Mohammad Aliff bin Aziz (born 16 February 1991) is a Singaporean singer and actor currently based in Malaysia.[1] He is managed under Sony Music BMG Malaysia. In July 2007, he was crowned the winner of a reality TV singing competition, Anugerah, making him the youngest winner (won the title at the age of 16) of the show/competition. In September of that same year, Aziz releases his first self-titled album with single "Cinta Arjuna'" (Tong Hua cover) with 300,000 copies sold around Southeast Asia. His first single, "Sayang Sayang" receives the most number of ringtone downloads (1 million) across Southeast Asia. Song was inspired by Sham Faisal who was told to have a very strong influence on the singer.
Aliff currently had 4 albums: Aliff (2007), It's Aliff's Time (2009), Aliff Aziz (2011) and Rebirth (2017).
Early life and education
Born on 16 February 1991,[citation needed] Aliff Aziz is the first child of Aziz Sapdan, a personal driver, and Siti Hafiza Sheikh Mohamad, a clinic supervisor, establishing a Malay family of mixed Arab heritage.[citation needed] The family would also welcome twin girls, Nur Aisyah Binte Aziz and Nur A'in Binte Aziz three years later.[2]
Aliff was crowned the youngest Anugerah 2007 winner at age of 16.[6] From the contest, he won a recording deal with Sony BMG and a cash prize of S$10,000.[6] In the same year, he released his debut album, "Aliff" and sold 3,000 albums within two weeks of its release.[7] "Sayang-Sayang", a single debuted fourth on the charts of Malay radio station Ria 89.7FM.[4]
Following his win, he appeared most of Mediacorp shows such as Sinar Lebaran 2007 and 2008, Khayalan etc. He also appeared for a short 30 seconds KFC advertisement in 2007. It was reported by Malaysian magazine in 2008 he was juggling his busy schedule as an O levels student (private candidate) and career as a singer.
In 2009, Aliff Aziz was enlisted to the compulsory National Service where he was an instructor at the Singapore Civil Defence Force (Formerly known as BRTC/Basic Rescue Training Centre) in Jalan Bahar. In a Sungguh interview in 2010, Aliff was posted to admin to allow him to focus more on his singing career.
During that same year, Aliff released his second album "It's Aliff's Time" with its hits single "Cinta" and "Kalau Cinta" featuring Malaysian songstress Joanna. "Kalau Cinta" topped the radio charts for a few months making it another record breaking song.
Aliff Aziz was member of Singapore Civil Defence Force Music Performing Arts Club (MPAC), where he performed as a vocalist for many SCDF occasions such as SCDF Promotion Ceremony, SCDF Community Day etc.
In 2011, Aliff ended his service with the nation and moved over to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia to pursue his career as a recording artist, singer, model and actor.
In early 2012, Aliff Aziz released his third album "Aliff Aziz" where his single "Jangan Ganggu Pacarku" received 1 million views on its music video within 24 hours of release. Aliff other songs such as Cinta Ya Cinta and Setiap Detik was used as OST for dramas too.
Aliff also started a career in acting, his first drama, a comedy cum musical based drama "Antara Kita" which was directed by Kas Roshan about teenagers working in a graphic design company. The 13 episode drama also stars Zaibo, Fara Fauzana, Bell Ngasri and Anne Ngasri.
In December 2021, Aliff joined Malaysia's singing competition, Gegar Vaganza in which he ended up winning it and crowned champion. He also received RM 100,000 as a reward for coming in the first place.[8]
Personal life
In 2016, after dating for almost two years and being engaged for nine months, Aliff and Malaysian singer-actress Bella Astillah took their marriage vows and held a wedding reception for about 1,000 guests at the Top Glove convention centre in Shah Alam, Selangor.[9] They have a son born in 2017, and a daughter born in 2020.[10][11]
Aliff Aziz and Bella were officially divorced in 2019 but reconciled in 2020.[12] In March 2024, Bella filed a petition to divorce Aliff, with the proceedings in progress as of 8 April 2024[update].[13][14]
^ abHanim Mohd Saleh (22 July 2007). "ALIFF - Tak boleh cakap tak boleh'". Berita Minggu (in Malay). p. 20.
^Nur Fadilah Salleh (24 December 2007). "Alif lulus GCE 'N'" [Aliff passed GCE 'N']. Berita Harian (in Malay). p. 13.
^ abLee, Jocelyn (8 August 2008). "30 under 30 / Mohamad Aliff Aziz". The Straits Times. pp. C6 – via NewsLink.
^"Aliff dicalon, perlu berentap denga abang-abang 'terror'". Berita Minggu. 6 April 2008. p. 13.
^ abLee, Sze Yong (20 July 2007). "Alif, 16, is Award champ". The Straits Times. p. 6.
^Hanim Mohd Saleh; Zaharian Osman (22 December 2007). "Macam Macam". Berita Harian (in Malay). p. 21 – via NewsLink. AKTIF mempromosikan album sulung Aliff Aziz berjudul Aliff, juara Anugerah 2007 yang mencatatkan penjualan memberangsangkan iaitu 3,000 unit dalam masa dua minggu.
