JAKARTA - The collaboration of Indonesian and Malaysian musicians has succeeded in making a new history. The song "Masing Makan", performed by Ade Govinda and Ernie Zakri from Malaysia, won two awards at once at the 2025 Muzik Industrial Award (AIM), one of the prestigious music awards events in the neighboring country.
The victory was announced on the eve of the 24th AIM peak which took place at the Arena of Stars, Genting Highlands on Friday, September 13 last week.
The award that Ade and Ernie managed to bring home was Collaboration of Placed Artists with Best Overseas Artists/Composters and the Highest Song on the Stream (digital). This achievement is not only a matter of pride for both of them, but also marks the success of cross-border collaboration on the Southeast Asian music scene.
The achievement of the song "Masing Makan" is not only an award. This song has become a phenomenon by recording extraordinary streaming. As of September, this song managed to surpass 207 million streams on Spotify and 201 million on Youtube Music.
With this number, 'Masing Makan' became the first Malay language song to achieve such high achievements, proving its widespread popularity in Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, and Brunei.
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"Alhamdulillah, the song 'Masing Makan' received two awards at once at one of the highest awards in Malaysia. This is an extraordinary achievement for cross-border collaboration, and at the same time add to our list of awards in Malaysia and Indonesia," said Ade in his statement, Monday, September 15.
Ade added that this victory was a big motivation for him to continue working. "Pray that Ernie and I can continue to present beautiful works from the heart."
In addition, Ernie Zakri, who also expressed her pride, stated that this achievement was the result of the efforts that had been done so far.
"Alhamdulillah, Ernie is very, very grateful for these two awards at once. When the work is well received from the streaming side and then appointed to be the best, it feels like this is the result of a business to be really proud of," said Ernie.
With what the song 'Masing Makan' has achieved, Ade ensures that his collaboration with Ernie Zakri has not stopped. There are other works that have been completed and are ready to be released, just waiting for the right time.
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