Dewa 19 is a music group formed in 1986 in Surabaya, Indonesia. This group has experienced personnel changes several times and the last formation before it was disbanded in 2011 were Ahmad Dhani (keyboardist), Andra Junaidi (guitar), Once Mekel (main vocal), Yuke Sampurna (bass) and Agung Yudha (drums). After dominating the festival stages in the late 1980s, Dewa 19 then moved to Jakarta and released his first album in 1992 under the label Team Records. [1]

This group has achieved success throughout the 1990s with Ari Lasso's vocals and the 2000s with Once Mekel's vocals. The album they released almost always received good reception in the market, even their album released in 2000, Five Star, was one of the best-selling albums in Indonesia with sales of nearly 2 million copies. [2] [3] [4] In 2005, Hai magazine named Dewa 19 as the richest band in Indonesia with revenues reaching more than 14 billion a year.