Siti Nurhaliza I

Infobox Album | Name = Siti Nurhaliza
Type = Album
Artist = Siti Nurhaliza


Released = April 1 1996
Recorded = 1995-1996
Genre = Pop
Length = 45:01
Label = Suria Records
Producer = Adnan Abu Hassan, Fauzi Marzuki, Peter Fam | This album = "Siti Nurhaliza" (1996)
Next album = "Siti Nurhaliza II" (1997)

"Siti Nurhaliza" is the debut album from Malaysian pop singer Siti Nurhaliza released in 1996.

This is the first album of Siti Nurhaliza after her success in the contest held by RTM (Bintang RTM) 1995. Fully produced by Adnan Abu Hasan a renowned composer in Malaysia. It was launced on 1 April 1996 using her name as the title of the album. This album is entirely focused on pop and ballad genre with its famous single "Jerat Percintaan" which later on successfully won the Juara Lagu competition held by TV3 the same year.

Recording

Siti's debut album was recorded during Islamic month of Ramadhan, with the first title, "Jawapan Di Persimpangan" being her first recorded song, completed in just 45 minutes. As Siti was still attending high school at the time, recording of one to two songs contained in this album was done every Friday and Saturday evenings.

Contest

Jerat Percintaan was the famous and remembered song in this album. The song, composed by Adnan Abu Hassan, won her the Anugerah Juara Lagu (AJL) for the first time in 1996. She won three categories, namely, "Best Ballad Song", "Best Performance" and "Juara Lagu" which is the highest title of all in the competition.

Track listing

Awards and Recognition

*Juara Lagu (AJL)
*Best Performance (Jerat Percintaan)
*Best Ballad (Jerat Percintaan)
*Juara Lagu (Jerat Percintaan)

References

* [http://www.sitizone.com/main/ Siti Nurhaliza- Official Website]
* [http://sitinurhalizacollections.com.my/contents/album.htm Siti Nurhaliza Collections]