Cẩm Ly


Trần Thị Cẩm Ly better known as Cẩm Ly, is a Vietnamese pop singer, who is also known for Southern Vietnam folk songs.
She came to national attention in 1993. Her sisters are Minh Tuyết and Hà Phương.

Background

Her real name is Trần Thị Cẩm Ly and was born on March 30, 1970 in Saigon. Her hometown is in Qui Nhơn, Bình Định. She is the third child of family with six siblings, her father is composer Tran Quan Hien, her two younger sisters are Hà Phương and Minh Tuyết who are also singers. In 2004, she married composer Minh Vy. Apparently, she has two daughters, one is Cam Uyen and Cam Anh.

Music career

She exposed her singing talent when she was little. In 1993, she and Minh Tuyết performed a song for which the same year they won duo first prize from Hoa Binh Theater. After this event, she began singing professionally and signed a contract with Kim Loi Studio - which was the most famous studio at that time.
In 1997, Minh Tuyết moved to the US and she had to temporarily stop performing due to health issue. One year later, she came back and released two albums featuring singer Canh Han, in 1999, she and singer Dan Truong released the album Neu Phoi Pha Ngay Mai. In 2000, she marked her solo career by releasing the first album Mai Khong Phai.
In next years, she often performed songs from composer Nguyen Nhat Huy such as: Nguoi Ve Cuoi Pho, Bo Ben La, Thuong Nho Nguoi Dung, May Chieu, Tinh Khong Doi Thay. The first ever folk album titled Em Gai Que which was released by Kim Loi Studio consisted of 11 songs under influence of folk song: Quen Cay Cau Dua, Noi Buon Chim Sao, Phuong Buon, Chanh Long, Nho Me Ly Mo Coi, Mua Chieu Mien Trung.
In July 2001, she was the first Vietnamese singer to have DVD show and it was the period of time where she confirmed her stable style and completely separated with Dan Truong. She was one of the most successful exclusive singer of Kim Loi Studio.
She was also the first singer to hold a free concert for students which was titled as Vong Quanh Ky Tuc Xa in 2003 and 2004.
In 2008, she held another liveshow at Lan Anh Stage as a 15th anniversary and to mark her first role ever for a cai luong play. The same year, she appeared in Thúy Nga's Paris by Night 92 show.
In 2009, she held the liveshow Tu Tinh Que Huong which was the second liveshow of her career as well as releasing two albums Em Khong The Quen - Tinh Khuc Minh Vy and ballad folk album Bien Tinh.
In 2011, she held the third liveshow titled Tu Tinh Que Huong 2 with four different genres: ballad, folk, pop and ancient cai luong.
In 2012, she held the liveshow Tu Tinh Que Huong 3.
In 2013, she and Minh Tuyết held the liveshow Tu Tinh Que Huong 4 as 20th anniversary of both sisters. The live show was held for two nights at Hoa Binh Theater, Ho Chi Minh City with large audiences.
In 2014, she was the coach of The Voice Kid Vietnam and made Thien Nhan a winner of second season. At the same time, she and Minh Vy were the duo coach of the show Vo Chong Minh Hat and also the winner.
In 2015, she continued with Tu Tinh Que Huong, bringing its fifth installment at Hoa Binh Theater, Ho Chi Minh City.

Reception

From 2001-2006, she was always voted to be one of the top 10 favorite singer of Green Wave Awards.
She was one of the pioneers for giving free concert for students as she had a liveshows at 5 different dormitories in Ho Chi Minh City.
In June 2015, YouTube introduced Music Insight and she was the only Vietnamese singer to have the highest views on YouTube. The static was rated from September 2014 to June 2015 based on Content ID, she had totally 757 million of views, the second was Dam Vinh Hung.

Solo Albums