Tin Zar Maw (Burmese: တင်ဇာမော်; born 7 February 1976) is a Burmese singer who debuted in the late 1990s. She is considered one of the most commercially successful Burmese female singers.[1][2] Tin Zar Maw is currently one of the judges in Myanmar Idol.[3]

Tin Zar Maw
တင်ဇာမော်
Birth nameTin Zar Maw
Born (1976-02-07) 7 February 1976 (age 48)
Rangoon, Burma
GenresPop , Pop rock, Rock
Occupation(s)Singer-songwriter
Instrument(s)Vocals, guitar
Years active1995–2005
2013–present
LabelsTZM Records

Career edit

Debut era edit

Tin Zar Maw entered the singing contest held by U Saw Nu in 1993 and won the contest together with Sithu Lwin. After her win, she prepared for her debut album named Swe Lan Hmu Pyat Tha Na. The album was released in 1995, and two years later, she released her second album "Kyin Nar Thu Hna Oo Sone Naing Yin". Since then, she gained the first recognition from her fans.[4]

Breakthrough edit

In 1999, she released her third album A Chit Kyaung Thu. She also released trio album named Thone Yauk Zaga with Htun Eaindra Bo and Madi. The album was a commercial success reaching the top of the album charts. A few years later, she released a duo album named Myetsi Hmeit-pi Chit Laik Pa with Htun Eaindra Bo again.[5]

On 6 February 2016, Tin Zar embarked on her first one-lady solo concert "My Birthday" (Kou Mway Nei) at the Myanmar Convention Centre's (MCC) outdoor area in Yangon.[2] Tin Zar and Sithu Lwin performed together in a live duet concert on 27 August called "Beyond the 21st Duet Live" at the Myanmar Convention Centre.[1] She released her seventh studio album "Seven" on 7 February 2017 after a long hiatus.[6]

Myanmar Idol edit

Tin Zar joined Myanmar Idol which is the Myanmar version of American Idol as one of the judges since its Season 2.[7]

Discography edit

Solo albums edit

Tin Zar Maw has released seven solo albums to date[8]

  • Swal Lann Mhu Pyat Tha Nar (1995)
  • Kyin Nar Thu Nha Oo Sone Naing Yin (1997)
  • A Chit Kyaung Thu (2000)
  • Tin Zar Maw's Tin Zar Maw (2002)
  • Kyal Sin Lo A Chit Myar (2003)
  • Tin Zar Maw's Tin Zar Maw Volume II (2005)
  • Seven (2017)

Personal life edit

Tin Zar is married and has a son and a daughter.[9]

Awards and nominations edit

16th City FM Awards edit

She has won 2 City FM Awards to date.

Year Recipient Award Result
2018 Seven Best Selling Female Stereo Album Won
Best Selling Album of the Year Won

References edit

  1. ^ a b Satt, Myo (22 August 2016). "Stars align for duet performance". The Myanmar Times.
  2. ^ a b "Singer to rock her way over the hill with family and fans". The Myanmar Times. 21 January 2016.
  3. ^ "Myanmar Idol is back". The Myanmar Times. 16 January 2018.
  4. ^ Nyan, Zwe (16 September 2017). "တင်ဇာမော် တစ်ကိုယ်တော်ပွဲမှာ ခက်ခက်ခဲခဲဖျော်ဖြေရမယ့် သီချင်းနှစ်ပုဒ်". 7Day News (in Burmese).
  5. ^ "အဆိုတော်တွေ များလာတာက ဒီခေတ်မှ မဟုတ်ပါဘူး၊ ခေတ်တိုင်းမှာရှိတယ်". The Irrawaddy (in Burmese). 27 January 2019.
  6. ^ "7th album of Tin Zar Maw". Yangon Life. 9 February 2017.
  7. ^ Khine, Lin Lin (25 June 2019). "တေးသံရှင် တင်ဇာမော်နှင့် တွေ့ဆုံခြင်း". Eleven Media Group (in Burmese).
  8. ^ "Tin Zar Maw". MyanmarMP3.NET.
  9. ^ Han, Yu Phyu (29 January 2019). "လန်ဒန်မှာရှိနေတဲ့ သားနဲ့ သမီးအကြောင်း ပြောပြတဲ့ အဆိုတော် တင်ဇာမော်". The Irrawaddy (in Burmese).