Liza Hanim

Haliza Hanim Abd Halim (born 19 November 1979) is a Malaysian singer and actress.^[1] She is one of Adnan Abu Hassan protégés and is considered one of Malaysia's best singers who dominated the music industry in the 2000s, in line with renowned vocalists such as Siti Nurhaliza, Jaclyn Victor, Dayang Nurfaizah and Misha Omar.

Liza began her career at age 15 by appearing in the Asia Bagus competition (1994). She became famous after participating in the Golden Teen Search competition organized by Radio Televisyen Malaysia (1996) and signed a contract with Suria Records in December of the same year. Liza's debut studio album, Epilog (1997), incorporated pop and acoustic elements and yielded the successful single "Getaran Cinta Dijiwa". Dimana Kan Ku Cari Ganti (1998), her second album, experimented with retro-pop and catapulted her to Malaysian stardom through the singles "Dimana Kan Ku Cari Ganti", "Istana Cinta", and "Rindu Hatiku Tidak Terkira". The album was specially recorded to appreciate the Seniman Negara, Tan Sri P. Ramlee and Biduanita Negara Puan Sri Saloma. Liza further explored pop with her third album Puteri Jelmaan (1999), which solidified her critical and commercial success.

Personal struggles influenced Liza's trap-infused fourth and fifth albums, Istimewa (2000) and Isyarat Jiwa (2001). The former won the Shanghai Asian Music Festival for Asia New Singer Competition,^[2][3][4][5] while being nominated for Best Pop Album and Best Vocal Performance (Female) at the 8th Anugerah Industri Muzik (2001).^[6][7] Isyarat Jiwa garnered three Muzik-Muzik number-two songs with "Gelisah Mimpi", "Kerana Terlalu Menyintaimu" and "Jatuh Cinta", and won the 17th Anugerah Juara Lagu for Best Vocal Award.^[8] Liza experimented with pop and R&B styles on her next albums, Ku Teruskan (2003), the latter of which being nominated for the 10th Anugerah Industri Muzik (2003) for Best Vocal Performance (Female) and won the Anugerah Era (2004) for Best Choice Music Video. Liza ventured into urban music on her seventh album, Imagin (2007), which produced the number-one singles "Merawat Luka" and "Lara".

Outside of music and film, Liza has worked with many charitable organizations. Her business ventures include HANIM. Candle, a fragrance brand launched in 2020, and a hijab line that has launched in March 2021.^[9]

Liza Hanim was born on November 19, 1979, in Klang, Selangor. She is the third child in a family of three siblings to Abdul Halim and Badariah Hanum. Liza comes from a family of music lovers. Her grandfather, Abdul Razak was a violinist and had his own band, while her father was a guitarist and band singer. Her uncle, Anuar Razak is a singer from the band The Revolvers.

During her childhood, she was involved in various school activities including sports and extracurricular activities. Liza received her early education at Sekolah Kebangsaan (1) Simpang Lima, Klang, Selangor. Starting at that moment, she began to highlight her singing talent by participating in various singing competitions at the school level. She then got secondary education at Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Tengku Ampuan Rahimah, Klang, Selangor. Liza graduated from the Sunway University for Diploma of Business Management in August 2000.

She appeared in P. Ramlee The Musical as "Saloma."^[10] In 2017, she competed in the fourth season Gegar Vaganza, a reality competition aimed to seasoned singers.^[11]

In 2021, she appeared at the Astro 25 Concert.^[12] She was a judge at All Together Now Malaysia.^[13][14]

In April 2020, Liza held a "Sing For Fund" charity program to help those affected by the Covid-19 epidemic and MCO through her company, "LH Media" in collaboration with "Live Frame". The program has seen eleven popular singers from the country join together to help those affected by the spread of the Covid-19 epidemic throughout the Movement Control Order (MCO) period. Those consisting of Aishah, Siti Nordiana, Ernie Zakri, Syamel, Haiza, Idayu, Lan Solo, Han Byul, Kai and Dini. ^[15]

By watching the show on www.liveframe.my, those who watch can channel donations and be entertained with the condition of donating RM5. ^[16] RM5 is the minimum amount, but you can contribute more than that. Depends on ability. According to Liza, the proceeds of the donations will be distributed to certain groups. They also work with charities in channeling these funds. However, the specialization for the groups affected during Covid-19, MCO and affected incomes also includes tradespeople and the poor.

