Muhammad Tulus (born 20 August 1987), better known by his mononymTulus, is an Indonesian singer-songwriter of Minangkabau descent.^[5][6]

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• 3Discography

Career[edit]

Albums[edit]

His debut album, Tulus, was released in 2011. Rolling Stone Indonesia put this album on the top chart of Indonesia's Best Album and awarded for Tulus as Rookie of The Year in 2013.^[7] His second album, Gajah, was released in 2013. 88,000 copies were produced and distributed since then, one of the largest CD productions in Indonesia (2014–2015).^[8] It was the only music album in the Indonesian language that was listed in The Top 10 Best Selling Music Album in iTunes Asia, two months in a row after it was released.^[9] The title of the album was chosen because it was a childhood nickname of Tulus. 'Gajah' is also the title of one of the songs on the album. It also includes the songs 'Tanggal Merah', 'Satu hari di Bulan Juni', 'Bumerang', 'Gajah' and others. 'Sepatu' was re-released with Japanese' version, entitled 'Kutsu' (セパトゥ〜くつ〜) which translated by Hiroaki Kato, in iTunes on 10 October 2015.^[10]

In 2016, His third studio album Monokrom was officially to released on 3 August, by his own label Tulus Co.^[11] It was also released under CD to 100 Indonesian music stores and also released in digital in Malaysia.^[12]

Music videos[edit]

The six music videos for both of Tulus' albums were released on his YouTube channel. They are titled 'Sewindu', 'Baru', 'Gajah', and 'Jangan Cintai Aku Apa Adanya'. Tulus directed the music videos for 'Teman Hidup' and 'Sepatu'. The music video for 'Sepatu' was shot in Hamburg, Germany and 'Baru' was shot in Tokyo, Japan. In 2016, Tulus shot the music video for 'Pamit' in Prague, Czech Republic.

Overseas performances[edit]

Tulus has performed six solo concerts, titled Tulus: An Introduction (2011), Tulus: Beyond Sincere (2012), Tulus: Diorama Concert (2013), Tulus: Gajah Concert Bandung (2014), Tulus: Gajah Concert Jakarta (2014), Tulus: Gajah Concert Yogyakarta (2015). He has also performed at Java Jazz, Java Soundsfair, Bali Live Jazz Festival, Soulnation, and at Sounds of Indonesia in Hamburg, Germany.

On October 2014, Tulus performed at the Anugerah Planet Muzik award ceremony Singapore that was broadcast live in Malaysia and Indonesia. Tulus also won the 'Best New Male Artist' award.^[13]

In May 2015, Tulus represented Indonesia at the Asia Pacific Festival and International Music Conference of Music Matters 2015, held in Singapore. During this festival, Tulus performed twice for the conference attendees. In September 2015, he was invited to perform at Soundsekerta 2015. This event was created by Indonesian students community in Melbourne, Australia. Tulus was invited to perform at the Hamazo 10th Festival in Hamamatsu, Japan in October 2015. That same month, he appeared at Macquarie University Auditorium, Sydney. This event was created by the local Indonesian student community.

The Voice Kids Indonesia[edit]

On 29 April 2016, Tulus joined the coaching panel of The Voice Kids Indonesia with Bebi Romeo and Agnez Mo.^[14]

Collaborations[edit]

In addition to his albums, Tulus has collaborated on projects for brand activation campaigns. In 2014–15, Tulus acted as a brand ambassador for Bend The Rules International campaign, held by Hewlett-Packard. Tulus released a new theme song in support of this campaign.

Tulus composed a single, entitled 'Lekas', which was used on the soundtrack for the Indonesian movie, 3 Nafas Likas (2014). Bhaag milkha bhaag mp3. In mid 2015, Tulus created a song with Ran, an Indonesian music group, for that will be used in an ad campaign for Listerine.

