Nguyễn Thị Hiền Thục (born 13 May 1981),ềnThụ stage name Hien Thuc, is a contemporary Vietnamese pop singer. She took a break from her music career to start a family from 2002 to 2004. She is known to have diversity styles which is mostly pop as well as being famous for several ballad songs.
She was one of four judges on The Voice of Vietnam Kids in 2013.
Family
Her full name is Nguyễn Thị Hiền Thục born on May 13, 1981. Her mother is a high school teacher, she has an elder sister and brother; he passed away due to an accident at the age of 22.
Career
Debut
At the age of 8, she was already accustomed to stage performance. Being the youngest child and exposing her interest in singing, despite family difficulty, her parents sent her to District 1's Children Culture House under the instruction of teacher Le Vinh Phuc. Due to her crystal and innocent voice alongside the confidence of a little girl, she was chosen to be a member of Son Ca team, that later she often had the chance to performance and became well liked by other children. At the age of 10, she was a little star three years in a row (1990, 1991, 1992) she always won the top prize of solo performance at many national children song contests.
During her school time at Le Quy Don High School, she no longer participated in many singing activities as much as before. At the age of 16, she was the top graduate of Ho Chi Minh Music Institute (same class with My Tam and Pham Thanh Thao). She began professional career and used to cooperate with Ballad Song Center of Ho Chi Minh City.
With the foundation from early age and impressive performing style, she was expected to be one of the top pop singers of Ho Chi Minh City. In 1999, she won gold medal and Best Performance Artist award of Asia's Voice contest in Shanghai. She released the first CD Email Tinh Yeu as a collection of favorite songs such as Cau Chuyen Tinh Toi, Chiec La Dau Tien, Email Love. However, as her career soared, in 2002, she suddenly took a break due to personal issues.
2004-2010
During first day of the comeback, she struggled to overcome the stigma of being a single mother at that time, as well as having faded due to the abundant new talent. She began performing again at tearooms and bars and in small shows.
In 2004, she officially returned with the album Vol. 2 - Kim, which was not a hit. The rock alternative song Mot Ngay Ta Xa Nhau of the album Kim was quite well liked later and it was still performed by her. The failure of this album encouraged her to produce more products. In next two years, a series of albums based on five elements such as Bao (Thuy), Q (Tho), Hoa and Moc were released. In 2005, she released the single Dau Co Loi Lam which was composed by Ho Hoai Anh. This was her hit and it was charted in many music charts. Her name started to be mentioned again alongside the song rather than the curiosity of her personal life previously.
With five elements project, she proved herself to be an enthusiastic singer with the acoustic album Moc which received positive feedback from the audience and professionals. The album consisted ballad songs which won Golden Album award of December 2006 and another Golden Album award of 2007 and 1,000 copies was sold. Bearing simple and soft music, feminine voice with little technique, Moc marked her maturity in image and vocal emotion of hers.
In 2007, she started the project named Diamond which was still the same style as Moc and new experience in remixing. Diamond included ballad songs from composers like Bao Chan, Ngoc Chau, Tran Thanh Son, Tang Nhat Tue, which was rated to be a successful mix of art and entertainment. As world music became more familiar, all the songs were added folk music and mixed in ambient style to expand the depth of music space. However, the album produced no hit song.
Her voice during this period of time was deeper rather than her old innocent voice previously. To be working on many projects along with more artistic albums, she still managed to release Vol. 7 Sunflower which included many songs which hadn't been officially released but were often performed in music shows and on stage.