'' by Anggun. This single was released in late 2004, earlier than the album which was released in 2005. This single peaked at #16 at F ...
", a song about woman empowerment and rights. The single was available in two versions: one solo version for commercial release and a duet with
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for radio release. It became Anggun's second top-20 hit in France, peaking at number 16 on the French Singles Chart. It also became Anggun's first French single to chart on the
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, peaking at number 58. Released in February 2005, Anggun's third French album, ''
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'', entered the French Albums Chart at number 30 and was later certified gold for selling 100,000 copies. The second single, " Cesse la pluie" also became a hit, peaking at number 10 in Belgium, 22 in France and 65 in Switzerland. According to
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, "Être une femme" and "Cesse la pluie" were the second and the fifth most-played French singles of 2005 worldwide, respectively. In 2005, Anggun also took part in the compilation album ''Ma quando dici amore'', released by the Italian singer
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. Anggun and Ron performed in the Italian-English song "Catch You (Il coraggio di chiedere aiuto)". The English version of ''Luminescence''—sharing the same title with its French counterpart—was released in Europe under
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and in Asia under
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. "Undress Me" was chosen as the first single from the English version. Although it was not accompanied by a music video, it debuted at number 13 in Italy, becoming her fifth top 20 single there. It also provided Anggun with her first hit in the
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&
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, where the song topped the charts in
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and
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. " In Your Mind" was released as the second single and it became a huge hit in Asia. "In Your Mind" got positive acclaimed in
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and Eastern Europe, including
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. The third single, "
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", was used as the soundtrack for the U.S. box office number-one film ''
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''. Russian electronic music space
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Andrey Klimkovsky reviewed her album and he quoted in his blog that the album was successful and "Saviour" become huge hit in
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. Anggun was awarded with the prestigious distinction Chevalier des Arts et Lettres (''Knight of Arts and Letters'') by the
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for her worldwide achievements and her support of French culture. She was appointed as the ambassadress for a Swiss watch brand,
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. Anggun did a duet with
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on a reworked version of " All of You" in Bahasa version for his album ''
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'' (2006). From 9 to 18 March 2006, she participated in a large-scale concert of " The Night of the Proms" co-starring various artists and classical musicians. She sang her song, "Cesse la pluie", did a trio number on " Hot Stuff" with
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and
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, and joined as choirs on "
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". On 25 May 2006, Anggun performed on her sold-out solo concert at the
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, entitled ''Konser Untuk Negeri''. She later on toured to few cities in Indonesia, such as
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and
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. In July 2006, she served as the opening act for French-rock legend
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. In August 2006, Anggun released the special edition of both the French and English versions of ''Luminescence'' with three new songs. She made a large jump on the French Albums Chart from number 119 to number 16 (a total of 103 positions) with the re-release, making ''Luminescence'' her best-charting album in France. " Juste avant toi", the new single from the special edition, became Anggun's fourth Top 40 hit, peaking at number 28 on the French Singles Chart. Meanwhile, its English version, " I'll Be Alright", became her most popular hit in with over 43,000 airplay from more than 350
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radios across the region. ''Luminescence'' was re-issued in February 2007 and peaked at number three on the French Back Catalogue Chart. In September 2006, Anggun performed with her song, " Cesse la pluie" at Sopot Music Festival Grand Prix in
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,
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. In December 2006, Anggun received the special recognition Best International Artist at
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, the most prestigious music award ceremony in Indonesia. The award was given for her role in introducing Indonesian music to the international recording industry. Subsequently, Anggun released her ''
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'' album in Indonesia and Malaysia, which compiled singles during the first decade of her international career, including three re-recorded versions of her early Indonesian hits. The new version of "Mimpi" was released as a radio single and became a huge hit in Indonesia in late 2006 to early 2007. Anggun later released ''Best-Of'' for Italian market with different track listing and "I'll Be Alright" as its lead single. She was also featured on German band
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's single "
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". In the end of 2006, She released her music video for the last single in her album, called "A Crime" for English version and "Garde-moi" for French version. "Garde-moi" is co-written by
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and joined Anggun to be featuring artist in this particular song. This single reached number 3 in Ukrainian Pop Single Charts. In December 2006, she has been invited to perform this song at an
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competition, called ''Les étoiles de la glace'', in
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. She sang "Garde-moi" on the ice rink and was accompanied by two professional ice skaters who performed spectacular ice dancing in the background.


2007–2010: ''Elevation''

Anggun did a performance ''Over The Hill Of Secrets'' and ''Panorama'' on music by François Moity and Nicolas Yvan-Mingot for the
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advertisement. Anggun was awarded ''Le grand cœur de l'année'' (The Great Heart of the Year) by French television network Filles TV for her contribution to social and environmental events. In February 2007, Anggun was invited as the guest star on one episode of the fourth season of ''
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'' in Lebanon. She returned to another episode of the show's fifth season in the following year. She did a duet with Italian singer
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and his son,
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in a song, titled '' Vivere Normale''. Then, she has been invited to sing it in Italian music festival, called 57th Sanremo Music Festival (''
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''). In March 2007, she did a number performance with
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and sang Croisille's hit "Une femme avec toi" on Symphonic Show for
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. In December 2007, she received her second invitation from the Vatican to perform in the Christmas concert in Verona, Italy, along with
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. She covered
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's "
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" with Corsican group
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for their album ''I Muvrini et les 500 choristes'' (2007). She was also featured on the remix version of DJ
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's number-one hit "
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" for the deluxe edition of his album ''
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''. Anggun and Wolf performed the song at the
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in Monaco. Anggun performed at
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Charity Concert in
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to help children with life-threatening medical conditions.
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did a duet number on her song, "Ça casse", with Anggun. In late 2008, Anggun released her fourth international studio album, ''
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'', which shares the same title in both English and French. A departure from the style of her previous efforts, the album experimented with
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and hip hop. ''Elevation'' was produced by hip hop producer pair Tefa & Masta who produced and managed many artists, such as
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,
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, etc. This album features collaboration with rappers
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from the
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,
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, and
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. "
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" was released as the lead single from the album, with its French and Indonesian versions, "Si tu l'avoues" and "Jadi Milikmu", serving as the first single in the respective territories. Canadian cinematographer
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was the director for its music videos. This song is charted at number 6 on Francophonie Diffusion Chart. Another single from this album, called "My Man" or in the French version, "Si je t'emmène" topped to number 11 on the same chart. This song featured rappers
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from the
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. The music video for its versions was directed by Jean-Baptiste Erreca. Anggun, with this album, had made her music travel to
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with positive reactions there. In Russia, ''Elevation'' was released with an additional song, "О нас с тобой (O Nas S Toboyu)", which was recorded as a duet with Russian singer Max Lorens. Later on, she remake the song to English version, called "No Song", and Indonesian version, called "Berganti Hati". For "Berganti Hati", she got helped by Indonesian renowned director and artistic arranger Jay Subiyakto to make the music video. Prior to its official release, the album had already been certified double platinum, making it the fastest-selling album of her career in Indonesia. In France, the album debuted at number 36 on the French Albums Chart. Later on, one of her song in this album, called "Stronger" which collaborated with
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, get chosen to be Anlene's advertisement soundtrack for Southeast Asia territory. For the Asian Edition album, she included a song which written by Morgan Visconti and
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, "Shine". Then,
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used this song to be the soundtrack of its short movie commercial. On 6 December 2008, Anggun joined the panel of jury for
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election. Other celebrities alongside her were singer, actress and
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as president of the jury, film director
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, Miss France 2007
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,
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actor-comedian
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, journalist Henri-Jean Servat and fashion designer
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.
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was elected to be ''Miss France 2009'' who become a finalist on
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. Anggun's four-year ambassadress contract with
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was subsequently extended. She was also chosen by international hair care brand,
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, and New Zealand-based dairy product, Anlene, as their ambassador. In 2009, Italian singer Mina did a cover from one of Anggun's song, "
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", in her album ''Riassunti d'amore - Mina Cover''. Anggun made a promo tour called ''Anggun Elevation Acoustic Showcase'' and served only 200 guest seats on 24 & 27 March 2009 at Hotel Istana,
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. She also made concerts in Indonesia and toured five big cities, including
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,
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,
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,
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and
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. In August 2009, she was invited as musical guest to perform her song "
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" at '' New Wave 2009'' in
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,
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where she met her Indonesian singer colleague
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competing at that show. On 16 October 2009, she attended
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event, called ''All is Possible'', at '' 4th International Rome Film Festival''. In early 2010, Anggun recorded a duet with Portuguese singer
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on the song "''Chama por me (Call My Name)''", as well as performing at his concert in Lisbon, Portugal on 26 February 2010. She collaborated with German electronica musician
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, co-writing and contributing lead vocals to two tracks, "Always You" and "Blind", for his album ''
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'' (2010). Anggun was also featured on Schiller's concert series, Atemlos Tour, in 14 cities in Germany during May 2010. Anggun did a cameo for 2010 French drama film '' Ces amours-là'' directed by
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.


2011–2013: ''Echoes'', Eurovision, and ''The X Factor''

