Lyodra Ginting

Lyodra started her career as a national child singer at the Kirana Semen Indonesia 2014 event, which was organized by the BUMN PT Semen Indonesia (Persero) Tbk. After winning the regional round which was held in Medan City, she also advanced to the final in Jakarta, along with 28 other finalists from 28 cities in Indonesia. In the final round at the national level which was held on March 31, 2014 at Djakarta Theater XXI, Central Jakarta, Lyodra took the top four positions and brought the first prize in the form of cash worth 25 million rupiah.

Furthermore, Lyodra appeared as a participant in the Indonesia Searching for Talent 4 event which was broadcast on the national television station Trans TV starting August 1, 2014. After going through various stages of competition and against 19 finalists, on October 19, 2014, Lyodra was eliminated in the big six round.[26 ] After being left out, Lyodra was signed by the record label Gut Records, which was sheltered by musicians Erwin Gutawa and Gita Gutawa. Together with six other children who are considered to have special talents in music, he was chosen as one of the personnel of a musical group project called Above Rata-Rata 2 (DARR 2).

Lyodra's joining with the management of DARR 2 made her involved in various large-scale musical performances. One of them is the Java Jazz Festival 2016 which will be held on March 4-6 at JIExpo Kemayoran, Jakarta. In addition, on April 2, 2016, Lyodra along with six other DARR 2 personnel performed in a concert—which was also attended by the Governor of DKI Jakarta (at that time) Basuki Tjahaja Purnama—entitled "Above Average 2: Make a Concert", taking place at Ciputra Artpreneur, South Jakarta. She and the six DARR 2 personnel also had the opportunity to appear before President Joko Widodo and a number of state guests at the commemoration of the 71st Independence Day of the Republic of Indonesia, on 17 August 2016, at the Merdeka Palace.

Less than a year later, Lyodra, who was then 13 years old, took part in an international solo singing competition for children aged 6–15 years, entitled Sanremo Junior 2017, in the City of Sanremo, Italy. Under the direct direction of the DARR 2 vocal coach and choreographer team, she trains intensively every weekend in Jakarta. This made Lyodra have to go back and forth from Medan to Jakarta for almost two months. After completing the pre-competition process, he left for Italy accompanied by Gita Gutawa and sponsored by the Creative Economy Agency of the Republic of Indonesia.

In the peak night of the competition which was held on May 3, 2017 at the Ariston Cinema Building, Sanremo, Lyodra performed the song "Dear Dream" by Gita Gutawa, which was translated by Ria Leimena from the original Indonesian song entitled "Janji Untuk Mimpi". She also managed to become a winner in the competition category she participated in, namely Category A3 (aged 13–15 years), beating nine participants from nine countries. In addition, of the 24 finalists from 18 countries—divided into three categories based on age groups—she was also selected as the only finalist who received a special award from the committee, in the form of the "Prix of Sanremo Junior Committee" trophy.

In 2019, Lyodra again participated in a talent search event, this time Indonesian Idol. At the audition she performed Lady Gaga's song "I'll Never Love Again" and got a golden ticket from the judges. Not only that, her audition video even attracted the attention of the Indonesian people because of her ability to sing using the whistle register technique very well, so that he managed to occupy the 1st position of trending YouTube Indonesia at that time. After passing the audition stage and going through a competition quarantine process for 5 months, on March 2, 2020, she was crowned the winner, defeating Tiara Andini in the grand final round. As the winner of the tenth season of Indonesian Idol, Lyodra received the main prize in the form of cash worth 150 million rupiah, as well as one unit of the All New Nissan Livina. She also had the opportunity to sign an exclusive contract with the record label Universal Music Indonesia. As a former finalist, she is automatically handled by the artist management company owned by MNC Group, Star Media Nusantara. Lyodra was recorded as the youngest winner in Indonesian Idol history, at the age of 16 years 8 months 15 days.

From Indonesian Idol, Lyodra got a winning song entitled "Gemintang Hatiku" which became her first single as an adult singer. There are two versions of the song, Lyodra sings a pop ballad version of this song. This song managed to bring Lyodra to win the award as the Pendatang Baru Terdahsyat from the Dahsyatnya Awards 2020.

Lyodra made her acting debut in a teen drama web series directed by Rangga Nattra entitled "7 Hari Sebelum 17 Tahun". In a seven-episode series that will air on February 14, 2021 on the digital channel media service provider application Stro, Lyodra plays an antagonist character named Gina, a temperamental high school student. The series was named one of the best television shows in Asia by NME Asia Magazine.

More than a year after winning Indonesian Idol, on July 16, 2021, Lyodra released their first studio album, which is titled homonymously with his stage name. Her solo album, Lyodra, contains eight singles that she popularized himself, four of which are new singles, namely "Kalau Bosan", "Dibanding Dia", "Oe..Oe..Oe..", and "Pesan Terakhir". In this famous album, he is assisted by a number of musicians who act as composers and producers, namely Dipha Barus, Ade Nurulianto, Anji, Yovie Widianto, Mario Gerardus Klau, Tohpati, and Laleilmanino. Lyodra's album became his debut solo album as an adult singer under the Universal Music Indonesia label, after more than three years of a career as a child singer in the Di Atas Rata-Rata 2 which was managed by Gut Records. This album became one of the most recommended Asian albums by The Victor Magazine.

On November 4, 2021, Lyodra was the performer of Indonesia's National Day in the series of Expo 2020 at Al Wasl Plaza, Dubai, which was also attended by President Joko Widodo and Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi Prince Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan. Thanks to her first solo album, Lyodra was trusted by Spotify as Artist of the Month for the November 2021 period from Indonesia in the context of the Equal campaign program. During the campaign, a photo of Lyodra was selected to be placed on a Times Square digital billboard in New York, United States.

On December 6, 2021, Lyodra's debut album won the Album of the Year award at the Indonesian Music Awards 2021 which was held at Studio RCTI+, Jakarta, after taking first place in the online voting—beating the albums Solipsism 0.2 by Pamungkas, Raya by Maliq & D. Essentials, The Meaning of Love by Arsy Widianto and Tiara Andini, and Even Me by Iwan Fals. In addition, thanks to her song "Pesan Terakhir", Lyodra won an award from the 2021 Mnet Asian Music Awards as Best New Asian Artist Indonesia.

• Lyodra (2021)

• Di Atas Rata-Rata 2 (2015)[11]
• Musik Anak Terbaik: Di Atas Rata-Rata (2017)[12]
• Berlin and Friends (2019)
• Musikini Super Hits 2 (2021)[13]

• Lyodra became one of nine person who receive Indonesia's Beautiful Women 2021 by HighEnd Magazine.[30]
• Lyodra receive "Best Dresser" with Krisdayanti at "Embracing Womanhood" IBW 2021 by HighEnd Magazine.[31]
• Lyodra gets Spotify Wrapped ID 2021 Awards among great Indonesian artist. Lyodra is the most inspirational Indonesian artist and her songs has been saved over 700.000 times on Spotify.[32]