Ni Ni Khin Zaw (Burmese: နီနီခင်ဇော်; born 31 August 1991) is a Burmese pop singer.[1] She is the 2008 winner at The Best of Melody World, a televised singing competition.[2] She performed in the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2013 Southeast Asian Games in Naypyidaw.[3]
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Birth name | Ni Ni Khin Zaw |
Born | (1991-08-31) 31 August 1991 (age 31) Yekyi, Myanmar |
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Instrument(s) | Vocals |
Years active | 2008–present |
Website | Official website |
She was born on 31 August 1991 in Yekyi, Myanmar. She attended and graduated from the University of Medicine 2, Yangon.[4]
She started her music career participating as a contestant in Melody World, a televised singing competition. She won the 2008 Melody World and got her big break after competing in the competition. Until 2012, she did not have a debut album of her own after starting her career as a singer in music industry. During the years between 2008 and 2012, she continued her higher education, studied hard to become a doctor and on the other hand, followed her natural bent in Music. She became famous and accepted by audience as a new singer when The Best of Melody World 2008 album was leaked. In that album, she had recorded three solo songs and one collaboration. The three solos she performed were Enemy, in Burmese "ရန်သူ", Although we're far away, in Burmese "အဝေးရောက်နေပါသော်လည်း" and Stop, in Burmese "ရပ်". These solo songs interpret a powerful debut and made Ni Ni Khin Zaw popular among the whole country. In short, she began her career quite well. Then, all other famous singers in Myanmar realized her brilliant talent and great passion in music. Her collaborated song as a featuring artist with Nine One, a well-known Burmese rapper, named "Don't colour", in Burmese "အရောင်မဆိုးနဲ့". This song had an enormous debut in Myanmar Music Industry with 20M+ Streams and over 15 million pure sale. This song played a crucial role in local radio platforms and FM. And another collaboration is with Bobby Soxer in the album called, ဒုံးပျံ, in English "Rocket". The name of the track is ယုံကြည်လိုက်, in English "Believe it". This song, too, made a wonderful debut in Myanmar during 2012 and became very popular among teenagers. The other popular debuts of Ni Ni Khin Zaw are မိုးတိမ်ကဗျာ, in English "Cloud Poem", collaborated with Yatha, a well-known Burmese Rapper, ထာဝရသူငယ်ချင်း, in English "Best Friends Forever", collaborated with Hlwan Paing, a famous male singer in Myanmar, မွေးနေ့လက်ဆောင်များ, in English "Birthday Presents", မပြောင်းလဲနိုင်တဲ့အချစ်, in English "A Love that will never change" and so many songs. She presented her first one lady show in Yangon on 1 April 2017.[5] She presented her very first REDvolution Show on 1 April 2017. She presented her Retro REDvolution Show, second one lady show on 7 and 8 April 2018. She presented her Party REDvolution Show, third one lady show on 2 November 2019 and also performed this party-themed REDvolution Show again in Singapore on 30 November 2019.
Ni Ni Khin Zaw has served as a coach on three seasons of The Voice Myanmar.[6]
Major M Music Awards 2018[7]
Year | Recipient | Award | Result |
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2018 | U | Best Pop Album | Nominated |
Album Of The Year | Nominated | ||
Kha Yay Lann Diary | Best Pop Song | Nominated | |
Ni Ni Khin Zaw | Artist Of The Year | Nominated | |
Retro Redvolution | Best Live Show | Won | |
Best Live Performance | Mario (Retro Redvolution) | Won | |
Stand By Me | Fav Song | Won | |
After an iconic release of her 2nd Studio Album "Red" which is the greatest album of all time in Myanmar, she faced a lot of criticisms and personal attacks because of the bad news about she married an old business man and she concealed these backgrounds to make her artist career shine.Later she clarified that the marriage was real but made her successful career on her owns.Although her second studio album RED was leaked, it became her commercially and critically successful album.Until today, she really is one of the most successful artists in Myanmar and still keeps her career peak as usual by enhancing her music creativity.
Ni Ni Khin Zaw married Myo Myint Thein, a merchant vessel chief engineer and widower, on 10 June 2010. The couple divorced in 2013.[8][9][10][11]