Tâm Đoan is a Vietnamese-Canadian singer. She and her sister Kristine changed their family name to "Sa" when they started their singing careers.

Life and career

Tam Doan's stage name is a purple flower in the Central Highlands, while teaching, her mother discovered it and named it Tam Doan. Tam Doan's family includes father, mother and younger sister

Kristine Sa Kristine Sa (June 6, 1982) is a Vietnamese Canadian singer and songwriter. Career Sa was born in Song Be, a small town near Saigon ( Ho Chi Minh City) in Vietnam. When she was six, her family moved to Canada and she grew up in Toronto. She enjoyed ...

. Since childhood, Tam Doan has been active in the arts at Song Be Children's House Art Team (now Binh Duong province) and many songs are recorded and broadcast on radio waves of the province. In grade 6 Tam Doan learned more about

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and

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. In 1989, Tam Doan along with his mother and younger sister, left Vietnam to settle in Canada. Here she studied for an extra year of

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in high school. At the end of 1997, musician Tích Hà introduced Tam Doan to Vân Sơn Entertainment when the center needed a young vocalist. Only in the first year, the name Tam Doan was known thanks to the appearance on 4 video programs (Van Son 7, 8, 9, 10) as well as through 2 CDs ''Tấm ảnh không hồn'' and ''Chuyến tàu hoàng hôn''. In the following years, she was released many CDs by Van Son center such as ''Mùa thu có nhớ'', ''Đếm giọt sầu rơi'', ''Em có nghe mưa rơi''... In 2001, Tam Doan contract with Van Son Entertainment expired. In 2002, Tam Doan was invited by Tô Ngọc Thủy (director of

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) to sign the exclusive contract, and at the same time, she also appeared on the DVD of Tình Production. Tam Doan started appearing on the Thúy Nga stage from the show Paris by Night 63 with the theme ''Dòng Thời Gian''. From 2009 to 2014, Tam Doan collaborated with Asia Entertainment. In 2014, Tam Doan returned to Thúy Nga Productions in the program Paris By Night 112. In addition to singing, Tam Doan currently hosts a talkshow named after her and owns a cosmetic brand called D-One.

Personal life

Tâm Đoan married Tiến Dũng (also a singer) on February 4, 2006 in

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. After getting married, she and her husband moved to the

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to live and develop their career. The two have 2 daughters together.

Discography

''Van Son Entertainment:'' (ordered by CD number) * Tiếng Còi Trong Sương Đêm (CD1587) * Anh Co Nghe Mua Roi (CD1590) * Chong Xa (CD3100) * Loi Thu Xua (CD3354) * Em Con Be Lam Anh Oi (CD3364) * Chuyen Tau Hoang Hon (CD3385) * Tam Anh Khong Hon (CD3417) * Mua Thu Co Nho (CD3451) * Dem Giot Sau Roi (CD3461) * Chuyen Tinh Di Vang (CD13738) * Go Cua / Gia Sang Mua * Dang Do (CD21585) * Nhung Chuyen Tinh Bat Tu ''Thúy Nga:'' (ordered by CD number) * Người Mang Tâm Sự (TNCD281) * Do Chieu w/ Phuong Diem Hanh (TNCD329) * Kiep Ngheo w/ Phuong Diem Hanh * Yêu Vội (TNCD349) * Gục Ngã Vì Yêu (TNCD377) * Tam Su Nguoi Linh Tre w/ Quang Lê ''Tam Doan Entertainment:'' (ordered by CD number) * Giong Ca Di Vang * Sau Le Bong * Tinh Yeu Chua Cao Voi (Thanh Ca)(AsiaCDCS44) ''Tinh Music Production:'' * Som Chong/May Chieu * Lien Khuc Buon Nhu Hoa Phuong w/ Quoc Dung (Duy Truong) & Tuong Nguyen * The Best Of Tam Doan "Giot Buon Khong Ten" 2CDs ''Asia Entertainment:'' * Xin Thoi Gian Qua Mau * Lien Khuc: Dem Buon Tinh Le - Nhung Doi Hoa Sim * Tuyet Lanh w/ Dang The Luan (AsiaCD293)

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tam Doan 1977 births Living people People from Bình Dương Province Vietnamese emigrants to Canada 21st-century Vietnamese women singers Vietnamese-language singers Canadian musicians of Vietnamese descent 21st-century Canadian women singers