Anggun was born on 29 April 1974 in Jakarta. An Indonesian-born French singer-songwriter, Anggun began performing as a child and was a teenage pop star in Indonesia before moving to Europe in the mid-1990s. Her international breakthrough came with the album Snow on the Sahara and its title single, which brought her wide recognition in Europe and beyond. She later took French citizenship and represented France at the Eurovision Song Contest in 2012. Honoured by the French state with arts and legion of honour distinctions, she has also worked as a talent-show judge in Asia and as a goodwill ambassador for the UN Food and Agriculture Organization. She is regarded as one of the best-known Southeast Asian pop artists abroad.
Before and after
- 2 April 1974Construction of Westfalenstadion
- 2 April 1974Death of Georges Pompidou
- 25 April 1974Carnation Revolution
- 28 April 1974Birth of Penélope Cruz
- 29 April 1974Birth of Anggun
- 22 May 1974Establishment of Northeast Greenland National Park
- July 1974Discovery of seaborgium
- from 20 July 1974 to 18 August 1974Turkish invasion of Cyprus
- 28 July 1974Birth of Alexis Tsipras
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The era
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