Aliff Aziz | |
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Born |
Mohamad Aliff bin Aziz February 16, 1991 Singapore |
Residence | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
Occupation | Singer, actor, model |
Spouse(s) | Bella Astillah (m. 2016) |
Musical career | |
Genres | Pop, Pop rock, R&B, Soul, country |
Years active | 2007–present |
Labels | Sony Music BMG Malaysia |
Associated acts | Joanna, Emma Suhaimi, Adira, Siti Nordiana |
Mohamad Aliff Bin Aziz (born 16 February 1991), better known by his stage name Aliff Aziz is a Singaporean singer, currently based in Malaysia. He is managed under Sony Music BMG Malaysia. In July 2007, Aliff Aziz was crowned the winner of a reality TV singing competition, Anugerah, making him the youngest winner (won the title at the age of 16) of the show/competition. In September of that same year, Aliff Aziz releases his first self-titled album with best single Cinta Arjuna (Tong Hua cover) with 300,000 copies sold around Southeast Asia. His first single, "Sayang Sayang" receives the most number of ringtone downloads (1 million) across Southeast Asia.
Aliff currently had 3 albums: Aliff (2007), It Aliff Time (2010) and Aliff Aziz (2012)
He is working out on his 4th album, where his upcoming single "Selayaknya Aku" was nominated for APM 2015.
Born on 16 February 1991, Aliff was the eldest among three siblings. Aliff was born to a Malay family of mixed Arab. At the age of three, Aliff and his family welcomed the birth of two twins, Nur Aisyah Binte Aziz and Nur A'in Binte Aziz. He and his twin sisters attended Princess Elizabeth Primary School before heading up to the next level where he and Aisyah attended Zhenghua Secondary School while A'in went to GreenRidge Secondary School respectively.
Aliff was crowned the youngest Anugerah 2007 winner at age of 16. The 16 year old Zhenghua Secondary School student scored a recording deal with Sony BMG and Mediacorp Artiste Management contract deal worth more than $100,000.
Following his win, he appeared most of Mediacorp shows such as Sinar Lebaran 2007 and 2008, Khayalan etc. He also appeared for a short 30 seconds KFC advertisement in 2007. It was reported by Malaysian magazine in 2008 he was juggling his busy scheldue as an O levels student (private candidate) and career as a singer.
In 2009, Aliff Aziz was enlisted to the compulsory National Service where he was an instructor at the Singapore Civil Defence Force (Formerly known as BRTC/Basic Rescue Training Centre) in Jalan Bahar. In a Sungguh interview in 2010, Aliff was posted to admin to allow him to focus more on his singing career.
During that same year, Aliff released his second album "Its Aliff's Time" with its hits single "Cinta" and "Kalau Cinta" featuring Malaysian songstress Joanna. "Kalau Cinta" topped the radio charts for a few months making it another record breaking song.
Aliff Aziz was member of Singapore Civil Defence Force Music Performing Arts Club (MPAC), where he performed as a vocalist for many SCDF occasions such as SCDF Promotion Ceremony, SCDF Community Day etc. He obtained a rank of Corporal during his national service.