Jamal Abdillah

{{Short description|Malaysian pop singer and actor (born 1959)}}

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{{Malay name|Jamal Ubaidillah|Mohd Ali|note=on}}

{{Infobox person

| honorific_prefix = Yang Hormat Dato'

| honorific_suffix = DIMP

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| image = Jamal Abdillah.jpg

| imagesize = 250

| alt = Jamal Abdillah singing onstage, wearing a black shirt and grey blazer and matching bowtie

| caption = Jamal Abdillah performing in 2008

| native_name = {{lang|ms|{{Script|Arab|جمال عبيدﷲ}}}}

| name = Jamal Abdillah

| birth_name = Jamal Ubaidillah bin Haji Mohd Ali

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1959|5|7}}

| birth_place = Telok Anson, Perak, Federation of Malaya, (now Teluk Intan, Perak, Malaysia)

| nationality =

| occupation = {{hlist|Singer|actor}}

| years_active = 1973–present

| spouse = {{plainlist|

• Basariah Abdul Latiff (divorced)
  Noraina Che Yusoff (divorced)
  Fatimatuzahra Abdul Samad (divorced)
• {{marriage|Datin Zai Izzati Khiruddin|2017|}}

}}

| other_names = {{ubl|Jamal Abdillah|King of Pop Malaysia}}

| children = 7

| relatives =

| father =

| mother =

| module = {{Infobox musical artist

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| background = person

| instrument = Vocals

| genre = {{hlist|Pop|Malaysian pop}}

| label = {{hlist|EMI|Warner Music Malaysia}}

}}

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Dato' Jamal Ubaidillah bin Haji Mohd Ali (born 7 May 1959), known by his stage name Jamal Abdillah, is a Malaysian pop singer and actor{{cite magazine |title=Despite Challenges, Asia Biz Thrives |magazine=Billboard |date=27 December 2003 |page=YE-16 }} with a "bad boy" image.{{cite book |title=Dance of life: popular music and politics in Southeast Asia |last=Lockard |first=Craig A. |page=[https://archive.org/details/danceoflifepopul00lock_0/page/257 257] |year=1998 |publisher=University of Hawaii Press |isbn=978-0-8248-1918-7 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/danceoflifepopul00lock_0 }}

Jamal began his singing career in 1973. He won Radio Televisyen Malaysia's Bintang RTM competition in 1979.{{cite news |title=Veteran singer Jamal tells how he overcame his drug addiction in book |url=http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2006/7/31/nation/15000114&sec=nation |work=The Star |date=31 July 2006 |accessdate=7 January 2012 }} Following his victory, he continued to sing but also appeared in films such as 'Azura'.

Jamal is the eldest of seven siblings. Having married four times, Jamal has four sons, Osama Yamani (known as Yamani Abdillah), Ahmad Zaki Yamani, El Isaac Yamani, and Iskandar Rayyan Yamani; and three daughters, Nur Azura Yamani, Rahil Laura Salsabila Yamani and Magdalena Yamani.{{cite news |author= |title=Singers Jamal Abdillah, Rossa conferred Datuk titles |url=http://english.astroawani.com/entertainment-news/singers-jamal-abdillah-rossa-conferred-datuk-titles-24465 |newspaper=Astro Awani |location=Malaysia |date=24 October 2013 |access-date=21 April 2015 |archive-date=3 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160403204856/http://english.astroawani.com/entertainment-news/singers-jamal-abdillah-rossa-conferred-datuk-titles-24465 |url-status=dead }}

He is of Banjar descent.{{cite web |url=http://kalsel.antaranews.com/berita/21554/keturunan-banjar-di-malaysia-jadi-melayu-baru |title=Keturunan Banjar Di Malaysia Jadi Melayu Baru |work=ANTARA News Kalimantan Selatan |accessdate=9 October 2015}} He has performed in Indonesia, Singapore and Brunei Darussalam. He regularly performs charity concerts in Singapore every year.