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 writer, and Dien Herdina, a housewife from the
Yogyakarta royal family. 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. 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
Pranadjaja. Her mother began serving as her manager. 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
Ritta Rubby Hartland, titled
Kepada Alam dan Pencintanya (1983). However, the album was not published until she gained recognition in the early 1990s. {{Listen In adolescence, Anggun was influenced by Western rock music and she began to choose her career as a rock singer. 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 (1992). In 1992, Anggun began a relationship with Michel Georgea, a French engineer. They married, despite a rumoured objection by Anggun's family on the grounds that Anggun was too young.
1994–1999: International breakthrough with Snow on the Sahara In 1994, Anggun released
Yang Hilang, a
greatest hits album of her Indonesian popular songs. She later sold her record company to fund her move to Europe, and moved to London. In a 2006 interview, Anggun admitted to "culture shock" and financial problems while trying to start her new life in Europe. Her demos in England were returned with negative replies. Pagny introduced her to French producer
Erick Benzi. Impressed, Benzi offered her a recording project. Anggun was signed to
Columbia France and
Sony Music. The album's first single, "
La neige au Sahara", became a hit in France, reaching number three on
SNEP's airplay chart and number 16 on its sales chart,. It became the most played French-language song of 1997, with a total of 7,900 radio
airplays, and was certified
gold for 250,000 copies. The album peaked at number 34 on the
French Albums Chart and sold over 150,000 copies in France and Belgium. The English version of the album,
Snow on the Sahara, was released in 33 countries between 1997 and 1999.
Stephen Thomas Erlewine from
AllMusic called the album "a promising debut". Its lead single, "
Snow on the Sahara" reached number one in Italy, number five on the Japan's
Tokio Hot 100, and number six on the UK
Pop Club Chart.
Snow on the Sahara has sold over 1.5 million copies worldwide and received the Diamond Export Sales Award. In North America,
Snow on the Sahara was released in May 1998 by
Epic Records. The album peaked at 23 on the
Billboard Heatseekers Albums Chart and shipped 200,000 units. The single reached 16 on the
Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play and 22 on the
Billboard Adult Top 40. The album track "On the Breath of an Angel" was used as the soundtrack of American television series
Passions and television film
The Princess and the Marine, both aired on
NBC.
2000–2003: Chrysalis and Open Hearts After divorcing Michel Georgea in 1999, Anggun worked on her second French album,
Désirs contraires, released in September 1999. It experimented with
electropop and ambient elements as well as
R&B. It reached the top five on the
Music & Media European Border Breakers Chart. She released a single especially for the Indonesian and Malaysian market, "Yang 'Ku Tunggu" (the Indonesian version of "Un geste d'amour"), which became a number-one hit in the region. The next year, she was honored with
Cosmopolitan Indonesias Fun Fearless Female of the Year Award. an Indonesian-English song with
Deep Forest entitled "Deep Blue Sea" on their 2002 album,
Music Detected; and three collaborations in 2003, including with Italian rock singers
Piero Pelù,
Serge Lama and
Tri Yann. Anggun participated in two Scandinavian movies: contributing the song "Rain (Here Without You)" for
Anja & Viktor in 2001, and the entire soundtrack for
Open Hearts in 2002. "Open Your Heart" was released as a single from the soundtrack album and charted at 51 on the
Norwegian Singles Chart. It earned Anggun a nomination for Best Original Song at the Danish Film Academy's
Robert Awards in 2003. "Counting Down" was released as a single and became a top-ten airplay hit in Indonesia.
