Career In Malaysia

2009: One In A Million and Bebaskan

In 2007, she joined One in a Million (OIAM) and emerged as first runner-up of the competition. The nickname "Shila" was given by the organizers of OIAM as her SMS voting code and name during the singing competition. On the night of the Grand Finale of OIAM2, Shila was assigned to sing a new song called Memori Tercipta (Memory Created). She lost to Norayu Damit, but both of them were given recording contracts from Monkey Bone Records headed by Ahmad Izham Omar. She produced the album Bebaskan (Set It Free) during her stint with Monkey Bone Records. The album was launch in 2009.

Throughout the competition, Shila sang:

• Tak Ada Logika - Agnes Monica (Knock-out round)
• Too Little Too Late - JoJo (Week 1)
• Stuck - Stacie Oricco (Week 2)
• Oops!... I Did It Again - Britney Spears (Week 3)
• Di Bawah Pohon Asmara - Jaclyn Victor (Week 4)
• I'll Be There - The Jackson 5 (Week 5)
• Car Wash - Christina Aguilera feat. Missy Elliott, Shark Tale (Week 6)
• Khayal - Alif Satar (duet with the original singer (Week7))
• Contigo en la Distancia -Luis Miguel (Week 8)
• Bukan Milikmu - Agnes Monica (Week 9)
• Love Like This - Natasha Bedingfield (Week 9)
• Contigo en la Distancia - Luis Miguel (Grand Final)
• Memori Tercipta - composition by Aubrey Suwito (Grand Final)
• Medley Oops!... I Dit It Again - Britney Spears + Stuck - Stacy Oricco (Grand Final)

 

2010: 3 Suara and Patah Seribu

At the end of 2010, Shila was courted by producer Kevin Chin to record songs for 3 Suara (3 Voices). One of Shila's hit songs was Patah Seribu, which has garnered a lot of praises from radio and TV shows. The song, Patah Seribu appeared on many television shows and received a lot of radio airtime. The song eventually was nominated as Best Female Vocal Performance, Most Popular Regional Song and won Best Song and Best Pop Song at the Anugerah Industri Muzik, an award ceremony to honour the Malaysian music industry. The song, Patah Seribu was released as a single on iTunes on 20 July 2012 and was later added to her self-titled album as a bonus track.

2013: Shila Amzah-EP, Masih Aku Cinta Music Video

At the end of 2013, Shila Amzah released her fifth album, Shila Amzah-EP distributed under Shila Amzah Entertainment Berhad. All songs and lyrics of the album was fully composed by Shila with the guidance of famous musician, director and composer, Helen Yap. The album consisted of 7 songs. Before she released the album, she held a preview of the album at Red Box Plus, Pavilion, Kuala Lumpur (5 July 2013). A further showcase of the album was held at Penthouse, The Icon, Kuala Lumpur (16 October 2013). Shila Amzah-EP's album producer was herself, Helen Yap and Aubrey Suwito and the sound engineer for this album was Aubrey Suwito, Zairi Ariffin, Yusalman Azua, Hadie Pranoto, Amir Sulaiman and Greg Henderson. The album was released on iTunes on 10 December 2013.
In December 2013, Shila Amzah released her Official Music Video of Masih Aku Cinta. This music video was based on her love story when she broke up with Sharnaaz Ahmad, a Malaysian actor after a controversy involving Sharnaaz Ahmad with Shila's father.