Thanh Hà (singer)
Thanh Hà | |
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 Thanh Hà performing at the Mohegan Sun, Connecticut | |
| Born | Trương Minh Hà 1969 |
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| Years active | 1996–present |
| Musical career | |
| Genres | Pop |
| Instruments | Vocals |
| Labels | Thúy Nga |
Trương Minh Hà (born in Đà Nẵng, Vietnam), known under the stage name of Thanh Hà, is a Vietnamese American singer.[1]
Thanh Hà‘s mother is Vietnamese. Her father was an American soldier of German origin, named Bill Williams, who died at Chu Lai when she was two years old.[2] She went to school in Đà Nẵng, and as a child she sung on Đà Nẵng radio. After graduating from high school, she moved to Saigon. In 1991 she escaped to a boat people refugee camp in the Philippines.[3] During a beauty contest in the refugee camp in the Philippines, she sang for the first time in front of an audience, for the talent part of the competition. She won a $150 prize, and was surprised to discover that many people liked her voice. She later immigrated to America under the Vietnamese Amerasian American Homecoming Act.
Discography[]
- Ru lòng khờ dại CD
- Tình yêu - duets with Tuấn Ngọc CD
- Chìa Khóa Tình Yêu CD
References[]
- ^ giadinh.net.vn Ca sĩ hải ngoại Thanh Hà trải lòng về hôn nhân đổ vỡ 18/03/2011
- ^ VT News Ca sĩ hải ngoại Thanh Hà: Đã tự hỏi mình "Tôi là ai?" Article and interview (Vietnamese) "Who am I?" 20/03/2011
- ^ Vietscape biography: Thanh Hà Archived 2012-06-03 at the Wayback Machine
- Living people
- 21st-century Vietnamese women singers
- Vietnamese people of American descent
- 1969 births
- Vietnamese emigrants to the United States
- 20th-century Vietnamese women singers