Agnes Monica
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 Agnes Monica singing her biggest hit to date "Matahariku" in Love Symphony Concert for the 19th birthday of RCTI | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Agnes Monica Muljoto |
| Also known as | NEZ, Agnes Monica, Aggy, Agnezmo |
| Born | July 1, 1986 |
| Origin | Jakarta, Indonesia |
| Genres | Pop, R&B, Dance-pop, Urban pop, Hip Hop, Adult Contemporary |
| Occupations | Singer-songwriter, dancer, actress, model, record producer, video director, cultural ambassador |
| Instruments | Vocals, piano |
| Years active | 1995-present |
| Labels | Aquarius Musikindo, Indonesia |
| Associated acts | Ahmad Dhani, Eza Yayang, Yana Yulio, Titi DJ, Keith Martin, Christian Chavez |
| Website | www.agnesmonicaofficial.com |
Agnes Monica (born Agnes Monica Muljoto on July 1, 1986) is an Indonesian pop recording artist, dancer, actress, songwriter, and model. Her career started when she was only 6 years old.
Her album "..And the Story Goes" (2003) made her popular as a teenage singer.[1] It was a big success in Indonesia with the singles "Bilang Saja", "Jera" and "Cinta Mati". The album sold 30.000 copies in only 3 days and eventually got double platinum. In 2005 she released her second album "Whaddup A.. '?!" with the hit single, "Tak Ada Logika". It sold 50,000 copies in 10 days and went to triple platinum (with no album promotion in Malaysia). Her third album is "Sacredly Agnezious" (2010); it features the hit single, Teruskanlah.[2] Her biggest hit to date is "Matahariku". Throughout her career, many of her songs became hits, and that made her launched the greatest hits album, "Agnes Is My Name" with new hits single, "Karena Ku Sanggup" and "Paralyzed".
Her success has extended her fame well beyond the borders of her home country Indonesia, she is known in Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, Philippines and South Korea. She is the only singer in Indonesia who has her own dance group, called Nezindahood, who always perform with Agnes on stage.[3] In 2009, she began planning to launch her international career, and started taking Mandarin lessons. A result of this was a role in two Taiwanese drama series, "Romance in the White House" with Peter Ho, and "The Hospital" with Jerry Yan.
[edit] Career
[edit] 1995-2002: Career breakthrough
Agnes started her career at the age of 6 as a singer and host of a children's TV show. As a child singer she released three albums; Si Meong, Yess! and Bala-bala. Besides her singing career she also was a presenter of VAN (Video Anak Antv) on Antv, Tralala-Trilili on RCTI and Diva Romeo on Trans TV. In 1999 and 2000 she won a Panasonic Award.[4] She became the most favorite children presenter of Tralala-Trilili. Her second children album, Yess won the Best Kid Album in 1999.[5]Pernikahan Dini and even sung the series' theme song.[6] In the series she played a teenager who was forced to marry a man after she conceived a baby with him--in Indonesia, having a baby out of wedlock is highly infamous. Her performance in Pernikahan Dini resulted into four awards; two Panasonic Awards in 2001, for The most popular drama series by viewers choice and most favorite drama actress, and two SCTV awards in 2002 for Most Popular Drama and Best Actress.[7] It is said that she was one of the most highly paid actresses in Indonesia at that time.[8] Because of her work in Pernikahan Dini, she had a very busy life in the year 2002. When Agnes was 15 years old she played in the big hit drama series
In 2002, she played in 3 drama series; "Lupus Milenia", "Kejarlah Daku Kau Kutangkap" and "Amanda". "Kejarlah Daku kau Kutangkap" is a remake of a 1986 Indonesian hit movie.[9] She also earned an Gossip Award for One Million Gossip Actress.
[edit] 2003-2004: And The Story Goes...