Anggun's fifth international studio album—'' Echoes'' for the English version and ''Échos'' for the French version—saw her collaboration with composers Gioacchino Maurici,
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,
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, and
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. It became her first self-produced international album and was released under her own record label, April Earth. The English version was first released in Indonesia in May 2011. It topped the Indonesian Albums Chart and was certified platinum in the first week. It eventually became the best-selling pop album of 2011, with quadruple platinum certification. On this stage, Anggun had won 56 platinum records in 26 countries, from "
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" to "
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". " Only Love" and its Indonesian version "Hanyalah Cinta" were released as the lead singles and became number-one radio hits. The French version was released in November 2011 and reached number 48 on the French Albums Chart. "Je partirai", the first single for the French version, reached number five in Belgium. Anggun held her second major concert at the
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, ''Konser Kilau Anggun'', on 27 November 2011. She later appeared for the third time at the Christmas concert in the Vatican. This time, she performed " Only Love" and "
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", the latter in a duet with
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. Anggun was chosen by
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to represent
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in the
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. She co-wrote the entry, "
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", with William Rousseau and Jean-Pierre Pilot. Anggun held an extensive tour to more than 15 countries in Europe to promote the song. For the promotional intentions,
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,
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,
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, and Varga Viktor are featuring in this song for special edition albums, each for
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,
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, and
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. She performed the song at the Eurovision grand final in
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on 26 May 2012, wearing a shiny metallic dress sponsored by designer
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. The song finished in 22nd place with 21 points. Anggun later told the press that she had originally hoped to reach a place within the top 10 and was deeply disappointed with the final result. In March 2012, Anggun released the international edition of ''Echoes'' with "Echo (You and I)" as the lead single. A special edition of ''Échos'' was also released in France, featuring three additional tracks. Following the completion of the Eurovision, she continued the promotion of the album. Anggun embarked on a concert tour in several cities across France, Switzerland and
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, including her sold-out concert in
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, Paris, on 13 June 2012. Anggun joined
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campaign, Earth Day: Save the Forest in Italy. On
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of that year, she appeared as the guest artist at
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's concert special on
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, where they sang the duet "
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". Anggun also toured 10 cities in Germany with Schiller in late 2012. Anggun performed at '' Les Fous Chantants festival'' in Alès, France. In this event, she was accompanied by 1,000 choirs. Theme event for the event was the most beautiful songs of the films (''plus belles chansons de films''). Anggun sang three soundtracks, "
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" from 1995
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, "
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" from 1987 film ''
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'' and, with
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, "La Chanson d'Hélène" from 1970 film ''
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''). At the end of 2012, she was appointed by Director & Chief Commercial Officer of
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,
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, to be the brand ambassador of Indosat Mentari Paket Smartphone (Indosat Mentari Smartphone Package). In 2013, Anggun served as the international judge for the first season of the Indonesian version of ''
The X Factor ''The X Factor'' is a television music competition franchise created by British producer Simon Cowell and his company Syco Entertainment. It originated in the United Kingdom, where it was devised as a replacement for ''Pop Idol'' (2001–2003 ...
'', which reportedly made her the highest-paid judge in Indonesian television history. It became the year's highest-rated talent show in Indonesia. Anggun's involvement was also lauded by public and critics, with ''Bintang Indonesia'' praising her for "setting high standard or a judgeon talent shows." She subsequently joined the judging panel of the television special ''
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'', alongside
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,
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,
Daniel Bedingfield Daniel John Bedingfield (born 3 December 1979) is a New Zealand-British singer, songwriter, record producer and actor. He is the eldest brother of fellow singers Natasha Bedingfield and Nikola Rachelle. He was a judge on '' The X Factor New Z ...
, and
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, on 24 August 2013. She participated on the
concept album A concept album is an album whose tracks hold a larger purpose or meaning collectively than they do individually. This is typically achieved through a single central narrative or theme, which can be instrumental, compositional, or lyrical. Som ...
entitled ''
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. Released in April 2013, the project topped the French Physical Albums Chart with platinum record (sold 100,000 copies). In May 2013, Anggun released a greatest hits album entitled '' Best-Of: Design of a Decade 2003–2013''. A new version of "Snow on the Sahara" produced by Lebanese-Canadian musician
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was sent to Indonesian radio to promote the album. In this year,
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management and
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chose Anggun to be ambassador of ''Olay Total Effect''. She and
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were invited to sing in front of
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on 7 December 2013 at ''Concerto di Natale XXI edizione'' in Auditorium della Conciliazione,
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. They sang songs from ''
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and performed Christmas carol's, " White Christmas". At the 2013
Taormina Film Fest Taormina Film Fest (TFF) is a film festival that began in 1955 under the name Rassegna Cinematografica Internazionale di Messina e Taormina. The exhibition, which moved permanently to Taormina in 1971, has hosted over the years many stars of inter ...
in Italy, Anggun was presented with the Taormina Special Award for her humanitarian works as the FAO Goodwill Ambassador. Anggun with
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, alongside
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, Michael Johns,
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, and
Nicole Scherzinger Nicole Scherzinger (; born Nicole Prascovia Elikolani Valiente, June 29, 1978) is an American singer, songwriter, dancer, actress, and television personality. She is best known as the lead singer of the Pussycat Dolls, one of the best-selling g ...
performed on ''David Foster & Friends Private Concert'' in Jakarta. She sang three songs, including
Whitney Houston Whitney Elizabeth Houston (August 9, 1963 – February 11, 2012) was an American singer and actress. Nicknamed "The Voice", she is one of the bestselling music artists of all time, with sales of over 200 million records worldwide. Houston in ...
's hits, "
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", "
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" and her own song, "
Snow on the Sahara ''Snow on the Sahara'' (English version) / ''Au nom de la lune'' (French version) is the fifth studio album and first international release by Indonesian singer Anggun. The French version was first released in France on 24 June 1997 by Columbia R ...
". She did a photoshoot with
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in November 2013 and had an interview with Vogue's journalist, Stefania Cubello. She wore Azzaro's and
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's stellar. Also in November 2013, she was appointed by President of Paris Saint-Germain (PSG)
Nasser Al-Khelaifi Nasser bin Ghanim Al-Khelaifi ( ar, ناصر بن غانم الخليفي; born 12 November 1973) is a Qatari businessman and the chairman of beIN Media Group, chairman of Qatar Sports Investments, president of Paris Saint-Germain and the Qatar ...
to be the ambassador of the club. On 22 November 2013, she joined French General Manager and Marketing Executive of PSG
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and Ambassador of Republic of Indonesia to France (2010-2014) Rezlan Ishar Jenie to launch the club official site with Bahasa for Indonesian ''Les Parisiens'' which Anggun was the icon of this site. She received the number 10 jersey which is the same number jersey of PSG famous striker
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.


2014–2016: ''Got Talent'' and ''Toujours un ailleurs''

