Vietnamese pop music

Gimme Your Love Tonight, a song originally by Dutch singer Sandy Wilson, is Lynda Trang Dai's first English-language tune under Thuy Nga and its Paris by Night series.

For Lynda Trang Dai, she has introduced high-energy, modern performances to Paris by Night, which, before her, was staid and stoic.

The first 3 Paris by Night editions focused almost exclusively on slow Vietnamese ballads and pre-war music catering to the first wave of refugees.

But with PBN 4, Lynda Trang Dai indicated a breakthrough: the first English performance overall.

Hay Vui Di Anh is Lynda Trang Dai's first song being recorded in the form of a live concert with an audience in attendance on Paris by Night 7 (1989).

So Sad is by Lynda Trang Dai on Paris by Night - Made in Paris, the first under Shanda Saywer.

Tim Heintz (who works with Randy Petersen and Kevin Quinn from Disney) does the arrangement for Lynda Trang Dai's So Sad tune.

Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend (a song made famous and popular by Marilyn Monroe in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes) is on Paris by Night - Den Ba, but with a modern, upbeat arrangement.

Lynda Trang Dai, whose idol Madonna is influenced by Marilyn Monroe, and Ky Duyen, who is PBN's female host, performs Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend.

Besides, Marilyn Monroe's Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend scene in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes also inspires the Material Girl music video by Madonna, who is Lynda Trang Dai's idol.

The Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend performance by Lynda Trang Dai is held in a city covering the Niagara Frontier, which is the main filming location for Marilyn Monroe's film Niagara.

In addition to Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend, Woman in Love, originally by Barbra Streisand, is by Lynda Trang Dai on Paris by Night - Den Ba.

Frozen and Holiday are Madonna songs, which Lynda Trang Dai cover, both on straight Paris by Night editions (filmed/released in 1998).

Space Invaders, originally by Hit'n'Hide and covered by Lynda Trang Dai and Tommy Ngo, features an MTV-like music video on Paris by Night - We Like to Party.

Mung Tan The Ky is a tune, part-English/part-Vietnamese, for the Vietnamese diaspora.

Written by Randy Petersen and Tim Heintz, both of whom usually collaborate with Kevin Quinn from Disney, Nhu Mung Tan The Ky is a celebration of the new century.

Khuc Lan does the Vietnamese lyrics for Mung Tan The Ky.

Trai Tim Lo Lam and Tham Goi Ten Anh are soulful tunes that mark the start of a new experience for Minh Tuyet under Thuy Nga and its Paris by Night series.

On two Paris by Night editions (filmed/released in 2002), Minh Tuyet performs Trai Tim Lo Lam and Tham Goi Ten Anh, both with her sexy Britney Spears-like crop tops and with a soulful delivery.

Steve Chou, a Taiwanese musician, created Huang Hun, with its Vietnamese iteration called Tham Goi Ten Anh which Minh Tuyet covered, with Nhat Ngan doing Vietnamese lyrics.

Minh Tuyet's own iteration of the Mua Thu Trong Mua song being created for Paris by Night - Thu Ca program features a dance routine.

Tim Heintz (who works with Randy Petersen and Kevin Quinn from Disney) does the arrangement for Mua Thu Trong Mua by Minh Tuyet.

Despite her dance routine, featuring a Britney Spears-like crop top trend, Minh Tuyet's Mua Thu Trong Mua still has the tone of a slow ballad.

Anh Thi Khong is the Vietnamese version of Toi Jamais by Bulgarian-French singer Sylvie Vartan.

The Anh Thi Khong version by Minh Tuyet is on Paris by Night 72; she has a sexy Britney Spears-like crop top and dances.

Incidentally, Minh Tuyet's Anh Thi Khong is also her first upbeat dance routine for Paris by Night.

Before Anh Thi Khong, Minh Tuyet's performances are slow and soulful ones.

However, Anh Thi Khong by Minh Tuyet serves as a departure from her oft-used soulful and emotive tunes on Paris by Night in that she has a more upbeat dance routine.

Xuan Va Tuoi Tre is on Paris by Night - Xuan Tha Huong, for whose performance Minh Tuyet has her sexy Britney Spears-like crop top/dances.

Thoat Ly is on Paris by Night 78 - Duong Xua, for whose performance Minh Tuyet utilizes her sexy Britney Spears-like crop top/dances.

Da Khong Yeu Thi Thoi by Minh Tuyet, written by Hoai An, is on Paris by Night 81 - Music Without Borders 2, for whose performance Minh Tuyet has a sexy look and feel like Britney Spears.

