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This category page lists citizens of the United States of both full or partial Asian origin or descent who have been musicians. Many have been sub-categorized according to specific ethnicities within Asia.
The following is a list of notable Korean Americans, including original immigrants who obtained American citizenship and their American descendants.. To be included in this list, the person must have a Wikipedia article showing they are Korean American or must have references showing they are Korean American and are notable.
This includes Japanese-American indie rock singer-songwriter Mitski, Korean-American Michelle Zauner who is the musician behind Japanese Breakfast, Chinese-American singer-songwriter and YouTuber mxmtoon, Vietnamese-American singer, songwriter, and producer Casey Luong who releases lo-fi music under the stage name keshi, and half-Japanese R&B ...
Pages in category "American singers of Asian descent" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
The Asian American movement was born out of the civil rights movement during the 1960s and 1970s. From this movement the album A Grain of Sand: Music for the Struggle by Asians in America, first recorded in 1973 and released by Paredon Records, was created and is the first widely recognized Asian American album. [15]
Historically, many Asian American and Canadian actors have even relocated from the West to countries in Asia to find better opportunities in entertainment. A few film and TV producers on both sides of the Pacific, however, are looking to shake up those dynamics by crisscrossing their show biz ecosystems.
Shien Biau Woo became the first Asian American statewide officer in the Northeast, when he was elected Lieutenant Governor of Delaware in 1984. Leana Wen, prominent Asian American and public health leader, currently Commissioner of Health in Baltimore. David Wu, first Taiwanese American U.S. Representative (D-OR) Lily Wu, mayor of Wichita, Kansas
Steven Chu, 1997 Nobel Prize in Physics, first Asian-American to run one of the 16 national laboratories operated by the Department of Energy (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory), Secretary of Energy of the United States from 2009 to 2013; Fan Chung, mathematician; David Ho, AIDS researcher, 1996 Time ' s Person of the Year