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{{short description|Indonesian and French singer-songwriter (born 1974)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name               = Anggun
| image              = Anggun at Taormina Film Fest.png
| alt                = A black-haired wearing a silver gown
| caption            = Anggun in 2014
| birth_name         = Anggun Cipta Sasmi
| alias              = Anggun C. Sasmi
| birth_date         = {{Birth date and age|1974|4|29|df=y}}
| birth_place        = [[Jakarta]], Indonesia
| citizenship        = {{hlist|Indonesia|France}}
| occupation         = {{flat list|
*Singer
*songwriter
*producer
*actress
*television personality
}}
| years_active       = 1983–present
| spouse             = {{Plainlist|
* {{marriage|Michel Georgea|1992|1999|end=divorced}}
* {{marriage|Olivier Maury|2004|2006|end=divorced}}
* {{marriage|[[Cyril Montana]]|2006|2014|end=divorced}}
* {{marriage|Christian Kretschmar|2018}}
}}
| children           = 1
| module             = {{Infobox musical artist|embed=yes
| genre        = {{flat list|
*[[Pop music|Pop]]
*[[Rock music|rock]]
*[[World music|world]]
*[[Contemporary R&B|R&B]]
*[[electropop]]
*[[Urban music|urban]]
*[[hard rock]]
*[[glam metal]]
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}}
| instrument   = {{flat list|
*Vocals
*piano
}}
| label        = {{flat list|
*April Earth
*[[Universal Music Group|Universal]]
*[[Sony Music Entertainment|Sony]]
*[[TF1 Musique]]
*[[Warner Music|Warner]]
}}
}}
| website            = {{URL|www.anggun.com}}
| signature          = Anggun C. Sasmi signature.svg
}}
'''Anggun Cipta Sasmi''' ({{IPA|id|aŋˈɡun ˈtʃipta ˈsasmi}}; (born 29 April 1974), known [[mononym]]ously as '''Anggun''', is an Indonesian-French singer, songwriter, and television personality. Born in [[Jakarta]], she began performing at the age of seven and recorded a children's album two years later. She rose to fame in 1989 as a teenage [[rock music|rock star]] and by 1993 she had released five [[Indonesian-language]] studio albums and a soundtrack album to the Indonesian film ''Si Roy'' (1989). ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' listed her single "[[Mimpi]]" as one of the 150 Greatest Indonesian Songs of All Time.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=150 Lagu Indonesia Terbaik Sepanjang Masa  |edition=56 |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |year=2009}}</ref>

Anggun left Indonesia for England in 1994 to pursue an international career. She later moved to France and recorded her first international album, ''[[Snow on the Sahara]]'' (1997). It was released in 33 countries by [[Sony Music]] and sold more than one million copies worldwide. Since then, Anggun has released another six studio albums—in [[English language|English]] and [[French language|French]]—and a soundtrack album to the Danish film ''[[Open Hearts]]'' (2002). Her singles "[[Snow on the Sahara (song)|Snow on the Sahara]]", "[[What We Remember]]", "[[The Good Is Back]]", and "[[Perfect World (Anggun song)|Perfect World]]" entered the [[Billboard charts|''Billboard'' charts]] in the United States while "[[In Your Mind (song)|In Your Mind]]", "[[Saviour (Anggun song)|Saviour]]" and "[[I'll Be Alright (Anggun song)|I'll Be Alright]]" charted on the [[European Hot 100 Singles|''Billboard'' European Hot 100 Singles]]. She represented [[France in the Eurovision Song Contest|France]] in the [[Eurovision Song Contest 2012]], with the song "[[Echo (You and I)]]".

Anggun ventured into television, becoming the judge for the Indonesian versions of ''[[The X Factor]]'' (2013), ''[[Got Talent]]'' (2014), and ''[[The Voice (franchise)|The Voice]]'' (2018); the pancontinental ''[[Asia's Got Talent]]'' (2015–2019); the French version of ''[[Masked Singer]]'' (2019–2022); and the Belgian version of ''[[Star Academy|StarMaker]]'' (2023). She was the leading actress in [[musical theater]] show ''Al Capone'' (2023) and played supporting roles in the film ''Coup de foudre à Bangkok'' (2020) and TV series ''Profession Comédien'' (2021). Aside from her career in entertainment, Anggun has been appointed as the global ambassador of the [[United Nations]] twice, first for the [[International Year of Microcredit]] in 2005 and then for the [[Food and Agriculture Organization]] (FAO) in 2009.

Anggun is one of the best-selling Asian artists outside Asia, with her releases certified gold and platinum in some European countries. She is the first Indonesian artist to have success in European and American [[record chart]]s. She has received accolades for her achievements, including the [[Ordre des Arts et des Lettres|Chevalier des Arts et Lettres]] from the [[Government of France]], the [[World Music Award]] for [[2014 World Music Awards|World's Best-Selling Indonesian Artist]], and the [[Asian Television Award]] for Outstanding Contribution to Asian Television Performing Arts. She became the first woman from Indonesia to be immortalized in wax by [[Madame Tussauds]].