Hady Mirza

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Hady Mirza (born January 28, 1980) is the winner of the second season of Singapore Idol. He was crowned the winner on 25 September 2006 at the Singapore Indoor Stadium after garnering 70% of about one million votes cast by television viewers.

Hady is most known for his smooth R&B voice and charming personality. He is the second male winner, following in the footsteps of his favourite idol, Taufik Batisah.

His Zodiac Sign is Aquarius.

Biography

Hady started singing at the age of 8 and instantly fell in love with it because of the passion in each individual genre. It is a way for him to convey his emotions and express himself freely. On the show Hady was known for his diverse versatility singing not only R&B, but Pop, Rock and Soul.

His occupation was a pub performer but he wished to be a professional soccer player growing up. The song that would describe him best is "Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen because of the flow of feelings and brilliant arrangement.

Three words Hady has used to describe himself are: simple, strong-willed and stubborn. He says he is good at ball games, entertaining guests and making scrambled eggs.

His favourite singers include John Legend, Robbie Williams, Babyface, Boyz II Men, Peter Cetera and Jamie Cullum. He has a very tight knit family and friends and is very grateful to all those who believe in him, especially his mum.

Hady's debut album, self-titled Hady Mirza, was released in Singapore on 13 November 2006 [1] and achieved Platinum status within 4 days of release. The album will be repacked with additional materials.

In June 2007, Hady was awarded with two major awards in Anugerah Planet Muzik 2007, a yearly malay music award show awarding the best musicians in Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia. Hady was voted "Most Popular Artiste (Singapore)" and his self-penned malay single "Merpati" was voted "Most Popular Song (Singapore)"

Hady Mirza was also chosen to sing an exclusive song "You and I" for Police Week 2007 held in conjunction with Police Day Parade 2007. In October 2007, to coincide with the grand opening of the KPE Tunnel, a special compilation album Sounds of the Underground was recorded, and Hady Mirza was featured on the track Jangan Memandu di Pinggir Jalan (Don't Drive on the Side of the Road).

One year after Hady Mirza's Singapore Idol win, he is up for his next challenge, the title of Asian Idol, which features winners of Idol winners from six countries Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Philippines and India. The idols will battle it out for the title in December 2007. Asian Idol is set to be held on mid-December 2007 in Jakarta, Indonesia.

List of Hady's performances on Singapore Idol

Week #	Song Choice	Original Artist	Result
Top 28	Heaven	Bryan Adams	Proceeded to top 12
Top 12	Rock DJ	Robbie Williams	Safe
Top 11	Maria, Maria	Product G&B & Santana	Safe
Top 10	I've Got You Under My Skin	Frank Sinatra	Safe
Top 9	Freedom	George Michael	Safe
Top 8	You've got a friend	AI Green	Safe
Top 7	You Give Love a Bad Name	Bon Jovi	Safe
Top 6	Lagenda Party Like This	Sheila Majid V.E.and Ruffedge	First to be safe
Top 5	I'll Make Love to You Senorita	Boyz II Men Justin Timberlake	Safe
Top 4	Kiss Faithfully	Prince Journey	First to be safe
Top 3	Got to Get You into My Life Desperado	Earth, Wind and Fire Eagles	Safe
Finale	Freedom Through the fire You Give me Wings	George Michael Chaka Khan Hady Mirza	Winner

Discography

Albums

Album cover	Album information
File:Hady Mirza Album Cover.jpg	Hady Mirza Released: November 13, 2006 Chart positions (Album): No.1 on HMV, Sembawang Music, CD Rama Chart positions (Singles): You Give Me Wings (No.1 on 987FM) / Merpati (No.1 on Ria FM 89.7) Worldwide Sales: TBC RIAS certification: Platinum Singles: "You Give Me Wings" / "Freedom 90" / "Merpati" (Malay Single)

Note: In Singapore, albums get the platinum status when 15,000 albums are sold, instead of 1 million in the US, due to the population.

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