2004–2009: Luminescence and Elevation In 2004, Anggun returned to Paris and landed a record deal with Heben Music. She began working on her next album with producers including Jean-Pierre Taieb and Frederic Jaffre. Anggun enlisted the help of French songwriters such as , ,
Tété and Evelyn Kral to adapt her English songs into French. In late 2004, Anggun released her first solo French single in nearly four years, "
Être une femme", which became Anggun's second top-20 hit in France and her first French single to chart on the
Swiss Singles Chart. Anggun's third French album,
Luminescence, was released in February 2005. It reached number 16 on the French Albums Chart was certified Gold for selling 100,000 copies. The second single, "
Cesse la pluie" reached the charts in Belgium, France, and Switzerland. According to
Francophonie Diffusion, "Être une femme" and "Cesse la pluie" were the second and the fifth most-played French singles of 2005 worldwide, respectively. "Undress Me" was chosen as the first single from the English version. Unaccompanied by a music video, it debuted at 13 in Italy, becoming her fifth top 20 single there. It became Anggun's first hit in the
Middle East and
Balkans. "
In Your Mind" was released as the second single, becoming a hit in Asia. The third single, "
Saviour", was used as the soundtrack for the
U.S. box office number-one film
Transporter 2. Anggun was awarded the
Chevalier des Arts et Lettres (
Knight of Arts and Letters) by the
French Minister of Culture for her achievements and support of French culture. She was appointed as the ambassadress for a Swiss watch brand,
Audemars Piguet. Anggun did a duet with
Julio Iglesias on a reworked version of "
All of You" in Indonesian version for his album
Romantic Classics (2006). On 25 May 2006, Anggun performed on her sold-out solo concert at the
Jakarta Convention Center, entitled
Konser Untuk Negeri. She later on toured to few cities in Indonesia, such as
Medan and
Bandung. In August 2006, Anggun released the special edition of both the French and English versions of
Luminescence with three new songs. "
Juste avant toi", the new single from the special edition, became Anggun's fourth Top 40 hit, peaking at number 28 on the French Singles Chart.
Luminescence was re-issued in February 2007 and peaked at number three on the French Back Catalogue Chart. In September 2006, Anggun performed her song, "
Cesse la pluie" at
Sopot Music Festival Grand Prix in
Sopot,
Poland. In December 2006, Anggun was named Best International Artist at
Anugerah Musik Indonesia for introducing Indonesian music to the international recording industry. She released her
Best-Of album in Indonesia and Malaysia, which compiled singles during the first decade of her international career. The new version of "Mimpi" was released as a radio single and became a hit in Indonesia in 2006 to 2007. She was featured on German band
Reamonn's single "
Tonight". She was appointed as the Ambassador of the Micro-environment Prize by the
French Ministry of Ecology and Sustainable Development and
National Geographic Channel. Anggun was awarded ''Le grand cœur de l'année
(The Great Heart of the Year) by French television network Filles TV for her contribution to social and environmental events. In February 2007, Anggun was invited as the guest star on an episode of the fourth season of Star Academy Arab World'' in Lebanon. She returned to another episode of the show's fifth season in the following year. She did a duet with Italian singer
Roby Facchinetti and his son,
Francesco Facchinetti in a song, titled
Vivere Normale. Then, she has been invited to sing it at an Italian music festival, the
57th Sanremo Music Festival. In March 2007, she did a number performance with
Nicole Croisille and sang Croisille's hit "Une femme avec toi" on Symphonic Show for
Sidaction. In December 2007, she received her second invitation from the Vatican to perform in the Christmas concert in Verona, Italy, along with
Michael Bolton. She covered
Bruce Springsteen's "
Streets of Philadelphia" with Corsican group
I Muvrini for their album
I Muvrini et les 500 choristes (2007). She was featured on the remix version of DJ
Laurent Wolf's number-one hit "
No Stress" for the deluxe edition of his album
Wash My World. Anggun and Wolf performed the song at the
2008 World Music Awards in Monaco. In 2008, Anggun released her fourth international studio album,
Elevation. It experimented with
urban and
hip hop.
Elevation was produced by hip hop producer pair . "
Crazy" was released as the lead single from the album, with its French and Indonesian versions, "Si tu l'avoues" and "Jadi Milikmu", serving as the first single there. Canadian cinematographer
Ivan Grbovic directed its music videos; it charted at 6 on Francophonie Diffusion Chart. Another single from this album, called "My Man" or in the French version, "Si je t'emmène" topped to number 11 on the same chart. This song featured rappers
Pras Michel from the
Fugees. The music video for its versions was directed by . Anggun, with this album, had made her music travel to
Russia with positive reactions there. In Russia,
Elevation was released with an additional song, "О нас с тобой (O Nas S Toboyu)", which was recorded as a duet with Russian singer . Later, she remade the song in English, called "No Song", and Indonesian, called "Berganti Hati". For "Berganti Hati", she was helped by Indonesian director to make the music video. Prior to its official release, the album was certified double platinum, making it the fastest-selling album of her career in Indonesia. In France, the album debuted at 36 on the French Albums Chart. Anggun's four-year ambassador contract with
Audemars Piguet was extended, and she was chosen by hair care brand,
Pantene, and New Zealand-based dairy product, Anlene, as their ambassador. In 2009, Italian singer
Mina did a cover from one of Anggun's songs, "
A Rose in the Wind", in her album ''Riassunti d'amore - Mina Cover
. Anggun made a promo tour called Anggun Elevation Acoustic Showcase
and served only 200 guest seats on 24 & 27 March 2009 at Hotel Istana, Kuala Lumpur. She made concerts in Indonesia and toured the cities of Bandung, Yogyakarta, Denpasar, Surabaya and Medan. In August 2009, she was invited to perform her song "Saviour" at New Wave 2009 in Jūrmala, Latvia. On 16 October 2009, she attended FAO World Food Day event, called All is Possible
, at 4th International Rome Film Festival''.
