Chhom Nimol

Chhom Nimol (; ) is a Cambodian-American singer and lead vocalist for the band Dengue Fever, which she joined in 2001.

Career Chhom Nimol was born in Cambodia and for a time her family lived in a refugee camp in Thailand. She learned how to sing from her family, who are well-known musicians and singers in Cambodia. In 1997, she won Cambodia's Apsara Awards, a national singing competition. She emigrated to the United States in 2001.

Upon arriving in America, Nimol began singing in restaurants and bars in the Little Phnom Penh area of Long Beach, California. She was soon discovered at an audition by the American rock band Dengue Fever, who were interested in the Cambodian rock and pop music of the 1960s and 70s and sought a singer who could handle the Khmer lyrics of the original Cambodian songs they wished to perform. She became a United States citizen in 2014.