Hoang Chau - Used to be a backing vocalist, "pop" by changing his stage name and the title "Diva of Western cheesy music"

Remembered by the audience with the name "Western Sensational Diva", few people expect that Hoang Chau also experienced significant ups and downs in the profession.

Used to have a stage name...Yen Khoa

Singer Hoang Chau, also known by her real name Yen Khoa, debuted for the first time in the popular music collection Rain dust for a while.

Initially, Yen Khoa duet with Che Thanh. After that, she received warm love for her excellent performance of the song "Waiting for people". Some time later, Yen Khoa became a pair of cards that coincided with Mai Tuan in the love tapes that flew away 2, 3, 4, the famous Spring Love series at that time. Few people know that before the Dust Rain period, Yen Khoa often sang only red music and revolutionary music. However, when she received the audience's love for the new music she performed, Yen Khoa was ready to change and adapt to please the fans.

The dust became a springboard to help Yen Khoa attack the overseas market, collaborating with the cult seniors Tuan Vu, Thai Chau, Nguyen Hung, and Manh Dinh in many Bolero songs such as Birds of the past, Sails moving. wharf, A hundred years of sadness, Rain on a rose branch, I entered love...

Gradually being loved enthusiastically abroad, but Yen Khoa admits that she is weak and difficult to be independent like other colleagues in the US, plus the growing nostalgia for her family, she decided to return to her homeland of Vietnam despite that that means starting from zero.

Fortunately and also fate, when returning to Vietnam in early 2000, Yen Khoa joined the Dong Giao Center, met the boss Dong Dang Giao, who is also the current Yen Khoa's husband. From the idea of boss Dong Dang Giao, Yen Khoa changed her stage name to Hoang Chau, changing her singing style as well as becoming more youthful to suit the audience's tastes.

Yen Khoa herself always thinks that she has gained fame and success thanks in large part to the love of the audience for her. Therefore, the female singer is not afraid to change the style and genre of music to keep the love and encouragement that the audience gives her.

Sharing about the turning point of changing her stage name, Hoang Chau said that she was very hesitant because she had previously succeeded with the lyrical music of the same name Yen Khoa: "It was 2000, the movie Hoan Chau, the famous princess. Chau turned to young music, so Chau's husband, director Dong Dang Giao, named him Hoang Chau...".

Start over by accepting "backing vocals"

Yen Khoa "transformed" into Hoang Chau and reached the peak of her career for the second time. The name Hoang Chau approached the audience through songs rewriting Chinese music with Vietnamese lyrics in the movie Hoan Chau Cach Cach. When young music gradually became popular, the female singer was not afraid to try and was well received by the public with many songs such as: Forever in love, Love you gave, Minutes of separation, Waiting for your phone, An unforgettable thousand years ...

The female singer added, "When turning to young music, Hoang Chau had to start over. Hoang Chau said: "When Chau changed his name, Chau had to start over, accept to sing like a singer yet. Who knows, you have to sing along slowly until the song "Minutes of separation" with Mr. Ly Hai is released, then Chau officially comes out to sing...

Besides, she temporarily put aside what she had to start over thanks to her burning passion for new lyrics and vibrant melodies of young music. Hoang Chau expressed: "But saying that does not mean that Hoang Chau rejects folk music, but this shift is as a way Hoang Chau renews himself, creating new spiritual food for the audience."

The title "Queen of western cheesy music"

After the contract expired with Dong Giao Center, Hoang Chau signed an exclusive singer contract with Thien Thi Company. In 2006, she released the album vol 4 with songs such as: "My heart will ignore your name", "Be like anyone else", "Prince's heart", "Everybody's way", .. .especially the song "Greedy Man".

In 2008, she once again resonated with the song "Confusingly" and participated in the live show "Ten Dai Beauties" by singer Dan Truong. She terminated her contract with Thien Thi company and became a freelance singer, releasing her own albums.

In 2011, after more than 17 years of singing, she returned to the folk, lyrical music that made her initial success.

About the nickname Queen of Western cheesy music, Chau later sang throughout the province and always inserted one or two bolero songs, so the audience put it like that ...".

Referring to the period of returning to bolero music as at the beginning, Hoang Chau said: "Later, bolero music became popular with the audience, and Chau's voice was suitable for this genre of music. Besides, Chau felt that he should return to this music genre. because it's suitable for my age..."

And a peaceful marriage with the boss Dong Dang Giao

During the time of becoming the main singers of Dong Giao Center, the manager Dong Dang Giao and Hoang Chau gradually developed feelings, but due to the shy and introverted female singer's personality, the manager had to pursue the two for a long time. new together.

The couple has been married since 2006 and has a son. Both husband and wife are private people in their private life, so they rarely appear in the media and share about the other half.

After getting married, Hoang Chau no longer performed too much, but focused on taking care of her small family. However, she still regularly launches new music products on many online platforms and receives the love and warm reception of the audience for the cheesy music diva of the West.

If the audience follows my musical activities, you will see that Hoang Chau still performs a lot, but the frequency is not as tight as it was during his peak. Due to my timidity and introspection, I often choose to deal with it by myself or with my husband. I rarely appear in the press and media, Hoang Chau shared.

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