2010–2013: Echoes, Eurovision, and The X Factor 's
Atemlos Tour in May 2010 In early 2010, Anggun recorded a duet with Portuguese singer
Mickael Carreira on the song "
Chama por me (Call My Name)", as well as performing at his concert in Lisbon, Portugal on 26 February 2010. She collaborated with German electronica musician
Schiller, co-writing and contributing lead vocals to two tracks, "Always You" and "Blind", for his album
Atemlos (2010). Anggun appeared Schiller's concert series, Atemlos Tour, in 14 cities in Germany during May 2010. Anggun did a cameo for 2010 French drama film
Ces amours-là directed by
Claude Lelouch. Anggun's fifth international studio album—
Echoes for the English version and
Échos for the French version—saw her collaboration with composers , , , and
William Rousseau. It became her first self-produced international album and was released under her own record label, April Earth. It eventually became the best-selling pop album of 2011, with quadruple platinum certification. On this stage, Anggun had won 56 platinum records in 26 countries, from "
Snow on the Sahara" to "
Echo (You and I)". "
Only Love" and its Indonesian version "Hanyalah Cinta" were released as the lead singles and became number-one radio hits. The French version was released in November 2011 and reached number 48 on the French Albums Chart. "Je partirai", the first single for the French version, reached number five in Belgium. Anggun held her second major concert at the
Jakarta Convention Center,
Konser Kilau Anggun, on 27 November 2011. in Baku, Azerbaijan on 26 May 2012. Anggun was chosen by
France Télévisions to represent
France in the
Eurovision Song Contest 2012. She co-wrote the entry, "
Echo (You and I)", with William Rousseau and Jean-Pierre Pilot. Anggun toured more than 15 countries in Europe to promote the song. The song finished in 22nd place. In March 2012, she released the international edition of
Echoes. She embarked on a concert tour in several cities across France, Switzerland and
New Caledonia, including her sold-out concert in
Le Trianon, Paris, on 13 June 2012. Anggun joined
United Nations campaign, Earth Day: Save the Forest in Italy. On
Valentine's Day that year, she appeared as the guest artist at
Lara Fabian's concert special on
MTV Lebanon, where they sang the duet "
Tu es mon autre". Anggun toured 10 cities in Germany with Schiller in late 2012. Anggun performed at '''' in Alès, France. In this event, she was accompanied by 1,000 choirs. At the end of 2012, she was appointed by Director of
Indosat, , as brand ambassador of Indosat Mentari Paket Smartphone. In 2013, Anggun served as the international judge for the
first season of the
Indonesian version of
The X Factor, making her the highest-paid judge in Indonesian television history. It became the year's highest-rated talent show in Indonesia. Anggun was lauded by public and critics. She participated on the
concept album entitled ''
Thérèse – Vivre d'amour'', for which she recorded two duets—"Vivre d'amour" and "La fiancée"—with Canadian singer
Natasha St-Pier. Released in April 2013, the project topped the
French Physical Albums Chart with platinum record (sold 100,000 copies). In May 2013, Anggun released a greatest hits album entitled
Best-Of: Design of a Decade 2003–2013. In this year,
Olay management and
Procter & Gamble chose Anggun to be ambassador of
Olay Total Effect. She and
Natasha St-Pier were invited to sing in front of
Pope Francis on 7 December 2013 at
Concerto di Natale XXI edizione in
Auditorium della Conciliazione,
Rome. Anggun with
David Foster, alongside
Ruben Studdard,
Michael Johns,
David Cook, and
Nicole Scherzinger performed on
David Foster & Friends Private Concert in Jakarta. She sang three songs, including
Whitney Houston's hits, "
I Will Always Love You", "
I Have Nothing" and her own song, "
Snow on the Sahara". She did a photoshoot and interview with
VOGUE Italia in November 2013. She wore
Azzaro's and
Louis Vuitton's stellar. The same month she was appointed by President of
Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) Nasser Al-Khelaifi to be the ambassador of the club. On 22 November 2013, she joined French General Manager of
PSG Jean-Claude Blanc and Indonesia's ambassador to France to launch the club official site with
Indonesian language for Indonesian
Les Parisiens which Anggun was the icon of this site. She received the number 10 jersey,
PSG striker
Zlatan Ibrahimović's number. Anggun re-recorded her debut international single as a French-Portuguese duet with
Tony Carreira, retitled "
La neige au Sahara (Faço Chover No Deserto)", for Carreira's album
Nos fiançailles, France/Portugal. The duo performed the song at the
2014 World Music Awards in
Monaco, where Anggun was awarded the World's Best-Selling Indonesian Artist. In June, Anggun launched her first fragrance,
Grace, named after her name in English.
