Chan Chan (singer)

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In this Burmese name, the given name is Chan Chan. There is no family name.
Chan Chan (ချမ်းချမ်း)
Chan Chan performing in May 2013 at Pyin Oo Lwin
Chan Chan performing in May 2013 at Pyin Oo Lwin
Background information
Birth nameChan Mya Nyein (ချမ်းမြငြိမ်း)
BornRangoon, Burma
GenresPop , pop rock, R&B
Occupation(s)Singer-songwriter, model
InstrumentsVocals, harmonica

Chan Mya Nyein (Burmese: ချမ်းမြငြိမ်း; born 1987 in Yangon) is a Burmese singer and model[1] known professionally as Chan Chan (ချမ်းချမ်း). She has released three solo albums to date. She was also one of the judges in Myanmar Idol.

Melody World[]

Chan Chan was the first runner-up of Melody World singing contest organized by Myawaddy TV.[2] Her winning song, "Thachin Letsaung" is one of the tracks included in the album named The Best of Melody World 2007. "Thachin Letsaung" became her debut song and gained her extra fame as a singer in Myanmar.

Career[]

Chan Chan released her first album, Tage So Yin Achit Be Lo De, shortly after winning the Melody World contest. "Love Is All We Need Indeed" (တကယ်ဆိုရင်အချစ်ပဲလိုတယ်), the hit song of this album is the cover version of a famous Chinese song. She was awarded "Best-selling album – Female" by City FM in 2010. In 2011, she was titled the "Most popular female singer of the year" by City FM. Her second album Theik Chit De, Ayan Mon De was released in early 2012. On June and July 2019 she held a United States tour thorough the main cities of the country.[3]

She was involved as a Judge in Myanmar Idol Season 1 (2015–2016).

Brand ambassadorship[]

She represented the Paul Mitchell hairstyle products brand in 2009, and is currently the Brand Ambassador for Banchack Lubricant in Thailand.

Political activities[]

On 2 April 2021, in the aftermath of the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état, warrants for her arrest were issued under section 505 (a) of the penal code by the State Administration Council for speaking out against the military coup. Along with several other celebrities, she was charged with calling for participation in the Civil Disobedience Movement (CDM) and damaging the state's ability to govern, with supporting the Committee Representing Pyidaungsu Hluttaw, and with generally inciting the people to disturb the peace and stability of the nation.[4][5][6][7]

Personal life[]

Chan Chan is the youngest daughter out of 4 siblings. Chan Chan began her show business career in 2007 when she won second place for the Melody World singing contest. In 2013, she won the 'People's Choice Award' and 'First Runner-up' in People Magazine modelling contest. She married (ဘုန်းသိုက်) in 2013. The Wedding Reception of Chan Chan and Phone Thike was held at the Saint Mary's Cathedral in Botahtaung Township, Yangon on 17 July 2013. Chan Chan and Phone Thike also hosted with a Dinner Party at the same venue after the wedding ceremony.[8] They have one lovely daughter named Mya Moe Gin Gar. They are divorced in July 2017 by legally.[9]

Discography[]

  • Ta Kal So Yin A Chit Pal Lo Tal (တကယ်ဆိုရင် အချစ်ပဲလိုတယ်) (2010)
  • Thape Chit Tal, A Yann Mone Tal (သိပ်ချစ်တယ် အရမ်းမုန်းတယ်) (2012)
  • Eain Met (အိပ်မက်) (2014)
  • Tho Chit Nay Tone Bal (သို့.... ချစ်နေတုန်းပဲ) (2017)

References[]

  1. ^ "Myanmargirlphoto.com". myanmargirlphoto.com. Archived from the original on 27 July 2014. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
  2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 22 July 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ "Staying Alive Foundation". Staying Alive Foundation. Archived from the original on 8 November 2018. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
  4. ^ "Warrants issued for artists, entertainers that called for CDM participation". Eleven. 3 April 2021.
  5. ^ "စစ်ကောင်စီကိုဆန့်ကျင်တဲ့ အနုပညာရှင်တွေကို ဆက်တိုက်အမှုဖွင့်နေ". Radio Free Asia (in Burmese). 3 April 2021.
  6. ^ "CDM လႈပ္ရွားသူ အႏုပညာရွင္ေတြကုိ အာဏာပုိင္ေတြ အေရးယူဖုိ႔ေၾကညာ". VOA (in Burmese). 4 August 2021.
  7. ^ "မင်းမော်ကွန်း၊ အိန္ဒြာကျော်ဇင်၊ Rဇာနည်နှင့် ပိုင်ဖြိုးသု အပါအဝင် အယောက် ၂၀ ကို အမှုဖွင့်". DVB (in Burmese). 3 April 2021.
  8. ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKaDiatIy2s. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  9. ^ https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=655658081489874&id=425587504496934. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

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