Anggun

Anggun Cipta Sasmi (Indonesian: [ˌaŋɡʊn ˌt͡ʃip̚t̪a ˈsasmi]; born 29 April 1974) is an Indonesian and French singer, songwriter, actress, and television personality. Born in Jakarta, she recorded a children's album at the age of nine and rose to fame as a teen rock star in the late 1980s. By 1993 she had released five Indonesian-language studio albums. Rolling Stone listed her breakthrough single "Mimpi" as one of the 150 Greatest Indonesian Songs of All Time. Anggun immigrated to Europe in 1994 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 and French—and a soundtrack album to the Danish film Open Hearts (2002). Her singles "Snow on the Sahara", "What We Remember", "The Good Is Back", and "Perfect World" entered the Billboard charts in the United States while "In Your Mind", "Saviour" and "I'll Be Alright" charted on the Billboard European Hot 100 Singles. She represented France in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012, with the song "Echo (You and I)". Anggun served as a judge on various TV shows, including the pancontinental Asia's Got Talent (2015–2019); the Indonesian versions of The X Factor (2013) and The Voice (2018); the French versions of Masked Singer (2019–2022) and Drag Race (2026); and the Belgian version of Starmaker (2023). Her acting works include supporting roles in films Coup de foudre à Bangkok (2020) and Levitating (2026), as well as American series Reacher (2026). For theatre productions, Anggun was the leading actress in 2023 French musical Al Capone and 2024 Italian revival of Jesus Christ Superstar. She actively campaigned for charitable causes and became the global ambassador of the United Nations twice, first for the International...