Khai Bahar

Muhammad Khairul Baharuddin (born 28 February 1994) or better known as Khai Bahar is a Malaysian male singer and actor. He became known through his smule application and earned the title "King of Smule"^[1] from his fans.

Khai Bahar has a large group of supporters not only in Malaysia but also in Brunei, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Singapore and Thailand. In the 8 years of being an artist, Khai Bahar has won almost 50 awards, namely from the MeleTOP ERA Award (2017–2021), the Popular Star Award Berita Harian (2017–2021), the Planet Music Award (2017 & 2018), the Top Hot HOT FM Award (2017) and the ERA Digital Music Award (2018 & 2019).

Khai Bahar, born on February 28, 1994, is the fourth child of six siblings and he comes from Kampung Padang Katong, Kangar, Perlis.

Khai Bahar started his singing career as a busker / street singer in Kuching, Sarawak in addition to regularly uploading his cover songs as well as his own songs on his Youtube Channel "Muhammad Khairul".

Before becoming a singer, Khai Bahar was once invited to do an opening act for popular singers. In addition, Khai Bahar also attended auditions for reality competitions such as Akademi Fantasia but luck was not on his side. ^[2]

His name began to gain attention and attract the interest of many Malaysian and Indonesian music fans after his singing video uploaded on the SMULE application went viral around early 2016. The first song he sang on the SMULE application was the song Flashlight by Jessy J in 2015, followed by other songs. Among his songs that received much attention were "Sudah Ku Tahu" (Projector Band), "Ku Tak Akan Bersuara" (Nike Ardilla) and "Memori Berkasih" a duet with Siti Nordiana. ^{[3] [4]}

Khai Bahar got coverage on Indonesian television station, RCTI through their entertainment program titled Silet. Khai Bahar got attention on the Silet program after his SMULE video with the song "Ku Tak Akan Bersuara" originally sung by Nike Ardilla which was popular in 1994 went viral in Indonesia and Malaysia in 2016. Through the Silet program, two Indonesian singers, Soimah and Nia Daniaty, praised Khai Bahar's vocal abilities.

In 2016, Khai Bahar was offered a contract to be under the NAR Records recording company. After almost 3 years as a singer under the NAR Records label, Khai Bahar already has seven solo songs, namely "Bayang", "Dari Jauh Saja", "Sinar Syawal", "Luluh", "Cahaya 114", "Jodohku" and "#123". Khai Bahar also has three duet songs titled "Rahsia Kita", "Cinta Syurga" "Satukan Rasa" and "Nafas Cinta". The song "Rahsia Kita" is a duet song with Fatin Husna who is a new female singer under the same label as him, NAR Records. The song "Cinta Syurga" is a dhikr-shaped song, his duet with popular Malaysian singer, Dato' Sri Siti Nurhaliza. While the song "Satukan Rasa" is a ballad duet with Siti Nordiana and the song "Nafas Cinta" is a chorus with Aina Abdul.

After three years in the art industry as a singer, Khai Bahar showed his talent in the world of acting. He was lucky to be given the trust to play the main character in his first drama titled "Satukan Rasa". Later, he continued his experiments in the field of acting by starring in the dramas "Kisah Cinta Rumi" and "Shakira".

The peak of Khai Bahar's popularity was when he won the title of MeleTOP New Artist at the MeleTOP ERA 2017 Awards, then two trophies at the BH Popular Star Awards (ABPBH) 3.0, namely Popular Male New Artist and Popular Male Singer. In addition, at the 2017 Planet Music Awards in Singapore, he won the Most Popular Song (Bayang) and Most Popular Artist categories. ^[5] Next, he also won the Top Hot HOT FM 2017 through the Hot Singer 2017, Hot Song 2017 (Luluh) and FB Live Hot 2017 categories (with Wany Hasrita). ^[6]

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