TulusCompany[edit]

Tulus Company is an independent music label company was founded by Tulus together with his brother, Riri Muktamar, in 2010. Tulus Company has two main business divisions: Tulus Management (Tulus Man.) and Tulus Production (Tulus Pro.). Tulus has written songs released in two albums through TulusCompany, an independent record label company that he co-founded with his older brother, Riri Muktamar.^[15]

Discography[edit]

Studio albums[edit]

• Tulus (2011)
• Gajah (2014)
• Monokrom (2016)

Singles[edit]

Television[edit]

Awards and nominations[edit]

References[edit]

1. ^Widianto, Stanley (27 January 2017). 'Listen: Seven acts from Java Jazz Festival 2017 you should look out for, in a playlist'. Bandwagon Asia. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
2. ^ ^abcKurniawan, Riandy (27 May 2012). 'Tulus – 'Beyond Sincere' : The Report'. Jazzuality. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
3. ^'Live Review Konser Diorama Tulus' [Live Review Tulus' Diorama Concert]. Rolling Stone Indonesia (in Indonesian). 13 May 2013. Archived from the original on 7 August 2016. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
4. ^'CD Review 'Tulus''. Rolling Stone Indonesia (in Indonesian). 4 January 2012. Archived from the original on 13 January 2012. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
5. ^'At a Glimpse: The world of Tulus'. The Jakarta Post. 8 January 2012. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
6. ^Safitri, Dewi (18 October 2013). 'Menikmati halus mulus vokal Tulus' [Enjoying Tulus' smooth vocals]. BBC Indonesia (in Indonesian). Retrieved 20 February 2018.
7. ^'Editors' Choice 2013: Rookie of the Year: Tulus'. Rolling Stone Indonesia (in Indonesian). 14 May 2013. Archived from the original on 7 August 2016. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
8. ^Haryanto, Alexander (25 June 2016). 'Ketika Indie Lebih Menjanjikan' [When indie is more promising]. Tirto.id (in Indonesian). Retrieved 20 February 2018.
9. ^Binsar Hutapea (27 December 2014). 'Album Tulus sempat masuk dalam album terlaris iTune Global'. Tabloid Bintang.
10. ^Fajar Anjungroso (16 October 2015). 'Entering foreign markets, Tulus releasing 'Sepatu' of Japanese version in iTunes'. Tribun News.
11. ^Indra Leonardi (27 July 2016). 'Monokrom Tulus' third studio album released on August 4'. Music Life.
12. ^Andi Muttya Keteng Pangerang (3 August 2016). 'Monokrom expression sweetest gratitude from Tulus'. Kompas.
13. ^Story of Tulus receiving one award, retrieved on 13 November 2014
14. ^'AgnezMo, Beby Romeo & Tulus Jadi Juri The Voice Kids' (in Indonesian). Okezone. 29 April 2016. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
15. ^Permatasari, Novita (6 January 2017). 'Tulus, Pria Introvert yang Mencintai Musik' [Tulus, an introverted man who loves music]. Femina (in Indonesian). Retrieved 20 February 2018.
16. ^'Pamit - Single by Tulus' (in Indonesian). Apple Music. 26 February 2016.

External links[edit]

• Tulus discography on iTunes
• Tulus discography at Discogs
• Q&A: Tulus on Rolling Stone Indonesia

