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Wan Aishah binti Wan Ariffin ( Jawi: وان عائشة بنت وان عارفين; born 3 January 1965), known

mononymously A mononym is a name composed of only one word. An individual who is known and addressed by a mononym is a mononymous person. In some cases, a mononym selected by an individual may have originally been from a polynym, a word which refers to one o ...

as Aishah, is a singer, actress, and politician from

Negeri Sembilan Negeri Sembilan (, Negeri Sembilan Malay: ''Nogoghi Sombilan'', ''Nismilan'') is a state in Malaysia which lies on the western coast of Peninsular Malaysia. It borders Selangor on the north, Pahang in the east, and Malacca and Johor to the s ...

, Malaysia.

Music career

Aishah first achieved stardom in New Zealand when her first album with her band

Aishah and The Fan Club Aishah and The Fan Club, better known as The Fan Club or just Fan Club, were a New Zealand-based singing group in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The group released their first album ''Sensation'' in 1988, which spawned three top-20 singles in ...

, Sensation, has raised its name as Malaysia's first successful female singer to the international stage and has even had an entry into the Billboard Hot 100 chart with the song "

Don't Let Me Fall Alone Aishah and The Fan Club, better known as The Fan Club or just Fan Club, were a New Zealand-based singing group in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The group released their first album ''Sensation'' in 1988, which spawned three top-20 singles in ...

" in 1990. She joined the

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band while she was studying in New Zealand in the 1980s. After she was no longer with the Fan Club, Aishah returned to Malaysia while she was singing solo so she was appointed as one of the country's pop legendaries with a row of hit songs and best-selling albums. Aishah released 11 solo albums after leaving the Fan Club. In 2010, Aishah made a comeback with stage shows and an album. Her songs and style of music changed from R&B to

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spiritual songs. She re-entered the Malaysian music industry when she contested and became champion in the reality show singing competition organised by

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, Gegar Vaganza Season 4 in 2017 which were open to artists from the 1980s to 2000's era.

Political career

In 2011, she involved in politics by joining

Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party The Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS; ms, Parti Islam Se-Malaysia; ms, ڤرتي إسلام سمليسيا, label=Jawi alphabet, Jawi, script=arab, italic=unset) is an Islamist political party in Malaysia. As the party focused on Islamic fundamen ...

(PAS) and contested for the parliamentary seat in

Jempol The Jempol District is the largest district in the Malaysian state of Negeri Sembilan. The district borders Jelebu District to the northwest, Kuala Pilah District to the west, Tampin District to the south, Bera District, Pahang to the northeas ...

, Negeri Sembilan in the

2013 Malaysian general election General elections were held in Malaysia on Sunday, 5 May 2013 to elect the members of the 13th Parliament. Voting took place in all 222 parliamentary constituencies, each electing one MP to the Dewan Rakyat, the dominant house of Parliament. ...

, which she lost to

Barisan Nasional The National Front ( ms, Barisan Nasional; abbrev: BN) is a political coalition of Malaysia that was founded in 1973 as a coalition of centre-right and right-wing political parties. It is also the third largest political coalition with 30 se ...

(BN) candidate, former Menteri Besar

Mohd Isa Abdul Samad Mohd Isa bin Abdul Samad ( Jawi: محمد عيسى بن عبدالصمد; born 14 November 1949) is a Malaysian politician. He was the longest serving Menteri Besar of Negeri Sembilan for 22 years from April 1982 to March 2004 and was a Minister ...

with a majority of 8629 votes. Later she joined the PAS splinter but progressive new party, National Trust Party (AMANAH) after its inception in 2015, a component of

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(PH) coalition.

Election results

Honours

* : **

MY-NEG Order of Loyal Service to Negeri Sembilan - DBNS

Knight of the

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(DBNS) – Dato' (2022)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Aishah Living people 1965 births People from Negeri Sembilan Malaysian people of Malay descent Malaysian Muslims Malaysian women pop singers Malaysian pop rock singers Malaysian rhythm and blues singers Malaysian television personalities Malaysian actor-politicians English-language singers from Malaysia Malay-language singers Performers of Islamic music Awakening Music artists Former Malaysian Islamic Party politicians National Trust Party (Malaysia) politicians 21st-century Malaysian women singers Malaysian film actresses Malaysian television actresses

Music career

Political career

Election results

Honours

See also

References