Following the success of ''X Factor Indonesia'', Anggun was recruited to judge the other
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's franchise, ''
Indonesia's Got Talent ''Indonesia's Got Talent'' is an Indonesian talent variety show on RCTI (Indosiar in 2010 and SCTV in 2014) that began July 23, 2010. It is based on the ''Got Talent'' franchise, a British TV format conceived and owned by Simon Cowell's SYCO c ...
'', alongside artistic director and photographer Jay Subyakto, radio personality and actress
Indy Barends Indy Barends (born 15 January 1972 in Bogor, West Java) is an Indonesian radio personality, television host, presenter, humorist and actress An actor or actress is a person who portrays a Character (arts), character in a performance. The ac ...
, singer
Ari Lasso Ari Bernardus Lasso (born 17 January 1973 in Madiun, East Java) is an Indonesian singer of Minahasan origin. Songwriter, musician and former lead vocalist of Dewa 19. Biography Lasso was born in Madiun, East Java on 17 January 1973 to Bartholomeu ...
, in 2014. To prepare for the program, she received instruction from
Simon Cowell Simon Phillip Cowell (; born 7 October 1959) is an English television personality, entrepreneur and record executive. He is the creator of ''The X Factor'' and ''Got Talent'' franchises which have been sold around the world. He has judged on t ...
during the set of ''
Britain's Got Talent ''Britain's Got Talent'' (often abbreviated to ''BGT'') is a televised British talent show competition, and part of the global ''Got Talent'' franchise created by Simon Cowell. Presented by Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly (colloquially ...
''. Anggun re-recorded her debut international single as a French-Portuguese duet with
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, retitled " La neige au Sahara (Faço Chover No Deserto)", for Carreira's album ''Nos fiançailles, France/Portugal''. The duo performed the song at the
2014 World Music Awards The 2014 World Music Awards was a music awards ceremony that was held on May 27, 2014, at the Salle des Etoiles in Monte Carlo, Monaco. It was the 22nd edition of the show since its start in 1989, and the first ceremony since 2010, after which it ...
in
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, where Anggun was awarded the World's Best-Selling Indonesian Artist. In June, Anggun launched her first fragrance, ''Grace'', named after her name in English. ''Grace'', ''eau de parfume'', production was under BEL Perfumes label,
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-based on finest French and International cosmetics & perfumes creator. She and her management had the chance to visited
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, one of the city in France where produces best quality
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for perfumery. It took two years to produces this fragrance. It distributed to
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,
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,
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-region and
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. She did a collaboration a young Dutch DJ Indyana on a song titled "Right Place Right Time". Later on, this song was chosen to be the anthem of Dreamfields Festival on 16 August 2014 at
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,
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. In late 2014, Anggun recorded two duets: "
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" with
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for their album ''
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'' and "Pour une fois" with
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for his album ''Ce que je suis''. Anggun also released "Fly My Eagle" as an original soundtrack for the commercially and critically acclaimed film ''Pendekar Tongkat Emas''. On 10 July 2014, Anggun was invited by
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to perform at ''Air France Inauguration of Jakarta-Paris Travel Route''. Anggun performed in Africa twice during 2014, for
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's ''Casa Fashion Show'' in
Casablanca Casablanca, also known in Arabic as Dar al-Bayda ( ar, الدَّار الْبَيْضَاء, al-Dār al-Bayḍāʾ, ; ber, ⴹⴹⴰⵕⵍⴱⵉⴹⴰ, ḍḍaṛlbiḍa, : "White House") is the largest city in Morocco and the country's econom ...
, Morocco, and for the 15th annual
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World Summit in
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, Senegal. She was invited by
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to attended at ''Concerto di Natale'' where located at
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on 25 December 2014. She sang " Malam Kudus", an
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-version of "
Silent Night "Silent Night" (german: "Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht", links=no, italic=no) is a popular Christmas carol, composed in 1818 by Franz Xaver Gruber to lyrics by Joseph Mohr in the small town of Oberndorf bei Salzburg, Austria. It was declared an ...
" gospel, and Christmas carols "
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". In 2015, Anggun, alongside
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,
Melanie C Melanie Jayne Chisholm (12 January 1974 - 25 December 2022), better known as Melanie C or Mel C, is an English singer-songwriter and media personality. She is best known as one of the five members of the Spice Girls, during which time she was ni ...
(
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) and
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( F4), was announced as a judge on the debut of ''
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''. Joined by contestants from 15 countries in Asia, the show premiered on
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on 12 March 2015. The Asian Academy of Music Arts and Sciences (AAMAS) also announced Anggun among its board of governors, as well as becoming the academy's first ambassador. At the 2015
Anugerah Planet Muzik ''Anugerah Planet Muzik'' (literally: "Music Planet Award"), commonly known by the acronym APM, is a Singaporean award ceremony for artists engaged in the music industries of the Malay-speaking region in Southeast Asia (also known as the ''Nusa ...
in Singapore, Anggun received the International Breakthrough Artist Award for becoming the first internationally successful act from Malay-speaking countries. In order to celebrate the 120th anniversary of the birth of cinema and the music in it, twenty French musical artists decided to produce a compilation album of the most beautiful movie soundtracks, such as
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,
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,
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, and many more. It entitled ''Les Stars font leur cinéma''. Anggun covered
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's soundtrack,
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. This album peaked to no. 6 in France and 66 in Belgium. SK-II and ''
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Indonesia'' honored Anggun as one of 15 Most Inspiring Women. She joined the "''SK-II's Change Destiny''" campaign and became a spokesperson alongside actress
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and
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for its event in Los Angeles and she was chosen by SK-II management to be the ambassador of SK-II. Later on, Anggun with make-up stylist Lizzie Para and social media personality Chandra Liow sit on the panel as judges for ''SK-II Beauty Bound Indonesia'' in 2016. The winner of this show was beauty influencer, Mega Gumelar, and she with Anggun traveled to Tokyo, Japan, in order to compete with other beauty creators from across the globe in ''SK-II Beauty Bound Asia 2016''. In exact same year, Anggun was appointed to be the ambassador of '' Aviation sans frontières'' ( Aviation Without Borders). In June 2015, she was invited by
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(born February 26, 1953), known professio ...
to perform a duet and as an opening act at his concert in Kasablanka Concert Hall, Jakarta, Indonesia. On 16 October 2015, Les Enfants de la terre produced a musical tale recorded album for kids called ''Martin & les fées'' (Martin & The Fairies) which Anggun play the musical role as "La Fée Doriane" (The Doriane Fairy) and recorded 5 songs. Other artists who joined this project was
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, Garou, Lorie,
Gad Elmaleh Gad Elmaleh ( ar, جاد المالح, Latn, ar, Gād el-Māleḥ; born 19 April 1971) is a Moroccan-Canadian stand-up comedian and actor who achieved fame in France, Morocco and the United States. He is best known in the French-speaking worl ...
,
Gérard Lenorman Gérard Lenorman (born 9 February 1945) is a French singer-songwriter. Lenorman was born at the Château de Bénouville, Calvados (Normandy) when it was a maternity hospital. He is the son of Madeleine Lenormand and an unknown German soldier. ...
,
Vincent Niclo Vincent Niclo (born in Paris on 6 January 1975) is a French pop opera tenor singer. Musical theatre Vincent Niclo comes from a family of artists and was interested in theatre and took courses at the Cours Florent acting school particularly with R ...
,
Patrick Fiori Patrick Fiori (; born Patrick Jean-François Chouchayan, 23 September 1969) is a French singer of Armenian descent. Biography Beginnings Fiori was born to a French-Armenian father (Jacques Chouchayan) and a Corsican mother (Marie Antoinette Fi ...
,
Lisa Angell Lisa Angell (born Virginie Vetrano, 21 September 1968 in Paris) is a French singer who represented France in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 with the song "N'oubliez pas". Career Early beginnings From the ages of 11 to 14, Angell competed in ...
,
Dany Brillant Dany Brillant (; né Daniel Cohen-Biran, 28 December 1965 in Tunis), is a French singer of a Jewish- Tunisian origin. Born in Tunis, his parents immigrated to France while he was a newborn infant. They settled in Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois n ...
,
Julie Zenatti Julie Zenatti (born 5 February 1981) is a French singer. She first played the role of Fleur-de-Lys and later Esmeralda on stage for the musical ''Notre-Dame de Paris''. Personal life Zenatti was born in 1981 in Paris. She is of Algerian, Ital ...
,
Natasha St-Pier Natasha St-Pier (born 10 February 1981) is a Canadian singer of Acadian origin who has spent most of her career in France. She was coach in the second and third season of The Voice Belgique (''The Voice of Belgium''). Career Natasha St-Pier r ...
and more. Anggun also recorded
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's "
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" in Indonesian language, called "Lepaskan" with Regina Ivanova, Cindy Bernadette, Nowela, and Chilla Kiana.
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Music Asia also makes an Indonesian language song "Warna Angin" and sung by Anggun. It is the interpretation from
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movie soundtrack, "
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". She joined panel of jury for
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on 19 December 2015 alongside fashion designer
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as president of the jury, singer
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, singer
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& model
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, actress, model & author
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and Rugby athlete
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.
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was elected to be ''Miss France 2016'' who become the winner of
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. Anggun's sixth French-language studio album, ''
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'', was released in November 2015 by
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Musique under
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with her lead single, "A nos enfants". Produced by Frédéric Chateau and Grammy Award-winning producer
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, the album revisited the world music direction of her debut international album with diverse cultures ambiance, such as
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ese, Colombian, Samoan,
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. ''Toujours un ailleurs'' became Anggun's most successful album in France since ''
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'' (2005), charting for 24 weeks on the French Albums Chart (peaking at number 43) and sold over 50,000 copies. It also became her best-charting album in Belgium, debuting at number 43 and remaining on the chart for 31 weeks (making 5 re-enters). The album's single, " Nos vies parallèles" peaked at number 47 on the French Singles Chart and number 39 on the Belgian
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Singles Chart (her first top-40 hit since "
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"). This single featured one of French musical legends
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as he helped Anggun to pursue her career in France years ago and Columbian singer
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. According to
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, "Nos vies parallèles" was the third-most played French song worldwide during March 2016. Both Anggun and Florent Pagny traveled to
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, for music video shooting which directed by Igreco.
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's song, " Née quelque part", being rearranged by Anggun and her team, alongside Grammy Award-winning singer and UN Goodwill Ambassador
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as she featured in this single. "Face au vent" was the third lead single of this album after "A nos enfants" and "Nos vies parallèles". In this single's music video, actor and dancer Benoît Maréchal being featured again after he did great performance on "A Crime" and "Garde-moi" music videos in 2006. Darius Salimi was chosen to direct six music videos for this album,including "A nos enfants", "Face au vent", "Toujours un ailleurs", "Est-ce que tu viendras?", "Mon capitaine", and "Née quelque part". To promote the album, Anggun embarked on a 23-date
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across France and Belgium. She performed as a guest singer at
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's concert titled ''Dato' Siti Nurhaliza & Friends Concert'' on April 2, 2016, in
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. She and Siti did duet for two songs, Anggun's hit "
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" and Siti's hit " Bukan Cinta Biasa". In July 2016, she became second most influent person on
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in France. She being invited to have a role as a
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and guest
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on
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radio show, called ''
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'', by
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with another French celebrities, such as Valérie Benaïm,
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,
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and
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. On 23–25 September 2016, Anggun attended ''Festival Film Indonesia'' (Indonesia Film Festival) at Cinema Spazio Alfieri,
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. Anggun sang the acoustic version of "Snow on the Sahara". This event was collaborated with Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia in
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and ''Indonesia Meets Italy'' Association as the part of ''Settimane della Cultura Indonesiana in Italia'' to reflects the progress of the increasingly dynamic Indonesian film industry. Anggun received the
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award from
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, the Mayor of Florence, Italy. Anggun was featured on
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group
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's eight studio album ''
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(2016)'', providing lead vocals for three songs, including the lead single "
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", which is the sequel to the 1990 number-one hit "
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". The Album topped US Top Dance/Electronic Album charts in United States. Kotak invited Anggun to did a duet with them in a song titled "Teka-Teki" in October 2016. Anggun joined Belgian-francophone charity show Télévie to raise funds to support scientific research in the fight against cancer and leukemia in children and adults. She sang her song " Nos vies parallèles" and a duet with
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on his song, called "Charly". They raised over EU€10 million.
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n singer-songwriter Emin make a duet song with Anggun, called "If You Go Away" for his newest album ''Love is A Deadly Game''. The song was a cover from original song by
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, called "
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". Anggun was invited to be a guest performer and did a duet with
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at Lara's concert ''Ma vie dans la tienne Tour 2016'' in
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. Anggun and Lara sang a ballad song from Lara's album ''
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'', "J'y crois encore". Anggun was invited by Indonesian television network SCTV as guest performer at ''Long Live The Biggest Concert Kotak x Anggun feat NAFF'' on 23 November 2016 in Jakarta. She sang " Yang 'Ku Tunggu" as an opening act and "Teka-Teki" as a duet with Kotak. She held a "three-dates concert" at
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on December, 1st-3rd 2016. She performed 18 songs, including covers from
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's " Quelques mots d'amour",
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's " Née quelque part" and
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's ":fr:Cargo (chanson), Cargo". She was invited to performed on 24 December 2016 at Christmas concert in Parco della Musica, Rome. She sang two Christmas carols as soloist, "The Christmas Song" and, accompanied by Flute, flutist :it:Andrea Griminelli, Andrea Griminelli, "Life Is Beautiful (soundtrack), La Vita è Bella". Anggun, alongside Rebecca Ferguson (singer), Rebecca Ferguson, Anna Tatangelo and Deborah Iurato, performed Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen song), Hallelujah". For the encore, she with another guest performers sang "Happy Xmas (War is Over)" as assemble.