Bến Yêu Xưa Em Vẫn Chờ, the first track in Minh Tuyết's Sao Anh Ra Đi - Bến Yêu Xưa Em Vẫn Chờ album, starts with her delivering Westernized soulful rhythm & blues-infused vocals.

Minh Mat Nhau Bao Gio and Dung Hua Voi Em are dance-pop tunes by Minh Tuyet, donning her sexy Britney Spears-like crop top/dances, both on Paris by Night in the late-noughties.

For Minh Mat Nhau Bao Gio, Minh Tuyet uses her sexy Britney Spears-like crop top/dances.

Incidentally, Minh Mat Nhau Bao Gio by Minh Tuyet on Paris by Night is held in the Southern United States, the birthplace of her 1981-born idols Britney Spears and Beyoncé.

Plus, Minh Mat Nhau Bao Gio by Minh Tuyet on Paris by Night is held in the Southern United States, which houses Walt Disney World; in turn, Disney-MGM brings Britney Spears to attention.

Dung Hua Voi Em by Minh Tuyet is the opening act on Paris by Night 89 - In Korea.

By blending rhythm & blues, hip-hop and dance-pop with the English raps by Thaifoon, Dung Hua Voi Em by Minh Tuyet on Paris by Night 89 is a sexy and sultry performance.

Like Minh Mat Nhau Bao Gio, Minh Tuyet uses her sexy Britney Spears-like crop top/dances for Dung Hua Voi Em and winks on Paris by Night 89 - In Korea.

Fittingly, the sexy Dung Hua Voi Em by Minh Tuyet on Paris by Night 89 is being taken place in South Korea, where Marilyn Monroe, a key idol for Madonna, Britney Spears and Beyoncé, visited.

Incidentally, Marilyn Monroe serves as a key idol for Madonna, Britney Spears and Beyoncé (the three primary idols for Minh Tuyet in turn).

Minh Mat Nhau Bao Gio and Dung Hua Voi Em 

Da Khong Con Hoi Tiec is on the Paris by Night silver anniversary celebration (for whose performance Minh Tuyet uses her sexy Britney Spears-like crop top/dances).

Hay Co Quen by Minh Tuyet is on Paris by Night 97 - Celebrity Dancing 2, for whose performance she utilizes her sexy dance style made à la Britney Spears and Beyoncé.

By mixing rhythm & blues and dance elements, Hay Co Quen by Minh Tuyet is sexy and soulful.

Tim Em Mai Thuoc Ve Anh by Minh Tuyet is on Paris by Night 99, for whose performance she has her sexy crop top à la Britney Spears and Beyoncé.

France, the original base for Thuy Nga, also houses EuroDisney, based east of the centre of Paris.

Likewise, Paris is also where both Lynda Trang Dai and Minh Tuyet made their debuts in this Paris by Night series under the Thuy Nga label.

San Diego houses the Hotel del Coronado (which, in turn, is a feature in Marilyn Monroe's late-1950's film), plus the early US years of both Lynda Trang Dai and Minh Tuyet.

Neu Anh La Em, used in Vietnam's answer to Sisters Who Make Waves, features a sound being infused with rhythm & blues/soul.

For the rhythm & blues/soul-infused Neu Anh La Em tune, Minh Tuyet sings the soulful and emotional lyrics in English: Baby, baby, baby, listen to me.

Gone, Gone, Gone, used in Vietnam's answer to Sisters Who Make Waves, has Minh Tuyet uttering the soulful emotional English lyrics: Oh, baby, tell me something I don't know.

The other English one uttered by Minh Tuyet in Gone, Gone, Gone is How it's gone?

Mong Hoa, used in Vietnam's answer to Sisters Who Make Waves, has Minh Tuyet uttering the English lyrics: Uh-huh, I told you so.

Ao Giac, in her first commercial release in Vietnam in many years, features Minh Tuyet beginning her section with her English ad-lib: Baby.

Can't Give You Up by Nhu Loan is an English-language tune for the Vietnamese diaspora.

Written by Randy Petersen and Tim Heintz, both of whom usually collaborate with Kevin Quinn from Disney, Nhu Loan's Can't Give You Up is on the Paris by Night - Nua Vang Trang program.

Unlike many foreign tunes covered in Vietnamese, Can't Give You Up by Nhu Loan is unique for Thuy Nga's Paris by Night series in that it is an original English-language piece.

For Can't Give You Up by Nhu Loan, the "Yeah" ad-lib used throughout this song resembles one in the Britney Spears tune Oops!... I Did It Again.

Plus, Nhu Loan's Can't Give You Up song has the polished synth production and aggressive percussion techniques that defined the Y2K teen pop era, notably by Max Martin for Britney Spears.

