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Raden Haji Oma Irama, better known as Rhoma Irama (born 11 December 1946), is an Indonesian dangdut singer, songwriter and guitarist of Sundanese descent.. Starting in the late 1960s, he began his musical career as Rhoma Irama as a part of the pop band Orkes Melayu Purnama, pioneering several dangdut music elements.
As scholars note, dangdut is the most controversial genre regarding its relation to Indonesian Islamic morality, [13] and few popular music genres around the world are more focused on women's bodies than dangdut, [14] whose lyrics often portray women as sexual objects. [15] On the one side, within dangdut, a religious current (spiritual dangdut ...
A. Rafiq (5 March 1946 – 19 January 2013) was a prominent Jakarta-based dangdut artist. He was active in the Indonesian music industry from the 1970s onwards. He launched his first single, "Pandangan Pertama" ("First Sight") in 1978. The single was a huge hit and propelled his career in the Indonesian '70s dangdut scene.
Elvy Sukaesih (born 25 June 1951) is an Indonesian dangdut singer and actress who has been dubbed the Queen of Dangdut. [1] [2] [3] Sukaesih has a significant fan base in other Asian countries such as Japan. She has been a prolific recording artist since the late 1960s. [citation needed]