Grace,
eau de parfume, production was under the Thailand-based BEL Perfumes label. She did a collaboration with a young Dutch
DJ Indyana on a song titled "Right Place Right Time". Later on, this song was chosen to be the anthem of on 16 August 2014 at
Garuda Wisnu Kencana,
Bali. In late 2014, Anggun recorded two duets: "
Who Wants to Live Forever" with
Il Divo for their album
A Musical Affair and "Pour une fois" with
Vincent Niclo for his album
Ce que je suis. Anggun released "Fly My Eagle" as soundtrack for the film
Pendekar Tongkat Emas. On 10 July 2014, Anggun was invited by
Air France to perform at
Air France Inauguration of Jakarta-Paris Travel Route. Anggun performed in Africa twice during 2014, for
Roberto Cavalli's
Casa Fashion Show in
Casablanca, Morocco, and for the 15th annual
French-speaking World Summit in
Dakar, Senegal. She was invited by
Pope Francis to attend at a Christmas concert at the
Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi on 25 December 2014. She sang "Malam Kudus", an Indonesian version of "
Silent Night", and "
O Little Town of Bethlehem". In 2015, Anggun, alongside
David Foster,
Melanie C (
Spice Girls) and
Vanness Wu (
F4), was announced as a judge on the debut of ''
Asia's Got Talent. Joined by contestants from 15 countries in Asia, the show premiered on AXN Asia on 12 March 2015. The Asian Academy of Music Arts and Sciences appointed Anggun to its board of governors, and its first ambassador. At the 2015 Anugerah Planet Muzik in Singapore, she received the International Breakthrough Artist Award for the first internationally successful act from a Malay-speaking country. To celebrate the 120th anniversary of cinema and its music, she sang on a compilation album of movie soundtracks. This album reached no. 6 in France and 66 in Belgium. SK-II and Harper's Bazaar Indonesia
honored Anggun as one of 15 Most Inspiring Women. She joined the "SK-II's Change Destiny
" campaign and became a spokesperson alongside actress Cate Blanchett and Michelle Phan for its event in Los Angeles and she was chosen by SK-II management to be the ambassador of SK-II. In 2016, Anggun sat on the panel as judges for SK-II Beauty Bound Indonesia
. The same year, Anggun was appointed ambassador of Aviation Without Borders. In June 2015, she was invited by Michael Bolton to perform a duet and as an opening act at his concert in Kasablanka Concert Hall, Jakarta. On 16 October 2015, produced a musical tale recorded album for kids called Martin & les fées'' (Martin & The Fairies) which Anggun play the musical role as "La Fée Doriane" (The Doriane Fairy) and recorded 5 songs. Other artists who joined this project was
Yannick Noah,
Garou,
Lorie,
Gad Elmaleh,
Gérard Lenorman,
Vincent Niclo,
Patrick Fiori,
Lisa Angell,
Dany Brillant,
Julie Zenatti,
Natasha St-Pier and more. Anggun helped to recor
Frozen's "
Let It Go" in Indonesian, called "Lepaskan". She joined the jury panel for
Miss France 2016 on 19 December 2015. Anggun's sixth French-language studio album,
Toujours un ailleurs, was released in November 2015 by
TF1 Musique under
Universal Music Group with her lead single, "A nos enfants". Produced by and Grammy Award-winning producer
Brian Rawling, the album revisited the
world music direction of her debut international album with diverse cultures ambiance, such as
Japanese,
Colombian,
Samoan,
Spanish, and
English.
