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Aziz Harun

Bruneian singer

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 23, 2026
Entity authorityQ70486524
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Abdul Aziz bin Harun (born 2 December 1998) or commonly known by his stage name Aziz Harun, is a singer-songwriter and actor from Brunei who gained popularity in both his country and Malaysia with his most recent track, "Senyum." He is known for his unique fusion of Asian pop music, creating sounds that are fused between traditional Bruneian music with modern pop elements.

Career

Since the age of six, Aziz has been singing and playing the guitar, following at the age of nine, he composed his first song. His victory in the 2009 Bruneian kids singing competition "Bintang Kecil" earned him the title of "Best Performer" and he was sent to Kuching to represent Brunei in an international singing competition. Then, in November 2010, he launched his debut single in Brunei, "Peace and Harmony." He received an invitation to participate in the "4th Marketplace of Creative Arts" in Bandung, Indonesia, in April 2012. 'Never Gonna Stop' was his second single, which was later made available in 2013. He stated that the pop and dance song had a Justin Bieber-like quality to it despite not really liking Justin Bieber, but he respect him for his integrity and hard work, and he believe that he has earned the title of adolescent idol.

Aziz was signed to Warner Music in 2014, but is currently managed by Universal Music Malaysia. With his song "Senyum," Aziz earned a name for himself in the Malaysian music industry in 2015. He was nominated for 'Best New Male Artiste' at the 2015 Anugerah Planet Muzik (APM), a Malay-language music awards ceremony. He went one step further the previous year when he won "Best Collaboration" for his song "Beautiful," which he co-wrote with artists Mike Chan and Omar K. and his mentor Faizal Tahir.

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The public source identifies “Aziz Harun” as bruneian singer. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Aziz, Harun and Bruneian.

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This entry incorporates text from Aziz Harun” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.