Thu Minh
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Vũ Thu Minh |
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September 22, 1977 Hanoi, Vietnam |
| Origin | Hanoi |
| Genres | Pop, dance, electronic |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, dancer, actress, entrepreneur |
| Instruments | Vocals |
| Years active | 1993–present |
| Labels | TM Solutions (Thu Minh Solutions Company) |
| Website | www |
Vũ Thu Minh (born September 22, 1977) 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 Spinto soprano singing voice that has a range from D3 (low) to C7 (high) with the highest belt note B5, headvoice C#6, and some whistle. She originally trained to be a ballet dancer, and, before the age of 30, she had never taken officially any professional music school.
Thu Minh became famous 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" and "All by Myself"
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 2013 she was one of four judges and coaches on the reality show The Voice of Vietnam. Phạm Thị Hương Tràm, mentored by Thu Minh, became the winner in the show's finale.
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