2017–2019: Television projects, ''8'' and Asian Games 2018

She have done more than 60 showcases on France & Belgium tours to promote her French album, ''
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'' and finalized her performance on ''Festival international des métiers d'art'' (FIMA) 2017 in Baccarat, France. She returned as judge on the second season of ''
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'' with
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, also American-Korean rapper, songwriter, and dancer Jay Park as the new judge on the panel. On 12 October 2017, Anggun released a lyric video for "
What We Remember "What We Remember" is a song recorded by Indonesian-French singer Anggun for her seventh international album ''8 (Anggun album), 8'' (2017). It was written by the singer alongside Silvio Lisbonne and Guillaume Boscaro. The song was released as th ...
" on YouTube as the first single of her new album "''8 (Anggun album), 8''". On 7 December 2017, An official music video of "What We Remember" was released on YouTube and she held the first performance of this song on ''Grand Finale of Asia's Got Talent'' stage. Anggun released her lead single "
What We Remember "What We Remember" is a song recorded by Indonesian-French singer Anggun for her seventh international album ''8 (Anggun album), 8'' (2017). It was written by the singer alongside Silvio Lisbonne and Guillaume Boscaro. The song was released as th ...
" in December 2017. It was directed by Roy Raz and had to make the video in Ukraine. The album ''8'' was produced and distributed by Universal Music Group N.V., Universal Music with other French composers and songwriters collaboration, such as Tiborg, Nazim Khaled, Nicolas Loconte, and many more including her husband. On 8 December 2017, she released her new album ''8'' and a release party was held at the Apple Store on Orchard Road,
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. The album "''8''" was distributed under exclusive license to Universal Music Group, Universal Music Asia and the album was released digitally worldwide on major streaming platforms, including Spotify and also released physically in some Asian countries. This album reached no. 1 in Indonesia, no. 5 in Malaysia, no. 18 in Singapore on iTunes. On Apple Music, this album got the highest peak on no. 7 in Indonesia, no. 21 in Malaysia, no. 30 in Vietnam, Top 60 in Singapore, Top 100 in Philippines, and Top 200 in Sri Lanka. Coincidentally, its lead single "
What We Remember "What We Remember" is a song recorded by Indonesian-French singer Anggun for her seventh international album ''8 (Anggun album), 8'' (2017). It was written by the singer alongside Silvio Lisbonne and Guillaume Boscaro. The song was released as th ...
" was played in the background of the café scene on Korean drama series ''Two Cops (TV series), Two Cops'' episode 8. Throughout December 2017, Anggun and Universal Music Asia held a promotional tour throughout
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, Malaysia and the Philippines. The tour consisted of listening parties, showcases, and meet & greet sessions. In the Philippines, she did several performances in Eastwood City, Eastwood Open Park Mall with Edray Teodoro as the opening act, in Uptown Bonifacio with ''The Voice Teens (Philippine TV series), The Voice Teens'' star Isabela Vinzon as the opening act and on ''DWNU, Wish 107.5 Bus'' showcase. She was being a guest star on ''ASAP (Philippine TV program), ASAP'' and ''24 Oras'' interview. In Malaysia, she held ''Meet & Greet with High Tea Session'' for her fans to promote the album in St. Regis Hotels & Resorts, St. Regis Hotel,
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. The first single "What We Remember" was released by dance label Citrusonic and serviced to US clubs including remixes by DJ Lynnwood (DJLW) Ralphi Rosario, Antoine Cortez, Craig C, Dirty Disco (duo), Dirty Disco, Sted-E & Hybrid Heights, Love to Infinity, Offer Nissim, and more. On 20 April 2018, she announced and release duet version for her brand new singles from her latest album, called "The Good Is Back" with Rossa (singer), Rossa and Fazura. Shane Filan collaborated with her on one of the singles, "Need You Now (Lady Antebellum song), Need You Now", on the deluxe version of his latest album, ''Love Always'', that releases only for United States and United Kingdom, UK regions. Her songs, "What We Remember" and "The Good is Back" from her recent album charted on Dance Club Songs, US Billboard Dance Club Chart. "
What We Remember "What We Remember" is a song recorded by Indonesian-French singer Anggun for her seventh international album ''8 (Anggun album), 8'' (2017). It was written by the singer alongside Silvio Lisbonne and Guillaume Boscaro. The song was released as th ...
" reached no. 8 on that chart for about 16 weeks long and no. 15 on Asia Pop 40 throughout 2018. This single became reached the Top 10 of the charts in United Kingdom, UK, United States, US, Spain,
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, and also
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. "The Good is Back" got in to the Dance Club Songs, US Billboard Dance Club Chart and topped to no. 20 for 9 weeks. American blogger and media personality Perez Hilton wrote on his blog that Anggun's "What We Remember" could be compared with Sade (singer), Sade's and Dido (singer), Dido's songs. She was invited for the seventh time by
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& Vatican City, Vatican to performed on 4 January 2018 at ''Concerto dell'Epifania'' where located at :it:Teatro Mediterraneo (Napoli), Teatro Mediterraneo in Naples, Napoli, Italy. She sang "
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". On 5 June 2018, she was performing at night for Grand Opening ''Renaissance Hotels, Renaissance Bali Hotel'' in Bali. She performed at ''White Night festivals, Notte Bianca'' as the main guest star on 23 June 2018. The festival were located at :it:Piazza Martiri della libertà (Pisa), Piazza Martiri della libertà in Pontedera, Province of Pisa, Pisa. Anggun got photoshoots for French cultural society magazine '':fr:Technikart, Technikart'' and got six pages in it. From this publication, Anggun shared different views and angle about her figure in international stage. On her interview, she made strong statements about how Indonesia modern culture & freedom movement by her perspective which she had spoken up about fighting on corruption in Indonesia, feminism & women's rights, LGBT, LGBT+, and Indonesian hypocrisy regulations, especially Capital punishment, death penalty. In July 2018, she attended to ''European Latin Awards'' at Stadio Benito Stirpe in Frosinone, Italy. She performed ":id:Undress Me, Undress Me", "
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", and " Amore immaginato". She won ''Best International Singer'' award there. Another guest star performer were Bob Sinclar, Black Eyed Peas, Gipsy Kings, Juan Magan and Carlos Rivera. Anggun performed at the opening ceremony of the ''Asian Games 2018'' at the Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, Gelora Bung Karno (GBK) stadium, Central Jakarta, on August 18, 2018. He sang a song titled "Pemuda", which was popularized by the Indonesian musical group :id:Chaseiro, Chaseiro from the album ''Persembahan'' which was released in 2001. Anggun sang on over artificial mountains and waterfalls. She joined coaching panel for ''The Voice Indonesia The Voice Indonesia (season 3), Season 3'' alongside :id:Armand Maulana, Armand Maulana, Titi DJ, and duo :id:Anindyo Baskoro, Nino Kayam from RAN (Indonesian group), RAN with Vidi Aldiano. Anggun was invited by high-fashion brand Coach New York, COACH to have great visit and did a number of performance for the opening of new branch store in Petronas Towers, Suria KLCC, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Anggun attended the opening with her husband, Malaysian singers couple Fazura & Fattah Amin, Taiwanese singer Dizzy Dizzo and Malaysian-
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an actor Lawrence Wong (actor), Lawrence Wong. In November 2018, she was invited to joined French Navy and got a chance to operated ''French ship Mistral, Le Mistral'', an amphibious assault ship and a type of helicopter carrier, for three days. She reported her experiences on the show called ''Noël avec soldats'' (Christmas with Soldiers) at Port-Bouët army base in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Côte d'Ivoire. Anggun joined charades of various artist, such as
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& Katharine McPhee, Kelly Clarkson, Randy Jackson, Andrea Bocelli, Gavin Rossdale, Josh Groban, and many more, for the production of documentary film ''Silent Night — A Song for the World''. She made soundtracks on two versions of "
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" gospel, " Malam Kudus" in Bahasa and ":fr:Douce nuit, sainte nuit, Douce nuit, sainte nuit" in
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which she recorded in London. She began the filming production process in
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with help from Franco-German TV network Arte. This film was narrated by Hugh Bonneville and directed by Austrian director & film-maker Hannes M. Schalle. In early of 2019, Anggun had tour throughout several cities in Italy, including Milan, Foligno, Bologna, etc. She toured in seven dates for this ''Intimate Concert Tour''. All local medias felt enthusiastic with Anggun concert's which awaited way back to ''Festivalbar'' in 2006. France 2 and Radio France held a charity concert after a Notre-Dame fire, fire attempt damaged Notre-Dame on 15 April 2019. All of the benefits from this concert was donated for reconstruction and restorative actions of the building. Anggun was being invited to perform at the concert and she sang one of numbers from Notre-Dame de Paris (musical), Notre-Dame de Paris musical, "Vivre (Noa song), Vivre". Anggun performed with
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alongside Brian McKnight, :id:Yura Yunita, Yura Yunita, and several artists during ''The Hitman: David Foster and Friends'' concert series at De Tjolomadoe, Central Java, 24 March 2019. Anggun was invited to perform at the concert in two different cities, namely in the city of Surakarta, Solo, Central Java and the city of
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, East Java. She sang her own hits, "
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's hit, "Un-Break My Heart". On 5 July 2019, she and Procter & Gamble, P&G held a charity concert, called ''Gemilang 30 Tahun'' at the Tennis Indoor Stadium in Senayan, Central Jakarta. The concert also featured performances by renowned singers Rossa (singer), Rossa, :id:Yura Yunita, Yura Yunita, actress Maudy Ayunda, and rapper Iwa K, while artistic direction by Jay Subyakto and accompanied by her backing band from France, who will collaborate with Indonesia's Oni & Friends as music director. Anggun reportedly wear costumes designed by :id:Mel Ahyar, Mel Ahyar, with accessories created by the renowned designer :id:Rinaldy A. Yunardi, Rinaldy A. Yunardi. Donations collected from this concert are IDR3,060,000,000 or equals to US$218,560.50. After the concert, she had another performance on '':id:Prambanan Jazz Festival, Prambanan Jazz Festival 2019'' as guest star, accompanied by her backing band. This was the third time for Anggun to performed in front of Prambanan Temple. On 28 July 2019, Anggun continued her Italian tour concert at :it:Alpe Adria, Alpe Adria Arena, Lignano Sabbiadoro, Lignano. Anggun with comedian :fr:Jarry (humoriste), Jarry, actor Kev Adams, and presenter Alessandra Sublet became panelists on ''Mask Singer (French TV series), Mask Singer'' and it became one of the most successful TV shows with ratings that reached nearly 7 million viewers. She eventually returned for another season of ''Mask Singer (French TV series), Mask Singer''. She also returned with
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and Jay Park for ''
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Season 3''. Another surprising moment for her was her song "Perfect World" from ''
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'' topped to no. 5 in the first week to no. 18 on Dance Club Songs, US Billboard Dance Club Chart in December 2019. Anggun does a duet with Luciano Pavarotti virtually at The ''Luciano Pavarotti Foundation'' and Anggun in concert which took place at the Simfonia Hall in Jakarta. Singers Giulia Mazzola (soprano), Matteo Desole (tenor), Giuseppe Infantino (tenor), and Lorenzo Licitra (tenor) sang with deep appreciation with Anggun in that concert. Their beautiful voices were accompanied by orchestral music from the Jakarta Simfonia Orchestra. Previously, Anggun has performed a virtual duet with Luciano Pavarotti on song called "Caruso (song), Caruso" at the stage of the ''2019
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Grand Finale''.


