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Also known as Chrismansyah Rahadi

Hajji Chrismansyah Rahadi (; born Christian Rahadi ; 16 September 1949 – 30 March 2007), better known by his stage name Chrisye (), was an Indonesian progressive pop singer and songwriter. In 2011, Rolling Stone Indonesia declared him the third-greatest Indonesian musician of all time.

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Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Indonesia
Active from
1949-09-16
Active to
2007-03-30
popsinger-songwriter

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Chrismansyah Rahadi (born Christian Rahadi on September 16, 1949 in Yogyakarta, Indonesia), better known by his stage name Chrisye, was an Indonesian progressive-pop singer, of mixed Chinese-Indonesian descent (His mother was Javanese). He died in Jakarta on March 30, 2007 following a long battle with lung cancer. He recorded 21 solo albums in his lifetime. He married in 1982 to G.F. Damayanti Noor, who was also a singer; they had four children. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Chrisye">Read

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Key facts

Person.name
Chrisye
Person.image
Chrisye, Jakarta Govt website.jpg
Person.birth_name
Christian Rahadi
Person.othername
H. Chrismansyah Rahadi
Person.birth_place
Jakarta, Indonesia
Person.death_place
Jakarta, Indonesia
Person.resting_place
Jeruk Purut Cemetery, South Jakarta
Person.children
4
Person.signature
Signature of Chrisye.svg
Musical artist.embed
yes
Musical artist.years_active
1965–2007
Musical artist.label
Musica Studios

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Chrisye, Jakarta Govt website.jpg
Number of children
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date of death
2007-03-30
date of birth
1949-09-16
Commons category
Chrisye
start of work period
1965-00-00
birth name
Christian Rahadi
pseudonym
Chrisye
name in native language
Chrismansyah Rahadi
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19 sections
Contents
  • Early life
  • Career
  • Band member and early projects (1968–1977)
  • Early solo and film career (1978–1982)
  • Marriage and changing styles (1982–1993)
  • Concerts and collaborations with Erwin Gutawa (1994–2004)
  • Illness and death
  • Style
  • Legacy
  • Honours and awards
  • Personal life
  • Discography
  • With Guruh Gipsy
  • Studio albums
  • Soundtrack albums
  • Singles
  • Explanatory notes
  • References
  • External links

Hajji Chrismansyah Rahadi (; born Christian Rahadi ; 16 September 1949 – 30 March 2007), better known by his stage name Chrisye (), was an Indonesian progressive pop singer and songwriter. In 2011, Rolling Stone Indonesia declared him the third-greatest Indonesian musician of all time.

Born in Jakarta of mixed Chinese-Indonesian descent, Chrisye became interested in music at an early age. At high school, he played bass guitar in a band he formed with his brother, Joris. In the late 1960s, he joined Sabda Nada (later Gipsy), a band led by his neighbours, the Nasutions. In 1973, after a short hiatus, he rejoined the band to play in New York for a year. He briefly returned to Indonesia and then went back to New York with another band, the Pro's. After once again returning to Indonesia, he collaborated with Gipsy and Guruh Sukarnoputra to record the 1976 indie album Guruh Gipsy.

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