Bích Phương

As a participant of the second season of Vietnam Idol, she was cut at the top 40. She returned for the third season, having more success but being cut at the top 7 after performing From Sarah with Love.[1]

In 2011, Bích Phương debuted with the song Có khi nào rời xa (translation, there will be times we'll be far apart), written by Tien Cookie, establishing her reputation as strong ballad singer.[2] She would follow up with "Thánh nữ nhạc sầu".

In 2013, she would release her first full album Chỉ là em giấu đi, which included hit songs Em sẽ quên, Vẫn, Có khi nào rời xa, Có lẽ em, and Em muốn. Bích Phương and her album would gain significant recognition. The album was recognized as the "album with the most weeks on top of the charts at the 2013 Zing Music Awards.[3] Also, the song Em muốn received top prizes at the YAN Vpop 20 Awards 2013, with Bích Phương also named "Top 20 Singers" shortlist and "Breakout Female Singer of the Year".[4]

In 2014, Bích Phương began departing from the sad songs she was most known for and recorded up-tempo pop music. Starting Mình yêu nhau đi composed by Tiên Cookie. In that year, she received 3 awards out of 7 nominations at the 2014 Zing Music Awards, the most for any artist that year.[5] She would release two EPs Điều chưa từng nói in 2014 and Rằng em mãi ở bên in 2015.

In 2016, the song Gửi anh xa nhớ was well received and garnered awards for Bích Phương during the 2016 Zing Music Awards and We Choice Awards 2016. She would follow up in 2017 with "Bao giờ lấy chồng", a song about the difficulties of being interrogated for being single on trips home for Tet.[6] Later that year, she would join fellow Vietnam Idol Season 3 alum Văn Mai Hương as a judge Vietnam Idol Kids 2017. In July of that year, she would release her second full album Nói thương nhau thì đừng làm trái tim em đau.[7]

In 2018, Bích Phương began a foray into the indie pop with the songs "Bùa yêu" Chạy ngay điwith Sơn Tùng M-TP. IN October of that year, she released the album Dramatic with the single "Drama Queen".[8] In November 11, she began promoting Chị ngả em nâng from the album Dramatic. At the end of the year, she worked with Tết Nguyên Đán and a popular soda brand to release Chuyện cũ bỏ qua, with the associated music video receiving over 100 million streams.[9]

During the Làn Sóng Xanh 2018 ceremony, Bích Phương and her song Bùa yêu received a total of 7 award nominations.[10] Bùa yêu would bring Bích Phương 2 awards out of 4 nominations during Keeng Young Awards 2018, Music Video of the year at the Giải thưởng Âm nhạc Cống hiến 2019, and pushed her YouTube account to be the first to reach a million subscribers among Vietnam's female soloists.[11]