2020–present: Further television works, music collaborations and acting debut

In January 2020, she attended to ''Asian Television Awards, 24th Asian Television Awards'' in Manila, Philippines where she performed her hits there and got awarded for ''Outstanding Contribution to Asian Television Performing Arts''. Due to the global pandemic of COVID-19, Anggun had to postpone her touring concert in several cities and canceled many live showcases from the end of 2019 until the beginning of 2020. However, she began to take another career in acting instead of music in this recent days. She took a part as ''Maleen Suthama'' in television movie drama '':fr:Coup de foudre à Bangkok, Coup de foudre à Bangkok''. This TV movie was the sixth part of the :fr:Coup de foudre à ...., Coup de foudre à .... collection. The production was taken in February 2020 and located in Bangkok,
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. Actors who joined Anggun in this project was Blandine Bellavoir, Frédéric Chau, Mathilda May, Loup-Denis Elion, and many more. Also in February 2020,
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-based fashion magazine ''BLUSH Editions'' made two pages for the interview and ten pages for "Winter Garden with :fr:Pinel & Pinel, Pinel & Pinel" section of "BLUSH Dreams". She wore watches from KERBEDANZ, Cimier and Louis Moinet, dresses designed by Tony Ward (designer), Tony Ward, On Aura Tout Vu and La Métamorphose Couture, wardrobe by SEYİT ARES & Victoria/Tomas, shoes by Christian Louboutin, and jewelleries by Bollwerk, Fullord, Thomas Aurifex, Vincent Michel & Valerie Valentine with furnitures by BONA fide & L'Esprit Cocon. In March 2020, she performed in Moscow,
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. She sang a
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classic song called "Dark Eyes (Russian song), О́чи чёрные (Ochi Chernye)" which means "Dark Eyes" in English. In Indonesian culture from West Java, this song was being rearranged and interpreted to a Sundanese people, Sundanese language Folk music, folk song called "Panon Hideung" which means "Black Eyes" in English. In April 2020, she did an interview for Harvard Political Review article and published it in two parts, ''Interview With Anggun I: Taking Time With Music'' and ''Interview with Anggun II: On Representing the World''. Anggun returned as panelist on the second season of ''Mask Singer (French TV series), Mask Singer'' alongside her previous colleague panelists. In June 2020, RIFFX by Crédit Mutuel published the result of a survey, titled "''Barometer: Les 100 Artistes Préférés des Français'' (Barometer: The 100 Favorite Artists of The French)", which Anggun listed on number 97. This survey was conducted by YouGov with interviewing 1,006 French people (age min. 18 years old) on 1 June to 2 June 2020. On 21 September 2020, she, accompanied by her husband, attended the celebration of 70th anniversary of Pierre Cardin's fashion house at Théâtre du Châtelet. This event was screening a documentary titled ''House of Cardin'' to honored the legendary French designer. It was directed by P. David Ebersole and Todd Hughes.
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, Christian Louboutin, Stéphane Rolland, actor Yves Lecoq, and journalist Patrick Poivre d'Arvor attended the event with many artists and French public figures. Musical documentary film about Christmas carol in 2018, ''Silent Night — A Song for the World'', re-produced by The CW and took a date on 10 December 2020 for its special premiere. Her latest duet with legendary Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti made a great scene in European classical music market. Anggun attended ''The 3rd BraVo International Classical Music Awards'' on April 2, 2021, at Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow,
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. She made a performance with virtual image Luciano Pavarotti and sang "Caruso (song), Caruso". Another special guest performers are ballerina Svetlana Zakharova (dancer), Svetlana Zakharova, Grammy Awards, Grammy-winner Ildar Abdrazakov, young Russian pianists :ru:Рихтер, Кирилл - Википедия, Kirill Richter and Ivan Bessonov, Ukrainians, Ukrainian young tenor Bogdan Volkov, star of the Russian opera scene Albina Shagimuratova and performer of the youth troupe of the Bolshoi Theater Maria Barakova. The audience will also had performances performed by Italians, Italian opera singer :it:Massimo Cavalletti, Massimo Cavalletti, Uruguayan bass-baritone Erwin Schrott, young Japanese people, Japanese pianist Shio Okui, and honored opera singer from Kazakhstan Mayra Muhammad-kyzy. Korean star Yiruma and China, Chinese soprano Ying Huang (soprano), Ying Huang performed via teleconference. Among the participants of the ceremony is Charles Kay, director of the international concert project ''World Orchestra for Peace''. At that event, she received a ''Duet of the Year'' award because of her duet on "Caruso" performances across the globe. She continued the Italy tour concert that has been postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic. She started first in Sassuolo on 11 September 2021 and she visited Doge's Palace, Palazzo Dulcale. She performed at Piazzale della Rosa and Valentina Tioli was the opening act. On 12 September 2021, Aquileia was her next destination to visit and she performed at Piazza Capitolo di Aquileia. On 2 April 2021, Jean-Luc Reichmann, Anggun and her husband shared a moment on shooting situation for her next film project. It was revealed that she will play her role in ninth season of detective-crime film TV series '':fr:Léo Matteï, Brigade des mineurs, Léo Matteï, Brigade des mineurs (Léo Matteï, miners’ brigade)''. The production process began in September 2021 and will release in 2022 respectively. Jean-Luc Reichmann was the main cast for ''Léo Matteï'' role since 2013. Other announced casts were :fr:Lola Dubini, Lola Dubini, Laurent Ournac and :fr:Astrid Veillon, Astrid Veillon. In June 2021, she was chosen to fill her voice as ''Virana'' in
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movie '':fr:Raya et le Dernier Dragon, Raya et le Dernier Dragon'', a French version of ''Raya and the Last Dragon''. Her daughter, Kirana, made her first appearance in this project as various voice actress. Anggun made her appearance as herself in online series called ''Profession Comédien'' on episode 48. This series was launched by comedian Bertrand Uzeel and directed by Fred Testot which the series told us about Bertrand tries to collect as much advice as possible from people in the trade, but nothing will go as planned. She and all previous season's panelist returned on the third season of ''Mask Singer (French TV series), Mask Singer'' and started the production in June 2021. On 21 June 2021, she with her husband attended ''Monte-Carlo Television Festival, 60th Monte-Carlo Television Festival''. Anggun did a duet with Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli at ''Mattone del cuore'' on 25 August 2021 and sang "Can't Help Falling in Love" which she eventually sang solo "
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" later on. On 30 September 2021, she and Moulin Rouge made a performance on "I Am What I Am (Broadway musical song), I Am What I Am" at 300 chœurs. She began shooting television variety show series called ''Les Reines du shopping, les Reines du Shopping spéciale Célébrités'' in September 2021. She with four another celebrities such as Jade Leboeuf, Clara Morgane, Frédérique Bel and :fr:Elsa Esnoult, Elsa Esnoult, have to compete one another to win EU€10,000 for their associations. In a brief about the show, it brings together five women, aged 18 to 70 and of different styles. Every day of the week, one of the five candidates goes shopping. She has a limited time and budget to get a complete outfit (clothing, shoes, accessories) and perform its beauty treatment (hairdressing, makeup). Her look must correspond to a theme imposed by Cristina Córdula. It will also have a list of imposed stores to spend their budget. During shopping, her progress and fittings are observed and commented on by her four competitors, who follow her on screen, in a showroom.
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invited Anggun to did a duet with him on Charles Aznavour's "Désormais". This song was included into Brillant's ''Dany Brillant chante Aznavour en duo'', a tribute album to the legendary French-Armenian singer Charles Aznavour. Anggun was invited to perform for the Opening Ceremony of ''National Sports Week (Indonesia), 2021 National Paralympic Week'' at Mandala Stadium in Jayapura, Papua (province), Papua. Anggun sang Indonesia's national anthem "Indonesia Raya" alongside 150 Papuan children and her 90's hit "
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", all orchestrated by Indonesian conductor Addie MS. Anggun and her husband got a chance to visit and explore Dubai. They were invited by CEO Tourism in Dubai, Dubai Corporation for Tourism and Commerce Marketing (DCTCM) Issam Kazim. She also visited
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pavilion at ''Expo 2020, World Expo 2020''. In November 2021, she did photoshoot in Mauritius for 27th Edition of BLUSH Dream Magazine. Anggun was invited by The Holy See, Vatican to perform at '':it:Concerto di Natale, Concerto di Natale : Ventinovesima XXIX Edizione'' in Auditorium della Conciliazione. She sang three songs, including "
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"/" Malam Kudus" mash-up rendition alongside Francesca Michielin, "
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" with reggae icon Shaggy (musician), Shaggy, and "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town" alongside children choir called Piccolo Coro Le Dolci Note. She also performed at ''Christmas Contest'' held by TV2000 and sang her hit, "
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". Anggun announced that she participated on comedy-musical theatre show with broadway vibe, ''Al Capone'', alongside Roberto Alagna and Bruno Pelletier. She acted as Lili, Al Capone's mistress. It will be directed by opera manager and Opéra de Monte-Carlo director Jean-Louis Grinda, composed by :fr:Jean-Félix Lalanne, Jean-Félix Lalanne and produced by :fr:Jean-Marc Dumontet, Jean-Marc Dumontet. The show would be performed on 93 dates at Folies Bergère and started in January until July 2023. The first screening of the show was held in April 2022. The album was released on 30 September 2022 at various digital music platform. Anggun and her husband attended the premiere screenplay of Tom Cruise's ''Top Gun: Maverick'' at ''2022 Cannes Film Festival, the 75th Cannes Film Festival''. Anggun alongside with her husband were being invited by :fr:Élise Boghossian, Élise Boghossian to perform for EliseCare's solidarity concert at Olympia (Paris), Olympia. She sang her unpublished song, "Wonderful Life", and "
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". She was accompanied by her husband as her keyboardist. Mayor of Surakarta Gibran Rakabuming Raka collaborated with Shopee, Shopee Indonesia, Embassy of Indonesia, Paris, Embassy of Indonesia to France and Bazar de l'Hôtel de Ville, Le BHV Marais to held a fashion exhibition and showcase called ''Java in Paris'' in June 2022. Anggun performed as a Javan female folk-singer, named ''Pasindhèn, sinden''. She also accompanied by traditional dancer (arranged by Indonesian choreographer :id:Eko Pece, Eko Pece) and Gamelan, gamelan music. In August 2022, she re-composed Indonesian patriotic song, "Indonesia Pusaka", for Shopee Indonesia's ad clip in order to celebrate Indonesia's independence day on 17 August. After ''SKII'', Anggun was appointed to be the brand ambassador for
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-luxury skincare brand ''NIANCE''. On 23 September 2022, Anggun joined a project, with Lorenzo Licitra, as a featured artist on the theme song and campaign for the 12th Festival del Cinema Nuovo, the international competition for short films played by disabled people, which was held in Bergamo, Italy. The song called "Eli Hallo" which written by Lorenzo Licitra and Giovanni Segreti Bruno. The music video was directed by Donato Sileo. Eleonora Abbagnato featured as the dancer and a boy with special needs in the music video. For the music video's wardrobe, Anggun wore Zimmermann (fashion label), Zimmermann and Missoni dresses along with Bernard Delettrez jewelry. Anggun participated as part of supporting artists on the French version of Studytracks app, an online platform that unites teaching method with music and cognitive science professionals. Anggun alongside the supporting artists sings classes' subjects from ''Cours Moyen 1'' (CM1), equivalent to Elementary School level, to ''Terminale'', equivalent to High School level, according to a method developed with neuroscience specialists to maximize the retention of information over the long term. Anggun recorded a song to learn about the "Philosophy" subject. Anggun was chosen to be the brand ambassador for a herbal drinking brand ''Acaraki Golden Sparkling''.


Artistry and legacy

Anggun possesses a three-octave contralto voice, which has been described as "husky", "soulful", and "distinctive" by music journalism, music critics. Chuck Taylor (writer and editor), Chuck Taylor from ''
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'' commented: "Vocally, Anggun is a fortress of power, easing from a delicate whisper into a brand of cloud-parting fortitude commonly associated with grade-A divas." John Everson from ''The SouthtownStar'' noted that "Anggun is gifted with a warm, full voice that can tackle slight pop songs without overpowering them as well as swoop with depth and ease over heavier emotional numbers." Anggun received her first songwriting credit at the age of twelve on her debut album ''Dunia Aku Punya'' (1986). Anggun said, "I was writing songs all the time, but my specialty was classical piano and singing." Anggun started as a rock singer in Indonesia, and was influenced by rock bands such as Guns N' Roses, Bon Jovi, and Megadeth. She was a big fan of Metallica. After her initial international success, she showed her versatility by changing her musical style for each album. Her later influences cover a wide range of styles from jazz to pop, extending from Joni Mitchell to Madonna. She told
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that she listened to wide range of artists from The Beatles to
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, Billie Holiday to Leonard Cohen, up to Dave Grohl, Pink (singer), P!nk and Bruno Mars. Anggun identified Nine Inch Nails's ''The Fragile (Nine Inch Nails album), The Fragile'' (1999) as "the album that changed my life" and the band's frontman Trent Reznor as "the man of my musical life." Her other musical influences include Tracy Chapman, Sheila Chandra and Sting (musician), Sting. Anggun, who studied Balinese dance since childhood, uses the traditional art in her performances. Anggun's image has been compared to that of Pocahontas (character), Pocahontas. Some international articles and magazines give a nickname for Anggun as "Indonesian Madonna (''Madonna Indonésienne'')" or even "Madonna from Asia (''Madonna de l'Asie'')". At the early stage of her career as a rock singer, Anggun was known for her tomboy look—wearing a crooked beret, shorts, studded jacket, and large belt; this set a trend during the early 1990s. Later, she has focused on her femininity and sexuality, emphasising her long black hair and brown skin. For this look she uses the work of fashion designers like
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, Azzedine Alaïa,
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, Dolce & Gabbana, and many more. Other couture fashion designers that Anggun often wears include Givenchy, Elie Saab, Victoria Beckham, Georges Chakra, Tony Ward (designer), Tony Ward, Blufin, Blumarine, and Zuhair Murad. In 2001, Anggun was ranked No. 6 in a list of Sexiest Women of Asia by ''FHM'' magazine. Later in 2010, she was ranked at number 18 on the French version of ''FHM''s list of 100 Sexiest Women in the World. When promoting her first international album in the United States, she was reportedly offered a role as a Bond Girl in ''The World Is Not Enough'', as well as in ''High Fidelity (film), High Fidelity''. Anggun declined to be labeled an actress and said, "I was born a singer. I won't go into another profession, because I think there are still many people out there who were born to be movie stars or models. My calling is music." As for commercials, she tends to be selective when choosing products to promote. Anggun's success in Europe and America has been credited with helping other Asian singers such as Coco Lee, Hikaru Utada, and Tata Young. Malaysian singer Yuna (singer), Yuna asked Anggun for guidance when launching her recording career in the United States in 2011 and supporting each other career since then. Ian De Cotta from Singapore newspaper ''Today (Singapore newspaper), Today'' called her the "Honorific nicknames in popular music, Voice of Asia" as well as "Southeast Asia's international singing sensation." Filipino music journalist Lionel Zivan S. Valdellon described Anggun as "a very good ambassadress for Indonesia and Asia in general". Regarding the role of Asia in the Western music industry, Anggun said "I think it's about time people know something more about Asia, not only as a vacation place."


