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Dewa 19 (pronounced in Indonesian as Dewa Sembilan Belas) is an Indonesian rock band from Surabaya, East Java, led by singer-songwriter Ahmad Dhani. Along with God Bless and Slank , they are dubbed as one of the greatest rock bands in the history of Indonesian popular music.
The lack of modern recording studios in Surabaya prompted Dhani to move to Jakarta in 1989 in search of a record deal for Dewa 19. After being rejected by several labels, Dewa 19 was signed to Team Records by Jan Djuhana. Their first album, Dewa 19 (1992), was a huge success with several hits such as Kangen and Kita Tidak Sedang Bercinta Lagi.
Republik Cinta is the 8th studio album by Dewa 19 and was released in January 2006 in Indonesia; the title translates into "Republic of Love". The album reached #1 on the Indonesian album charts and has since been released in other Asian territories including Malaysia and a Chinese release via EMI in Hong Kong.
After his dismissal from Dewa 19, Lasso became a solo singer. [4] He released his first solo album, the commercially successful Sendiri Dulu, that year which sold over 500.000 copies. Two years later, he released his most successful album Keseimbangan, which featured two songs performed with Dhani. This album sold more than 800.000 copies.
Before she began work with Ratu, Pinkan was given training as a backing vocalist for Dewa 19. [3] After three years of preparation, in January 2003 Ratu launched their debut album Bersama with Sony Music Indonesia. [3] The album included ten songs, seven written by Maia and three by Dhani; Maia also did the arrangement and served as backing ...
Ayda's career began after joining the Akademi Fantasia reality show for its ninth season where at a curtain concert held on 2 April 2011, she sang the song Separuh Nafas group song Dewa 19 and Love The Way You Lie song Rihanna. Ayda was eliminated through Operation Fall, in the third week.
He proved himself to become the main factor of Dewa's success. He officially joined the band in 2000. Once was eventually accepted by Dewa 19's fans after Bintang Lima, his first album with the group, was a hit; it eventually sold 1.7 million copies. [8] He later recorded four more albums with Dewa 19.
Other notable hard and poprock bands include Slank, Jamrud, Dewa 19, and Peterpan. Some of Indonesian poprock bands are rekindled with their Malay roots and revived a genre called "Pop melayu" (Malay pop) and popular in the late 2000s. The pop Malay bands include Kangen Band, Wali, Hijau Daun, Armada, Angkasa and ST 12.