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• TULUS FULL ALBUM - THE BEST OF TULUSTulus full album lagu indonesia terbaru tracklist : 01.[00:00:00] ▻ tulus - sepatu 02.[00:03:39] ▻ tulus - baru 03.[00:06:40] ▻ tulus - 1000 tahun ..
• TULUS - PAMIT (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO)Wardah earth, love, life presents tulus - pamit tulus performing 'pamit' from his next third album. the single is available now on itunes: ..
• TULUS - MONOKROM (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO)Wardah earth, love, life presents tulus - monokrom tulus performing 'monokrom' from his third album. the album is available now on spotify: ..
• TULUS - LABIRIN (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO)Wardah mempersembahkan video musik tulus - labirin tulus performing 'labirin' as his new single the single is available now on spotify: ..
• TULUS - MALAIKAT JUGA TAHU (KONSER SALUTE ERWIN GUTAWA TO 3 FEMALE SONGWRIT .'malaikat juga tahu' - tulus (konser salute erwin gutawa to 3 female songwriters: melly goeslaw, dewiq, dee lestari) composer: dee lestari artist: tulus ..
• TULUS - RUANG SENDIRI (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO)Tuluscompany presents: tulus - ruang sendiri tulus performing 'ruang sendiri' from his next third album. the single is available now on spotify: ..
• TULUS - SEWINDU (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO)Tulus performing 'sewindu' from his album, tulus. 'sewindu' on itunes, : http://smarturl.it/tulusitunes get all tulus albums on itunes: tulus ..
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• TULUS - PERAHU KERTAS (KONSER SALUTE ERWIN GUTAWA TO 3 FEMALE SONGWRITERS)'perahu kertas' - tulus (konser salute erwin gutawa to 3 female songwriters: melly goeslaw, dewiq, dee lestari) composer: dee lestari artist: tulus ..
• TULUS - TEMAN HIDUP (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO)Tulus performing 'teman hidup' from his album, tulus. get 'teman hidup' on itunes : http://smarturl.it/tulusitunes get all tulus albums on itunes: ..
• TULUS - JANGAN CINTAI AKU APA ADANYA (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO)Wardah presents.. tulus performing 'jangan cintai aku apa adanya' from his second album, gajah. album is available now on itunes ..
• TULUS - TUKAR JIWA (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO)Wardah presents tulus - tukar jiwa tulus performing 'tukar jiwa' from his third album. the album is available now on spotify: ..
• TULUS - SEPATU (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO)Music video by tulus performing sepatu. available now on itunes: http://smarturl.it/gajahitunes tulus - sepatu written by: tulus video by: tulus, sandy ..
• TULUS - LANGIT ABU-ABU (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO)Tulus - langit abu-abu (acapella version) tulus performing 'langit abu-abu' acapella version as a single. the single is available now on spotify: ..
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• FULL ALBUM TULUS LAGU UNTUK SANTAIFull album tulus lagu untuk santai selamat menikmati dan semoga menghibur.
• TULUS - BUNGA TIDUR (OFFICIAL AUDIO)Tulus performing 'bunga tidur' from his new album, gajah. 'bunga tidur' is available now on itunes : http://smarturl.it/gajahitunes get all tulus albums ..
• TULUS - SEPATULove u ncaa.
• TULUS SPECIAL PERFORMANCE - PERAHU KERTASTulus #erwingutawa #salutekonser penulis lagu : dewi lestari.
• TULUS - MONOKROM (LANGSUNG DARI KONSER MONOKROM JAKARTA)Tulus menyanyikan 'monokrom' langsung dari konser monokrom jakarta. video oleh davy linggar photograhy diedit oleh reuben tourino - davy linggar ..
• TULUS - GAJAH (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO)Wardah presents.. tulus performing 'gajah' from his new album, gajah. 'gajah' is available now on itunes : http://smarturl.it/gajahitunes get all tulus ..
• TULUS - LANGIT ABU-ABU (OFFICIAL LYRIC VIDEO)Tulus - langit abu-abu tulus performing 'langit abu-abu' from his third album. the album is available now on spotify: ..
• TULUS - MANUSIA KUAT (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO)Wardah earth, love, life presents: tulus - manusia kuat tulus performing 'manusia kuat' from his third album. the album is available now on spotify: ..
• TULUS - SERIBU TAHUN LAMANYABila kau sanggup untuk melupakan dia biarkan aku hadir dan menata ruang hati yang telah tertutup lama jika kau masih ragu untuk menerima biarkan hati ..
