She is the first and only Malay artist to have success in Chinese-speaking countries and Chinese record charts with her Sina Weibo account having more than 2.3 million followers. In 2013, Shila was the first Malay and Malaysian artist to be nominated at the World Music Awards after winning Asian Wave as well being the first and only Malay artist to be invited to the Global Chinese Music Awards (GCMA). Before the Asian Wave, she performed a duet with Miley Cyrus called ' The Best of Both Worlds' to promote Hannah Montana in Malaysia. Shila was the first runner-up of Bintang Kecil RTM in 2000, first runner-up of One in a Million ( season 2), winner of Asia New Singer Competition in 2008, second runner-up of I Am a Singer (season 2) in 2014, and first runner-up of Anugerah Juara Lagu in 20. Her success on international stages has gained her honorific titles such as Asia's Sweetheart, Princess of Music, and National Treasure of Malaysia. Afterwards, Shila continued her singing career in mandopop industry by breaking out to Hong Kong in 2015 by releasing some new singles, doing an international press conference and establishing her second record label and global management company, Shilala (HK) Limited. As a result, Shila received the Kembara Award (International Music Breakthrough Award) from Malaysian Music Awards making Shila the youngest Kembara Award honoree. She continued her singing career by breaking out to Shanghai, China and eventually won the Asian Wave. Her single 'Patah Seribu' (2011) received Pop Song of the Year and Song of the Year at the 19th Malaysian Music Awards.

With the help of a famous Malaysian record producer, in 2005 Shila released her second pop studio album, Sha-Hila.

Born and raised in Kuala Lumpur, she began going to recording studios at the age of 4 with her father and recorded a pop studio album five years later. NurShahila binti Amir Amzah (born 13 August 1990) is a Malaysian singer-songwriter.

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