Agnes Monica

Agnes Monica (born Agnes Monica Muljoto on July 1, 1986) is an Indonesian pop singer, dancer, actress, songwriter, and producer. Her first teen album "..And the Story Goes" (2003) made her popular as a teenage singer. It sold 30.000 copies only in 3 days. It was a big success in Indonesia with the singles "Bilang Saja", "Jera" and "Cinta Mati". This album made her received a high result in sales and get double platinum. Then she released her second album "Whaddup A.. '?!" (2005). Her second album was also a success, with a hit single, "Tak Ada Logika". It sold 50,000 copies in 10 days. After a week, it went to triple platinum (with no album promotion in Malaysia). Her third album was "Sacredly Agnezious" (2009), with her hit single, Teruskanlah. but the album that produced her biggest hit to date, "Matahariku".



Her success has brought her fame not only in her homeland, Indonesia, but also in neighboring Asian countries such as Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, Philippines and in the Netherlands. Her performance at the 2008 Asia Song Festival in Seoul, Korea, led to fame in Taiwan, Korea, China and the rest of the Asia-Pacific region. She is the only singer in Indonesia who has own dance group called, Nezindahood, which always come along whenever Agnes performs. In 2009, she began planning to launch an international career, and started Mandarin lessons. One result of this was her role in two Taiwanese drama series, "Romance in the White House" with Peter Ho, and "The Hospital" with Jerry Yan.


Agnes Monica-Matahariku

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