Liza also shared that the involvement of all artists is without payment or consolation. Each singer has to record their own performance at home by singing two songs. Liza is very grateful to all the artist friends involved for being willing to cooperate and help without any payment or token. ^[17]

Liza said, "This initiative came about when me, my husband and a friend at Live Frame chatted on the Zoom application. We thought of what things could be done to help the needy during this MCO. We want to donate a large amount of money and we are not able to do that. So I'm trying to use the advantages that I have by holding a program. Since I can't do anything now, even after the MCO, I can't do a concert or a big meeting. So we created a special website".

In 2001, for the first time Liza established her own hair salon business which has been operating in Plaza Alam Sentral, Shah Alam, Selangor.

In January 2006, she established a company, "LH Media Sdn. Bhd." which acts as the production of events such as "Corporate Launch, Corporate Carnival, Brand Activation, Family Day, Concert, Annual Dinner, Festive Celebration, Mega Event" and many more involving large-scale events. The establishment of this company was led by Liza with her husband, Mohd Shahrin.

In July 2020, Liza launched a "HANIM" branded product. "Scent Of Hope", is a fragrance product distributed by HANIM on December 25, 2020. The original line features four different fragrances namely Joy, Peace, Hero & Love. In March 2021, "HANIM" marketed their third product which is a hijab product. In the beginning, "HANIM" has released six collections of hijabs with different colors. The hijab product has two versions, a pom pom and a scarf. In October 2022, "HANIM" once again appeared by launching two products at once, it is a product in the form of a fragrance. The first product is the "Room Spray" fragrance then the second product is the "candle".

After a long relationship, Liza and her fiance at the time, Mohd Shahrin Mohd Samsudin who is a member of Malaysian boy band, Indigo have announced that their wedding will be held on March 21, 2003.^[18] Their marriage has received a positive response from the fans of both couples.

Recalling the sweet memories at the beginning of their meeting and love story that started at the Waterfront, Kuching in 2000. At that time, they were both together with several artists who were involved in the success of the CATS Radio Antap Tour 2000 tour series in the main areas around Sarawak such as Miri , Bintulu, Sibu and Kuching for 10 consecutive days.^[19]

The couple first tied the knot on May 6, 2002 at Liza's family residence in Taman Sri Andalas.^[20] The wedding ceremony was held on March 21, 2003, the ceremony took place at 3:30 pm. The ceremony was also attended by guests including celebrities, close friends and family. Also seen was actress and singer Juliana Banos who was present at the ceremony.

At the wedding ceremony, Mohd Shahrin Mohd Samsudin looked stylish in a white Johor Melayu dress while Liza looked polite in a white Johor Kurung dress.

With just one word of agreement, Liza has legally become the wife of Mohd Shahrin Mohd Samsudin. It is reported that Liza has received a dowry of RM80 and a remittance amounting to RM8,888.88. In the ceremony, Mohd Shahrin Mohd Samsudin gave nine delivery trays, in return Liza gave eleven delivery trays.

As a result of their marriage, they have been blessed with five children namely Marsya Qistina, 21, Marissa Qaireen, 15, Mohamed Salahuddin, 13, Mohamed Ibrahim, 9 and Mohamed Al Fateh, 5.^{[21][22][23][24][25]} All of them inherited the talent of singing and showed interest in the field of music. Earlier, Liza's performance with her two daughters singing the song Beribu Sesalan originally sung by Ning Baizura, Shila Amzah and Jaclyn Victor went viral on social media so many were fascinated by the talent inherited by her two daughters.

• Epilog (1997)
• Di Mana Kan Ku Cari Ganti (1998)
• Puteri Jelmaan (1999)
• Istimewa (2000)
• Isyarat Jiwa (2001)
• Ku Teruskan (2003)
• Imagin (2007)

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