Dewa 19

Along with God Bless and Slank, they are dubbed as one of the greatest rock bands in the history of Indonesian popular music.

The current line-up consists of Ahmad Dhani, Andra Ramadhan (both as the remaining original members), Yuke Sampurna and Agung Yudha.

In 2025, Hai magazine named Dewa 19 as the richest band in Indonesia with revenues reaching more than 14 billion a year.

They have also won the LibForAll Award in the United States for their contributions to peace efforts and religious tolerance.

In 2008, Dewa 19 (as a band) and Ahmad Dhani (individually, founding member) are included in the list of "The Immortals: The 25 Greatest Indonesian Artists of All Time" by Rolling Stone Indonesia magazine.

During the making of the second album Format Masa Depan which was released in 1994, Wawan left the band again due to incompatibility between the members.

This album has the concept of pop rock music which was developed by adding elements of jazz, folk, funk and ballad.

Many music observers believe that this is the best album Dewa 19 has ever made that established them as one of the most creative big band groups in Indonesia.

Meanwhile, their first single, titled "Cukup Siti Nurbaya" was ranked 20th in the list of "150 Best Indonesian Songs of All Time" by the December 2009 issue of Rolling Stone magazine.

Apart from "Cukup Siti Nurbaya", the Best Best album also released other hit singles such as "Satu Hati (We Should)" and the ballad "Cinta 'Kan Membawamu Kembali".

Wong Aksan departed after the following album Pandawa Lima was finished in 1997 and was replaced by Bimo Sulaksono, a former member of Netral.

In this album, their signature songs are "Roman Picisan", "Dua Sejoli", "Risalah Hati", "Separuh Nafas", "Cemburu", "Lagu Cinta" & "Sayap-Sayap Patah".

Erwin left due to differences with the band's management and was replaced by Yuke Sampurna, former bassist of The Groove.

In 2006, their eighth studio album Republik Cinta was released with new record label EMI Music.

[3] The album has spawned three radio hit singles: "Laskar Cinta", "Selimut Hati" and "Sedang Ingin Bercinta".

Dewa 19 held large-scale concerts in five cities in Malaysia, namely: Kota Kinabalu, Kuching, Johor Bahru, Penang and Kuala Lumpur during December 2007.

In this concert, Dewa 19 took a number of top Malaysian singers including Ella and Sheila Majid.

[citation needed] Meanwhile, Andra plays guitar for his own group Andra and The BackBone, Wong Aksan became the drummer for the group Potret, Erwin was the bassist for the group Matadewa and collaborated with various musicians, Yuke joined a supergroup AYLI Project, Ari Lasso developed his solo career and joined AYLI Project, and Once developed a solo career and also joined AYLI Project.

[10] In 2019, Dewa 19 performed reunion shows, which features the original vocalists (Ari Lasso and Once), and Virzha (3rd winner of Indonesian Idol season 8, where Dhani was one of the panel judge).