Using her sexy Britney Spears-like crop top/dances, Nhu Loan sings Can't Give You Up on the Paris by Night - Nua Vang Trang program.

Men Say Tinh Ai by Nhu Loan, which is the Vietnamese iteration of the Turkish tune Her Nerdeysen by Tarkan, is her official solo debut under Thuy Nga.

For her Men Say Tinh Ai performance, Nhu Loan uses her sexy Britney Spears-like crop top/dances.

Passion Remains is the English version of a Vietnamese tune, belonging to Nhu Loan.

Kevin Quinn (who works with Randy Petersen and Tim Heintz from Disney) did the English lyrics for Nhu Loan's Passion Remains tune.

Some Tinh DVDs start with medleys which feature Minh Tuyet in a sexy Britney Spears-like crop top trend, starting with Tinh 10.

Using Britney Spears-like crop tops is sexy for Minh Tuyet in the MTV-like music videos for Ve Cuoi Duong Tinh and Xa Nhau, Ta Xa Nhau featuring Gen One.

In the Hay Hua Nghe Anh music video, Minh Tuyet is sexy for using her Britney Spears-like crop top trend, but also has actors playing rock band members.

Mo Nhung Ngay Nang Len has an MTV-like music video, also in Minh Tuyet's Mo Nhung Ngay Nang Len DVD, in which she appears with wet hair in a sexy way.

Anh Da Ra Di is Minh Tuyet's cover iteration of the one by Ho Ngoc Ha for her 2005 album Va Em Da Yeu, both written by Duc Tri.

With its sad lyrics recalling heartbreak and departure, Anh Da Ra Di, written by Duc Tri, and originally sung by Ho Ngoc Ha and covered by Minh Tuyet, conversely has an upbeat tone and a rap section.

Rhythm & blues and dance-pop elements are incorporated in the upbeat tone and rap section of the Anh Da Ra Di tune, written by Duc Tri, and sung by both Ho Ngoc Ha and Minh Tuyet.

The paradox for Anh Da Ra Di by both Ho Ngoc Ha and Minh Tuyet is a high-energy catchy beat being paired with deeply vulnerable lyrics.

Like the Hay Hua Nghe Anh video, Minh Tuyet is sexy for her Britney Spears-like crop top trend in the MTV-like music video for her Anh Da Ra Di version (originally sung by Ho Ngoc Ha).

The sexy MTV-like music video for Anh Da Ra Di by Minh Tuyet is set in a mine.

Ngại Nam Vẫn Đợi by Nhu Loan, which is the Vietnamese incarnation of the Japanese-language music tune, features Thaifoon's English rap verses.

Plus, the MTV-like music video for Nhu Loan's Ngại Nam Vẫn Đợi, featuring Thaifoon, is sexy for her Britney Spears-like crop top trend.

Viennie V, an American singer having Vietnamese ancestry, has some of her noted influences, including Madonna and Britney Spears, the latter being an influence on her music videos and choreography.

For Thanh Thao, she is known as Bup Be (The Doll), but also develops an association with the Disney ecosystem, which, in turn, brings Britney Spears to attention.

Anh Da Quen Em (2002) has a low-budget music video that is notable for interspersing Thanh Thao's performance shots with animated footage from Disney's Aladdin film.

Niu Keo La Don Dau is a slow and soulful ballad by Thanh Thao.

Plus, Niu Keo La Don Dau is accompanied by an emotional music video, which features the climactic finale being set in the rain, in which Thanh Thao sings in a soulful and emotional manner.

The Niu Keo La Don Dau music video leaves Thanh Thao with wet hair in a sultry way in this soulful rain-drenched finale.

For Thanh Thao, her cover version of the Britney Spears tune ...Baby One More Time is performed in Anaheim, which houses Disneyland, in the late-2010's.

What makes Thanh Thao's cover version of the Britney Spears tune ...Baby One More Time a suitable performance is the fact that Anaheim houses Disneyland.

Aside from Disneyland, the other major Disney theme park being located in the United States is Walt Disney World, which, in turn, houses Disney-MGM Studios.

Therefore, Disney-MGM brings Britney Spears to attention.

Minh Tuyet in a seasonal/astronomical twist

Minh Tuyet, born in a Fire year, is one of the Vietnamese sex icons and an eternal flame.

Likewise, the Fire element represents Minh Tuyet in her vibrant beauty, warmth, genius and inner star power, but also in her energy and as a spark of the Vietnamese sexual revolution.

For Minh Tuyet, she sets Vietnamese music on sexual fire; she has a hot, sexy, sultry, charismatic and emotional persona among the Vietnamese diaspora.

