page_title: Rossa (singer)
section_title: 1996–2006: Nada-Nada Cinta until Yang Terpilih
hierarchical_section_title: Rossa (singer) / Career / 1996–2006: Nada-Nada Cinta until Yang Terpilih
caption_attribution_description: Bahasa Indonesia: Rossa saat mempromosikan album YANG TERPILIH tahun 2006
context_page_description: Sri Rossa Roslaina Handiyani, also known simply as Rossa in Indonesia and Dato' Sri Rossa in Malaysia, is an Indonesian singer and business woman. She remains one of the most popular artists in Indonesian and Malay-speaking countries, and one of the best selling Indonesian artists of all time based on album sales, selling over 10 million copies in the region. As an Indonesian Diva, Rossa has produced numerous hit songs and gained Multi-Platinum Award for her albums. Since 1999, her albums have been released in Southeast-Asia and also up to Japan. She was paid 150 Million Rupiah to sing one of her songs entitled "Sakura" and 210 Million Rupiah to sing one of her songs entitled "Ayat-Ayat Cinta".
  Rossa was born in Sumedang, West Java, Indonesia on 9 October 1978. Her second compilation album, The Best of Rossa ranked 10th on the List of Indonesian all time best selling albums with over 1.5 million copies. Her solo album Love, Life & Music also broke the Indonesian Record World Museum & Indonesia Recording Industry Association as the highest-selling Indonesian album of all time with over 100,000 copies sold in a day.
context_section_description: Rossa debuted as a singer when she was 9 years old with her first album Gadis Ingusan in 1988. In 1990, she released her second album named Untuk Sahabatku under the supervision of Dian Records/Pro-Sound. However, her second album was not yet successful.
  Rossa's success as a singer came when she released Nada-Nada Cinta in 1996 under the guidance of Younky Soewarno. This album sold more than 750,000 copies and the single "Nada-Nada Cinta" was ranked 2nd on MTV Ampuh Indonesia for 18 weeks under Indonesia's all time MTV Chart List section. This song was also ranked 1st in the category of Song of the year MTV Ampuh Indonesia. Besides her activity as a singer, she was also an actress in the soap opera entitled Dua Sisi Mata Uang.
  
  In 1999, Rossa released her new album Tegar, this album was awarded Four Platinum Awards. She won an MTV Indonesia Award in 2000 as the Favourite Female Artist, The Potential Star Award by Bintang Magazine and The Magical Star by Cek&Ricek. The single "Tegar" was also used for soap opera entitled "Suami, Istri & Dia" on RCTI. In the year 2000, the album Tegar was also released in Malaysia under BMG Music.
  At the end of July 2000, Rossa released her new album entitled Hati Yang Terpilih exclusively for the soap opera in RCTI with the same title. Outside Indonesia, Rossa actively performed in events such as the Asian Music Festival and My Love in Hanoi, Vietnam on 26 October 2000. She also won the Anugerah Musik Indonesia (AMI Awards) award in 2001. Her second single "Biarkan Cinta itu Ada" from the album Tegar was also used as the soundtrack of the soap opera Tersayang in Brunei Darussalam in 2001.
  Rossa finally graduated from the Faculty of Social and Political Science, University of Indonesia (UI). In February 2002 she released an album entitled "Kini" which is dominated by ballads. She received the honour of "Best Female Solo Artist" at the Indonesian Music Awards (6th AMI Awards, 2002) for her album's achievement of being sold more than 500,000 copies. She's also played as an actress in the soap opera entitled Perisai Kasih with her song "Kepastian" as its original soundtrack.
  The album Kini was relaunched by Rossa with the addition of a new song titled "Malam Pertama" composed by Melly Goeslaw exclusively for the soap opera with the same title. This album went Double Platinum in 2004. In December 2004, Rossa released a new album entitled Kembali. One year later (2005), Rossa was chosen as an MTV Malaysia Exclusive Artist (January 2005) & MTV Ampuh Artist of The Month (February 2005). The album Kembali was released by Rossa in Malaysia on 12 May 2005 under the guidance of Suria Records with her mini concert being held at Planet Hollywood, Malaysia on 23 May 2005 for promotion. She was also awarded "The Best Female Singer" by the Anugerah Musik Indonesia (AMI Awards, 9th, 2005).
  In the same year (2005), Rossa contributed in the making of the compilation album entitled From Us to U to salute the legendary singer and artist, Titiek Puspa. In this album, Rossa was trusted to sing a legendary song "Cinta" that belonged to Titiek Puspa. Rossa also sang "Marilah Kemari" with various artists who were also involved in the making of this album.
  Rossa was also nominated for an award by MTV Asia Awards on 28 February 2006 in Bangkok as one of the representatives of Indonesia. On 26 December 2006, Rossa launched her newest album entitled Yang Terpilih with three hits songs; "Terlalu Cinta", "Atas Nama Cinta", and "Tak Termiliki". "Atas Nama Cinta" was chosen as the soundtrack of the soap opera "Cinta Fitri" by MD Entertainment. In Malaysia, the album "Yang Terpilih" was released on 16 May 2007. She also won an award from Anugerah Industri Muzik (AIM 15th, 2008) as "Best Malay Song Performed by a Foreign Artist".
caption: Rossa when promoting her album "Yang Terpilih" in 2006
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