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Sangeeta Kaur is a Grammy Award winning Vietnamese-American classical/crossover, new age vocalist, composer, performing artist, and producer. In 2022, she received a Grammy Award for Best Classical Solo Vocal Album for Mythologies, making her the first Vietnamese-American singer to ever receive a Grammy for a vocal performance.
Lê Quang Quý Trang Đài, also known by the stage name Lynda Trang Đài, born October 9, 1968 in Đà Nẵng or Hương Thủy, Thừa Thiên [a], [1] is a Vietnamese American singer. [2] [3] She moved to Hong Kong and San Diego with family in 1978 before raised in Orange County, California.
Stephanie Murphy (born Đặng Thị Ngọc Dung) – first Vietnamese-American Congresswoman representing Florida's 7th congressional district [36] (Democratic) Jacqueline Nguyen – U.S. circuit judge; first Vietnamese-American federal judge; [37] first Asian-American woman to sit on the federal appellate court [38]
Thuy Thi Thu Tran (born October 29, 1991) known mononymously as Thuy or Thủy (stylized in lowercase) is a Vietnamese American singer and songwriter based in Los Angeles, California. Thuy is an independent artist [1] and has released 2 EPs. Her single "Girls Like Me Don't Cry" went viral on the video-sharing platform TikTok in the middle of 2023.
The Vietnamese American population grew significantly after 1975, when a large wave of South Vietnamese refugees arrived in the U.S. following the end of the Vietnam War. [8] Today, over half of Vietnamese-Americans reside in California and Texas, particularly in metropolitan areas like Los Angeles, Houston, and San Jose. [9] [10]
Trish Thuy Trang (born Nguyễn Thùy Trang) was born in Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam, on December 15, 1980. Growing up, Trang was already familiar with American music styles as a result of listening to artists such as Madonna, Mariah Carey and Sheryl Crow. As a result, her music can best be described as a mix of Asian pop, western pop, and R&B.
Thao Nguyen (born March 19, 1984), [a] also known as Thao, is an American singer-songwriter originally from Virginia and now based in San Francisco. [1] She is the former lead singer, songwriter and figurehead of the defunct band Thao & the Get Down Stay Down, [2] and has collaborated with Joanna Newsom and Andrew Bird. [3]
Thanh Lan (born 1 March 1948) is a popular Vietnamese American singer and actress. She was unable to leave Vietnam at the Fall of Saigon in 1975. In 1994 during a sponsored series of concerts in the United States, Vietnamese protesters accused her of colluding with the Hanoi government and being a communist sympathizer. [1]