Siti Nurhaliza

  Datin Sri Siti Nurhaliza binti Tarudin was born in 11 January 1979 in Berek Polis Kg. Awah, Kuala Lipis where she is the fourth child in a family of eight siblings to Tarudin Ismail, a police officer and Siti Salmah Bachik, a housewife. She was a Malaysian singer, songwriter, record producer, television presenter and businesswoman. She comes from a musically inclined family; her brother, Saiful Bahri Tarudin, and her sisters Siti Norsaida and Siti Saerah are also singers. Her grandfather was a famous violinist, and her mother was a local traditional singer.

  During her childhood, she was involved in various school activities, including sports and co-curricular activities. She attended her pre-school at the Tabika Perkep, Balai Polis Kampung Awah, Termeloh where she first showcased her early singing talent at the age of six when she sang "Sirih Pinang", a Malay traditional song, at her kindergarten's certificate-receiving event. She later attended primary school at Sekolah Rendah Kebangsaan Clifford and followed up her secondary education at Sekolah Menengah Clifford, Kuala Lipis, Pahang. In 1991, when she was 12 years old, she won one of her earliest singing competitions, with the song "Bahtera Merdeka" at the Merdeka Day Singing Contest, a local patriotic song competition. She has became famous.

  In 1999, she had won Gold Award in Shanghai Asia Music Festival, held in Shanghai. Also, in the same year, she had won two awards from ' South Pacific International Song and Singing Competition 1999 ' held in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. She has became more famous.To date, she has garnered more than 200 local awards as well as international awards. Beside, in her career she has recorded and sung in multiple languages, including Bahasa Malaysia, Basa Jawa, English, Mandarin, Arabic, Hindi and Japanese.

  Siti Nurhaliza has won an unprecedented number of music awards in Malaysia and its environs. She has many talents. Beside she is a singer , she is also a songwriter, television presenter, businesswoman and record producer. She is the proud of Malaysia. We should be proud of her.





Written by: Timothy Saw E- Shuen (1 Delphi)

Siti Nurhaliza (The Proud Of Malaysia)