Vũ Thu Minh | |
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.jpg) Thu Minh | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Vũ Thu Minh |
| Also known as | Thu Minh |
| Born | September 22, 1977[1] Hanoi, Vietnam |
| Origin | Hanoi |
| Genres | Pop, dance, electronic |
| Occupation | Singer |
| Instrument | Vocals |
| Years active | 1993–present |
| Labels | TM Solutions (Thu Minh Solutions Company) |
| Website | www |
Vũ Thu Minh (born September 22, 1977)[1] often known simply as Thu Minh, is a Vietnamese pop-singer. She is famous for pop ballads and dance-pop music and is referred to as the "Queen of Dance-pop in Vietnam". Thu Minh is also called "Vietnam's Celine Dion" and "The wind chime of Vietnamese music" due to her famous and rare soprano C or Lyric soprano singing voice that has a range from C3 (low) to C7 (high) with the highest belt note C#6, headvoice E6, and some whistle.[2] She originally trained to be a ballet dancer, and, before the age of 30, she had never officially attended any professional music school.
Thu Minh gain fame after winning first prize as the youngest contestant in the live singing competition Broadcast of Ho Chi Minh at the age of 16. She then became well known for the success of many Viet classic songs, pre-war music, love songs in 1954–1975, pop ballad, pop in both English and Vietnamese. She also covered some famous ballads of Whitney Houston, Celine Dion, including "I Will Always Love You"[3] and "All by Myself"[4][5]
The biggest turning point in her musical career came with the success of the songs "Chuông gió" ("Wind chime"), "Bóng mây qua thềm", and "Nhớ anh" ("Missing you"). In more recent years, Minh came out with songs with a dance-pop sound such as "Đường cong" ("Curves"), "Bay" ("Fly"), "Taxi", and "Xinh" ("Pretty").
In addition, Thu Minh has won the championship in the show Dancing with the Stars (on Vietnamese TV) (2011). In 2012 and 2017, she was one of four judges and coaches on the reality show The Voice of Vietnam. Phạm Thị Hương Tràm and Ali Hoàng Dương, mentored by Thu Minh, became the winners of the 1st and 4th seasons of the show, respectively.
- ^ a b Thu Minh. "Thu Minh tự sự".
- ^ "Đo nội lực bộ ba: Mỹ Tâm -Thu Minh – Quỳnh Hương". December 2, 2013.
- ^ thuyishere (February 12, 2013). "I will always love you – Thu Minh". YouTube.
- ^ Bao Tran (2012-12-28). "Thu Minh All By Myself (liveshow Mr Đàm)". YouTube.
- ^ Hoài Thu Trần (2012-11-20). "All by my self – Thu Minh (ls ĐVH và the Voice)". YouTube.