In 2003, Agnes released the album And The Story Goes....[10] The album shows that her voice had matured. A lot of famous Indonesian singers helped her produce this album including: Ahmad Dhani, Abdee Negara(one of the personnel of Slank) and Titi DJ. She also starred in TV series including Cewekku Jutek, for which she also recorded the theme song "Indah" and "Kau yang terindah". She won a Panasonic Award for Favorite TV Drama Star and also an SCTV Award for Best Actress.[7]
In 2004, she starred in two series, Bunga Perawan and Cantik. She won a Planet Music Award for New Female Artist, and three AMI Awards for Best Duo for her collaboration with Ahmad Dhani in the song "Cinta Mati", Best singer and Best dance and techno for her song "Bilang Saja", plus a SCTV Award for her role in Cantik. She was nominee in MTV Asia Awards 2004, she was the youngest artist of all the nominees in Asia that year.[11]
[edit] 2005-2007: Whaddup A.. '?! and overseas career development
In 2005, Agnes released her album Whaddup A.. ?! in collaboration with US singer Keith Martin.[12](Indonesian). She won a SCTV Award for best actress and an award from Indonesian News Channel for Music Video Favorite Female.[13][14] Because of huge success the album was re-released with a VCD bonus. Two singles, "Bukan Milikmu Lagi" and "Tanpa Kekasihku" had reached number 1 in MTV AMPUH charts
In 2006, She won many awards such as : SCTV Music Awards for Famous Pop Solo Album, MTV Indonesia Music Awards for favorite female artist, Panasonic Awards for Favorite Female TV Drama Star, 2 awards from VMI awards (Indonesian) for Favorite Video Clip and Best Actress in Video ClipBest Pop Female Solo Artist, Best R&B production for Solo, Duo, or Group category, and Best Design Graphis : Lesin Design, and Gadis Award for Go Regional. Agnes was involved in shooting the drama The Hospital in Taiwan, where she acted alongside Jerry Yan, a member of the band F4.[15] She also acted in the drama Romance in the White House alongside Peter Ho, though she only appeared in a few episodes.[16] For her brainpower, achievements and strong determination, a Korean Electronic brand LG picked her as their ambassador in Indonesia. Alongside with LG, she has numerous advertisements appear on media everyday, from a fashionable Japanese motorcycle, to a traditional Javanese Jamu.[17] She also has been nominated by "Dewan Pimpinan Persatuan Artis Penyanyi, Pencipta Lagu dan Penata Musik Rekaman Indonesia" as Phenomenal New Generation Indonesia Music Artist "Tanpa Kekasihku", 3 awards from AMI Awards for
By the end of 2006, Agnes had her first concert in Malaysia. A concert in Brunei was planned as well, but the government of Brunei forced her to cancel it due to the objection from local religious counselor. But, after 2 years, a top company from Brunei managed to invite Agnes to perform in there in a private celebration concert.[18]
In 2007, She won two more awards for Best Performance Artist from Go Show and Extravaganza 3rdAsian Idol, that held in Jakarta, Indonesia.[19][20] Agnes Monica was also appointed by DEA (Drugs Enforcement Administration) and IDEC Far East Region as the Anti Drugs Ambassador to promote a drug-free life to youngsters in Indonesia. The task required Agnes Monica to travel to 18 Asian countries in support of the international anti-drugs campaign, including Nepal, South Korea, China, India and Australia. According to the Chairman of IDEC Far East Region, Mr. Thanos, they chose Agnes after a long observation. They considered her a perfect choice as apart from being famous in east and south-east Asia, Agnes has a healthy life-style and has achieved many successes.[21] She also became the Brand Ambassador for Japan's Honda Motors in Indonesia. In the end of 2007, Agnes Monica has been called Star Entertainer 2007. birthday. She became the special guest star for The first
[edit] 2008-2010: NEZ, Sacredly Agnezious and two times in a row Best Asian Artist Award
Composing and writing her own songs was not enough for her, so she had produced her latest album.
