Hafiz (Malaysian singer)

Mohd Hafiz Bin Mohd Suip (born February 27, 1990), is a Malaysian singer, who rose to fame after winning the seventh season of Akademi Fantasia, receiving 46 percent of over 4.2 million votes. His debut album, Masih Jelas, was released on July 14, 2009.^[1]

Akademi Fantasia 2009

Hafiz competed against thirteen other contestants to win Season 7 of Akademi Fantasia. His winning potential was shown from week 1 when he was name the 'Best student of the night'

Throughout the competition, Hafiz remained at top two when the voting session was closed at the end of every concert, with six collective highest votes. Before the final concert, most media buzz predicted Hafiz to be the winner of the season. At the end of the finale, the prediction came true when he was crowned as the seventh winner of the show, beating 4 other students, with a massive votes of 46%, the highest percentage of votes in the show's production. He took back the male dominate winner crown from previous winner fifth season's Mila Jirin and sixth season's Stacy who are both females.

Song performances on Akademi Fantasia

Post AF

His first album, titled Masih Jelas was released on 14 July 2009. He recorded 5 songs including the Masih Jelas for the album which also features singles by 4 other AF7 finalists. 'Masih Jelas' was nominated in the Best Pop Song and Best Arrangements in Anugerah Industri Muzik (AIM17). Hafiz also performed at the final of Anugerah Juara Lagu 24 as one of the strongest contenders. Being nominated as one of 2009's Best New Artiste also added feathers onto his caps. Although he didn't win any of these, it was a good exposure as a young artiste.

His latest foray in the entertainment world was being involved in KITA : The Musical, a musical theatre which was inspired by 1Malaysia. He played the lead, Rahman in the multi-racial ensemble play staged at the famous Istana Budaya, Kuala Lumpur. Also involved in the play were other ASTRO talents, Eric Lin,Michael Rao, fellow AF7 alumni Nas Adila and Amy Wang. The theatre was a success and it went into the Malaysia Guinness Book of Record.

2011-present

Early in the year 2011, fans was shocked to hear that the young singer was involved in a traffic accident at 10pm on the 3rd January while he was driving home after a rehearsal. The car that he had drove, a Honda Accord was badly damage after the car spins then smash to a tree and a street lamp post on the Penchala Highway. The latter was fortunate after only suffering from severe neck injury and was took to KPJ Damansara Hospital for treatment.

Prior to his traffic accident, fans was wondering if the young star could perform at the Anugerah Juara Lagu on the 9th. Although the doctors said their concerns on the young star's injured throat, he mention to the media that he would still go on with his performance and hoped that his injury won't affect his performance. On the 9th of January, Hafiz was spurred with winning 2 categories on the 25th Anugerah Juara Lagu at Stadium Putra Bukit Jalil. He had won the Best Vocal Performance and had won 3rd Place with his song Noktah Cinta (composer: Ajai and lyricist: Sheikh Qalam). Later in January, the singer release his new music video for his single Awan Nano and had regain many interest from the locals. The video had regain a positive views among the viewers and many had praised for his good acting skills in the video. The music video also stars music legend Herman Tino who played his father.

The single Awan Nano which mainly composed by Malaysian famous composer, M.Nasir and lyricist Buddhi Hikayat prove to a success. On July 15, Hafiz had won 2 awards at the Anugerah Planet Muzik (a music award in collaboration of 3 S.E.A country; Malaysia, Indonesia and Singapore) where he had won the Best Song (Malaysia) and Best Song among the three country with Awan Nano. However he lost the Best Male Artist(all country)category which he was also nominated to fellow local singer Faizal Tahir

Hafiz currently starred alongside his friends Aril and Akim in Astro Ria Teenage TV Show Kau dan Aku. This is Hafiz's debut acting project.

Awan Nano was shorlisted as one of the semi-finalist for AJL26. On 18 November 2011, the song was nominated as a finalist. However the list of the songs for the final will only be determined on 2 December 2011. AJL26 will be held in January 2012.

Discography

Albums

• Masih Jelas (2009)

Singles

• Masih Jelas (2009)
• Noktah Cinta (2010)
• Awan Nano (2011)

Awards

References

External links

• AFTalent: Hafiz
• Hafiz fan club