Tiara Andini

Tiara Anugrah Eka Setyo Andini (born 23 September 2001) is an Indonesian singer and actress.

Tiara was born with the name Tiara Anugrah Eka Setyo Andini on 23 September 2001, in Jember Regency, East Java Province, and the eldest of three children, from couple Nugroho Ediyono Deddy and Sari Yoshida Setyoastri.

Tiara has a younger sister named Aurelia Anugrah and a younger brother named Holland Mauricio.

Her mother is of Dutch and Japanese descent, whereas her father is Javanese.

Her family is Islam.

Both of her parents work in the arts as musicians: Tiara's father is a music arranger while Tiara's mother is a singer.

Due to her family's musical background, Tiara was introduced to the world of music from a young age by frequently playing songs by Melly Goeslaw and Titi DJ.

Tiara liked to sing when she was in kindergarten.

When she was in 5th grade, she took vocal lessons and was directed by her vocal teacher to become a festival singer.

Tiara also knew various genres of music from Kroncong to Mandarin Chinese music.

In her school days, her friends did not support Tiara's decision to become a singer and underestimated her talent in singing.

Since childhood, Tiara has joined and is an active member of the Jember Fashion Carnaval as a child model who has studied the art of modeling.

Tiara also was involved in the Jember Indonesian Paskibraka Troops.

Tiara attended elementary school at SD Al-Furqan Jember from 2008 to 2014.

After that, Tiara continued her education at SMP Negeri 3 Jember and in 2017 Tiara continued her education to SMA Muhammadiyah 3 Jember majoring in science.

Tiara's parents enrolled her in an Islamic school so that, although she worked in the arts, Tiara would have a strong religious education.

When she was in high school, Tiara was actively involved in extra-curricular music activities under the direction of Danial Soemba.

Early in her career, Tiara often participates in local-scale singing talent contests.

Tiara was a known finalist of Bintang Radio Indonesia and Asean RRI Jember in 2017.

In 2018, Tiara was selected as a prototype fashion model for the Jember Fashion Carnaval with the theme of South Korea at the closing of the 2018 Asian Games.

At the event, Tiara also had the opportunity to share a moment with the South Korean idol group, Super Junior.

Continuing to talent contests on television, Tiara participated in the third season of The Voice Indonesia, in which she failed her audition performing the song "Bang Bang" by Jessie J, Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj.

Before becoming as publicly known as she is today, Tiara also worked as a wedding singer, often singing Mandarin songs at Chinese weddings.

Tiara received job offers almost every week.

At the time, Tiara's first income was approximately 100,000 IDR ($6.89).

She was the runner-up of the tenth season of Indonesian Idol which was broadcast by RCTI in 2019–2020.

In Idol, she was known as the girl who received a titanium ticket from one of the judges.

She is the only titanium ticket recipient to ever make it through to the final round in the history of Indonesian Idol.

In 2019, Tiara again participated in the talent search event, Indonesian Idol.

During the audition, Tiara performed Raisa's song "Could it Be" and got a titanium ticket from Judika.

Because of this, Tiara is known as the girl who received the titanium ticket in the tenth season and she is the only recipient of the titanium ticket who ever make it through to the final round in Indonesian Idol history.

When competing Tiara had an official fan club founded on 26 November 2019—when Tiara was in the top 13, named "Mootiara" which stands for "Mood Tiara Andini".

She was awarded the "Best Newcomer" from 23rd Anugerah Musik Indonesia Awards, and "Best New Asian Artist Indonesia" from 2020 Mnet Asian Music Awards.

She also won the SCTV Music Awards for two consecutive years as "Most Popular Female Singer" in 2022 and 2023.

She was nominated for the 2023 MTV Europe Music Awards as Best Asia act.

After passing the audition stage and going through a competition quarantine process for 5 months, on 2 March 2020, Tiara was named the runner-up.

As the runner-up of the tenth season of Indonesian Idol, Tiara received a cash prize of 100,000,000 IDR, as well as one unit of the All New Nissan Livina MPV car.

After the show, Tiara signed a contract with the record label Universal Music Indonesia and was managed by Star Media Nusantara, an artist management company owned by MNC Group.

From Indonesian Idol, Tiara got a winning song entitled "Gemintang Hatiku" which became her first single as a singer.

There are two versions of the song, Tiara sings a dance pop version of this song.