Hồng Nhung

Vietnamese singer (born 1970)
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Lê Hồng Nhung is a Vietnamese singer, a prominent figure in her country's pop music scene since the 1990s. She is especially associated with songs by Trịnh Công Sơn. She has been described as one of "the four divas of Vietnam". Later singers inspired by her include Mỹ Tâm, Tùng Dương, Uyên Linh, Noo Phước Thịnh and Vũ Cát Tường.

When she was 10 years old, she registered an exam at Children Culture House of Hanoi and later became a member of Hoa Mi group.

When she was 11 years old, she recorded her first song Loi Chao Cua Em (written by Nghiem Ba Hong) at Voice of Vietnam Station and performed in Mang Non performance group of Ha Noi. The record was saved by her family up to now and they play it sometimes.

Later, she became representative for children of Ha Noi to perform oversea.

When she was 15 years old, she won the golden medal of Nation's Professional Show in Hai Phong with the performance of Dieu Oi Cho Em Bay written by Nguyen Cuong. Then she met songwriter Duong Thu and led by him into singing career.

One year later, she met songwriter Quang Vinh and enrolled at Ballad Music Group and started professional singing career, and became instantly famous.

In 1984, she represented Vietnam by participating in the International Festival of Art in Libi

In 1987, she was chosen to attend Hanoi's Best Vocal contest while she was only in first year of Ha Noi's Art Institute and eventually won first prize for the performance of the song Nho Ve Ha Noi. This was the big turn of her career.

In September 1991, she won the first prize of 2nd National Solo Ballad Song contest for the performance of the song Hay Den Voi Em (written by Duy Thai), Vi Sao Anh Khong Den (written by Tu Huy) and Nothing Compares To You (Sinead O'Connor).

She followed her dad to Ho Chi Minh City when she was 20 years old, here she had a meet up with late songwriter Trinh Cong Son and they both had a friendship related to music as this was also the great turn of her music career and influenced her music style.

In 1988, she released her first album Tieng Hat Hong Nhung. Later, she officially attended Ballad Performance Group and became one of the top ballad singers of Vietnam as she continued to perform at music shows.

In 1989, she performed at Ballad Festival in Berlin and 19th International Festival in North Korea.

Date of Birth15th March 1970
Age54 Years
Zodiac SignPisces
CountryVietnam
Birth PlaceHanoi
ReferenceIMDB
Career Start1985 (39 years ago)

Models from Vietnam born in 1970