Toujours un ailleurs became Anggun's most successful album in France since
Luminescence (2005), charting for 24 weeks on the French Albums Chart (peaking at number 43) and sold over 50,000 copies. It became her best-charting album in Belgium, debuting at number 43 and remaining on the chart for 31 weeks (making 5 re-enters). The album's single, "
Nos vies parallèles" peaked at number 47 on the French Singles Chart and number 39 on the Belgian
Ultratop Singles Chart (her first top-40 hit since "
Être une femme"). This single featured one of French musical legends
Florent Pagny as he helped Anggun to pursue her career in France years ago and Columbian singer . According to
Francophonie Diffusion, "Nos vies parallèles" was the third-most played French song worldwide during March 2016. Both Anggun and Florent Pagny traveled to
Havana,
Cuba, for music video shooting which directed by Igreco.
Maxime Le Forestier's song, "", being rearranged by Anggun and her team, alongside Grammy Award-winning singer and UN Goodwill Ambassador
Angélique Kidjo as she featured in this single. "Face au vent" was the third lead single of this album after "A nos enfants" and "Nos vies parallèles". In this single's music video, actor and dancer being featured again after he did great performance on "A Crime" and "Garde-moi" music videos in 2006. Darius Salimi was chosen to direct six music videos for this album, including "A nos enfants", "Face au vent", "Toujours un ailleurs", "Est-ce que tu viendras?", "Mon capitaine", and "Née quelque part". To promote the album, Anggun embarked on a 23-date
concert tour across France and Belgium. She performed as a guest singer at
Siti Nurhaliza's concert titled ''Dato' Siti Nurhaliza & Friends Concert'' on April 2, 2016, in
Stadium Negara. She and Siti did duet for two songs, Anggun's hit "
Snow on the Sahara" and Siti's hit "". In July 2016, she became second most influent person on
Twitter in France. She being invited to have a role as a
columnist and guest
radio host on
Europe 1 radio show, called
Les Pieds dans le plat, by
Cyril Hanouna with another French celebrities, such as
Valérie Benaïm,
Jean-Luc Lemoine,
Jérôme Commandeur,
Estelle Denis and . On 23–25 September 2016, Anggun attended
Festival Film Indonesia at
Cinema Spazio Alfieri,
Florence. Anggun sang the acoustic version of "Snow on the Sahara". This event was collaborated with Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia in
Rome and
Indonesia Meets Italy Association as the part of
Settimane della Cultura Indonesiana in Italia to reflects the progress of the increasingly dynamic Indonesian film industry. Anggun received the
Key to the City award from
Dario Nardella, the
Mayor of Florence, Italy. Anggun was featured on
new-age music group
Enigma's eight studio album
The Fall of a Rebel Angel (2016), providing lead vocals for three songs, including the lead single "
Sadeness (Part II)", which is the sequel to the 1990 number-one hit "
Sadeness (Part I)". The Album topped US Top Dance/Electronic Album charts in United States.
Kotak invited Anggun to do a duet with them in a song titled "Teka-Teki" in October 2016. Anggun joined Belgian-francophone charity show to raise funds to support scientific research in the fight against cancer and leukemia in children and adults. She sang her song "
Nos vies parallèles" and a duet with
Christophe Maé on his song, called "Charly". They raised over €10 million.
Azerbaijan-
Russian singer-songwriter
Emin make a duet song with Anggun, called "If You Go Away" for his newest album
Love is A Deadly Game. The song was a cover from original song by
Jacques Brel, called "
Ne me quitte pas". Anggun was invited to be a guest performer and did a duet with
Lara Fabian at Lara's concert
Ma vie dans la tienne Tour 2016 in
Brussels,
Belgium. Anggun and Lara sang a ballad song from Lara's album
Nue, "J'y crois encore". Anggun was invited by Indonesian television network
SCTV as guest performer at
Long Live The Biggest Concert Kotak x Anggun feat NAFF on 23 November 2016 in Jakarta. She sang "
Yang 'Ku Tunggu" as an opening act and "Teka-Teki" as a duet with
Kotak. She held a "three-dates concert" at on December, 1st-3rd 2016. She performed 18 songs, including covers from
Michel Berger's "",
Maxime Le Forestier's "" and
Axel Bauer's "". She was invited to perform on 24 December 2016 at Christmas concert in
Parco della Musica, Rome. She sang two Christmas carols as soloist, "
The Christmas Song" and, accompanied by
flutist , "
La Vita è Bella". Anggun, alongside
Rebecca Ferguson,
Anna Tatangelo and
Deborah Iurato, performed
Leonard Cohen's "
Hallelujah". For the encore, she with another guest performers sang "
Happy Xmas (War is Over)" as assemble.
