Background and career
Nor Aniza binti Haji Idris (born 27 August 1968) in the Malaysian music industry, is known in her home country as the "Queen of Ethnic Pop". The genre she plays is known as "irama Malaysia", which fuses local traditional genres with Anglo-American pop music. Lyrically, her music includes references to the revival of traditional Malay music. She began her career as a wedding singer, and soon found herself in the recording studio after participating the Bintang RTM (a talent search singing contest) in 1985.
Throughout her musical career, she has released 13 solo albums, as well as several compilation and duet albums. At the same time, Noraniza has achieved considerable success at major national music awards through her albums, songs and live performances. To this day, she remains a steadfast figure in the arts scene, championing cultural rhythms. Her passion for championing traditional music shows no sign of waning; Noraniza has no intention of stopping, but is instead driving a movement to ensure that this source of Malay pride continues to thrive in the digital age.



