Thuy Khanh

Thúy Khanh (1983-    ) is a popular overseas Vietnamese pop singer and DJ.

She was born on November 26, 1983 in An Giang province of Southern Vietnam.  At the age of 17, Thúy Khanh left her native Vietnam to resettle in Southern California as a foreign exchange student.  Shortly thereafter, she opened a small Vietnamese restaurant with the money sent from her parents back in Vietnam in which she ran to generate income while attending college in Orange County, California.  Thúy Khanh had befriended a fellow classmate who happened to be the younger sister of famous overseas Vietnamese singer, Như Quỳnh.  It was Như Quỳnh's mother who would help introduce Thúy Khanh to the owners of Tình Productions, a prominent overseas Vietnamese music label based in Orange County, California.  From then on, Thúy Khanh's career as an overseas Vietnamese pop singer was launched.  The first single recorded by Thúy Khanh under the Tình Productions label was Không Đau Vì Quá Đau (written by Quang Huy) in which she had also appeared on video on volume 15 of the label's live show music video series, Tình Yêu, Quê Hương và Tuổi Trẻ in 2008.  Her diverse abilities to sing in diverse genres of Vietnamese music ranging from traditional pop to dance and hip-hop appealed to a wide variety of viewer audiences which led the executives at Tình Productions to feature Thúy Khanh on the next 3 consecutive volumes of the Tình Yêu, Quê Hương và Tuổi Trẻ video series.  During her tenure with Tình Productions, Thúy Khanh recorded a total of 5 solo studio albums which included Khóc Cho Người Đi (2008), Tại Em Yêu Đơn Phương (2008), Cơn Mê Tình Ái (2009), Làm Sao Quên Được Anh (2009) and Níu Kéo - Đã Qua Hết Rồi (2010).  In 2010, Thúy Khanh signed with another overseas Vietnamese music label, Rainbow Productions.  She has recorded duets with various other artists including Kevin Khoa, Chi Dân, Hồ Quang Hiếu, Lương Gia Huy, Hồ Anh Dũng, Huy Vũ and Gia Huy.

In recent years, Thúy Khanh has achieved tremendous success as a DJ in addition to her singing +career.  She continues to perform at live shows worldwide at a nonstop pace and also fulfills numerous bookings to spin records at nightclubs all over Vietnam.  Currently, Thúy Khanh is ranked as one of the 3 most in-demand DJs of Vietnam.

Thúy Khanh has been married to Vietnamese-American businessman, Diệp Phước Thịnh, since 2000.  The couple are proud parents of a son.  They divide their time between homes in Virginia and Ho Chi Minh City.

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