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 ...