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| Birth Name: | Phùng Khánh Linh | ||||||||||||||||||
| Birth Date: | 7 May 1994 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Birth Place: | Bắc Giang, Vietnam | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Other Names: | Linh Hạt Tiêu | ||||||||||||||||||
| Years Active: | 2018–nay | ||||||||||||||||||
| Known For: | Participated in The Voice of Vietnam season 3 (2015) | ||||||||||||||||||
Phùng Khánh Linh (born May 7, 1994) is a Vietnamese singer and songwriter. She is known for the song "Hôm nay tôi buồn", the album Yesteryear and the album Citopia. She received seven nominations for the Dedication Music Award, one for the Yellow Mai Award and one nomination for the Green Wave Award, but did not win any of them.
Phùng Khánh Linh was born in 1994 in Bắc Giang, into a family where no one pursued the arts. She studied at,[1] then graduated with a degree in Law from .[2] She became interested in music at the age of 3. Because her father forbade her to become a singer, she only sang on school stages and at the Pioneers Palace.[3]
She became known after participating in the third season of The Voice of Vietnam and was chosen by all four coaches. She was eliminated during Live show 7 of the competition.[4]
Her first composition is the song "One side love", written in early 2017 about a cute budding love story. This was released but did not make much of an impression. She released the single "Hôm nay tôi buồn" in early 2018. With this song, Phùng Khánh Linh received nominations at big music awards, including Song of the Year and New Artist of the Year at the 2019 Dedication Music Award.[5] Linh joined Times Records on February 29, 2020[6] and joined Universal Music Vietnam 5 months later.[7]
On December 3, 2020, she released her debut album Yesteryear with 13 self-composed songs to the public.[8] This album is considered a breakthrough of V-pop in the early 2020s.[9] 1,000 physical albums were sold after 2 weeks, this is a large number in the Vietnamese market.[10] Previously, the promotional showcase for the album Yesteryear was also completely sold out after only a few days on sale.[11] At the 2021 Dedication Music Awards, Linh received 2 nominations in the categories Album of the Year and Songwriter of the Year.[12] She was also nominated for the 2021 Yellow Mai Award for the Light Music Singer category.[13]
On November 11, 2022, she released her second studio album Citopia with 10 self-composed songs in the Japanese city pop style. The album was highly appreciated by The Japan Times.[14] At the 2023 Dedication Music Awards, Phùng Khánh Linh received 3 nominations in the categories Female Singer of the Year, Songwriter of the Year and Album of the Year.
| Title | Album details | |
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| Yesteryear |
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| Citopia |
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| Name | Year | Album | |
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| "Hôm nay tôi buồn" | 2018 | The early recordings | |
| "Trên ô cửa máy bay" | |||
| "Thành phố xa lạ" | |||
| "Mẹ ơi, cho con về nhà" (with Nhạc của Trang) | 2019 | ||
| "Cảm ơn vì đã lắng nghe" | The early recordings | ||
| "Liệu anh có nghe" | |||
| "Chocolate" | 2020 | ||
| "Một bản tình ca nhịp 6/8" (Soundtrack for Stage of Love: The Series) | |||
| "Thế giới không anh" | Yesteryear | ||
| "Gói tình em rồi về" | |||
| "Sao anh không hiểu" | |||
| "Cô gái nhân ái" | |||
| "Một liều thuốc" | 2021 | ||
| "Cô đơn sớm tối" | |||
| "Lửa gần rơm lâu ngày cũng bén" | |||
| "Căn gác mùa hè" | 2022 | Citopia | |
| "Năm ngoái giờ này" | |||
| "Ước anh tan nát con tim" | 2024 |
| Year | Award | Category | Nominee/work | Result | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Best New Artist | Phùng Khánh Linh | [15] | ||
| 2019 | Dedication Music Award | New Artist of the Year | [16] | ||
| Song of the Year | "Hôm nay tôi buồn" | ||||
| 2021 | Album of the Year | Yesteryear | [17] | ||
| Songwriter of the Year | Phùng Khánh Linh | ||||
| Light Music Singer | |||||
| 2023 | Dedication Music Award | Female Singer of the Year | [18] | ||
| Album of the Year | Citopia | ||||
| Songwriter of the Year | Phùng Khánh Linh |