Other activities


Philanthropy and activism

In 1997, Anggun joined
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, a French organization to help fighting against AIDS. Among her charity projects were ''Solidays'' (featuring her collaboration with Peter Gabriel and several international acts) and charity concert ''Echoes of the Earth'' in 2000, ''Les voix de l'Espoir'' in 2001 and ''Gaia'' in 2002 (featuring a duet with Zucchero on the song "World"). In March 2001, she is one of the many performers of the title "Que serais-je demain?" as a member of the female collective '':fr:Les Voix de l'Espoir, Les voix de l'Espoir'' ( ''The Voice of Hope'') created by Princess Erika in order to helped build a pan-African hospital in
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, Senegal. Anggun was involved in ''Global 200'' by World Wide Fund for Nature, World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) to stop the degradation of the planet's natural environment and to build a future in which humans live in harmony with nature and Anggun joined ''Solidays'' or in French called '':fr:Solidarité Sida, Solidarité Sida'', the annual festival for raising money to help people with HIV/AIDS in Africa and also to prevent the disease. In 2003, Anggun was involved in ''Project Gaia, Gaia Project'', an environmental benefit project, to raise awareness about the preservation of the environment, and joined a charity concert called ''Le concert pour le paix''. In 2005, Anggun was a part of a humanitarian project to promote tolerance in Hammamet, Tunisia. Anggun promoted a micro-credit program to help to empower women in Indonesia, and many countries worldwide. This campaign was organized by United Nations. Anggun was one of many French singers to raise money to help Tsunami victims in Asia. She herself also visited Aceh for a couple of days after the tragedy. Anggun joined ''Music for Asia Charity Concert'' in Milan, Italy to raise money to help victims of Tsunami in Asia. She has been invited to perform "
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" in a concert, called ''Tous egaux, tous en scene'' in La Zenith, Paris, to fight for racial discrimination. In February 2005, she performed her song, "Être une femme", with :fr:Lady Laistee, Lady Laistee in ''Ni Putes Ni Soumises, Ni Putes Ni Soumises Concert'' to celebrate women empowerment and feminism. In the same year, she performed "Don't Give Up (Peter Gabriel and Kate Bush song), Don't Give Up" with Peter Gabriel on ''United Against Malaria Concert'' in Geneva,
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. She also participated on the ''2006 Fight AIDS'', solidarity campaign held by Princess Stéphanie of Monaco's humanitarian organization called :fr:Fight Aids Monaco, Fight AIDS Monaco. She also joined on a collaborative track entitled "L'Or de nos vies" with several other French musicians and called themselves as Fight AIDS. In 2006, 2008, and 2011, Anggun was a part of '':fr:Concert pour la tolérance, Concert pour la tolérance'' in Agadir, Morocco to promote a message of respect for others and differences, for peace, tolerance, fraternity, dialogue between cultures and for the fight against all forms of discrimination. Anggun was part of a humanitarian project, ''Contre la SIDA'', organized by Princess Stéphanie of Monaco, to raise money to help to fight against
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. She did a charity single with several female French stars, titled "Pour que tu sois libre". During 2007, Anggun participated in several environmental projects. She became the French-language narrator of the BBC nature documentary film ''Earth (2007 film), Earth'' ('':fr:Un jour sur terre, Un jour sur terre''), an ecological documentary film by Alastair Fothergill produced by BBC Worldwide, and composed its soundtrack single, "''Un jour sur terre''". After the release of the movie, The Walt Disney Company, Disney announced the planting of around 2.7 million trees in endangered areas including the Amazonian forest. She was appointed as the Ambassador of the Micro-environment Prize by the Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable Development, Transport and Housing, French Ministry of Ecology and Sustainable Development and National Geographic (American TV channel), National Geographic Channel. In 2009, Anggun went to Aceh, Nangroe Aceh Darussalam,
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to promote the importance of mangrove forests. Her work was filmed by :en:Gulli, Gulli TV and aired in Europe, ''Mon Arbre Pour La Vie Voyage Au Pays de Anggun'' (My Tree For Life Travel to the Country of Anggun). She joined AIDES to raise money to help fighting AIDS at the same year. She alongside with other 75 francophone singers, including 60 French artists, formed a collective group called :fr:Collectif Paris Africa, Collectif Paris Africa to participated UNICEF campaign on a charity song, ":fr:Des ricochets, Des ricochets", in order to raise awareness about Horn of Africa countries war situation and help the victims, most of them are children, by this charity. On 7 December 2009, she attended and was a part of ''United Nations Climate Change conference (COP15)'' in Copenhagen,
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, helping to spread an awareness message worldwide and to raise the importance of the for leaders of the world to agree and work together on this key issue that is climate change. She also performed at ''2009 United Nations Climate Change Conference, Dance 4 Climate Change Concert''. She sang two songs as a soloist, "
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" and "Stronger", and two songs as a duet, "
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and "7 Seconds (song), 7 Seconds" with Youssou N'Dour. In 2010, Anggun joined former President of United States, Bill Clinton, at the ''Clinton Foundation, 2010 Clinton Global Initiative'' to kick off "a Healthy Hair for Healthy Water" campaign with another public figures, such as philanthropist & creator of United Nations Foundation Ted Turner and supermodel & activist Gisele Bündchen. This event was to help the CSDW (Children's Safe Drinking Water) achieve its dream to "save a life every hour" in the developing countries around the world by providing two billion liters of clean water every year by 2020. At the same year, she with Daniel Powter,
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, Bob Sinclar, Joachim Garraud and other 33 artists, credited as Collectif Artistes, appeared and featured in AIDES's album ''Message'', specifically in a song called ''If'', to dedicated for all the victims of AIDS worldwide. On 1 July 2011, she appeared on game show called ''N'oubliez pas les paroles!'', a French version of international series ''Don't Forget the Lyrics!'' with Thierry Amiel where they won EU€50,000 and donated those prizes to
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. In 2011, Anggun joined charity show marathon, called ''Telethon, Téléthon''. Over EU€86 million have been collected so far to the benefit of the fight for children rare diseases, including muscular dystrophy syndrome. She co-signed an appeal with several artists and artistic personalities in favor of marriage for all and urged the French government to give the right of access to adoption for homosexual couples. She with other 40 musical artists, including will.i.am and Carly Rae Jepsen, joined a campaign project which held by :fr:La Voix de l'enfant, La Voix de l'enfant and My Major Company to made a collective charity album called ''Les Voix de l'Enfant''. The album sold over 50,000 copies and gained EU€100,000. She participated in its single, ''Je reprends ma route''. She joined UNICEF campaign to help children in Africa. She participated as a performer at :fr:Association Laurette Fugain, Association Laurette Fugain's concert,''Départ Immédiat''. She performed a duet with
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on "No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)." Anggun with
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attended the PSG's charity event ''Fondation du PSG'' in November 2013 to help children with need. This event succeed to collect funds around EU€190,000 or equivalent to US$221,191.35. Anggun promoted a pressure to put an end against discrimination, child labor, forcing young girls into marriage, and prostitution at ''World Without Walls '' congress on 9 November 2014 in Berlin, Germany. Anggun, David Foster, Melanie C and Vanness Wu later collaborated on a cover version of Earth, Wind & Fire's "Let's Groove" as the charity single for April 2015 Nepal earthquake, Nepal earthquake relief. In 2015, Anggun became the ambassador of charity organization '':fr:La Voix de l'enfant, La Voix de l'enfant'' (''The Voice of the Children''). :fr:Les Enfants de la Terre, Les Enfants de la terre made collaborative project with several artists, including Anggun, to launched a musical tale album for kids and it was called ''Martin & les fées'' (Martin & The Fairies). For every EU€1 from its sale, all was donated to :fr:Les Enfants de la Terre, Les Enfants de la terre for giving help and aids to disability, children with disability. She joined ‘’The Pansy Project’’, a website to denounces the cruelty of homophobia actions against LGBT communities in the world, iniated by Paul Harfleet. This project also planted Pansy on locations where homophobia action was committed. She made through one of important newspaper in France Libération or so called Libération, Libé which she made a strong stands about supporting LGBT, LGBT community, sent an open letter for Joko Widodo, President of Indonesia Joko Widodo about death sentence of :fr:Serge Atlaoui, Serge Atlaoui, told about her new album ''
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'', her newest updates in life, and many more. She attended 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference, 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP21) in Paris. She met Aliansi Masyarakat Adat Nusantara, Indigenous Peoples' Alliance of Nusantara (AMAN) and Indonesia Nature Film Society (Infis) when she shares her views on indigenous rights, indigenous peoples' rights, climate change and the role we all have to play in this short interview. She did an interview with advocacy group, ''If Not Us, Then Who?''. She was appointed to be the narrator of a documentary film titled ''Our Fight'' which broadcast through this event and
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and Sumatra. She joined a campaigned advertisement called ''Une bonne claque'' by short clip for COP21 which aired on France 2. She told how we can contribute to the environment by giving little tips that help the Earth from climate change. Anggun went to Madagascar to help children with chronic diseases to get medical treatment with Aviation sans frontières. She attended at ''2016 United Nations Climate Change Conference, 2016 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP22)'' in Marrakesh, Marrakech, Morocco. She sang "
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" and " Cesse la pluie", also did a duet with Youssou N'Dour for the fourth time on his song titled "7 Seconds (song), 7 Seconds". Anggun alongside singer :fr:Monsieur Nov, Monsieur Nov, actor Frédéric Chau, PSG goalkeeper Alphonse Areola, rugby player François Trinh-Duc, journalist :fr:Émilie Tran Nguyen, Émilie Tran Nguyen & :fr:Raphaël Yem, Raphaël Yem, chef :fr:Pierre Sang Boyer, Pierre Sang, entrepreneur Paul Duan and other Asian origin-French personalities joined a campaign clip called ''#Asiatiquesdefrance'' initiated by France 2 journalist Hélène Lam Trong and produced by journalist Mélissa Theuriau to stop Asian hate and to fight against Asian stereotyping in France. In May 2017, she attended a charity event titled ''The Global Gift Gala'', which was held by Eva Longoria Charity Organization and The Eva Longoria Foundation with UNICEF and The Global Gift Foundation collaboration, in Paris. Anggun joined the panel of judges for the ''Picture This Festival for the Planet'' short film competition. In the event new filmmakers, storytellers, and those who feel they can change the whole world, will compete with each other. The announcement of Anggun's involvement was conveyed by Sony Pictures Television Networks (SPTN) in collaboration with the
