Shila Amzah

Shila Amzah
Shila Amzah was nominated at the World Music Awards 2012
Background information
Birth name	Nur Shahila Amir Amzah
Also known as	Shila Shila Tekno (when she was a child) Sha-hila (when she was a teenager) Shila Amzah (present)
Born	(1990-08-13) August 13, 1990
Origin	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Genres	Pop, R&B, pop rock, dance pop
Occupations	Singer, Songwriter, Musician, Actress
Instruments	Vocals, Acoustic guitar, Keyboard
Years active	2000–present
Labels	Monkey Bone Records (2008-2011) Sony Music Entertainment (2013) Shanghai Media Team Entertainment Group (2012-Present) Shila Amzah Entertainment Berhad (2013-Present) Warner Music Group (2013-Present)

Nur Shahila binti Amir Amzah (born August 13, 1990) or popularly known by her commercial name Shila Amzah, is a Malaysian singer, songwriter, musician, entertainer^[1] and actress. The daughter of famous 1980s era Malaysian singer Amir Amzah or knownly as ND Lala, she was the runner-up of the second season of One in a Million in 2007^[2][3][4] and the winner of Asia New Singer Competition in 2008. In 2012, she became the champion of the inaugural season of the Chinese reality competition, Asian Wave. She has been accoladed as Asia's Sweetheart.^[5][6][7][8]She has been also acknowledged as one of the YouTube personalities, having more people watch her singing videos when playing acoustic guitar with creative tone on her YouTube's channel.^[9]

Early Life

Shila Amzah admitted in the beginning of her involvement in the entertainment field that she was unable to deal with the camera. "The lowest level of confidence previously when I was confronted with a camera, I did not know how to use it to communicate with the audience, and when to start the show."

Shila Amzah made her appearance at the age of nine to ten years old when her father struggled to produce her recordings. At the time, no recording company wanted to take children to become recording artists. They did not want to take the risk, so her father came out with his own pocket money to produce the first album of Shila Amzah. Luckily, this slowly opened up the eyes of recording company owner and it gave an opportunity for Shila Amzah to sign on a contract with EMI.

In the year 2000, Shila Amzah first album launched in front of Tun Dr. Siti Asmah. This was a children album. Yang Teristimewa (The Most Special) song was officially released. In the album, Shila Amzah also wrote a song. When the contract with EMI was up, Shila Amzah joined One in a Million, and signed a contract with Monkey Bone for teenagers album in 2009. Thus, the result was the album Bebaskan (Be Free).

At the end of 2010, Shila was courted by producer Kevin Chin to record the song in collaboration for 3 Suara (3 Voices). Since then, Shila Amzah has produced singles Patah Seribu (A Thousand Broken) (Shila Amzah's own creation entirely). The songs were hits in Malaysia and often played by Malaysian's radio station. The Patah Seribu (A Thousand Broken) also had once dominated Songs Chart's top radio station in Malaysia Era FM that has been recognized as Malaysia's First Radio Station. Only later then, the 3 Suara (3 Voices) album is done.

Biography

On 20 September 2012, Shila Amzah became the champion of Asian Wave, a Chinese reality singing talent show held in Shanghai.^[10] Shila Amzah had the most online votes among all the contestants. She sang three songs which were "Gemilang" by Jaclyn Victor, "Grenade" by Bruno Mars, and "Zheng Fu (征服)" by Na Ying.^[10] She also sang "Forever Love" by Wang Leehom and "Set Fire to The Rain" by Adele in one of the prelimilary rounds of Asian Wave.^[11] The judges praised her performance.^[10]

The Star reported on 27 September 2012 that she was chosen to be the opening act for a series of concerts by Eric Moo, a Malaysian award-winning singer-composer, in Beijing starting 17 November.^[12] Shila Amzah said that she knew him because "he was one of the judges during the competition and his invitation is a huge honour for me."^[12] She immediately agreed when he asked her to be in his opening act.^[12] The prize money of RM 5 million in Asian Wave will be shared among her and the second and third place winners.^[12]

Guang Ming Daily reported on 28 September 2012 that Shila Amzah would be collaborating with Wang Leehom. Shila Amzah's manager was planning to include all of the songs Shila sang at the Asian Wave in an album soon.^[11] The manager is also still discussing with Shanghai Media Team Entertainment Group, the media company behind Asian Wave on Shila Amzah's singing contract.^[11] She is making arrangements to improve her Chinese, a language that she learned from pre-school until Year 3.^[11]

Shila Amzah was listed as one of the leading nominees in the World's Best Female Artist together with Dato'Siti Nurhaliza & World's Best Entertainer of The Year categories, beating other nominees in World Music Awards 2012. Shila Amzah will also perform at the award stage later on invitation from the World Music Awards themselves. The awards ceremony was postponed from 22 December 2012 to Spring 2013 due to logistics and immigration issues.^[13]

The year 2013 continues to be a glorious year for Shila when she was also nominated in the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards categories Favourite Asian Act with PSY (South Korea), Han Geng (China), and Sarah Geronimo from the Philippines who also listed.

'Harian Metro' reported on March 12, 2013 that, Shila Amzah has set up her own company by the name of Shila Amzah Entertainment Berhad (SAEB).

Also in 2013, Shila Amzah was honored to sing the theme song of the Chinese Idol titled A Moment Like This origanally sang by Kelly Clarkson .

Her newest album self-titled album is her fifth record. It is also the first album that is produced under Shila Amzah Entertainment Berhad. All the songs and lyrics from the album are entirely composed by herself,Shila Amzah will full guidance from Malaysia's professional musician, composer and producer, Helen Yap. Both share a close relationship as Helen was the first professional musician who acknowledged Shila's talent when she was singing in a competition organized by Radio & Television Malaysia (RTM) when she was only 8 years old back then.

Discography

Album

Single

Jingle Promo

Shila also made some jingles for commercials and promos for the radio and television. Here is the list: -

Filmography

Music videos

Music video appearances

Awards

References

External links

• https://twitter.com/Shilaamzah
• Shila Amzah on Myspace
• http://www.rotikaya.com/shila-amzah-tandingi-adele-taylor-swift-di-world-music-awards-2012/
• http://www.worldmusicawards.com/?page_id=26