In addition, Minh Tuyet's English name translation, standing for Morning Snow (but also conveying a watery nature), also represents her in her youth, soul and emotion.

Standing in the rain makes Minh Tuyet a hot, sexy, sultry, soulful, emotional and youthful girl/woman with wet hair, mirroring human tears and newfound youth.

The Water element represents the lowest and the deepest frequencies, but also the dark and mysterious depths of the ocean; this holds true for Minh Tuyet.

A husky, sultry voice like Minh Tuyet's mirrors moving water's fluid, echoing quality.

With the water combined with the fire to create steam, Minh Tuyet's hot, sexy and sultry appeal is an elusive, misty and atmospheric icon.

Even the heavy rain/water droplets cannot dim/extinguish Minh Tuyet's fire.

Using the steam, Minh Tuyet delivers sexy, sultry and steamy performances, as evidenced in her music performances, music videos and photoshoots.

In addition, as a girl/woman who was born on a day with the Libra sign, Minh Tuyet is a youthful and sparkling icon with a breathy voice.

Three dimensions define Minh Tuyet's hot and sexy persona that echoes the title of Marilyn Monroe's early-1950's film being released after her breakthrough in 1950:

• As young as she feels: Young, hot, sexy, sultry, dynamic, energetic, classy, emotive, passionate, beautiful, vibrant, soulful, fierce/fiery, smouldering, gut-wrenching and poignant

• As young as she looks: Young, hot, sexy, sultry, steamy, seductive, beautiful, charismatic, kind, charming, fierce/fiery, gorgeous, smouldering and emotive

• As young as she sounds: Young, hot, sexy, sultry, beautiful, smooth, steamy, seductive, soulful, fierce/fiery, soft, soothing, cooing, breathy, smouldering, gut-wrenching and emotive

Echoing her birth in a Fire year, Minh Tuyet is hot, sexy and sultry.

Besides, echoing the watery nature of her English name translation, Minh Tuyet also uses soulful and youthful emotion.

Using the fire, air and water elements, Minh Tuyet is a multi-dimensional star: young, hot, sexy, sultry, vibrant, dynamic, energetic, soulful and emotional.

Nhu Loan in a seasonal/astronomical twist

Spring has the Wood element symbolizing youth, true to Nhu Loan as a youthful icon.

Rain also acts as a bridge between the sky (air) and earth (ground) elements, which proves to be true to Nhu Loan as pop culture's spring girl.

The Water element represents the lowest and the deepest frequencies, but also the dark and mysterious depths of the ocean; this holds true for Nhu Loan.

A husky, sultry voice like Nhu Loan mirrors moving water's fluid, echoing quality.

Three dimensions define Nhu Loan's hot and sexy persona that echoes the name of Marilyn Monroe's early-1950's film being released after her breakthrough in 1950:

• As young as she feels: Young, hot, sexy, sultry, dynamic, energetic, classy, emotive, passionate, beautiful, vibrant, soulful, fierce/fiery, smouldering, gut-wrenching and poignant

• As young as she looks: Young, hot, sexy, sultry, steamy, seductive, beautiful, charismatic, kind, charming, fierce/fiery, gorgeous, smouldering and emotive

• As young as she sounds: Young, hot, sexy, sultry, beautiful, smooth, steamy, seductive, soulful, fierce/fiery, soft, soothing, cooing, breathy, smouldering, gut-wrenching and emotive

Using the fire, air and water elements, Minh Tuyet is a multi-dimensional star: young, hot, sexy, sultry, vibrant, dynamic, energetic, soulful and emotional.

Allie Nicole (Allison Nicole Noriega) in a seasonal/astronomical twist

For Allie Nicole, she is represented by the Water element in her soul, emotion and youth.

Mirroring human tears, rain uses water drops, which holds true to Allie Nicole's soulful and emotional singing voice/music.

The Water element represents the lowest and the deepest frequencies, but also the dark and mysterious depths of the ocean; this holds true for Allie Nicole.

A husky, sultry voice like Allie Nicole's mirrors moving water's fluid, echoing quality.

One of the professional involvements for Allie Nicole is with the Walt Disney Company, which has its famous theme parks (Disneyland and Walt Disney World).

Like Xtina, Allie Nicole is a real-life Disney princess, but with a modern rhythm & blues/soul twist.

Using her sob-choked, soulful and emotive gospel-like singing voice and her Disney experience, Allie Nicole (Allison Nicole Noriega) is a crying Disney princess, but using African-American music.

