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Asmawi bin Ani (born August 25, 1981), better known as Mawi or Wang Medeng, is a Malaysian singer and a Third Season winner of Malaysia's popular reality show, Akademi Fantasia. Mawi has created a new phenomenon in the Malaysian music industry by becoming one of the best-selling and influential singers of the last few years. His debut album sold more than 200,000,000 copies in Malaysia and he has won numerous industry awards since winning the competition.

There has been criticism that Mawi is overrated and hypocritical, given his "religious" background, but is fiercely denied by his fan base who go to the extent of actually flooding blogs critical of him with hate comments [1]. It has been said that this reflects the sore need of the Malays for a role model, and the general mindset of that ethnic community, revering artists only a degree short of a deity.

Mawi is of Origin descent.^[1]

Awards

ABP (Anugerah Bintang Popular 2006)

• Popular Artist

HITS 1 (RTM/MALAYSIA)

• The Best Song 2006 - Lagu Jiwa Lagu Cinta

Muzik-Muzik (TV3/Malaysia)

• The best performance - Aduh Saliha
• The best song - Ethnic Creative Category - Aduh Saliha

ABP(Anugerah Bintang Popular 2005)

• Most Popular Artist
• Best New Artist

Anugerah Era (2006)

• Best Artist
• Best Song (Kian)
• Best Ethnic Song (Aduh Saliha)
• Artist SMS Digi
• Best Video Clip (Lagu Jiwa Lagu Cinta - directed by Mamat Khalid)

MTV ASIA AWARDS 2005

• Most Popular Artist

Discography

• Yang Tercinta (2005)
• Best 'o Mawi World (2005)
• Doa, Berzanji & Qasidah Berlagu (2006)
• Yang Tercinta MTV Karaoke (2006)
• Selingkar Kisah (The Story Life of Mawi at AF) (2006)
• Satu Dalam Seribu (2007)

References

1. "Galeri Gemilang AF3". Astro. MEASAT Broadcast Network Syste ms Sdn. Bhd. Retrieved 2007-06-06.
2. "Ada Apa Dengan Mawi". Retrieved 2007-02-08.

External links

• mawifc
• mawi friends club