Anggun Sasmi

Indonesian-born French singer-songwriter and television personality Anggun is one of the most prominent Indonesian female rock stars of the early 1990s. Her career took off internationally in 1997 with one of her classic hits, Snow on the Sahara, topping charts in France, Italy, Spain and several countries in Asia. Anggun has since won many awards: Chevalier des Arts et Lettres from the Government of France; the 2014 World Music Award for World's Best-Selling Indonesian Artist; the 2020 Bravo International Classical Music Awards in the Duet of the Year category, for singing Caruso with the late Maestro Luciano Pavarotti, and many more. However famous Anggun is, including her role among Asia's Got Talent judges, her warm personality and elegant style endear to many admirers.