For Allie Nicole (Allison Nicole Noriega), she is a female singer born in 1981, a year belonging to the Rooster zodiac, the Chinese zodiac with the most letters.

Dabbling in country music, Allie Nicole juxtaposes her soulful rhythm & blues-like singing voice with Nashville's twangy country sound.

Three dimensions define Allie Nicole's soulful singing persona echoing the name of Marilyn Monroe's early-1950's film being released after her breakthrough in 1950:

• As young as she feels: Young, hot, sexy, sultry, dynamic, energetic, classy, emotive, passionate, beautiful, vibrant, soulful, fierce/fiery, smouldering, gut-wrenching and poignant

• As young as she looks: Young, hot, sexy, sultry, steamy, seductive, beautiful, charismatic, kind, charming, fierce/fiery, gorgeous, smouldering and emotive

• As young as she sounds: Young, hot, sexy, sultry, beautiful, smooth, steamy, seductive, soulful, fierce/fiery, soft, soothing, breathy, cooing, smouldering, gut-wrenching and emotive

Madonna's milestones

Holiday is Madonna's big breakthrough tune.

Borderline is Madonna's first top ten hit in the United States, having entered the Billboard Hot 100 in March 1984 and eventually reaching the top ten in June 1984, just three months later.

Lucky Star is Madonna's first top five single in the United States, having entered the Hot 100 chart at number 49 in August 1984 and eventually reaching number 4.

Riding high on Borderline's chart success in 1984, Lucky Star was released in the United States.

Incidentally, both Borderline and Lucky Star are two successful hit songs instrumental in establishing Madonna's early success on the Billboard Hot 100, also cementing her presence in pop music.

The music video for Madonna's Lucky Star features her style - especially the ribbons, lace gloves and layered accessories - which became imitated by young people, including females.

Also in 1984, Like a Virgin, which is the title track from Madonna's second studio album, topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart in late-December, becoming her first ever number one hit in the US.

Outside the United States, Like a Virgin also topped the pop charts in both Canada and Australia.

For Like a Virgin, it cemented Madonna's status as a global pop superstar.

Billy Steinberg and Tom Kelly serve as the co-writers of Madonna's Like a Virgin.

Shot at Ren-Mar Studio in Los Angeles and directed by Mary Lambert, the music video for Madonna's Material Girl tune is inspired by her admiration for pop culture/sex icon Marilyn Monroe.

The music video for Madonna's Material Girl song is based upon Marilyn Monroe's iconic and famous Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend performance in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes.

After its release, the phrase "Material Girl" has become a popular nickname for Madonna.

In February 1985, while on the set of the music video for Material Girl, Madonna met Hollywood star Sean Penn, with whom she began a relationship and married six months later in August 1985.

While on the Virgin Tour, Madonna also met its music director Patrick Leonard.

Due to her relationships with Sean Penn and Patrick Leonard, Madonna released the pop ballad Live to Tell, used in her husband's 1986 film At Close Range, with her other collaborator doing the music.

James Foley, who directed At Close Range, also directed the music video for Madonna's Live to Tell.

The Live to Tell music video, directed by James Foley (At Close Range), has Madonna utilizing subtle glamour, a departure from her previous ones, and inspired by icons like Marilyn Monroe.

Plus, Live to Tell's music video is Madonna's first not to use dance routines, instead, a cinematic style.

James Foley also directed two other music videos for Madonna: Papa Don't Preach and True Blue, the latter being the name of her 1986 album, which features all three mentioned hits.

La Isla Bonita, which Madonna and Patrick Leonard co-wrote with Bruce Gaitsch, features some of the elements from Latin America, like flamenco guitar, Latin drums/percussion and maracas.

For Madonna, La Isla Bonita is her first foray into Latin pop.

Vogue features Madonna name-checking the sixteen stars from Hollywood's Golden Age, like her idols Jean Harlow and Marilyn Monroe (plus husband Joe DiMaggio), in its spoken-word bridge.

Upon the release of Madonna's Vogue tune, nearly half of these Hollywood stars already died.

Greta Garbo is the first survivor named by Madonna in Vogue to die after its release in 1990.

Lauren Bacall, who is with Marilyn Monroe in How to Marry a Millionaire, is the last survivor of the sixteen Golden Age of Hollywood stars that Madonna mentions in Vogue, dying in 2014.

Frozen is what made Madonna a trip-hop and electronica music figure, with Craig Armstrong doing the string arrangements that give it a cinematic feel.

The Drowned World Tour (2001) is the fifth concert tour by Madonna to support her seventh and eighth studio albums Ray of Light and Music; it is her first since 1993.

Madonna's Drowned World Tour is the highest-grossing solo tour of 2001.