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Foundation. On the ''Picture This Festival for the Planet'' judges panel, there was Anggun together with actress and advocate Megan Boone from TV series The Blacklist (TV series), The Blacklist, President of United Nations Foundation Elizabeth M. Cousens, Elizabeth Cousens, MD & CEO of Sony Pictures Networks India N. P. Singh, co-presidents & founders of Sony Pictures Classics Tom Bernard & Michael Barker, United States, U.S. President & Chief Creative Officer of WeTransfer Damian Bradfield, as well as other prominent industry & environmental activism leaders. In April 2018, Anggun with Milène Guermont, Axelle Red, soprano :ast:Pilar Jurado, Pilar Jurado, :fr:Sylvie Hoarau, Sylvie Hoarau from Brigitte (duo), Brigitte, French rock group :fr:Blankass, Blankass, Joyce Jonathan, Irish singer Eleanor McEvoy, and German composer :de:Alexander Zuckowski, Alexander Zuckowski joined ''Transfer of Value/Value Gap'' press conference with the members of the European Parliament Virginie Rozière, Silvia Costa (politician), Silvia Costa and Axel Voss, also Confédération Internationale des Sociétés d'Auteurs et Compositeurs, European Grouping of Societies of Authors and Composers (GESAC) & Société des auteurs, compositeurs et éditeurs de musique, Société des auteurs, compositeurs et éditeurs de musique (SACEM) delegates. They discussed about this topic and copyright problems with President of European Digital Rights, Institute for Digital Fundamental (IDF) Rights Jean-Marie Cavada. Anggun and those artists later on joined mass online campaign titled ''#MakeInternetFair''. This main action was to ensure that user upload platforms, like YouTube, Facebook and SoundCloud properly share the revenues they generate with the songwriters and composers whose musical works they use, addressing the so-called ‘transfer of value’ or ‘value gap’. On 17 June 2018, she was performing with French composer and musician :fr:François Meïmoun, François Meïmoun at Centre Pompidou for ''55th Anniversary of :fr:Sésame Autisme, Fédération Française Sésame Autisme'', is a French non-profit association of parents of children and adults with autism. She sang a song called "Blocus" which she co-wrote it with François Meïmoun and Thomas Fasquerras and became the soundtrack of the event. Its lyrics were mixed up French and Indonesian language. On 26 June 2018, she was officially participating ''#TheFreaks'', a collective of 68 French artists, such as Zazie, Pascal Obispo, and more, who are sensitive to the defense of the environment and the protection of our ecosystems. This was an initiative action from French electro-rock band Shaka Ponk. Therefore, they committed to adopting new behaviors to fight over-consumption, pollution, global warming and protect biodiversity. On 19 January 2019, she performed at the :it:Cinema Teatro Odeon, Teatro Odeon, Ponsacco to helped campaign of charity music event ''Monte Serra'' by Music for Life Association with another artists such as Matteo Becucci and Jonathan Canini. In March 2019, Anggun alongside Yann Arthus-Bertrand, Paul Lynch (director), Paul Lynch, Zaz (singer), Zaz, Kate Atkinson (writer), Kate Atkinson, Joanna Trollope, and more than 450 artists, authors, writers, also journalists all over Europe signed the petition & open letter to European Parliament in Strasbourg. The open letter forced the Parliament to think more about the future of copyright and protection for European creators with strict regulations. Anggun and those artists-journalists held a campaign ''#Yes2Copyright'' to raise awareness among European citizen about the importance and consequences of this problem. On 5 July 2019, she staged a charity concert, called ''Gemilang 30 Tahun'' at the Gelora Bung Karno Sports Complex, Tennis Indoor Stadium in Senayan, Kebayoran Baru, Senayan, Central Jakarta, and sponsored by consumer goods producer Procter & Gamble, P&G, the concert's theme is titled, ''Unify the Tunes, Make Indonesian Children's Dreams Come True''. According to a post on the Instagram account of children's welfare foundation @savechildren_id, the funds be used to construct 100 classrooms in schools affected by natural disasters in Palu and Donggala Regency, Donggala in Central Sulawesi, Lombok in West Nusa Tenggara, Sumba, Sumba Island in East Nusa Tenggara and West Java. Donations collected from this concert are IDR3,060,000,000 or equals to US$218,560.50. As the part of charity event, Anggun auctioned off his shoes which are products from designer Christian Louboutin type 'circus city spiked cutout gold' which has an initial price of US$1,295. Anggun committed to reversing the biodiversity loss curve by joining World Wide Fund for Nature, WWF France ''#PasLeDernier'' campaign. Anggun joined World Wide Fund for Nature, WWF Indonesia collaboration's campaign and awareness program to protect Sumatran elephant, called ''A Night for Wildlife Preservation in Indonesia'', on 13 November 2019 at Embassy of Indonesia, Paris. There were Muslim, Gayo people, Gayo elephant activist, Indonesian singer and founder of ''Teman Gajah'' (Friend of Elephant) Tulus (singer), Tulus, 2019-2021 :id:Daftar Duta Besar Indonesia untuk Prancis, Indonesian Ambassador to France Arrmanatha Christiawan Nasir, and Paris Peace Forum steering committee Yenny Wahid. On 17 July 2020, she became leader of the panelist or ''investigateur'', while :fr:Cartman (animateur), Cartman and :fr:Chris Marques, Chris Marques were the member of her team, on television reality show '':fr:Good Singers, Good Singers'', an adapted Korean television program ''I Can See Your Voice (South Korean TV series), I Can See Your Voice''. She won EU€28,500 or equivalent to US$33,082.77 and she donated those prize to Aviation sans frontières. Another team was led by Amir Haddad, Amir while
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and Titoff were the member of his team. She performed a song "Lady Marmalade" with legendary cabaret dance troupe Moulin Rouge on 25 June 2020 at TV special for charity event ''100 ans de comédies musicales : les stars chantent pour
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'' to fight against AIDS, even though COVID-19 pandemic was roaming. In December 2020, she shared a video from ''The Pansy Project'' (''Les Pensées de Paul''), which was a 2015 documentary film by English artist-activist Homotopia (festival), Paul Harfleet that denounces homophobia and violence against the LGBT community. The film was directed by Jean-Baptiste Erreca. Anggun was a cameo in the promotional trailer of the documentary and her song, called "Try", was chosen to be the soundtrack of the documentary. In April 2021, Anggun alongside 35 French celebrities, such as
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, Chimene Badi, Ibrahim Maalouf and more, joined solidarity raffle held by :fr:Association Laurette Fugain, Laurette Fugain Association, an association that aims to fight leukemia. It owes its name to Laurette Fugain, the daughter of Stéphanie and Michel Fugain, who died in 2002 cause of this disease at the age of 22. To joined this raffle, the persons had to buy one or more EU€10 tickets donation from 31 March to 31 May 2021. If they got lucky and win this raffle, each one of the winners got the chance to meet one of those celebrities in person. On 14 June 2021, she was invited to perform in order to support and celebrate ''World Blood Donor Day 2021'' at Parco della Musica, Auditorium Parco della Musica in
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, Italy. At that event, she sang three songs and was appointed as an International Ambassador of the Blood Donors by World Health Organization, WHO, Ministry of Health (Italy), Ministry of Health and President of Italy, President of the Republic. Anggun performed in Aquileia as her continued Italia tour. This tour concert was part of ''Le Note del Dono'' project to celebrated the anniversary of :it:Fratres, Fratres group which the idea of this project came from Italian artistic director Marco Vanni. This project aims to promote, through music, the culture of total donation, such as blood, blood components, organs, tissues, stem cells, cord, and medulla - which style of life that safeguards health and well-being and that is moved by human solidarity, civic conscience and, for those who believe, by charity. The donation of a country's biological material is an index of civilization and every gift is a free human drug that saves lives. On 25 August 2021, Anggun joined Italy solidarity event, ''Mattone del cuore'', held by :it:Paolo Brosio, Paolo Brosio's Olimpiadi del Cuore Association and Fondazione della Nazionale Cantanti in Forte dei Marmi. This event was held for Italian families in difficulty after COVID-19 who may have dependent people with physical or disabilities affecting intellectual abilities, mental disability or associations that deal with psychic or physical disabled people, and in part to the great project ''Mattone del Cuore Primo Pronto Soccorso di Medjiugorie (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia Erzegovina)'' and in Third World, third world countries for the care and assistance of children patients with leukemia and blood cancers to treat them directly in their countries and in their hospitals with the assistance of the best specialists in the world. A project managed by the Cure2Children Association of Florence. Anggun and several French celebrities joined donation campaign called ''Winter Time 2021'' which held by :fr:Imagine for Margo, Imagine For Margo - Children Without Cancer Association and :fr:Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré, Comité du Faubourg Saint-Honoré. She donated her pair of shoes which designed by Christian Louboutin. Anggun made a visit to a special need public school, namely Sekolah Luar Biasa Negeri Pembina in Jayapura, in order to support the teacher, parents, and disability students there as solidarity campaign and social project for ''National Sports Week (Indonesia), 2021 National Paralympic Week''. On 15 January 2022, she attended as guest for ''Spectaculaire'' on :fr:France 2, France 2, a charity family TV show which brings together on stage the best numbers of performances from all the disciplines and honors prestigious artists from all over the world with exhibits exceptional performances, such as acrobatic roller skating, aerial hoop, flaming Cyr wheel, etc. She sang "Caruso (song), Caruso" featured virtual "Luciano Pavarotti". This show's particular episode had collected EU€140,000 and donated those prizes to :fr:Aviation sans frontières, Aviation sans frontières. Anggun alongside with her husband were being invited by :fr:Élise Boghossian, Élise Boghossian to perform for EliseCare's solidarity concert at Olympia (Paris), Olympia. This concert was being held as a solidarity act for children who were victimized by the war in Iraq, Syria,
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, Ethiopia and Ukraine. Anggun became a leader of the panelists again on :fr:Good Singer, Good Singer (season 3) second episode, with :fr:Booder, Booder and Diane Leyre were the member of her team. She won over Joyce Jonathan for EU€13,500 and donated to Aviation sans frontières.


