Sheila Majid - Biography

Biography

Sheila Majid is the youngest of a family of 8 children. She attended schools at Convent Goodshepherd Kindergarten, Methodist Girls Primary School and Methodist Girls Secondary School, all in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. She was married to Roslan Aziz, the producer of her previous albums, but has since divorced him. Sheila is now married to Hasridz Murshim Hashim Abdullah, better known as Acis, who was a keyboardist with one of the popular rock band in the 80s, Gersang. They were married June 3, 2003. Sheila has two children from her earlier marriage to Roslan, Wan Nur Khaleda, 21 and Megat Abdul Majid, 17 and two from her current marriage, Khadeja Zaireen Murshim, 7 and Khalifa Laila Murshim, 5.

When she was 17, she sang at a friend's party and was spotted by a music producer, who invited her to do a demo. Sheila auditioned for Roslan Aziz and was given a contract in 1982. However, it took another three years before she released her first album in 1985 Dimensi Baru, which subsequently went gold. With Emosi, released a year later, Sheila won the Indonesian BASF Award for Best Female R&B Artist in 1987; never before by a non-Indonesian. Her success in Indonesia was followed by a 1988 nationwide tour.

Sheila performed at the Tokyo Music Festival in 1989. She was invited back to perform in Japan that same year. At the same time, Sheila released her 1988 multi-platinum selling album Warna. She topped New Straits Times reader’s poll four consecutive years between 1987 to 1990.

After the release of Sheila's sixth studio album, Ku Mohon in November 1999, she went on to win four awards, most notably Best Pop Album at the Anugerah Industri Muzik (AIM) 2000. The title track, one of her five compositions in the album and her first lyric creation was named Song of the Year.

In November 2001, Sheila was invited to represent Malaysia in Jakarta DIVA SEA which brought together leading singers from Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines.

In October 2003, Sheila was invited to headline a live concert by TransTV, Indonesia. This two hour special, entitled Konsert Perjalanan Seni Sheila Majid was a prelude to the release of her new album, Cinta Kita, her seventh studio effort. This album, helmed by Warner Music Indonesia saw Sheila collaborating with some of Indonesia's musicians like Andi Rianto, Tohpati and Indra Lesmana who collectively contributed towards 80% of the album production. To date, both the album as well as its first single, "Kerinduan" have reached number one in Indonesia.