2017–2019: Television projects, 8 and Asian Games 2018 and
Jaclyn Victor in April 2016. Anggun toured France and Belgium to promote her French album,
Toujours un ailleurs, and finalized her performance at ''Festival international des métiers d'art
(FIMA) 2017 in Baccarat, France. She returned as a judge on the second season of Asia's Got Talent''. On 12 October 2017, Anggun released a lyric video for "
What We Remember" on YouTube as the first single of her new album "
8". On 7 December 2017, an official music video of "What We Remember" was released on YouTube and she held the first performance of this song on ''Grand Finale of Asia's Got Talent
stage. Anggun released her lead single "What We Remember" in December 2017. It was directed by Roy Raz and the video was made in Ukraine. She and her husband contributed to the album 8
; it was released on 8 December 2017. It reached no. 1 in Indonesia, no. 5 in Malaysia, and no. 18 in Singapore on iTunes. On Apple Music it reached no. 7 in Indonesia, no. 21 in Malaysia, no. 30 in Vietnam, Top 60 in Singapore, Top 100 in Philippines, and Top 200 in Sri Lanka. In December 2017, in the Philippines, she did several performances in Eastwood Open Park Mall. She was being a guest star on ASAP and 24 Oras interview. In Malaysia, she held Meet & Greet with High Tea Session'' for her fans to promote the album in
St. Regis Hotel,
Kuala Lumpur. On 20 April 2018, she announced and release duet version for her brand new singles from her latest album, called "The Good Is Back" with
Rossa and
Fazura. Her songs, "What We Remember" and "The Good is Back" charted on
US Billboard Dance Club Chart. "
What We Remember" reached no. 8 on that chart for about 16 weeks and no. 15 on
Asia Pop 40 throughout 2018. This single reached the Top 10 of the charts in UK, US, Spain, Germany, and Indonesia.
American blogger and media personality
Perez Hilton wrote on his blog that Anggun's "What We Remember" could be compared with
Sade's and
Dido's songs. She was invited for the seventh time by
Pope Francis &
Vatican to perform on 4 January 2018 at ''Concerto dell'Epifania
at in Naples. She sang "Snow on the Sahara" and "What We Remember". On 5 June 2018, she was performing at night for Grand Opening Renaissance Bali Hotel
in Bali. She performed at Notte Bianca as the main guest star on 23 June 2018. The festival was at in Pontedera, Pisa. Anggun got photoshoots for French cultural society magazine Technikart. In July 2018, she attended European Latin Awards
at Stadio Benito Stirpe in Frosinone, Italy. She performed "", "A Rose in the Wind", "Snow on the Sahara", and "". She won Best International Singer
award there. Another guest star performer were Bob Sinclar, Black Eyed Peas, Gipsy Kings, Juan Magan and Carlos Rivera. Anggun performed at the opening ceremony of the Asian Games 2018 at the Gelora Bung Karno (GBK) stadium, Central Jakarta, on August 18, 2018. He sang a song titled "Pemuda", which was popularized by the Indonesian musical group from the album Persembahan
which was released in 2001. Anggun sang on over artificial mountains and waterfalls. She joined coaching panel for The Voice Indonesia Season 3 alongside , Titi DJ, and duo from RAN with Vidi Aldiano. Anggun was invited by high-fashion brand COACH to have great visit and did a number of performance for the opening of new branch store in Suria KLCC, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Anggun attended the opening with her husband, Malaysian singers couple Fazura & Fattah Amin, Taiwanese singer Dizzy Dizzo and Malaysian-Singaporean actor Lawrence Wong. In November 2018, she was invited to joined French Navy and got a chance to operate Le Mistral, an amphibious assault ship for three days. She reported her experiences on the show called Noël avec soldats'' (Christmas with Soldiers) at
Port-Bouët army base in
Abidjan,
Côte d'Ivoire. Anggun took part in the production of the documentary
Silent Night — A Song for the World. She made soundtracks on two versions of "
Silent Night" gospel, "Malam Kudus" in
Indonesian and "Douce nuit, sainte nuit" in
French which she recorded in
London. She began the filming production process in
Germany. This film was narrated by
Hugh Bonneville and directed by
Austrian director & film-maker
Hannes M. Schalle. She toured in seven dates for this
Intimate Concert Tour.
