Gloria Jessica (née Gultom; born 25 June 1994) is an Indonesian singer-songwriter of

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descent. She was one of the contestants of the second season of

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(2016), broadcast by the national television station

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. She started gaining wide public attention after performing her rendition of

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's "''

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''" in the knockout round of the singing contest. On YouTube, the video of the performance made its way to the very top of nationally "trending" videos and held its position there for more than a week. In the same year, she signed with Universal Music Indonesia. Her fifth single, "''Hold On''", is the first one fully in English and written by herself in collaboration with Joseph Saryuf of Santamonica and

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. "''Buka Mata''", released in 2019, is also a product of their collaboration. The following year saw Gloria working with American musicians

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and Jesse Ruben, resulting in the single "''Still Worth Loving''". In 2021, "''Berlalu''" was released. The song was produced by a trio of prominent Indonesian musicians/producers: Widi Puradiredja of

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, Kimo Rizky of Kimokal, and Joseph Saryuf. Gloria received the award for "Best New Artiste (Female)" in the 2017 edition of

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, an event appreciating

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musicians from

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, and

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.Home-grown singer Aisyah Aziz biggest winner at Anugerah Planet Muzik
The Straits Times. Retrieved 16 October 2017 Two of her singles have been nominated in

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, the Indonesian version of

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. Her fans formed a dedicated "friendbase" named GlowJes which periodically organizes meet-and-greets and gatherings. Her friendship and frequent collaborations with model/drummer/vlogger/actress Rani Ramadhany resulted in their fans' forming another fanbase named RRGJ.

Performances on The Voice Indonesia 2016

: – The performance gained more than 1 million views on Youtube in a week : – The performance was one of "5 amazing knockout performances" on The Voice Global

Discography

Singles

* ''Dia Tak Cinta Kamu'' (2016) * ''I Just Wanna Love You'' (2017) * ''Setia'' (2018) * ''Luka yang Kecil'' (2018) * ''Hold On'' (2018) * ''Buka Mata'' (2019) * ''Still Worth Loving'' (2020) * ''Berlalu'' (2021)

Awards and nominations

Anugerah Musik Indonesia

(translation: Indonesian Music Awards) is an annual Indonesian music awards equivalent to

Brit Awards The BRIT Awards (often simply called the BRITs) are the British Phonographic Industry's annual popular music awards. The name was originally a shortened form of "British", "Britain", or "Britannia" (in the early days the awards were sponsored ...

. The award was formalized in 1997 by ASIRI (Association of Indonesia Recording Industry), PAPPRI (Association of Indonesian Singers, Songwriters and Music Record Producers), and KCI (Copyright Office of Indonesia). , - , rowspan= "1" , 2017 , rowspan= "1" , "Dia Tak Cinta Kamu" , Best Newcomer , , -

Anugerah Planet Muzik

is an annual awards ceremony appreciating

musicians from

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. , - , rowspan= "1" , 2017 , "Dia Tak Cinta Kamu" , Best New Artiste (Female) , , -

Dahsyatnya Awards

Dahsyatnya Awards The Dahsyatnya Awards are annual awards presented by the daily Indonesian TV show ''Dahsyat'' that airs on RCTI. The show first was held on April 19, 2009. Categories The category in every year sometimes removed and held again as usual. The catego ...

is an annual awards ceremony presented by the daily Indonesian TV show

Dahsyat ''Dahsyat'' (or ''Strikes'', also stylized as ''dahSyat'') is an Indonesian television show broadcast daily on Rajawali Citra Televisi Indonesia (RCTI). The first episode of ''Dahsyat'' since 24 March 2008. The show broadcasts subject matter rela ...

, which is broadcast by

, one of

's biggest & oldest TV channels.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gloria Jessica 1994 births Living people The Voice (franchise) contestants People of Batak descent 21st-century Indonesian women singers Indonesian pop singers