Hồng Nhung

Infobox musical artist
Name = Hồng Nhung


Background = solo_singer
Birth_name = Lê Hồng Nhung
Born = birth date and age|1970|3|15
Origin = Hanoi, Vietnam
Instrument = Vocals
Genre = Pop

Hồng Nhung (born Lê Hồng Nhung, March 15, 1970) is a Vietnamese singer. She is one of the four divas in Vietnamese music, along with Thanh Lam, My Linh, and Tran Thu Ha. She is also known for her performance of composer Trịnh Công Sơn songs.

Biography

Nhung was born in Hanoi, deserted by her mother before she was a year old and brought up by her grandmother. Her father was a bohemian figure who drifted in and out of her life, never contributing much money for the food and clothes she was so short of. Nhung had a good voice, though, and when she was 11 she sang her first song on Vietnam Radio. At 17 she made her first album, and by 21 she was starting to make a name for herself

Lê Hồng Nhung was born on March 15, 1970 in Hanoi. At the age of 10, she was admitted to the vocal class of the Hanoi Youth Culture House. In 1981, she started recording with Radio the Voice of Vietnam. She became known as a promising young singer with songs "Nhớ Về Hà Nội" and "Papa", a Vietnamese cover of the Myo song.

In 1991, Hồng Nhung moved to Ho Chi Minh City. She met composer Trịnh Công Sơn in 1992 and began to perform his songs with a new style, creating a wave in Vietnamese music. Hồng Nhung is living in Ho Chi Minh City.

* "Tiếng Hát Hồng Nhung" (1988)
* "Bống Bồng Ơi" (1993)
* "Chợt Nghe Em Hát" (1994)
* "Hồng Nhung Vol. 1: Đoản Khúc Thu Hà Nội" (1997)
* "Hồng Nhung và Những Bài Hát Top Ten"
* "Bài Hát Ru Cho Anh"
* "Ru Tình" (2000)
* "Cháu Vẽ Ông Mặt Trời"
* "Ngày Không Mưa" (2002)
* "Thưở Bống Là Người" (2002)
* "Một Ngày Mới" (2003)
* "Khu Vườn Yên Tĩnh" (2004)
* "Nợ" (2006) with singer Thanh Lam
* "Như Cánh Vạc Bay" (2006)

External links

* [http://www.nhacso.net/Music/Album/2006/03/05F60BD0/ Hồng Nhung's profile on Nhacso.net]