Nike Ardilla - Music Career

Music Career

Ardilla was influential in the return of teen pop rock in the late 1980s. Deny Sabry helped her to sign a record deal with Arista Records. Her debut album, Seberkas Sinar, was released in the summer of 1989, reaching number one on the charts and selling over 500,000 copies in Indonesia. Its lead single "Seberkas Sinar" stayed at the top of the charts for 10 weeks, and it had further hits with the top-10 ballad "Cinta Pertama", and the top-5 "Tembang Asmara".

She released her next album, Bintang Kehidupan, in the spring of 1990, and its title track quickly rose to number one in the charts. The album itself also topped the charts on its debut, selling over 500,000 copies in its first week and setting a new record for single-week sales by a female artist. Follow-up singles included "Salut" and the gold-certified "Putih". A year after its release, Bintang Kehidupan had sold over two million copies and won a BASF Award for Best New Artist and Best Selling Album in 1990.

Ardilla received Awards Gadis Sampul in 1990, confirming her success not only as a singer and actress but also as a model. Her next album, Nyalakan Api (1991) won the BASF Award for Best Selling Album in 1991. Her fourth, Matahariku (1992), was followed in the autumn of 1993 by Biarlah Aku Mengalah, which appeared in October on Music Plus.

After winning the award for Best Selling Aalbum at the 1993 BASF Awards, Ardilla released her next album, Nike Best of The Best, with the hit single "Tinggal lah aku Sendiri". She moved from Billboard Records, (now EMI), to Musica Studios for Biarkan Cintamu Berlalu (1994), which debuted at number one and earned her the 1994 HDX Best Selling Album award. Her last album, Sandiwara Cinta, was released on 1 March 1995. The single first began airing on the radio in late February. The first version of the Sandiwara Cinta video began airing on TV in late February 1995. She started making a second version of this video, directed by Rizal Mantovany, but died two days before the scheduled completeion of shooting. It was released 40 days after her death and became a huge success, featuring her in the style of Marilyn Monroe, her idol. This album won an HDX award for Best Selling Album of the year, best single ("Deru Debu"), and Best Video Klip MTV Indonesia.