Menparekraf Monitors The Development Of Music In The Country Through The WBSU Program

Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy (Menparekraf) Sandiaga Uno

JAKARTA - The Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy also supports the development of the Indonesian music ecosystem. In collaboration with digital music platforms, Sandiaga Uno displays Indonesia's charts in The Weekly Brief With Sandi Uno or WBSU programs.

Based on the memorandum of understanding of cooperation that has been signed on June 3, 2024, WBSU will present a charts consisting of 10 pop songs and 10 dangdut songs.

"Through this collaboration, we hope that the Indonesian creative industry ecosystem will be stronger," said Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy/Head of the Tourism and Creative Economy Agency Sandiaga Salahuddin Uno as quoted by ANTARA, July 31.

Sandiaga said that the creative economy sector contributed Rp1,280 trillion to gross domestic product and US$27 billion in the value of exports in 2022.

According to him, the creative economy sector can continue to be the locomotive of Indonesia's economy.

Singer Adrian Khalif is grateful that his song, entitled "Obviously" in July, reached the top of the charts displayed by the Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy in collaboration with the Sky Musik platform.

"An unexpected achievement, released a year ago, suddenly went viral after a year. Very grateful," said Adrian.

Adrian hopes that the Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy can consistently support the progress of the Indonesian music industry.

Meanwhile, Deputy for Digital Economy and Creative Products of the Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy Neil El Himam hopes that music art actors assisted by the ministry in the Indonesian Creative Appreciation Program (AKI) can also be accepted by the digital music platform ecosystem.

"So that the works of the AKI participants can be popularized and given space to develop," said Neil.