Education
1981, she moved to the United States where she studied Economics and Political Science.
1981, she moved to the United States where she studied Economics and Political Science.
She has released full albums of her own, including "Ummah Wake-Up", "One", "Islamic Hymns: Celebration of Life", produced for other artists, and participated in the writing of Grammy-winning songs. After college, she moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career as a musician instead of following her father"s foot steps as she was expected to Before disbanding in 2006, the group was met with controversy when in 2005 they supported a public woman-led prayer in New York City, raising a global uproar.
Since its founding, Zonneveld has presided the expansion of MPV into several chapters across the United States, Canada, Chile, France, Germany, Australia and Malaysia, and have secured a consultative status at the United Nations.
She is the first Malaysian to have won a Grammy. As a musician, songwriter and producer, Zonneveld had a bustling career, produced several popular song for singer Ziana Zain for her earliest albums from 1991 to 1994 as well as composed popular tracks for Fauziah Latiff, Aishah and vocal boy-band Kool in Malaysia, she then collaborated with Siti Nurhaliza for which she won several top awards at the Anugerah Industri Muzik (American Institute of Management), Malaysia"s top music award-giving organization, including winning the Album of the Year twice with Siti"s "Adiwarna" (1998) and "E.M.A.S" (2003) popular album. While she is three times finalist of Anugerah Juara Lagu, a local song competition through her collaboration with Kool (1997 for "Cemburu" and 1998, "Satu Arah) and Siti (2003, "Ku Milikmu"). In Hollywood, her collaborations with Keb Mo" earned her a Grammy nomination, becoming the first Malaysian ever to be nominated and to win such a prestigious award.
