For breaking through barriers as an entertainer

Shila Amzah

Singer-songwriter
Location: Malaysia

The daughter of two entertainers, Shila has made her own name as a singer and performer. She received her big break in Mainland China when she won the 2012 Asian Wave singing competition, launching herself as a Mandopop artist despite not previously speaking a word of Mandarin, and has since been nominated for the Weibo Starlight Awards. Now based in London, she sings in English, Malay, Mandarin, Cantonese, Hindi, Tamil, Spanish, Korean, Japanese and Italian.

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2019

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I always had a belief that music can unify the world and I really feel it’s true whenever I perform in China—there is a strange energy that takes me to another level and allows me to showcase myself and my feelings in a spiritual way via my songs

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