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Rhoma Irama
Known as “The King of Dangdut” in his native country, Raden Haji Oma Irama
(December 11, 1946) is an Indonesian singer-songwriter who performs under the
name Rhoma Irama. Deeply rooted in the genre of dangdut, a type of Javanese
dance folk music heavily influenced by Hindustani and Arabic traditions, he
began his career in the late 60s as a member of the pop group Orkes Melayu
Purnama. The artist then-known as Oma left the band in the early 70s to form
Orkes Melayu Soneta, with whom he pioneered the dangdut genre and released a
string of highly successful albums such as Soneta Vo...
