Detty Kurnia

Detty Kurnia (1960 – 20 April 2010) was an Indonesian vocalist who sang pop sunda (a mix of Western pop and Sundanese music) by blending traditional Indonesian music with western music. She started singing at a young age, and released her record at the age of 11. Under a recording contract with Japanese Wave Records, in the year 1991 she recorded the album, Dari Sunda. She also had some songs in the album the Rough Guide to the Music of Indonesia. She was an iconic singer in the well known Indonesian musical genre of dangdut a folk and traditional music. Her song Dari Sunda in the Pop Sunda-style was among the five best albums listed by Q Magazine and acclaimed as "an imaginative, inventive gem throughout with Kurnia's mellow smile of a voice effortlessly binding everything together." She started singing from the age of six and in the following three years she gave performances at weddings and other celebrations. She released her first song album when she was 11 years old. From 1981, for nine years, she recorded songs and released audio tapes of 40 songs for Dian Records, a Java-based firm.

Kurnia died at the age of 49 due to cancer on 20 April 2010 at Bandung.