My Idol

Anggun C. Sasmi

Anggun Cipta Sasmi (born in Jakarta, April 29, 1974, age 43, better known as Anggun) is an Indonesian-French singer. She is the daughter of Darto Singo, a Javanese artist, and Dien Herdina, a woman who is still a relative of the Yogyakarta Palace.

Anggun took her elementary education in Catholic school. St. Anthony, Matraman Raya, Jakarta, although she is a Muslim. She attended high school 68 Jakarta, but because she was top at the time, so almost every day she went concert and made her often skip school. Finally Anggun did not go to class and in the end she did not finish high school.

In 1994, Anggun left Indonesia to realize her dream of becoming an international artist. With the help of  Erick Benzi, a great French producer, he managed to record her first international album titled Snow on the Sahara. The album was released in 1997 in 33 countries around the world, including the United States which became the global music mecca. Since then Anggun has produced as many as five international albums recorded in two versions, English and French.

Anggun is the first Indonesian singer to successfully penetrate the international music industry and her albums have won gold and platinum awards in several European countries.

Anggun has also been twice asked to become a global ambassador of the United Nations (UN), which is for the Microcredit program in 2005 and Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in 2009.

Anggun penetrated into the television talent search event via X Factor Indonesia (2013), which makes it the most expensive juries in the history of television in Indonesia.

• Anggun is the second Indonesian after the Soekarno proclamator immortalized in a wax statue by Madame Tussauds Museum in Bangkok, Thailand.

“The key to my success because I have never tried to be someone else, I have learned to be critical but to appreciate. When we have time and there is a will, there must be a way,"
said Anggun C. Sasmi.

In my opinion, things that can be proud of Anggun is persistence. It is wrong time school age she is more concerned with her career until leaving her education. but because she has a goal and comparable to her efforts, finally now Anggun can realize it all even the results that can boast Indonesia name.

1. why at high school Anggun not continue her education?

a. because she is lazy

b. because it is forbidden by her parents to continue her career

c. because she was top at the time, so almost every day she went concert

2.who has helped her to realize her desire to become an international artist?

a. herself

b. Erick Benzi

c. darto singo

3. when is her album getting famous?

a. 1997

b. 1994

c. 1987

4. when a juries on the show whether she became the most expensive juries in Indonesia?

a. X Factor

b. Indonesia Idol

c. Idola Cilik

5. what is the inspiration of Anggun?

a. remains her own self

b. never give up

c. optimist