Heppy Rismanda Hendranata ( jv, ꦲꦼꦥ꧀ꦥꦾꦫꦶꦱ꧀ꦩꦤ꧀ꦢꦲꦼꦤ꧀ꦢꦿꦤꦠ; born July 10, 1999), better known by the stage name Happy Asmara is an Indonesian singer-songwriter, television personality, presenter, and businesswoman from Kediri,

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. Based herself in

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, her name gained wider public attention after the release of the second single of her own production titled "Tak Ikhlasno" which has gained immense popularity in the Java region, specifically East Java. In the year of the release of "Tak Ikhlasno", Happy through the record label released the recycled single "Dalan Liyane" which also gained great popularity and at least became a change in her career. In popular culture, "Tak Ikhlasno" and "Dalan Liyane" have been considered the beginnings of great recognition.

Early life and education

Happy was born in

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and grew up in the Ringinrejo District area. She is the eldest of four children from a Javanese-

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father, Hendro Siswantoro, and a Javanese mother, Dwi Yuslianti. Happy has three younger siblings; the oldest is Riang Cahya Fortuna and the youngest is Alexio Bertrand Alvaro, while her second younger brother is a person with

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and has died from

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. Happy's last name is a patronymic name given by her parents, which was adapted from her father's first name. Happy has completed her junior high school education from SMP Negeri 2 Kras, then she continued and has completed her senior high school education from SMA Negeri 1 Kandat in Kediri Regency, East Java. Happy had pursued a

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(S.Pd.) degree in Primary School Teacher Education (PGSD) from the Open University (UPBJJ-UT) Malang in Kediri City, but due to her busy career she finally chose to stop until an unspecified time.

Career

2009, 2013–2016: Early career

In 2009, when Happy was between the ages of 8 and 10, she started her career by being selected as a model for a local children's magazine in

. As time went by, Happy's talent in singing began to show, she had been training her vocals since she was in junior high school. Happy began her musical career by appearing from stage to stage, starting from local festivals, filling weddings, to appearing as a sinden in wayang kulit events. In 2013, Happy began signing a contract with a local record company and a few years later she began joining several dangdut orchestras at once in East Java. Happy released her debut single on January 1, 2014 with a live recording of the title track "Sayang 4". Throughout her career, Happy worked as a vocalist for a local

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in Kediri, at the same time she was also a rocker singer with a punk fashion style.

2016–2017: ''Dangdut Academy 4 Surabaya'' audition

While still a high school student in 2016, Happy was supported by her parents to audition for the fourth season of the popular dangdut singing talent search '' D'Academy'' at BK3S Tenggilis Mejoyo in

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, the audition was held on November 7 2016 and was broadcast delayed by

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on January 18, 2017. In the audition assessment round, Happy sang several lyrics from the song "Sayang" which was popularized by

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—Nassar Sungkar, Dewi Persik, and

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became the main panel of judges assessing her performance. At the end of the audition, Happy managed to get a golden ticket which was given directly by Dewi Persik as the main panel of judges. After the audition round was over, Happy was considered to have resigned and was also declared to have failed to advance to the next round. This happened because she did not answer the phone call from the organizers informing her that she had been selected to compete in

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for fear of fraud.

Discography

Album

* ''Samudra Record Live'' (2019) * ''Pingin Sayang'' (2020) * ''Happy Asmara Terbaik'' (2020) * ''Bikin Happy'' (2022)

Single

* "Salah" (2019) * "Tak Ikhlasno" (2019) * "Balik Kanan Wae" (2019) * "Ojo Geton" (2019) * "Kebal Kelaran" (2020) * "Sampun Lilo" (2020) * "Bahagiamu" (2020) * "Iri Bilang Boss" (2020) * "Wes Tatas" (2020) * "Purik" (2020) * "Ojo Dadi Pecundang" (2021) * "Tak Warahi Carane" (2021) * "Siji Wektu" (2021) * "Cukup" (2022) * "Tanpo Aku (Sing Ati-Ati)" (2022) * "Suwun Lorone" (2022)

Filmography

Film

Web series

Music Video Model

* Tegar Soekamthos – "Aku Rapopo" (2020) * Denny Caknan – "Helleh" (2022)

References

External links

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