SHILA AMZAH

Shila Amzah

Nurshahila Binti Amir Amzah, commercially known as Shila Amzah / 茜拉 is a Malaysian-born singer-songwriter and musician based in Malaysia and China.

Shila Amzah made her appearance as a singer at the age of nine to ten years old. At the time, no recording company wanted to take children to become recording artists as they did not want to take the risk. Her father used his own pocket money to produce Shila's first album before EMI gave an opportunity for Shila Amzah to sign a contract with them.

In 2000, Shila Amzah first album with the hit song entitled Yang Teristimewa (The Special One) was launched in front of Tun Dr. Siti Hasmah. Later in 2009, she joined One in a Million emerged as the first runner-up to the competition before signing a contract with Monkey Bone. She produced the album Bebaskan (Be Free) during her stint with Monkey Bone.

At the end of 2010, Shila was courted by producer Kevin Chin to record songs for 3 Suara (3 Voices). One of the hit songs in 2010 is Patah Seribu, which has garnered a lot of praises from radio and TV shows.

On 20 September 2012, Shila became the champion of Asian Wave, a Chinese reality singing talent show held in Shanghai. 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. She also sang "Forever Love" byWang Leehom and "Set Fire to The Rain" by Adele in one of the prelimilary rounds of Asian Wave. The judges praised her performance.

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. 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." She immediately agreed when he asked her to be in his opening act. The prize money of RM 5 million in Asian Wave will be shared among her and the second and third place winners.

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 the songs Shila sang at the Asian Wave in an album soon. The manager is also still discussing with Shanghai Media Team Entertainment Group, the media company behind Asian Wave on Shila Amzah's singing contract. She is making arrangements to improve her Chinese, a language that she learned from pre-school until Year 3.

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

In February 2014, Shila Amzah was invited to the Chinese singing competition show I Am a Singer (second season). She made her debut on the 10 February, scheduled to be aired on Hunan Television on 21 February.

Source: Wikipedia