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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.
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]
In 2023, Vietnamese Americans had a median household income of $88,467, which was 9.7% higher than the national median of $80,610. [63] [64] As of 2022, around 11% Vietnamese Americans lived below the poverty line, a rate similar to the 11.5% rate for the general U.S. population. [65] [66] This poverty rate has shown a gradual decline over ...
Lâm Nhật Tiến (born 3 September 1971) is a Vietnamese- American singer who was affiliated with the music label Asia Entertainment Inc. from 1994 to 2016. [1] He gained prominence through numerous appearances in Asia Entertainment's music videos, establishing himself as one of Vietnam's leading male pop stars.
Girl groups have been popular at least since the heyday of the Boswell Sisters beginning in the 1930s, but the term "girl group" also denotes the wave of American female pop singing groups who flourished in the late 1950s and early 1960s between the decline of early rock and roll and the British Invasion, many of whom were influenced by doo-wop ...
Cuong Vu (Cường Vũ) (born 19 September 1969) is a Vietnamese-American jazz trumpeter. In addition to his own work as a bandleader, Vu was a member of the Pat Metheny Group. He is the first American person of Vietnamese descent to win a Grammy Award. He won the Best Contemporary Jazz Album award twice through his work with the band. [1]
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.
These performances have been exhibited on tour with Freezepop and with groups such as Major Lazer, West Indian Girl, and Ultraviolet Sound. In 2017, Vo released a five-song EP titled BAO EP under the stage name BAO. [5] In 2017, he also founded a social impact organization called Other.Us, which helped up-and-coming Asian Americans in music.