Sheila Majid

Sheila Majid
Sheila (centre) with a music producer (left) and Depha Masterpiece (right).
Background information
Birth name	Shaheila binti Abdul Majid
Born	3 January 1965 (aged 51) Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Genres	Jazz, Swing Pop, Pop Rock, R&B
Occupation(s)	Singer and actress
Instruments	Vocals
Years active	1984-present
Labels	Titra Industries Sdn. Bhd. Roslan Aziz Productions (RAP) EMI (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd. Warner Music (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd.
Associated acts	Zainal Abidin, Afdlin Shauki, Zubir Ali, Johan Nawawi, Nora, Liza Aziz, Azlina Aziz KRU, Poetic Ammo, Harvey Malaiholo, Chandra, Karen Kong, Jaclyn Victor

Shaheila binti Abdul Majid (born 3 January 1965 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia), popularly known as Sheila Majid is a Malaysian female pop singer who is best known for her 1986 song, "Sinaran". Her musical prowess especially in the genre of jazz music has led her to be dubbed as "Malaysia's Queen of Jazz".

Sheila Majid was born in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on 3 January 1965. Her mother is a native of Kuala Lumpur of Mandailing descent whose great-great grandfather was a friend of Yap Ah Loy. Her father was a Javanese, whose great grandfather had settled in Malaya after surviving a shipwreck en route to Java from a pilgrimage in Mecca. Her paternal lineage can be traced back to Raden Hussein, brother of Raden Hassan, the first Muslim sultan of Demak; both were princes of of Majapahit.

She attended schools at Convent Goodshepherd Kindergarten, Methodist Girls Primary School and Methodist Girls Secondary School, all in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

In 1989, she was married to Roslan Aziz, who was the producer of her previous albums. They have two children from this marriage, Wan Nur Khaleda (born 1991) and Megat Abdul Majid (born 1993), but has since divorced him in 1996. Her daughter, Wan Nur Khaleda also follows her mother’s footsteps as a singer, though more into hip hop music under the stage name of 'Kayda'.