France 2 and
Radio France held a charity concert after a
fire attempt damaged Notre-Dame on 15 April 2019. All of the benefits from this concert was donated for reconstruction and restorative actions of the building. Anggun was being invited to perform at the concert and she sang one of numbers from
Notre-Dame de Paris musical, "
Vivre". Anggun performed with
David Foster alongside
Brian McKnight,
Yura Yunita, and several artists during
The Hitman: David Foster and Friends concert series at
De Tjolomadoe, Central Java, 24 March 2019. Anggun was invited to perform at the concert in two different cities, namely in the city of
Solo, Central Java and the city of
Surabaya, East Java. On 5 July 2019, she and
P&G held a charity concert, called
Gemilang 30 Tahun at the Tennis Indoor Stadium in Senayan, Central Jakarta. Donations collected from this concert were worth US$218,560.50. After the concert, she performed at
2019 as guest star. This was the third time for Anggun to perform at
Prambanan Temple. On 28 July 2019, Anggun continued her Italian tour concert at Alpe Adria Arena,
Lignano. Anggun became a panelist on
Mask Singer, reaching nearly 7 million viewers. She returned for another season of the show. She returned for ''
Asia's Got Talent Season 3
. Her song "Perfect World" from Toujours un ailleurs topped to no. 5 in the first week to no. 18 on US Billboard Dance Club Chart in December 2019. Anggun does a duet with Luciano Pavarotti virtually at The Luciano Pavarotti Foundation'' and Anggun in concert at the Simfonia Hall in Jakarta.
2020–present: Further television works, music collaborations and acting debut In January 2020, she attended the
24th Asian Television Awards in
Manila, Philippines where she performed and was awarded Outstanding Contribution to Asian Television Performing Arts. Due to the global pandemic of
COVID-19, she had to postpone her tour from the end of 2019 until the beginning of 2020. However, she began a career in acting. She took a part as
Maleen Suthama in television movie drama ''
. This was the sixth part of the collection. The production was taken in February 2020 in Bangkok, Thailand. Also in February 2020, Switzerland-based fashion magazine BLUSH Editions
printed an interview and a feature "Winter Garden with ". In March 2020, she performed in Moscow, Russia. She sang a Russophone classic song called "О́чи чёрные (Ochi Chernye)" which means "Dark Eyes" in English. In Indonesian culture from West Java, this song was rearranged and interpreted to a Sundanese language folk song called "Panon Hideung" ("Black Eyes"). In April 2020, she did an interview for Harvard Political Review. Anggun returned as panelist on the second season of Mask Singer alongside her previous colleague panelists. In June 2020, RIFFX by Crédit Mutuel published the result of a survey, titled "Barometer: Les 100 Artistes Préférés des Français'' (Barometer: The 100 Favorite Artists of The French)", which Anggun listed on number 97. This survey was conducted by
YouGov with interviewing 1,006 French people (age min. 18 years old) on 1 June to 2 June 2020. On 21 September 2020, she, accompanied by her husband, attended the celebration of 70th anniversary of
Pierre Cardin's fashion house at
Théâtre du Châtelet. This event screened a documentary titled
House of Cardin to honored the legendary French designer. It was directed by
P. David Ebersole and
Todd Hughes.