In 2008, Agnes released a mini album titled NEZ in DVD/VCD format. It contains two new videos, "Matahariku" and "Godai Aku Lagi".[22] This mini album is also released in Malaysia, Singapore, and Brunei with different packaging and different title of Matahariku. Although this is a mini album with only two new videos, it had reached more than 100.000 copies. Agnes won an MTV Indonesia Award for Most Favorite Female Artist. Because of her work in the past, Agnes received the Most Favorite Singer and Wannabe Award in the Nickelodeon Indonesia Kids Choice Awards 2008 (The first Kids Choice Awards in Asia).[23] Her appearance in the series Jelita made her popular in Malaysia. It was watched by nearly two million Malaysians.
In 2009, Agnes released her album Sacredly Agnezious in two versions with the first one containing 10 songs and the second being a limited edition, containing 13 songs (10 songs from the first version plus three songs, Intro, Interlude and Outro). The special limited edition version is recognized through the front cover, with both the text and logo Sacredly Agnezious coated in gold.[24] Agnes become one of 17 musicians to receive a Talk Less Do More Award from Class Mild Award, naming her a Class Music Hero. Agnes Monica also became the youngest of all Class Music Heroes. That was her first award received in 2009.[25] On February, she became the new Channel V[26] AMP (Asia Music Platform) Artiste and was featured for two days on the channel.
On 23 May 2009, Agnes was one of the guess stars on a grand event called "Festival Of Life" which took place at Garuda Wisnu Kencana (Bali). The big cultural event was celebrating the 50-year anniversary of diplomatic relationship between Japan-Indonesia. Agnes Monica sang one of Indonesian national songs titled "Indonesia Pusaka" composed by Ismail Marzuki. Along with Agnes Monica, Rei Kikukawa (Japanese Actress) was also one of the guess stars in that event.[27]
Agnes still has not started her international debut but she did manage to get an award for The Best Asian Singer at the 5th Asia Song Festival or ASF for abbreviation, in South Korea, Seoul World Cup Stadium, October 4, 2008. She is the first woman in Indonesia to appear in the 5th Asia Song Festival. Before her, a band called Peterpan became the representative from Indonesia. Performing 2 song in ASF 2008, "Godai Aku Lagi" (Tease Me More) and "Shake it Off". Her songs is in her third album, Sacredly Agnezious. Warm appreciation from the music lovers, the Korean audience, was given to her energetic and communicative performance. Besides performing on the concert, Agnes got interviewed by a lot of press including Hong Kong's biggest TV station TVB, the TV station from Korea, Japan, and even from Uzbekistan.[28][29][30][31]
 | "Temperature is Agnes Monica's first debut full English lyric song. The song encompasses the dancing genre with hip-hop style. |
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After Agnes spectacular performance that made a good response by the viewers, now in 2009 Agnes has been called again by the committee of Asia Song Festival to be the representative from Indonesia, to perform at the 6th Asia Song Festival that held in South Korea, Seoul World Cup Stadium, September 19, 2009. Agnes reaction hearing that she has been called twice to perform in ASF was very excited. Even though, her ankle was injured, she still wants to come to South Korea to perform for her fans. She also managed to make a song with full English lyric called "Temperature". This made her fans surprise that she can made it all by herself and give a good response after hearing the song for the first time.[32] She sang 3 song, Temperature, "Shake it Off", and "Heal The World"(King of Pop Michael Jackson's song). Even though, it watched by nearly 40.000 viewer who is a Korean people, Agnes did well in making a communication between herself and the audience. It proves when she sang Heal The World. She made the people who watched her, singing together, make a good connection in there.[33][34] A lot of good review to Agnes performance, The one that taken from kr.news.yahoo.com:
