Anh Minh

Ánh Minh (1985-    ) is a popular overseas Vietnamese singer.

Born as Lê Đoàn Ánh Minh on May 16, 1985 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, she is the third eldest in a family of six children.  At the age of two, Ánh Minh and her family fled Vietnam by boat.  The family endured several harsh months living in refugee camps before their arrival in Southern California.  They first resettled in San Bernardino where her father found work as a cashier at a local donut shop.  Several years later, the family relocated to Redlands where her parents would own and operate their own business, a manicure salon.

In 2003, Ánh Minh signed with Asia Entertainment as a duo act, known as Puriti, paired together with singer/songwriter Thùy Hương.  That same year, Puriti was featured on two consecutive volumes of Asia Entertainment's popular live show music video series.  On volume 40, which was filmed in Toronto, Canada, the duo made their debut appearance on video performing the song, Tình Đầu (written by Sỹ Đan).  On volume 41, Ánh Minh and Thùy Hương chose to perform an original song that they had written together called Baby I Would.  They would appear together as a duo on a total of 9 volumes of Asia Entertainment's video series and record two studio albums for the label, Baby I Would (2004) and Men Say Tình Ái (2006).  Among the duo's most well received songs recorded for the Asia Entertainment label include Without You, No Part of You and Set Me Free, all of which the two of them had written and composed.  In 2005, Ánh Minh made her first solo appearance on volume 47 of Asia Entertainment's video series performing a song she had written called Take Control.  Five years later, that same song would be featured as the title track for her debut solo studio album released by Asia Entertainment.  Long before the two performers' last appearance together as a duo on volume 60 of Asia Entertainment's video series released in 2008, it was apparent that Ánh Minh had been poised to embark on a solo career.  During her lengthy tenure with Asia Entertainment, Ánh Minh had also recorded and appeared on music videos together with various other artists including Mai Lệ Huyền, Don Hồ, Quốc Khanh and Đoàn Phi.  Other studio albums of Ánh Minh released by Asia Entertainment include Liên Khúc Chinese Remix (2007), recorded with Lâm Nhật Tiến, Lâm Thúy Vân and Lê Nguyên, Liên Khúc Mưa (2010), recorded with Lâm Thúy Vân, Nguyễn Hồng Nhung and Quốc Khanh and her second solo, Mùa Đông Yêu Thương (2010).

After 8 years as an exclusive recording artist of Asia Entertainment, in 2011 Ánh Minh decided to leave the label and sign with Thúy Nga, the largest overseas Vietnamese music production label.  Ánh Minh's first appearance on Thúy Nga's Paris By Night video series was as a solo performance of the song, Bắt Đầu Một Kết Thúc (written by Phúc Trường), featured on volume 104, which was filmed at the Zappos Theater Auditorium of Planet Hollywood Las Vegas Resort and Casino during the fall of that same year.  During her 5 years signed with the Thúy Nga label, Ánh Minh was featured in over a dozen volumes of its extremely popular Paris By Night video series.  In 2014, Thúy Nga released a solo DVD of Ánh Minh entitled as Mơ (Dreams).  She recorded two more solo studio albums released by Thúy Nga, Sunrise (2013) and Love (2016).  Ánh Minh has also performed in many well-received duets with various top overseas Vietnamese male vocalists on the Paris By Night stage which include Justin Nguyễn, Mai Tiến Dũng and Lương Tùng Quang.  Her greatest success, both commercially and critically, while signed with Thúy Nga was a song she had written together with Vietnamese-Filipino musician Dương Khắc Linh in 2015 called Tôi Là Người Việt Nam.  The popularity of Tôi Là Người Việt Nam prompted Thúy Nga to feature two different performances of the song on two consecutive volumes of the Paris By Night seres, the first was featured on volume 114 of Ánh Minh in a quartet together with three other singers, Trịnh Lam, Thiên Tôn and Hương Giang, and the second was featured on volume 115 of Ánh Minh in a solo.

Ánh Minh is currently one of the highest paid overseas Vietnamese entertainers.  With a command in salary of $4,000 USD per live performance, Ánh Minh does about 50 live performances annually.  She has performed for overseas Vietnamese audiences all over the United States, Canada, Australia, Europe and Japan.  In addition, Ánh Minh has also been a spokesmodel for various brand names such as Senhoa Jewelry, Belage Gourmet and Twinkle Lens.  She is at present not under contract with any music production label and is a freelance contractor.  Most recently, Ánh Minh
appeared on volume 79 of the popular live show video series produced by Asia Entertainment where she performed a solo of the song, Tình Yêu Đã Hết Rồi (written by Mystic Nguyễn), which was filmed at the Grand Sierra Resort and Casino in Reno, Nevada during the fall of 2016 and released during the spring of 2017.

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20 Hottest Viet Celebs of 2017
Ánh Minh Fan Club on Facebook