Cẩm Ly

Trần Thị Cẩm Ly (born 30 March 1970) better known as Cẩm Ly, is a Vietnamese singer known for singing pop and Southern Vietnamese folk music.

She came to national attention in 1993. Her sisters are Minh Tuyết and Hà Phương.

Background Her full name is Trần Thị Cẩm Ly and was born on 30 March 1970, in Saigon. Her parents originated from Quy Nhơn in old Bình Định (now part of Gia Lai province). She is the third child (her fan named her Chi Tu according to Southern order in the family) of family with six siblings, her father is composer Trần Quang Hiển, her two younger sisters are Hà Phương and Minh Tuyết who are also singers. In 2004, she married composer Minh Vy (full name; Doan Huu Minh). She has two daughters, one is Cam Uyen (born in 2005) and Cam Anh (born in 2007).

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. Her first ever folk album titled Em Gai Que was released by Kim Loi Studio. It consisted of 11 songs under influence of folk songs: 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 a DVD show and it was the period of time where she Solidified 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 live show at Lan Anh Stage as a 15th anniversary and to celebrate her first ever role in a Cải Lương play. The same year, she appeared in Thúy Nga's Paris by Night 92 show.

In 2009, she held the live show Tu Tinh Que Huong which was the second live show 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 live show titled Tu Tinh Que Huong 2 with four different genres: ballad, folk, pop and ancient Cải Lương.

In 2012, she held the live show Tu Tinh Que Huong 3.

In 2013, she and Minh Tuyết held the live show 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 to Hoa Binh Theater, Ho Chi Minh City.

Reception From 2001 to 2006, she was repeatadly 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 held live shows 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 statistic 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 (450 million views).

Solo albums

Tình cuối mùa đông (the best of Cẩm Ly), 2000 vol 1. Mãi không phai, 2000 vol 2. Phố hoa Cơn mơ hoang đường, 2001 vol 3. Bến vắng Biết yêu khi nào, 2002 Cánh chim lạc loài, single, 2002 vol 4. Tuổi mộng xứ đông 12 bến nước, 2002 Sáo sang sông Mùa đông xứ lạ, 2003 Tình Khúc Nguyễn Nhất Huy, 2003 vol 5. Có những chiều em đến Hoài công, 2003 vol 6. Người nhớ không người Em sẽ là người ra đi, 2004 vol 7. Người ơi hãy chia tay, 2005 Em gái quê, 2005 Mùa mưa đi qua Em về kẻo trời mưa, 2005 vol 8. Kẻ đứng sau tình yêu, 2005 Người đến sau Sao anh ra đi, 2005 Buồn con sáo sậu, 2006 vol 9. Áng mây buồn, 2006 Tiếng thạch sùng, 2007 vol 10. Em sẽ quên Đêm có mưa rơi, 2007 Khi đã yêu, 2007 Chuyện chúng mình, 2008 vol 11. Đợi chờ những mùa đông, 2008 Em không thể quên, 2009 Biển tình, 2009 vol 12. Biển trắng pha lê, 2010 Gió lên, 2010 Chuyện tình hoa bướm, 2010 Nửa trái tim, 2011 Tôi mơ Cô Tư bến phà, 2011 Thiên đàng ái ân Chiều cuối tuần, 2011 Về bên em, 2012 Sầu đâu quê ngoại, 2012 Hát cho người tình nhớ, 2014 Hai lối mộng, 2015

Awards

Top Ten The Best Singer Green Wave, 2001-2002 Favorite singer of Purple Ink newspaper, 2001-2002 Favorite singer Thursday Afternoon Club, 2001-2002 Mai Vang Award by the newspaper Workers organize 2002 Top ten most favorite singer Green Wave, 2002-2003 Top ten most favorite singer Green Wave, 2003-2004 League VTV – Songs I Love – "You Never Know Love", 2003-2004 Top ten most favorite singer Green Wave, 2004-2005 League VTV – Songs I Love – "The Corn is Mo" – 2005 Mai Vang Award by the Newspaper Workers Organisation 2005 Top ten most favorite singer Green Wave, 2005-2006 Top ten most favorite singer Green Wave, 2006-2007 Top 10 Green Wave achievements 10 years from 1997 to 2007 Top ten most favorite singer Green Wave, 2007-2008 Video Music Excellence Award Mai Vang 08 – Mai Vang 09 Women folk singer favorite at Mai Vang Award 2007 Women folk singer favorite at Mai Vang Award 2008 2008: received the Guinness Vietnam with notebooks reformist "Lan and Diep" Women folk singer favorite at Mai Vang Award 2009 Award singer represents the most successful straight gold album 12-2009 Female artists represent the most successful 2009 "Album Gio Len" Female singers are the most popular 2009 "Album Em khong the quen" Singer of the Year "Dedication Music Awards 2009" League Most Outstanding Female Artist – Mark Indian Mai Vang 15 years – 2009 Women folk singer favorite at Mai Vang Award 2010 Top ten most favorite singer Green Wave, 2010-2011 Female Singer Award favorite HTV Awards 2011 Top 5 best singer – Table GOLD Green Wave, 2014 Singing songs for the music copyright collecting remember most from Nhaccuatui.com votes – 2014 Month 6/2015: BBC, YouTube announced new analytics tools Music Insight has confirmed singer Cam Ly of Vietnam as singer with the most views 860 in Vietnam with more than a million views on YouTube (data access Monthly 7/2015). Music Insight are information of more than 10,000 most popular artists on YouTube and Google two vehicles, including Vietnam artists. Republic of socialist Vietnam awarded certificates of merit multiple times.