Muhammad Taufik bin Batisah is a Singaporean singer-songwriter best known for winning the first season of the reality TV series Singapore Idol.
28 Facts About Taufik Batisah
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Taufik Batisah's parents divorced when he was 13 years old.
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Taufik Batisah attended Boon Lay Primary School, Jurong Secondary School before graduating from Singapore Polytechnic.
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Taufik Batisah participated in the first season of the reality TV series Singapore Idol in 2004.
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On 1 December 2004, Taufik Batisah was crowned the first ever Singapore Idol at the Singapore Indoor Stadium before an audience of more than 8,000 fans and 1.8 million viewers across the country.
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Taufik Batisah scored a recording deal with Sony BMG and a management deal under Hype Records' artiste management arm, ArtisteNetworks.
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Taufik Batisah was the first Singapore artiste to endorse for the Swiss watch-maker, Swatch.
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On 14 January 2005, Taufik Batisah released his first English album Blessings.
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Taufik Batisah co-wrote one track on the album titled Close 2 You.
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On 19 April 2005, Taufik Batisah held his first solo concert showcase An Evening With Taufik Batisah at the Kallang Theatre.
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In 2006, Taufik Batisah released his second album All Because of You where he wrote and produced eight of the tracks.
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Taufik Batisah was named the Most Sellable Artiste at MediaCorp Suria's People's Choice Awards and was awarded the Most Popular Male Artiste Award at the regional Anugerah Planet Muzik 2006.
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An iconic role model, Taufik Batisah was voted as the Winner of Kid's Choice Wannabe Award at the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Award 2006.
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In 2008, Taufik Batisah won the Most Popular Artiste Award and Most Popular Song Award for his composition Berserah as well as the Best Singapore Artiste Award at Anugerah Planet Muzik 2008.
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Taufik Batisah received the Singapore Youth Award, awarded by the National Youth Council, in recognition of his achievements in the music industry and for being a role model to the younger generation.
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Taufik Batisah launched his fourth music album Suria Hatiku.
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Taufik Batisah was named the Most Popular Singapore Artiste for the third consecutive year at the Anugerah Planet Muzik Award 2009.
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Taufik Batisah performed at the Angureah Planet Muzik Award held in Jakarta and the Singapore Day 2009 event in London.
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Taufik Batisah earned the top honour roll of six major awards at the first AnugeraHitz.
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Taufik Batisah released an Eid ul-Fitr collaboration album Kenangan Di Hari Raya with Hady Mirza.
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Taufik Batisah wrote and recorded a duet single Aku Bersahaja with Indonesian diva Rossa.
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Taufik Batisah represented Singapore at the first ABU TV Song Festival 2012 at the KBS Concert Hall, in Seoul, South Korea on 14 October 2012.
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Taufik Batisah performed his multi-award-winning composition -Usah Lepaskan at the international gala music concert alongside high-profile music talents from across the region, including TVXQ, Havana Brown, Hafiz Suip and Perfume.
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Taufik Batisah rose in the ranks of the regional and international music scene when he received significant recognition from Korea's Mnet Asia Music Awards for Best Asian Artist as well as Anugerah Planet Muzik's Best Collaboration, Most Popular Singapore Artiste and Most Popular Regional Artiste.
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On 1 October 2014, Taufik Batisah released his fifth studio album, Fique, which he produced, arranged and wrote all but one song.
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At the Anugerah Planet Muzik 2014, Taufik Batisah won three awards: Most Popular Song, Most Popular Artist and Social Media Icon, winning the most awards by any artist that year.
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In 2018, Taufik Batisah represented Singapore at the ASEAN-JAPAN Music Festival in Tokyo, performing alongside Dato Sri Siti Nurhaliza, W-inds, Sarah Geronimo, Andien and Dong Nhi.
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In September 2019, Taufik joined his elder brother Mustaffa, as a registered property agent under Propnex Realty Pte Ltd to expand himself as an entrepreneur, under the name Batisah Bros Property.