Ambassadorship

She was appointed as the spokesperson for the
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, a United Nations program aimed at eradicating debt in the third world, In 2009, Anggun was appointed as the FAO Goodwill Ambassador, Goodwill Ambassador for the
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(FAO), part of the United Nations. On 15 October 2009, she performed on the occasion of the ''World Food Day, World Food Day Ceremony'' at Headquarters of the United Nations, UN headquarters Plenary Hall in New York City, New York, New York. She attended Rome Film Festival on the next day and spoke as Goodwill ambassador, UN Goodwill Ambassador at ''TeleFood Campaign Against Hunger in The World''. Anggun as FAO Goodwill Ambassador have been named by the
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as ''MDG Champions'' on 1 September 2010. The announcement was made at Headquarters of the United Nations, UN headquarters in New York City, New York. FAO Goodwill Ambassadors, such as Italian actor Raoul Bova, Canadian singer
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, Filipino singer Lea Salonga and American actress Susan Sarandon, spoke with one voice in an urgent appeal on behalf of the more than one billion people living in chronic hunger worldwide. Anggun, who has also appeared in a French film, promoted one of the campaigns she participated in, namely '':fr:The One Billion Hungry Project, 1 Billion Hungry Project''. ''The '1 Billion Hungry Project'' is also a program from FAO from the United Nations to raise our awareness that in 2010, there were 925 million people who were still hungry. This campaign asks the public to sign a petition to pressure government leaders to be more active in eradicating poverty. According to Anggun, by word of mouth promotion or through social networks will increase the number of signatures for this petition. “Spread the words! Anyway, I will always tweet, I will always post on Facebook, just to wake the people up in everywhere," said Anggun. She also performed "
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" at the campaign's concert on 19 September 2010 in New York. She got an interview with
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to talk about this campaign on the same date. American former athlete Carl Lewis and Anggun will be joining other celebrities in support of the ''Millennium Development Goals, MDG Summit'' to be held in New York on 22 September 2010. The UN Summit in New York on 20–22 September will bring together close to 150 Heads of State and Government, joined by leaders from the private sector, foundations and civil society, and celebrities, to commit to an action agenda to achieve the MDGs. In November 2011, she made a speech at UN Summit in
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.


Writing

Anggun wrote her views on several issues, especially in Indonesia. She shared those columns on online platforms Qureta.com and Deutsche Welle, DW. She got more than 150,000 online readers. Mostly she discussed social, humanity, and tolerance topics. On Qureta.com, she uploaded four writings and all in Bahasa: * "''Feminisme dan Solidaritas Maskulin'' (Feminism and Masculine Solidarity)" * "''Histeria Go-International'' (Go-International Hysteria)" * "''Cinta adalah Hak Asasi Manusia'' (Love is a Human Right)" * "''Indonesia dan Sejumlah Klise'' (Indonesia and Some Clichés)" On Deutsche Welle, DW, she wrote an article titled "''Komunisme dan Emosi Yang Bertautan di Indonesia'' (Communism and Emotions Are Linked in Indonesia)" and also it uploaded in Bahasa.


Personal life

Anggun was raised a Muslim: At the same time she notes that she is not inclined to have a rigid point of view about religion and tends more and more to Buddhism without, in essence, breaking with religious belief. In recognising her disposition to Buddhism, Anggun stresses that her transition to another religious stance should not be a concern of other people. She makes it a requirement to admit religious toleration and insists on a separation of religious faith from the basic regulative principle for the individual:
For me, the most important thing is not what religion you believe in but how you do things, how you live your life.
Your belief doesn't determine whether you're a good person or not—your behavior does.
Anggun has been married four times. Her first marriage, in 1992, was to Michel Georgea, a French engineer. Since he was her manager, Anggun was reproached in Indonesia for allegedly marrying to advance her career. Her second husband was Louis-Olivier Maury (born March 1971) whom she met in Canada. They married in 2004. After her marriage to Olivier Maury ended in 2006, Anggun began a relationship with French writer Cyril Montana, whom she eventually married. She gave birth to her first child, a daughter named Kirana Cipta Montana, on 8 November 2007. She and Montana got divorced in 2015. On 16 August 2018 Anggun married for the fourth time in Ubud,
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with a German musician and photographer, Christian Kretschmar. Besides
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, her native language, Anggun is fluent in French and English.


Paris burglary incidents

According to ''Closer (magazine), Closer'', Anggun's apartment in Paris was robbed by Burglary, burglars on 18 September 2015 when she was not in Paris. The burglars have stolen jewelry and high value items for a total amount of around EU€250,000. Theft occurred again in the housing of Anggun on Monday, December 6, 2021, at around 11.00 p.m. in Paris. At that time, Anggun and her family were on vacation in Italy. There were three men who were suspected. They managed to slip into the apartment at 8th arrondissement of Paris, the 8th arrondissement of Paris through a window. The robbers stole several luxury items belonging to Anggun, including bags and watches. The amount of the damage would amount to EU€80,000.


Backing band

Current members *Fabrice Ach – bassist, backing vocals (2001–present) *:fr:Olivier Freche, Olivier Freche – lead guitarist, rhythm guitarist, backing vocals (2004–2011, 2013–present) *Jean-Marie Négozio – keyboardist, backing vocals (2003, 2006–present) *Olivier Baldissera – drummer, percussionist (2008–present) *Stéphane Escoms – back-up keyboardist, backing vocals (2020 (on Italia & Russia tour concerts)–present) Former members *Patrick Buchmann – drummer, percussionist, backing vocals (1997–2004) *Nicolas-Yvan Mingot – lead guitarist (1997–2000) * Yannick Hardouin – bassist (1997–2001) *Patrice Clémentin – keyboardist (1997–2002) *Serge Bouchard – back-up bassist (1999 (on Asia Tour)) *:fr:Cyril Tarquiny, Cyril Tarquiny – lead guitarist, rhythm guitarist, backing vocals (2001–2003, 2006–2007, 2010–2012, 2020 (on Russia tour)) *Gilard – keyboardist, backing vocals (2004–2005) *Claude Sarragossa – drummer, percussionist (2005–2007) *Romain Berrodier – back-up keyboardist, backing vocals (2014–2015) *Frédéric Degré – back-up drummer (2019 (on '':id:Prambanan Jazz Festival, Prambanan Jazz Festival'' and ''Gemilang 30 Tahun Concert''))


In popular culture

Anggun became the first Indonesian woman to be immortalized in wax by
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in 2016. Located in its Bangkok museum, Anggun's statue joined that of Sukarno, the first President of Indonesia. A cocktail named after "Anggun" in Le Meurice, Bar 228, Hôtel Meurice de Calais, Paris. It made of Bacardi, Bacardi rum, mango coulis, coconut milk, and pineapple juice.


Discography


Studio albums

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Dunia Aku Punya ''Dunia Aku Punya'' (meaning ''The World Is Mine'') is the debut studio album by Indonesian singer-songwriter Anggun. It was released by Billboard Indonesia in 1986, when she was 14 years old. The album was produced by Indonesian rock musician Ian ...
'' (1986) *''
Anak Putih Abu Abu ''Anak Putih Abu Abu'' (meaning ''High School Kids'') is the second Indonesian-language studio album by Indonesian singer Anggun. The album was released in 1991, by Harpa Records and spawned hits singles "Nafas Cinta", "Anak Putih Abu Abu" and "Pe ...
'' (1991) *'' Nocturno'' (1992) *'' Anggun C. Sasmi... Lah!!!'' (1993) *''
Snow on the Sahara ''Snow on the Sahara'' (English version) / ''Au nom de la lune'' (French version) is the fifth studio album and first international release by Indonesian singer Anggun. The French version was first released in France on 24 June 1997 by Columbia R ...
'' (1997) *''
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'' (2000) *''
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'' (2005) *''
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'' (2008) *'' Echoes'' (2011) *''
Toujours un ailleurs ''Toujours un ailleurs'' (meaning ''Always Elsewhere'') is the sixth international studio album by Anggun. It was released physically in France and Belgium by TF1, TF1 Musique on 20 November 2015, and as a music download, digital album worldwide. I ...
'' (2015) *''8 (Anggun album), 8'' (2017)


Filmography

Film *''Earth (2007 film), Un jour sur Terre (Earth)'' (2007): as narrator *''What War May Bring, Ces amours-là (What War May Bring)'' (2010): as cameo *''Silent Night: A Song for the World'' (2020) *'':fr:Coup de foudre à Bangkok, Coup de foudre à Bangkok'' (2020) *''Raya and the Last Dragon'' (''Raya et le dernier Dragon'') (2021) Television *'':id:Papiko, Operet Lebaran di Gang Kelinci'' (1984) *'':fr:Les Enfoires, Les Enfoires: :fr:Dernière Édition avant l'an 2000, Dernière Édition avant l'an 2000'' (1999) *'':fr:E-classement, E-classement'' (:fr:W9, W9) (2011): as host *''Miss France'' (2008 & 2015) *''X Factor Indonesia'' (season 1) (2013) *''
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'' (season 2) (2014) *''
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'' (2015 - 2019) *''Pondok Pak Cus'' (2015-2016) *''The Voice Indonesia'' (season 3) (2018) *'':fr:Les Années bonheur, Les Années bonheur'' *''Mask Singer (French TV series), Mask Singer'' (''Le Chanteur Masqué'') (2019 - 2022) *''300 choeurs pour + de vie'' *'':fr:Good Singers, Good Singers'' (season 1 & 3) (2020 & 2022) *''Les Reines du shopping, les Reines du Shopping spéciale Célébrités'' (2021) *''Merci Line'' (2021) *''Chantant Aznavour'' (2021) *''Allez viens je t'emmène dans les années Pop'' (2021) *''Spectaculaire: avec Anggun'' (:fr:France 2, France 2) (2022) *'':fr:Léo Mattéï, Brigade des mineurs, Léo Mattéï, Brigade des mineurs'' (season 9) (2022) *''Le livre favori des Français'' (2022) *''Danse avec les stars (Danse avec les stars (season 12), season 12)'' (2022) Musical Theatre *''Al Capone & Les Incorruptibles'' (2023) Radio Programme *''
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) (2015 - 2016): as columnist Online Series *''Profession Comédien'' (2019) Soundtrack


Accolades

* 2001: ranked No. 6 in a list of the Sexiest Women of Asia by ''FHM'' magazine. * 2010: FHM 100 Sexiest Women in the World


Bibliography

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See also

*List of Indonesian musicians and musical groups *List of artists who reached number one on the Italian Singles Chart


References


External links

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FAO Goodwill Ambassador website
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