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Lestiani Andryani better known as Lesti or Lesti DA (Lesti Dangbut Academy) or Lesti Kejora (born in Bandung, West Java, Indonesia on August 5, 1999) is an Indonesian singer and actress of Sundanese origin. Although singing many genres, she is best recognized as a Dangdut singer, a genre of Indonesian folk music that is partly derived and fused from Hindustani, Arabic music and Malay and local folk music. Lesti has been instrumental in popularizing Dangdut throughout music fandom in Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei Darussalam. She is signed to Trinity Optima Production. She has also acted in a number of film productions. After various appearances without any Islamic attire, she decided to wear a hijab in later part of her career. Her collaboration with other artists have earned her accolades and awards, particularly her teaming up with Fildan Rahayu, Rizky Billar and Danang in duets. Her collaboration with notable songwriters like Nur Bayan and Pak Ngah resulted in massive hits.

Lesti started singing at a very young age. By age 8, she had stage experience singing in public at various venues. At age 14, she auditioned for the regionals of D'Academy at Cianjur, and receiving the gikden ticket qualified directly to Jakarta for the main show. She won the title of first season of Indonesia's D'Academy talent competition in 2014 broadcast on Indosiar due to her distinctive vocal chords and a thunderous voice. After winning the event, Lesti released her debut single "Kejora", which was created by Nur Bayan and released in 2014 as her winning song from the show. She also won a monetary prize and a car. End of 2015, she also took part in D'Academy Asia finishing runner-up to winner Danang Pradana Dieva.

Lesti was awarded top awards in the Indonesian dangdut music industry including Ahugerah Music Indonesia (AMI) Awards 2017 for the "Best Dangdut Male / Female Solo Artist" category for the song "Egois". and in 2020 for "Tirana". She is continuing her education at Universiti Mercu Buana since 2018.

In 2020, Lesti sat as a jury during Liga Dangdut Indonesia talent competition on Indosiar television channel. She has also appeared on a number of television mini-series.

Lesti dated Rizki Syafaruddin (a fellow contestant known as Rizki D’Academy. But the couple broke up and Rizki went on to marry Nadya Mustika Rahayu in July 2020.

Singles

 * 2014: "Kejora"
 * 2015: "Zapin Melayu"
 * 2017: "Egois"
 * 2017: "Buka Mata Hati"
 * 2018: "Mati Gaya"
 * 2018: "Purnama"
 * 2018: "Lebih Dari Selamanya" (feat. Fildan Rahayu)
 * 2019: "Ada Cerita"
 * 2020: "Tirani"
 * 2020: "Ku Lepas Dengan Ikhlas"

Television

 * 2020: Liga Dangdut Indonesia on Indosiar - Jury
 * 2020: Beraksi Di Rumah Saja on Indosiar - Host / Presenter
 * 2020: Tasbih on Indosiar - Presenter