- A variety of singers, but it appeared only a few are true stage performers. Personality-wise, of all 14 singers, only the Japanese Gackt, Ukraine's Ruslana, and Agnes Monica of Indonesia who star/own the stage...[35]
While most Indonesian students finish their high schools in six years, Agnes did it in four years. She took a one-year break from studying to act in Shanghai and Taiwan in 2008. In 2009 she decided to leave her law study from University of Pelita Harapan and is now taking Political Science major at Oregon State University with Online education.[36] Agnes Monica is now the highest paid actress in Indonesia. She is paid 60 million Rupiahs or about 6000 U.S. Dollars per TV series episode.[37]
[edit] 2010-present: AMAs Red Carpet, Agnes Is My Name and international career began
Following her raising popularity, On November, 22 2010, Agnes was chosen as one of the international hosts of Red Carpet American Music Awards of 2010 or AMAs 2010 for abbreviation. This big news was shared first on her tweet. The pop princess announced that she and Danny Gokey (the third place of season eight of American Idol). Not only that, Agnes also performed a sweet duet with Christian Chavez, a popular singer and actor from Mexico, singing the new version of ¿En Dónde Estás?, in which Agnes has composed the Indonesian part of the lyric.[38]
In the end of 2010, Among the Indonesian people surveyed by the (Indonesian) Cosmopolitan (magazine), Agnes Monica is chosen to be The Sexiest Female Singer in Indonesia.[39] Also on February, 1 2011, Cosmopolitan magazine announce Agnes as The Most Fashionable Woman 2010.[40][41]
[edit] Fundraising
Agnes has conducted fundraising activities for victims of the 2004 Tsunami in Aceh and the earthquake victims in Java. In 2009, Agnes visited Situ Gintung and helped many disaster victims there by singing a few of her songs.[42] Agnes Monica also helped raise over Rp 400 million for Persis, Surakarta’s soccer team, through a benefit concert held at the Diamond Convention Center in Surakarta.[43]
[edit] About The Song
"Godai Aku Lagi", the second single of her album, Sacredly Agnezious , was heavily inspired by several international acts. The opening of the clip mimicked the music video Moulin Rouge,while the ending of the video was a tribute to the international blockbuster Æon Flux. There is a scene in the video where Agnes Monica, wearing a white wig, is strapped on a chair but vanishes into thin air when she is about to be injected with a toxic chemical substance. This scene was based on Madonna's music video of Die Another Day.[44] "Godai Aku Lagi" set a record of hitting 1.5 million personalized ring-back tone sales, resulting in the song going triple platinum.[45]
The limited edition of her mini album sold well not only in her homeland, Indonesia, but also in Malaysia and Singapore. In addition, "Matahariku", the first single of the album, Sacredly Agnezious, was certified platinum folllwing the activation of 1.5 million ring-back tones in 2008, and also became one of the most watched Indonesian female Singer videos on YouTube, garnering over one million views less than 5 months. After 10 months, the figure rose to more than two million viewers.Then, After one year of it published, it rising again over 2.5 million viewers and rise up to 3 million viewers after one-half years.[46]
[edit] Discography
- 1992: Si Meong
- 1993: Yess!
- 1993: Bala-Bala
- 2003: ..And the Story Goes
- 2005: Whaddup A.. '?!
- 2008: NEZ
- 2009: Sacredly Agnezious
- 2011: Agnes Is My Name
[edit] Television series
- 1999: Lupus Milenia
- 1999: Mr Hologram
- 2002: Amanda
- 2002: Pernikahan Dini (Early Marriage)
- 2002: Ciuman Pertama (First Kiss)
- 2002: Cinta Selembut Awan (Love as Soft as the Clouds)
- 2003: Cewekku Jutek (My Sassy Girl)
- 2004: Cantik (Pretty)
- 2004: Bunga Perawan (The Virgin)
- 2005: Ku Tlah Jatuh Cinta (I've Fallen In Love)
- 2005: Romance In The White House (a Taiwanese Drama)
- 2006: Pink
- 2006: The Hospital (a Taiwanese Drama)
- 2007: Kawin Muda (Youth Marriage)
- 2008: Jelita (Beautiful)
- 2008: Kawin Masal (Mass Marriage)
- 2010: Pejantan Cantik (Beautiful Man)
- 2010: Marissa
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