Jean-Paul Gaultier,
Christian Louboutin,
Stéphane Rolland, actor
Yves Lecoq, and journalist
Patrick Poivre d'Arvor attended the event with many artists and French public figures. Musical documentary film about Christmas carol in 2018,
Silent Night — A Song for the World, re-produced by
The CW and took a date on 10 December 2020 for its special premiere. Her duet with Italian tenor
Luciano Pavarotti made a great scene in European
classical music market. Anggun attended
The 3rd BraVo International Classical Music Awards on April 2, 2021, at
Bolshoi Theatre,
Moscow,
Russia. She made a performance with virtual image
Luciano Pavarotti and sang "
Caruso". At that event, she received a
Duet of the Year award because of her duet on "Caruso" performances. On 12 September 2021, she performed at Piazza Capitolo di
Aquileia. Jean-Luc Reichmann was the main cast for
Léo Matteï role since 2013. Other announced casts were ,
Laurent Ournac and
Astrid Veillon. In June 2021, she was chosen to fill her voice as
Virana in
Disney movie
Raya et le Dernier Dragon, a French version of
Raya and the Last Dragon. Her daughter, Kirana, made her first appearance in this project as various voice actress. Anggun made her appearance as herself in online series called
Profession Comédien on episode 48. This series was launched by comedian Bertrand Uzeel and directed by
Fred Testot which the series told us about Bertrand tries to collect as much advice as possible from people in the trade, but nothing will go as planned. She and all previous season's panelist returned on the third season of
Mask Singer and started the production in June 2021. On 21 June 2021, she with her husband attended
60th Monte-Carlo Television Festival. On 30 September 2021, she and
Moulin Rouge made a performance on "
I Am What I Am" at 300 chœurs. She began shooting television variety show series called
les Reines du Shopping spéciale Célébrités in September 2021.
Dany Brillant invited Anggun to did a duet with him on
Charles Aznavour's "Désormais". This song was included in Brillant's
Dany Brillant chante Aznavour en duo, a tribute album to the French-Armenian singer
Charles Aznavour. Anggun was invited to perform for the Opening Ceremony of
2021 National Paralympic Week at
Mandala Stadium in
Jayapura,
Papua. Anggun sang Indonesia's national anthem "
Indonesia Raya" alongside 150 Papuan children and her 90's hit "
Mimpi", all orchestrated by Indonesian conductor
Addie MS. Anggun and her husband were invited by CEO
Dubai Corporation for Tourism and Commerce Marketing (DCTCM) Issam Kazim. She visited
Indonesia pavilion at
World Expo 2020. In November 2021, she did a photoshoot in
Mauritius for 27th Edition of BLUSH Dream Magazine. Anggun was invited by
Vatican to perform at
: Ventinovesima XXIX Edizione in
Auditorium della Conciliazione. She sang three songs, including "
Silent Night"/"Malam Kudus" mash-up rendition alongside
Francesca Michielin, "
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" with reggae icon
Shaggy, and "
Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town" alongside children choir called Piccolo Coro Le Dolci Note. She performed at
Christmas Contest held by
TV2000. Anggun participated on comedy-musical theatre show with broadway vibe,
Al Capone. She acted as Lili,
Al Capone's mistress. It will be directed by opera manager and
Opéra de Monte-Carlo director
Jean-Louis Grinda, composed by and produced by . The show was performed on 93 dates at
Folies Bergère between January and July 2023. The first screening was in April 2022. The album was released on 30 September 2022 on digital music platforms. Anggun and her husband attended the premiere screenplay of
Tom Cruise's
Top Gun: Maverick at
the 75th Cannes Film Festival. Anggun and her husband as keyboardist were invited by to perform for EliseCare's solidarity concert at
Olympia. Mayor of
Surakarta Gibran Rakabuming Raka collaborated with
Shopee Indonesia,
Embassy of Indonesia to France and
Le BHV Marais to held a fashion exhibition and showcase called
Java in Paris in June 2022. Anggun performed as a Javan female folk-singer, named
sinden. She accompanied by traditional dancer (arranged by Indonesian choreographer ) and
gamelan music. After
SKII, Anggun was appointed to be the brand ambassador for
Switzerland-luxury skincare brand
NIANCE. On 23 September 2022, Anggun joined a project, with
Lorenzo Licitra, as a featured artist on the theme song and campaign for the 12th Festival del Cinema Nuovo, the international competition for short films played by disabled people, which was held in
Bergamo,
Italy. The song called "Eli Hallo" which written by
Lorenzo Licitra and Giovanni Segreti Bruno. The music video was directed by Donato Sileo.
Eleonora Abbagnato featured as the dancer and a boy with
special needs in the music video. For the music video's wardrobe, Anggun wore
Zimmermann and
Missoni dresses along with Bernard Delettrez jewelry. Anggun was a supporting artist on the French version of Studytracks app for schoolchildren. ==Artistry and legacy==