Phyu Phyu Kyaw Thein (Burmese: ဖြူဖြူကျော်သိန်း) is a Burmese pop singer, known for her stage presence and costumes, which have drawn comparisons to Lady Gaga.[1][2] She has been a UNICEF celebrity ambassador since 2008.[3][2]
Phyu Phyu Kyaw Thein ဖြူဖြူကျော်သိန်း | |
|---|---|
| Born | 22 April 1981 (age 43) Rangoon, Burma |
| Genres | Burmese pop |
| Instrument | Voice |
| Years active | 2003 – present |
| Website | Official website |
Early life and education
editPhyu Phyu Kyaw Thein was born in Rangoon, Burma (now Yangon, Myanmar), on 22 April 1981 to Kyaw Thein, a ranking civil servant at the Ministry of Cooperatives, and his wife, Tin Tin Kyi, a lecturer at the Yangon University of Economics. She has an elder sister, Nyo Nyo Thein, who was born 7 years earlier.
She is a physician by training; she graduated from the University of Medicine 1, Yangon.[4]
Career
editPhyu Phyu Kyaw Thein debuted in 2003 with the album Not Concerned Anymore (လုံးဝမသက်ဆိုင်တော့ပါ).[5] She joined the 2019 season of Myanmar Idol as a judge. She serves as a secretary for the Myanmar Music Association.[6]
Political activities
editFollowing the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état, she participated in the anti-coup movement both in person at rallies and through social media. Denouncing the military coup, she took part in protests, starting in February. She joined the "We Want Justice" three-finger salute movement. The movement was launched on social media, and many celebrities have joined the movement.
On 13 April 2021, warrants for her arrest were issued under Section 505 (a) of the Myanmar Penal Code by the State Administration Council for speaking out against the military coup. Along with several other celebrities, she was charged with calling for participation in the Civil Disobedience Movement (CDM) and damaging the state's ability to govern, with supporting the Committee Representing Pyidaungsu Hluttaw, and with generally inciting the people to disturb the peace and stability of the nation.[7][8][9]
Discography
edit- Not Concerned Anymore (Burmese: လုံးဝမသက်ဆိုင်တော့ပါ) (2003)
- The Curse of Love (Burmese: ချစ်သူအမုန်း ကျိန်စာ) (2007)
- Memoir of a Diva (2011)
- Damsel in Distress (Burmese: မိန်းကလေးတစ်ယောက်အသည်းကွဲနေတယ်) (2013)
- Thou Shalt Be Remembered (Burmese: နာမည်ကျန်နေရစ်မယ်) (2015)
- April Fool (mini-album) (2016)
- Storm (mini-album) (2018)
Accolades
edit| Award | Year[a] | Recipient(s) and nominee(s) | Category | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City FM awards | 2008 | Phyu Phyu Kyaw Thein | Best Selling Studio Music Album Female Vocalist of the Year | Won | [10] |
| Shwe FM awards | 2011 | Is it Love?(အချစ်တဲ့လား?) | Most Popular Song award | Won | |
| 2013 | Damsel in Distress | Best album | Won | [11] | |
| Joox Half Year Music Awards | 2020 | Just Go Away(ထွက်သွားပါတော့) | Popular Song Award | Won | [12] |
Notes
edit- ^ Indicates the year of ceremony. Each year is linked to the article about the awards held that year, wherever possible.
References
edit- ^ "Changing Myanmar - Phyu Phyu Kyaw Thein: The "Burmese Lady Gaga" is a qualified doctor, but gave it up and has a huge following as a rock star". BBC. Retrieved 2019-12-21.
- ^ a b Yu Yu Maw (25 February 2013). "Myanmar's darling of pop, Phyu Phyu Kyaw Thein". Retrieved 18 July 2015.
- ^ "Phyu Phyu Kyaw Thein". UNICEF. Archived from the original on 22 July 2015. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
- ^ Zon Pann Pwint (10 April 2015). "Blown cover". Myanmar Times. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
- ^ Nuam Bawi (25 July 2011). "Singer expands her repertoire of covers". Myanmar Times. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
- ^ Nandar Aung (1 July 2013). "Legacy music academy opens in Yankin". Myanmar Times. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
- ^ "Warrants issued for artists, entertainers that called for CDM participation". Eleven. 3 April 2021.
- ^ "စစ်ကောင်စီကိုဆန့်ကျင်တဲ့ အနုပညာရှင်တွေကို ဆက်တိုက်အမှုဖွင့်နေ". Radio Free Asia (in Burmese). 3 April 2021.
- ^ "CDM လှုပ်ရှားသူ အနုပညာရှင်တွေကို အာဏာပိုင်တွေ အရေးယူဖို့ကြေညာ" [The authorities announced to take action against CDM activist artists]. VOA (in Burmese). 4 August 2021.
- ^ https://www.ycdc.gov.mm/content.php?page=CityFMsongs. [bare URL]
- ^ https://myanmar.mmtimes.com/timeout/7787-2013-11-06-08-32-10.html. Archived 2021-02-24 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "JOOX ရဲ့ 2020 Half Year Popular Song Award ဆုကြီးကို ရရှိခဲ့တဲ့ ဖြူဖြူကျော်သိန်း". lotaya.mpt.com.mm.