Pop idol My Tam performs at the cultural festival Vietfest Seoul 2018 at Gwanghwamun Plaza, Seoul, on September 2. (Photo from the singer’s facebook) HCM City (VNS/VNA) - Pop star My Tam’s free concert, Moi TinhDau My Tam - 1st (The First Love), will be held at the Jangchung Arena inSeoul, the Republic of Korea, next month.
The event aims to serve Vietnamese expats and students in the RoK.
Tam, known as the Queen of Pop in Vietnam, will sing before an expected audienceof 8,000.
Many of the singer’s fans in HCM City and provinces are expected to fly totheir idol’s biggest-ever overseas show.
Tam will sing pop and dance songs that made her famous for two decades.
Highlighted songs will include Dau Chi Rieng Em (Not Only Me), DungHoi Em (Don’t Ask Me) and Nguoi Hay Quen Em Di (Forget Me),which were released late last year and have become top hits on local musicforums and websites.
These songs are on the singer’s latest album, Tam 9, ranked 10th onthe Billboard’s World Albums chart during the third week in January accordingto sales data compiled by Nielsen Music.
The CD has sold more than 20,000 copies.
Tam will also perform in the international 2018 DMC Festivalat Digital Media City in Sangam, Seoul, on September9.
She was invited to sing by the event’s organiser, MBC, one of the RoK’stelevision and radio network companies.
The 2018 DMC Festival will take place from September 5 to 9. It will includevarious street festivities and five different concerts.
Tam sang at the cultural festival Vietfest Seoul 2018 at Gwanghwamun Plaza,Seoul, on September 2.
The event attracted nearly 10,000 people, mostly Vietnamese who live and workin Korea.
Tam, a native of Da Nang city, studied at the HCM City Music Conservatory. Sheworked as a professional singer when she was at school.
In 1999, she signed an exclusive contract with Vafaco, the city’s leading musicproducer. Her first single album, Nhe Anh (You), became a recordingphenomenon in the local market.
Her top hit, Mai Yeu (Love Forever), helped the singer bring home theBronze Medal at Asian Golden Singers Festival in China’s Shanghai in 2001.
She was the first Vietnamese singer who signed a contract with the Koreanentertainment company, Nurimaru Pictures.
She was selected to the list Global Pop Sensations You’ve Never Heard Of by theAmerican-based ABC News in 2010.
In 2012, she received the prize Best Asian Artist at Mnet Asian Music Awards inHong Kong by the Korean-based Mnet Television.
One year later, she won the Best Southeast Asia Act at MTV Europe MusicAwards.
Tâm, who sings in Vietnamese and English, now works as a singer, songwriter andmusic producer.
She has released nine albums, and owns the studio MT Entertainment and fashionlabel Nightingale.
Her charity fund, My Tam Foundation, was launched in 2008 and has supportedmany poor children and students.
Tam’s concert, Moi Tinh Dau My Tam- 1st, is expected to include two showsat 4pm and 8pm at Jangshung Arena on October 20.-VNS/VNA
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