Htet Yan ( my, ထက်ယံ; born Nyein Htet Aung on 18 October 1994) is a Burmese singer and actor. He is considered one of the most successful Burmese singers and rose to fame with his debut album ''New'' (2016).

Early life and education

Htet Yan was born on 18 October 1994 in

Meiktila Meiktila (; ) is a city in central Burma on the banks of Meiktila Lake in the Mandalay Region at the junctions of the Bagan-Taunggyi, Yangon-Mandalay and Meiktila-Myingyan highways. Because of its strategic position, Meiktila is home to Myanmar Ai ...

Mandalay Region Mandalay Region ( my, မန္တလေးတိုင်းဒေသကြီး, ; formerly Mandalay Division) is an administrative divisions of Myanmar, administrative division of Myanmar. It is located in the center of the country, bordering ...

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to Aye Thein and Kyu Kyu. He is the youngest son of two siblings, having an elder brother. He attended high school at Basic Education High School No. 1 Meiktila. In 2010, he relocated

Yangon Yangon ( my, ရန်ကုန်; ; ), formerly spelled as Rangoon, is the capital of the Yangon Region and the largest city of Myanmar (also known as Burma). Yangon served as the capital of Myanmar until 2006, when the military government ...

, the capital city of Myanmar to follow his passion and attend university. He then enrolled at the

National University of Arts and Culture, Yangon The National University of Arts and Culture, Yangon ( my, အမျိုးသားယဉ်ကျေးမှုနှင့် အနုပညာတက္ကသိုလ် (ရန်ကုန်) ) is a public university, located in Yangon, M ...

, and graduated with a degree in Cinematography & Drama in 2013.

Music career

2011–2014: Beginnings and recognition

His passion and dream is becoming a singer therefore he relocated to the

from

. He began his music career in 2011 while still a university student. He released a lot of songs and mixtapes, collaborating with his friends. He has become popular due to "No More Cry" song from

Yair Yint Aung Yair Yint Aung ( my, ရဲရင့်အောင်; also spelled Ye Yint Aung, born 18 August 1993) is a Burmese singer-songwriter and actor. He is considered one of the most successful Burmese singers and rose to fame with his album "A Mon ...

and Thar Thar's collaboration album ''A Mone Diary'' in 2012. Since then, he gained the first recognition from his fans. In 2013, he participated in the group album ''Bo Bo Anniversary'' with a song "Nin Lo Chin Tha Lo". And then he directed and acted in "Nin Lo Chin Tha Lo" music video. In 2014, he released an album ''4 Album'' which was a collaboration album with other artists

Shwe Htoo Shwe Htoo ( my, ရွှေထူး; born Htoo Khant 19 September 1992), is a Burmese singer-songwriter and actor. His first solo album ''The Imagination Book'' was released in 2015. Early life and education Shwe Htoo was born on 19 Septembe ...

, X-Box, and Lil'z.

2015–2016: Solo debut and rising popularity

In 2015, Htet started endeavoring to be able to produce and distribute his first solo album. He launched his debut solo album ''New'' on 20 February 2016. After 8 months later, he released his second solo album ''October 18'' on his birthday which turned out to be a success creating him a place to stand in Myanmar music industry.

2017–present: One Man Show and nationwide hit

On 9 June 2017, Htet embarked on his first one-man show concert "In My Life", performed together with many other artists such as Yair Yint Aung, Shwe Htoo, X-Box, Lil'z, Oasix, and Y-Zet in

Mandalay Mandalay ( or ; ) is the second-largest city in Myanmar, after Yangon. Located on the east bank of the Irrawaddy River, 631km (392 miles) (Road Distance) north of Yangon, the city has a population of 1,225,553 (2014 census). Mandalay was fo ...

. He released a live show album "In My Life" on 4 January 2018. Htet Yan in a concert

On 21 October 2018, he released a duo album ''Shae Me Nout Me'' with singer Thar Thar, which spawned more huge hits. Many music industry records have followed since then. One of the songs from that album named "Nway Thwar Tal" (Makes Me Feel Warm) song which proved a smash, hitting the number one slot in the country, gained him to nationwide recognition and that song has been one of the all-time hit in his career.

Acting career

Htet made his acting debut in the Burmese military action film ''Special 9'', where he played the main role with local hip hop artists including Yone Lay, Myint Myat, Nine One, Thar Thar, Ice Cold, and others. The film was directed and written by singer Yone Lay, which premiered in Myanmar cinemas on 7 September 2018.

Filmography

Film (Cinema)

Discography

Solo albums

*''New'' (2016) *''October 18'' (2016) *''Gravity'' (2020)

Collaboration albums

* ''4 Album'' (2014)

Live show albums

*''In My Life'' (2018)

Duo albums

*''Shae Me Nout Me'' () (2019)

References

External links

* 1994 births 21st-century Burmese male singers Burmese singer-songwriters Burmese hip hop musicians 21st-century Burmese male actors Living people People from Mandalay Region {{DEFAULTSORT:Yan, Htet