• PAMIT - TULUS ( TAMI AULIA COVER )Pamit - tulus cover by tami aulia live acoustic pamit - tulus cover by tami aulia live acoustic pamit - tulus cover by tami aulia live acoustic haaaiii ..
• ADU RAYU - YOVIE TULUS GLENN (COVER) BY HANIN DHIYADon't forget to like, comment, share and subscribe website : www.hanindhiyatys.com label : www.warnermusic.co.id management / agency ..
• TULUS - SATU YANG TAK BISA LEPASAnother lovely tunes sung by tulus covering reza artamevia song, he said that this is one of his favorited songs of all time. so enjoy :) #jsf2012 video by: ..
• TULUS - MENGAGUMIMU DARI JAUH (LYRIC VIDEO)Tulus - mengagumimu dari jauh (lyric video) bantu supportnya agar kami lebih semangat untuk membuatnya dan meningkatkan kualitas yang ada di dalam ..
• TULUS - BRIDESTORY X DAVID SALIM PHOTOGRAPHY PRESENTS TULUSMewujudkan pernikahan impian memang selalu menjadi misi bridestory, untuk kali ini, bridestory bekerja sama dengan mempelai pria, ricky, dalam ..
• TULUS - PAMIT (LIVE AT SMECKY MUSIC STUDIO)Wardah earth, love, life presents tulus - pamit tulus performing live 'pamit' from smecky music studio, prague - czech republic. the single is available ..
• TULUS - SATU YANG TAK BISA LEPAS (LIRIK)Alvianfariz.
• TULUS - INTIMATE NIGHT FULL VIDEOLive in concert intimate night with tulus. 14 februari 2018 at soehanna hall - energy building jakarta.
• TULUS - PAMIT (OFFICIAL LYRIC VIDEO)Tulus - pamit tulus performing 'pamit' from his next third album. the single is available now on itunes: http://smarturl.it/tuluspamit get all tulus ..
• TULUS - TERGILA-GILA (OFFICIAL LYRIC VIDEO)Tulus - tergila-gila tulus performing 'tergila-gila' from his third album. the album is available now on spotify: http://smarturl.it/albummonokromspotify get ..
• TULUS 'JANGAN CINTAI AKU APA ADANYA' SEMIFINAL RISING STAR IN .Saksikan rising star indonesia 2018 ----------------------------------------------------------- download application rising star indonesia : 1. google play store ..
• TULUS - TUAN NONA KESEPIAN (STUDIO LIVE)Music video by tulus performing tuan nona kesepian (live at studio) the studio version is available now on itunes :http://smarturl.it/tulusitunes get ..
• TULUS - KONSER MONOKROM BANDUNGTuluscompany & mega production mempersembahkan konser monokrom tulus - bandung 20 november 2018 sasana budaya ganesha, bandung tulus ..
• TULUS - CAHAYA (OFFICIAL LYRIC VIDEO)Tulus - cahaya tulus performing 'cahaya' from his third album. the album is available now on spotify: http://smarturl.it/albummonokromspotify get all ..
• [LIVE CONCERT] TULUS FT RAISA - ALL OF ME (JOHN LEGEND COVER) #JJF2014Two most popular indonesian jazz pop singers, tulus & raisa, collaborated once again in java jazz festival (jjf) 2014. 'all of me' (originally performed by ..
• RAN & TULUS - KITA BISA (OFFICIAL LYRIC VIDEO)The official lyrics video for ran's kita bisa featuring tulus. this song is taken from ran's 4th album, hari baru. download hari baru album on itunes: ..
• TULUS - NATSU WA KINU 夏は来ぬ (LYRICS)Music by tulus performing natsu wa kinu 夏は来ぬ support map serenade : subscribe on youtube ..
• TULUS FEAT VINA PANDUWINATA - MAKIN CINTATulus feat vina panduwinata live at cnr garden eps 1.
• TULUS - NATSU WA KINU (OFFICIAL LYRIC VIDEO)Tulus - natsu wa kinu tulus performing '夏は来ぬ - natsu wa kinu ' as his new single. the single is available now on spotify: https://spoti.fi/2el5vox get ..
• ADU RAYU - YOVIE TULUS GLENN NY COVERHayo siapa yg galau mau balikan apa mau sama yang baru.?? our ig @yosephhermanto @nadiadrmwn @nyntheboys.
• YOVIE WIDIANTO, TULUS, GLENN FREDLY 'ADU RAYU' SEMIFINAL RISI .Saksikan rising star indonesia 2018 ----------------------------------------------------------- download application rising star indonesia : 1. google play store ..
• TULUS - SETAHUN LALU (LYRIC VIDEO)I do not own the song. all copyright to tulus, his respective authors, producers and label. image copyright by tulus.
• TULUS - GAJAH LIRIKCopyright of the music belongs to tulus.
• BAWALAH CINTAKU - MONITA TAHALEA FEAT. TULUSBawalah pergi cintaku ajak ke mana pun kau mau jadikan temanmu temanmu paling kau cinta di sini ku pun begitu t'rus cintaimu di hidupku di dalam hatiku ..
• TULUS - GAJAHSetidaknya punya tujuh puluh tahun tak bisa melompat kumahir berenang bahagia melihat kawan yang berenang berkumpul bersama sampai ajal besar dan ..
• TULUS - MASH UP TERGILA-GILA - SEWINDU - TEMAN HIDUP - BUNGA TIDUR LIVE @ .