Editing Anggun (section)

===1974–1993: Early life and career in Indonesia===

Anggun was born in [[Jakarta]] on 29 April 1974. She is the second child of Darto Singo, a [[Javanese people|Javanese]] writer, and Dien Herdina, a housewife from the Yogyakarta royal family.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ariwibowo |first=AA |date=18 November 2009 |title=Anggun yang Berhati Anggun |language=id |publisher=[[Antara (news agency)|Antara News]] |url=http://www.antaranews.com/berita/1258513084/anggun-yang-berhati-anggun |url-status=dead |access-date=21 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100205190847/http://antaranews.com/berita/1258513084/anggun-yang-berhati-anggun |archive-date=5 February 2010}}</ref><ref name="routledge">{{harvnb|Routledge|2007|p=16}}</ref> Her full name means "grace born of a dream". Despite being a Muslim, Anggun was sent to a [[Catholic school]] to receive a better elementary education.<ref name="gadfly">{{Cite web |last=Brown |first=Adrian |date=4 February 2002 |title=Creating Her Own Destiny: Anggun Cipta Sasmi |url=http://gadflyonline.com/02-04-02/music-anggun.html |access-date=7 June 2011 |publisher=[[Gadfly Online]] |archive-date=3 January 2013 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103155533/http://gadflyonline.com/02-04-02/music-anggun.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="jp1"/> At the age of seven, Anggun began receiving daily strict instructions in singing and was given homework to write poems with the melodies that could become a song, aimed at triggering her songwriting skills, by her father.<ref name="kickandy77">{{harvnb|Koespradono|2008|p=77}}</ref> Even though her father was not a singer, he guided her to improve her vocal skill by following the instructions in a vocal practicing book written by Bina Vokalia vocal coach [[:id:Pranadjaja|Pranadjaja]]. Her mother began serving as her manager.<ref name="kick andy78">{{harvnb|Koespradono|2008|p=78}}</ref> At the age of nine, Anggun started writing her own songs and recorded her debut album, which featured covers of songs by Indonesian country singer [[:id:Ritta Rubby Hartland|Ritta Rubby Hartland]], titled ''Kepada Alam dan Pencintanya'' (1983).<ref name="allmusic">{{Cite web |last=Bush |first=John |title=Anggun > Biography |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/anggun-mn0000050281/biography |access-date=28 March 2011 |publisher=[[AllMusic]]. [[Rovi Corporation]] |archive-date=11 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160111132629/http://www.allmusic.com/artist/anggun-mn0000050281/biography |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="makes name">{{Cite news |date=22 October 2000 |title=Singer Anggun makes a name around the world |work=The Jakarta Post |url=http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2000/10/22/singer-anggun-makes-a-name-around-world.html |url-status=dead |access-date=20 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120118232058/https://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2000/10/22/singer-anggun-makes-a-name-around-world.html |archive-date=18 January 2012}}</ref> However, the album was not published until she gained recognition in the early 1990s.

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In adolescence, Anggun was influenced by Western rock music and she began to choose her career as a rock singer.<ref name="gadfly"/> In 1986, she met [[Ian Antono]], the guitarist and music producer of [[God Bless]], and released her first commercial studio album, ''[[Dunia Aku Punya]]''; however, it did not achieve commercial success.<ref name="billboard"/> She rose to fame three years later, with the single "[[Mimpi]]"; it was ranked by ''[[Rolling Stone]] Indonesia'' as one of the 150 Greatest Indonesian Songs of All Time.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=December 2009 |title=150 Lagu Indonesia Terbaik Sepanjang Masa |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |language=id |volume=56}}</ref> In the early 1990s she released hit singles such as "Tua Tua Keladi", "Laba Laba", and "Takut". She recorded the studio albums ''[[Anak Putih Abu Abu]]'' (1991) and ''[[Nocturno (Anggun album)|Nocturno]]'' (1992).<ref name="routledge"/> The former earned her the Most Popular Indonesian Artist 1990–1991 award.<ref name="cna">{{Cite news |title=In Conversation: Anggun |publisher=[[Channel NewsAsia]]. [[MediaCorp]] |url=http://www.channelnewsasia.com/cna/analysis_prog/incon/incon_anggun1.htm |access-date=20 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071002121721/http://www.channelnewsasia.com/cna/analysis_prog/incon/incon_anggun1.htm |archive-date=2 October 2007}}</ref>

In 1992, Anggun began a relationship with Michel Georgea, a French engineer.<ref name="Koespradono 2008 82">{{harvnb|Koespradono|2008|p=82}}</ref> They married, despite a rumoured objection by Anggun's family on the grounds that Anggun was too young.<ref name="Koespradono 2008 82"/> Georgea later became Anggun's manager. The following year, Anggun became the youngest Indonesian singer to found her own record company, Bali Cipta Records, taking creative control over her work.<ref name="gadfly"/> She produced her fourth (fifth overall) Indonesian studio album, ''[[Anggun C. Sasmi... Lah!!!]]'' (1993), which yielded the hit song "Kembalilah Kasih (Kita Harus Bicara)".<ref name="billboard"/> By age nineteen, she had sold over four million albums in Indonesia.<ref name="gadfly"/><ref name="cna"/> She was dissatisfied with her success in her country and began considering an international music career.<ref name="ecentral">{{Cite news |last=Tai |first=Elizabeth |date=8 August 2005 |title=Leaving it all behind |work=[[The Star (Malaysia)|The Star]] |publisher=Star Publications |url=http://ecentral.my/news/story.asp?file=/2005/8/8/music/11631082&sec=music |url-status=dead |access-date=20 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120616062042/http://ecentral.my/news/story.asp?file=%2F2005%2F8%2F8%2Fmusic%2F11631082&sec=music |archive-date=16 June 2012}}</ref>