Sơn
Tùng M-TP
Sơn Tùng M-TP (real name Nguyễn Thanh Tùng) is a singer, songwriter and music producer who is also active as an actor and director. He is known for a string of self-written songs such as “Em của ngày hôm qua”, “Lạc trôi”, “Chạy ngay đi” and “Hãy trao cho anh” (a collaboration with Snoop Dogg). On screen, he played the lead role in the film Chàng trai năm ấy (2014) and has a concert documentary, Sky Tour Movie (2020).
Career story
Born in Thái Bình, Sơn Tùng studied the electronic keyboard as a child at the provincial Children's Cultural Palace, then entered the Ho Chi Minh City Conservatory of Music in 2012 with the top entrance score. He began posting music online around 2009 and drew wide attention with “Cơn mưa ngang qua” in 2011, before adopting the stage name Sơn Tùng M-TP in late 2012.
“Em của ngày hôm qua” (2013) opened his professional career, followed by a lead film role in Chàng trai năm ấy (2014) and his first solo tour in 2015. From 2017 to 2019, he released the compilation album m-tp M-TP along with the songs “Lạc trôi”, “Chạy ngay đi” and “Hãy trao cho anh”, and launched Sky Tour.
In 2020, the Sky Tour documentary was released in cinemas; in the following years he continued with the EP Sky Decade (2022) and the songs “Chúng ta của tương lai” and “Đừng làm trái tim anh đau” (2024).
Babyface Entertainment, a Vietnam casting agency since 2009, helps brands, agencies and production houses book Sơn Tùng M-TP for commercials, TVCs, key-visual shoots, events and KOL campaigns, working through the artist’s management to confirm availability and fees.
Awards · titles
Sơn Tùng M-TP was recognised from his debut song Cơn mưa ngang qua, which won R&B Song of the Year at the Zing Music Awards. He then moved into film and won the Promising Young Actor award at the Cánh Diều Vàng (Golden Kite) Awards for his role in Chàng trai năm ấy. In 2015–2016, he won Single of the Year at Làn Sóng Xanh (Green Wave) with Âm thầm bên em and Singer of the Year at the Cống hiến (Dedication) Awards. In 2017 he was honoured as Breakthrough Vietnamese Artist at MAMA and received Best Solo Release at SBS PopAsia, before being included in the Forbes Vietnam 30 Under 30 list in 2018.
- Zing Music Awards 2012 – Bài hát R&B của năm (“Cơn mưa ngang qua”) Wikipedia (en) ↗
- Cánh Diều Vàng 2015 – Diễn viên trẻ triển vọng Báo Pháp luật Việt Nam ↗
- Làn Sóng Xanh 2015 – Đĩa đơn của năm (“Âm thầm bên em”) VnExpress ↗
- Giải Cống hiến 2016 – Ca sĩ của năm VnExpress ↗
- Mnet Asian Music Awards (2017) Sài Gòn Giải Phóng ↗
- SBS PopAsia 2017 – Best Solo Release Viet Nam News ↗
- Forbes Việt Nam 30 Under 30 (2018) Doanh Nhân Plus ↗
Award names are kept in Vietnamese as officially published. Linked items open the original press report.
Albums · discography
- 2014Chàng trai năm ấy OST (với Hari Won và Phạm Quỳnh Anh)
- 2017m-tp M-TP
- 2020Sky Tour (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
- 2022Sky Decade
Feature films
- 31/12/2014Chàng trai năm ấy
- 12/06/2020Sky Tour Movie