Rossa

Sri Rossa Roslaina Handiyani, known simply as Rossa in Indonesia and Dato' Sri Rossa in Malaysia, is an Indonesian singer, businesswoman, actress, producer and presenter.

Born in Sumedang, West Java, Indonesia on 9 October 1978.

SM Entertainment, Anugerah Planet Muzik, Asia Pop 40 & Indonesia Media mentions that Rossa is the "Queen of Indonesian Pop." She is one of the most popular artists in Indonesian and Malay-speaking countries, and the most expensive Indonesian singer in Malaysia & Singapore.

She's the best-selling Indonesian artists of all-time based on album sales, selling over eleven million copies in the region until 2021.

As an Indonesian diva, Rossa has produced numerous hit songs and gained Multi-Platinum Award & Million Award for her albums.

Rossa debuted as a singer when she was ten years old with her first album, Gadis Ingusan, in 1988.

In 1990, she released her second album titled Untuk Sahabatku under the supervision of Dian Records/Pro-Sound.

Following this album, Rossa took time to complete her studies before continuing her journey with music.

However, her career as a child singer was not yet successful.

Rossa's career breakthrough came when she released her third studio album Nada-Nada Cinta in 1996 produced by Younky Soewarno.

This album sold more than 750,000 copies, and the single "Nada-Nada Cinta" ranked second on MTV Ampuh Indonesia for 18 weeks under Indonesia's all-time MTV Chart List section.

This song was also ranked 1st in the category of "Song of the Year MTV Ampuh Indonesia".

In addition to being a singer, she was also an actress, starring in the soap opera entitled Dua Sisi Mata Uang.

Since 1999, her albums have been released in Southeast Asia and also Japan.

Even until Rossa's songs were famous, she was once paid 150 million rupiah to sing one of her songs entitled "Sakura" and 210 million rupiah to sing one of her songs entitled "Ayat-Ayat Cinta".

Meanwhile, the prominent presenter of Metro TV, Alvin Adam, mentioned in his biography "The Story Book Just Alvin Part.2" that Rossa is the "Queen of Concert in Indonesia" because there are too many requests to sing at concerts.

Singer and judge for the talent show Judika also shares the same view as Alvin Adam that Rossa is the "Queen of Concerts Indonesia".

In 1999, Rossa released her fourth album Tegar.

It received Four Platinum Awards, and she won Favourite Female Artist at MTV Indonesia Award in 2000, The Potential Star Award by Bintang Magazine and The Magical Star by Cek & Ricek.

The main single Tegar was also used as original soundtrack for Indonesian soap opera Suami, Istri & Dia starring Ronnie Sianturi.

In 2000, the album Tegar was also released in Malaysia under BMG Music.

At the end of July 2000, Rossa released her new album entitled Hati Yang Terpilih exclusively for the soap opera of the same name.

Outside Indonesia, Rossa actively performed in events such as the Asian Music Festival and My Love in Hanoi, Vietnam on 26 October 2000.

She also received the honour of "Best Progressive – Pop Solo Female Artist" at the Anugerah Musik Indonesia (AMI Awards) award in 2001 for her album's achievement of being sold more than 450,000 copies.

Her second single Biarkan Cinta itu Ada from the album Tegar was also used as the soundtrack of the soap opera Tersayang in Brunei in 2001.

Although busy singing and studying, Rossa finally managed to finish her studies at the Faculty of Social and Political Science, University of Indonesia (UI) in February 2002.

In May 2002, Rossa released a single entitled KINI.

Her second compilation album, The Best of Rossa (2011) is included in the 10th list of best-selling albums of all time in Indonesia in 5th position with album sales more than 2 million copies.

Her solo album Love, Life & Music also broke the Indonesian Record World Museum (MURI) and Indonesia Recording Industry Association (ASIRI) as the highest-selling Indonesian album of all time with over 100,000 copies CD sold in a day.

Her songs have been used for over 160 soundtrack titles, both for films and soap operas until 2022.

Rossa has won many awards with a total of more than 120 awards until 2022; she is one of the most awarded Indonesian artist in history.

At the beginning of 2017, Rossa launched her latest album "A New Chapter" which incorporates collaborations with international musicians such as Mitch Allan, Tushar Apte, Fiona Bevan, and others.

It was awarded 4× Platinum Awards on 5 October 2017.

She also received the "Planet Muzik Special Award (Category : Legend Award)" from Anugerah Planet Muzik (Regional Grammy Awards) in Singapore on 28 October 2018.

The first Indonesian singer to receive a special award for this category.

In February 2019, Rossa became the first Indonesian artist and first Southeast Asian solo artist to join SM Entertainment, an International label and management group from South Korea that handles famous artists such as Kangta, BoA, TVXQ!, Super Junior, Girls' Generation, Shinee, f(x), EXO, Red Velvet, NCT, aespa and many others.

Rossa released the album Trilogy Part 1 entitled "Another Journey: The Beginning" which was inspired by various Pop Icons from various generations in February 2023.

This album, which was produced by Rossa, immediately received Double Platinum (150,000 copies) in just 22 days after its launch and became the fastest and highest selling album in 2023.

Meanwhile on iTunes this album occupied the No.1 position just a few minutes after its release, as well as becoming the No.1 best-selling pop album for Indonesian female singers.

3 months after its release, this album received 4 times Platinum because it sold more than 300,000 copies.