Vietnamese singer
Hương Lan, real name Trần Thị Ngọc Ánh (Saigon, 1956) is a Vietnamese popular singer.[1][2][3][4]
Early life
The eldest of five children, she moved to France in 1978 and has since been linked to artist Hữu Phước.[5]
Personal life
She got married for the first time in late 1975 with her co-star Chí Tâm. However, in 1982, the two divorced while settling in France. The two have two sons together: Henry Bảo Duong (born 1977) and Patrick Bảo Duong (born 1978).
In early 1986, at the birthday party of singer Elvis Phương, she met Mr. Đặng Quốc Toàn, an aeronautical mechanical engineer. The two fell in love and officially got married in 1988. Mr. Toan had three children of his own before going back to live with her.
She is considered by artist Hoài Linh as a sister because she has guided him since the very beginning of his artistic career in the US.
References
- ^ Leo Coleman Food: Ethnographic Encounters 2011 - Page 101 "In the year 2000 at a fashion/variety show in Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Huong Lan, a singer who had been extremely popular in Vietnam before 1975, had returned to Vietnam to visit and perform. Before she began to sing, she had a short interchange ..."
- ^ Yao Souchou House of Glass: Culture, Modernity, and the State in ... - 2001 - - Page 143 "A further instance of this border-crossing is the appearance of Huong Lan, the revered diasporic performer, in the ..."
- ^ Shilpa Davé, LeiLani Nishime, Tasha G. Oren East Main Street: Asian American Popular Culture -2005 - Page 44 "They include Elvis Phuong, Trisie Phuong Trinh, and Huong Lan."
- ^ Mimi Thi Nguyen, Thuy Linh Nguyen Tu - Alien Encounters: Popular Culture in Asian America 2007 - Page 219 "This has happened to a number of performers, including seasoned professionals such as Huong Lan, who made the "mistake" of returning to Vietnam."
- ^ "Huong Lan: Nghe tải album Hương Lan". www.nhaccuatui.com. Retrieved 2015-11-25.
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