Titi Dwi Jayanti, known as Titi DJ, is an Indonesian popdiva, songwriter, model, talent show judge, and television personality. She was a judge on Indonesian Idol from season 1 to 5 and season 8. She is known for the song, "Sang Dewi". She was the first Indonesian female singer to perform a concert at Marina Bay Sands in Singapore and the first Indonesian singer to make perform seven concerts in a four-day period. She was the first female coach to win The Voice Indonesia in 2019. Titi DJ's most successful album was Bahasa Kalbu, which made her the biggest winner at the 3rd Anugerah Musik Indonesia Awards, with five wins including Album of the Year, Artist of the Year, and Songwriter of the Year.
Career
Titi was born in Jakarta. She began singing on public television as a teenager, with ambitions to become a recording artist. At age 17, she represented Indonesia in the Miss World 1983 competition, but was not a finalist. Also a dancer, she performed with Guruh Soekarnoputra's Swara Mahardhikka troupe. She sang backup vocals for Chrisye and appeared in a few movies early in her career. She released her first solo album in 1984, Imajinasi. Her singing career flourished in the 1990s, with the hit singles "Bintang-Bintang", "Ekspresi" and "Salahkah Aku". Currently, she is one of the three Indonesian divas that formed a group together with Krisdayanti and Ruth Sahanaya called 3 Diva. In 2010, she appeared as Bunda Ratu in Madame X, an action comedy film about a transgender hairdresser who is also a spy/superhero.
Personal life
Titi's first marriage was to actor Bucek Depp in 1995, with whom she has three children, twin daughters Salma and Salwa Mucthar and a son Daffa Mucthar. The couple divorced in 1997. She went on to marry American teacher Andy Dougharty in 1999, with whom she has one child Stephanie Dougharty. She and Dougharty divorced in 2006. Titi also had a six-year relationship with her musical collaborator, Indra Lesmana. She married Indonesian rock singer Noviar Rachmansyah in 2007, and the couple divorced in August 2011. In 2018, she joined the judging panel of the season 3 of The Voice Indonesia.
