- At the age of 12 Siti learn traditional song from her mother and performing during special occasion an
- She started to improvise her singing skills by participating in numerous local singing competitions before ultimately at the age of 16, she finally competed in the 1995 RTM Bintang HMI competition where she auditioned with a song made famous by Ruth Sahanaya, Kaulah Segalanya.
- In 1996, Suria Records released her first self-titled album, Siti Nurhaliza, and the first single, Jerat Percintaan won the 11th Anugerah Juara Lagu and another two awards for Best Performance and Best Ballad in addition to her quadruple winnings in Anugerah Bintang Popular for Most Popular Television Entertainer, Most Popular Female Singer, Most Popular Teen Artiste and overall winner, Most Popular Star.
3.2 International Early Success(1999-2005)
- On December 1999, Siti received one of her first
international winnings from an international singing competition when she took
part in 'Shanghai Asia Music Festival 1999' that was held in China, where she
managed to win the Gold Award for the Asia New Singer Competition.
- Siti took part in 'Voice of Asia 2002' which was held in Kazakhstan where
she performed one of her singles from her third album, Purnama Merindu and
managed to grab the Grand Prix Champion title, the ultimate prize.
- Besides, in 2005, she was dubbed as The Voice of Asia, when Alicia Keys first introduced her with the title during the MTV Asia Aid in 2005 held in Bangkok, Thailand due to her powerful vocal, and her outstanding achievements locally and internationally.
- In addition, she also made her third appearance on MTV Asia Awards in 2004, where she performed for the second time in a row for the ceremony with Gareth Gates the runner up from the first series of England version of Idol, Pop Idol, in a song originally by Gareth's himself, 'Say It Isn't So”.
Siti Nurhaliza attending red carpet ceremony of the MTV Asia Aid 2005 in Bangkok
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