Malaysian Pop Singer Stracie Angie Anam Embraced Islam

A Malaysian pop singer officially announced her reversion to Islam during a press conference held at Astro, confirming rumors about embracing Islam after being spotted wearing hijab, according to media reports. 



“Yes, I have converted to Islam officially on Monday. It was the happiest day of my life,” local singer Stracie Angie Anam or Stacy AF was quotes by News Straits Times Online. 

Rumors about Akademi Fantasia Season 6 champion’s reversion to Islam were circulated on social media after she had appeared in a video taking the Islamic declaration of faith while donning hijab. 


Officially embracing Islam at the Johor Baru religious office in Johor, the pop star took a Muslim name, Ummu Syaikhah Stacy binti Anam. 





The 25-year-old star, who has four albums, hopes that fans wouldn’t question her reversion to Islam. 
“I have fallen in love with Islam and I am ready to embrace it with all my heart,” she said. 

Last month, Tottenham striker Emmanuel Adebayor revealed his reversion to Islam after taking Shahada, or declaration of faith, in a YouTube video. 

Ummu Syaikhah Stacy binti Anam born as Stracie Angie Anam is a Malaysian singer, who rose to fame after winning the sixth season of Akademi Fantasia, receiving 43 percent of over 3.8 million votes. Her debut album, Aku Stacy, was released on 9 March 2009. She's also known as Malaysia's Dancing Queen.

The success of her final single from Stay-C, "Bosan" is proven when the song managed to compete in the grand final of AJL28 in January 2014. It was her fifth time competing in the final round of the most prestigious musical event in Malaysia. Her performance was received with mixed reviews by critics.
Stacy's third album, #1 was released on 17 May 2014[ at Zouk KL. The album contains 10 songs, including the single, "Gilalah" and the collaboration with Indonesian boyband, SM*SH, "Hello". The album has 2 CDs, whereby CD2 features remix version of the songs. Besides Malaysia, the album was released in Singapore, Indonesia and Brunei. The album proved Stacy's artistry as she was involved directly in the making of the album from the beginning to the end.
Stacy proved herself once again as a consistent artist when her first single "Gilalah" made it to the final of AJL29 in 2015. "Gilalah" was a commercial success, having been played on the mainstream radios such as ERA.fm and Hot.fm every so often. It was the first song where Stacy was involved in making the lyrics totally. The video of the single was directed by herself and first showed exclusively on MeleTop. As of 2016, the video garnered over 1 million views on YouTube.


In September 2014, Stacy released the video of "Patah" a promotional single from the album.Despite the solid vocal performance, the song failed to crack the radio charts.
Stacy made a triumphant comeback to the music and radio charts with her third single, "Not For Sale" featuring Malaysian famous rapper Altimet, which charted highly on most radio charts, as well as topping the Muzik-Muzik charts. "Not For Sale" also became a soundtrack for Malay popular drama "Tuan Anas Mikael". The accompanying music video was released on 4 August 2015. The song also brought Stacy to her 7th AJL appearance in January 2016. Although she was sick a day before her performance, she wowed the audiences with her vocals and moves.
It is confirmed that Stacy would release a new single entitled "Romeo" in December 2015.The single was later released on January 30, 2016. Her husband, Akim wrote the song for her
Source; Wikipedia
            Ahlolbayt News Agency (ABNA )

            

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