Kaiser ( my, ကိုင်ဇာ, ; also Kaizar; born 18 February 1961) is a Burmese singer-songwriter who was most popular in the late 1970s and mid-1980s. The ethnic Rakhine singer was arguably the most successful male singer in

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in the early 1980s. His nonthreatening

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songs were popular with the young and the old alike. He collaborated with leading songwriters of the day like Saw Bwe Mhu, Naing Myanmar, Soe Lwin Lwin, Maung Maung Zan, and Thukhamein Hlaing. His most successful songs were written by Naing Myanmar and Saw Bwe Mhu. Kaiser was also a successful songwriter, who penned many commercially successful songs for top singers of the day, including

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, and

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, his wife in the mid-1980s. Most of his songs were of his own creation although he also sampled and covered Western

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hits, most notably those by the

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. He calls the ''Kissapanadi Hlaing Than'' album whose title track was about the

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, his most satisfying track. He co-wrote the song with Maung Maung Zan, also an ethnic Rakhine.

Discography

In a 2000 interview, he said he had released 20 albums and over 200 songs over his career.

Albums

* ''Akyeetan Ei Ahteekyan Ahtotpatti'' * ''A Lwan'' * ''A Nan Pan'' * ''Ma No Ba Zay Ne Moe Ye'' * ''Nauk Ta Khauk Lauk Taw Htat Pyaw Ba'' * ''Thachin-Shin-Go Kyinna-Ba'' * ''Kissapanadi Hlaing Than'' * ''Tu-Hna-Ko Taingpyi'' (with

) * ''Einmet Mya Go Tihtwinthu'' * ''Chan Le Chan De Lwan Le Lwan De'' * ''Myintmo Taung Tetthama'' * ''Maung Dewutsaya'' * ''Achit Hso Thi Mha'' * ''Myanmar Pyi Go Lwan De'' * ''Lwan Leippya Ye Ko-Paing Thanzin'' * ''Naing Ngan Kyaw'' * ''Gita Yazawin'' (1 & 2) * ''Yazawin Twin Me Moe'' * ''Kissapanadi Hlaing Than'' (Karaoke) * ''Shwe Yadu A-Chit'' (Karaoke) * ''Thachin-Shin-Ye Khayizin'' (Live Show 01) * ''Maung Nge Phaw Go Lwan De Nya'' * ''A-Lwan-Byay 2''

Songs written for others

* ''Ma-No-Ba-Zay-Ne Moe Ye'' for

* ''Ta-Chein-Don-Ga Tekkatho'' for

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kaiser 1961 births 20th-century Burmese male singers Burmese singer-songwriters Living people People from Yangon Burmese people of Rakhine descent Burmese pop singers