Mee No ( my, မီးနို; born Poe Eain Phyu on 27 November 1990) is a prominent contemporary Burmese singer. She gained recognition from competing in

Galaxy Star Galaxy Star is a singing competition television series broadcast in Myanmar on MRTV-4. The first season of Galaxy Star began airing on 7 April 2017, and has air weekly on Friday evenings at 9:15 on MRTV-4 Channel through September 2017. The series ...

and placed in the top 10.

Early life and education

Mee No was born on 27 November 1990 in

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, Myanmar to ethnic

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parent Richard Mg Mg Aung and his wife Noe Noe. Her father is an ethnic

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descent and her mother is an ethnic Karen. She is the only daughter. She attended high school at Basic Education High School No.1 Yankin and graduated from

Dagon University Dagon University ( my, ဒဂုံ တက္ကသိုလ် ), located in North Dagon, Yangon, is one of the largest universities in Myanmar. The university, established in 1993, offers bachelor's and master's degrees in liberal arts and sc ...

with a degree in Myanmar in 2009.

Career

Beginnings

At age 17, Mee No won first prize during the finals of the City FM competition, with singing "Moe Yar Thi" song by L Seng Zi.

2008–2013: Competing in Melody World and collaboration

In 2008, she participated as a contestant in

Melody World ''Melody World'' ( my, သံစဉ်များနဲ့ကမ္ဘာ) is a televised singing competition broadcast in Myanmar by Myawaddy TV. Several prominent Burmese singers, including Chan Chan, Irene Zin Mar Myint, and Ni Ni Khin Zaw, ma ...

, a televised singing competition and won a third prize in level 3 competition. After, she participated in "2008 Melody World" group album with a song "Pha Yar Pay Dae Su". She also participated in many group albums including "Eain Mat Lah Da Gal Lah", "A Yin Tine Htet" and "A Dream From Sixteen Hundred Miles Away".

2013–2017: Solo debut and Galaxy Star

In 2013, Mee started endeavoring to be able to produce and distribute her first solo album. She launched her debut solo album "Falling in Love with a Knife" on 19 January 2014. In 2017, she participated as a contestant in

, a televised singing competition and placed in the top 10. After she has competed in Galaxy Star, she engaged in shooting commercial advertisements, stage performances, and many concerts at various locations throughout Myanmar.

2018–present: 2nd solo and rising popularity

On 27 May 2018, she released her second solo album "Pyaing Pwel" (Competition) which spawned more huge hits. Her second solo album was more successful than her first solo album – which made everyone to start recognising her as "Mee No". She is one of the very rare singers in Myanmar who has her very own original English song. The name of the song is called "If you love me" which was the English lyric version of her famous song "Nga Ko Chit Yin" from her latest album.

Discography

Solo albums

* ''Falling in Love with a Knife'' () (2014) * ''Pyaing Pwel'' (Competition) () (2018)

Collaboration albums

* ''2008 Melody World'' (2008) * ''Eain Mat Lah Da Gal Lah'' () * ''A Yin Tine Hte'' () * ''A Dream From Sixteen Hundred Miles Away''

References

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* {{authority control 1990 births People from Ayeyarwady Region Burmese people of English descent Burmese people of Karen descent 21st-century Burmese women singers Participants in Burmese reality television series Living people