Starting their career by playing in cafés, Peterpan gained popularity in 2002 after recording "Mimpi yang Sempurna" for a compilation album Kisah 2002 Malam, followed by a debut album Taman Langit in 2003 that was an enormous hit in the country. They gained further popularity in 2004 with their second album Bintang di Surga, which sold over three million copies and won Best of the Best Album in Indonesian Music Awards (AMI) among other awards. A soundtrack album for the film Alexandria released in 2005, also sold over a million copies. Peterpan has won various awards including two MTV Asia Awards for Favorite Artist Indonesia and Best Contribution Award at the 2007 Asia Song Festival. After keyboardist Andika and bassist, Indra split from the band in 2006 keyboardist David joined in 2006, and later became a permanent member after 2 years. Their third and last studio album as Peterpan Hari yang Cerah launched in 2007 continued the band's success. After that, the band agreed to change their name in 2009.
The announcement of a new name was planned in 2010, but it was delayed because vocalist Ariel was arrested that year. After Ariel was released in 2012, the new name, Noah, was announced. Noah regained their popularity in 2012 with their first album, Seperti Seharusnya, which gained huge success by selling more than 1.9 million copies in Indonesia and winning their second AMI Award for Best of the Best Album. Drummer Reza split from the band in 2015, around the same time Noah released their second album, Second Chance, where they collaborated with Steve Lillywhite. Rhythm guitarist Uki also split from the band in 2019 after the release of Keterkaitan Keterikatan album which won another AMI Award for Best of the Best Album.
Following their debut album's commercial success, Peterpan held concerts in six cities in Indonesia in only 24 hours on July 18, 2004. The six-cities concerts were also part of promotion for their second album.[11] The concerts were titled "Konser Breaking Record" and included concerts on two Indonesian major islands: Sumatra and Java. The concerts started in Medan, then Padang, Pekanbaru, Lampung, Semarang, and finally ended at Surabaya.[12] Peterpan then received an award from Indonesian World Records Museum (MURI) for breaking a record, by being the first band to hold concerts in six provinces in a day.[13]
In 2004, by releasing a number of monster hits such as "Ada Apa Denganmu", "Mungkin Nanti", "Kukatakan Dengan Indah", "Bintang di Surga", "Di Atas Normal", and "Khayalan Tingkat Tinggi", their second studio album Bintang Di Surga was released in August 2004 and quickly became the biggest phenomenon in the 2000s, not only in Indonesia, but also in the neighborhood countries such as Singapore, Brunei, and Malaysia, where in the latter country that album was awarded 6 platinum.[14] Selling over 350,000 copies in two weeks, by the end of 2005, it had sold a remarkable 2.7 million and to date had sold over 3.2 million copies in Indonesia. This album became the third best-selling album of all time in Indonesia and Rolling Stone Indonesia magazine ranked album #116 on "The 150 Greatest Indonesian Albums of All Time" list. A song from this album, "Kukatakan Dengan Indah", got a place at #140 on Rolling Stone Indonesia's "150 Greatest Indonesian Songs of All Time" list.[15] Also in 2004, Peterpan collaborated with Indonesian pop singer, Chrisye, in Chrisye's album Senyawa, specifically on the song "Menunggumu" which was written by Ariel.[16]
In September 2005, Peterpan released a soundtrack for the Rexinema movie, Alexandria. The album's release concert was aired simultaneously by six national TV stations, live in their hometown, Bandung, at the Dago Plaza.[17] The soundtrack album included five new songs and renditions of five of their songs from Taman Langit and Bintang di Surga.[18] The song "Tak Bisakah" was able to reap the controversy due to being copied by Indian musicians for the film Woh Lamhe Woh Lamhe with the title song "Kya Mujhe Pyaar". This album succeeded, sold over 1.2 million copies and was recognized as the best-selling soundtrack album of all time in Indonesia (#15 on the list of best-selling albums in that country). At the 2006 Anugerah Planet Muzik which is an annual award given to the most popular artists from Indonesia, Singapore, Brunei, and Malaysia Peterpan won two awards as the "Best Duo/Group" for song "Tak Bisakah" and "Most Popular Group Artist". Peterpan also won their second award as Indonesia's favorite artist at MTV Asia Aid.
By the commercial success of their album Seperti Seharusnya, Noah won many awards. In the 2013 Indonesian Music Award (AMI), Noah ranked top in the nominations by obtaining 10 nominations. Four of them were printed through the song "Separuh Aku". Of the 10 nominations, Noah won 6 awards, including "Best Pop Duo/Group", "Best Pop/Urban Recording Producer", "Best of the Best Production Work" for the single Separuh Aku, and "Best Pop/Urban Album", "Best of the Best Album" for album Seperti Seharusnya. At the Anugerah Planet Muzik which is an annual award given to the most popular artists from Indonesia, Singapore, and Malaysia. Noah won the award "Best Band" twice in the second consecutive year (2013 and 2014) for both songs "Separuh Aku" and "Tak Lagi Sama", and "APM Most Popular Artist" in 2014. Noah also won The Nickelodeon Indonesia Kids' Choice Awards in 2013 as "Favorite Band".
The current line-up (left to right): Lukman, Ariel, and DavidNoah (formerly Peterpan) is an Indonesian Alternative Rock and Pop Rock band. Founded in 2000 as Peterpan, the band is one of the best-selling acts in Indonesia. Peterpan starts out as a band playing in cafes in the city of Bandung before being found by Musica Studio's in 2002. Their first album, Taman Langit, sold well and their second album, Bintang di Surga, becomes one of (if not the, Indonesian album sales is hard to pinpoint) the best-selling Indonesian album of all time with 3 million copies sold.
Starting their career by playing in cafés, Peterpan gained popularity in 2002 after recording "Mimpi yang Sempurna" for a compilation album Kisah 2002 Malam, followed by a debut album Taman Langit in 2003. They gained further popularity in 2004 with their second album Bintang di Surga, which sold over three millions copies and won Best of the Best Album in Anugerah Musik Indonesia (AMI) among other awards. Their third album, a soundtrack album for 2005 film Alexandria, also sold over a million copies. Peterpan have won various awards including two MTV Asia Award for Favorite Artist Indonesia. After Andika and Indra split from the band in 2006 and David joined in 2006, the band agreed to change their name in 2009.
The announcement of a new name was planned in 2010, but it was delayed because Ariel was arrested that year. After Ariel was released in 2012, the new name, Noah, was announced. Noah regained their popularity in 2012 with their first album, Seperti Seharusnya, which gained a huge success by selling more than 1.9 million copies in Indonesia and winning their second AMI Awards for Best of the Best Album. Reza split from the band in 2015, around the same time Noah released their second album, Second Chance, where they collaborated with Steve Lillywhite. Uki also split from the band in 2019 after the release of Keterkaitan Keterikatan album which won another AMI Awards for Best of the Best Album.
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