Musician of hit song 'Sorry Love' reveals income for the first time
Sharing with VietNamNet reporter, musician Minh Nhien revealed for the first time about his modest income from annual music copyright.
Recently, information that Mr. Gerard Richard Williams bought the exclusive performance rights to the songSorry loveMusician Minh Nhien's work with a cost of "up to 9 digits, a record high in Vietnam" attracted attention.
Minh Nhien was born in 1970, few people know that he is the younger brother of musician Tran Minh Phi and pianist Tran Minh Phuong.
He loved and pursued music since he was young, but it wasn't until 12th grade, with the catalyst of his innocent first love, that he had his first composition.Only you(later performed by GMC group - PV).
However, Minh Nhien's starting point in his musical career was as a musician. He played music throughout the 1990s until the music trendBlue Waveexploded, leading to the scene of singers "thirsty" for songs, trying to find songwriters.
Around the early 2000s, Minh Nhien was not confident but still decided to try composing again. In 2002, the songLove RainWith Lam Truong's singing, the name Minh Nhien appeared in Vietnamese music.
However, only when the articleSorry loveThrough the debut of singer Dam Vinh Hung, Minh Nhien truly became a famous name.
Throughout his career, Minh Nhien only wrote about 70-80 songs, most of which were released to the market such as:Sorry love, Love is not at fault, Goodbye love, Try to erase everything, Bitter lips, Goodbye night, Baby...
According to VietNamNet's private source, Minh Nhien's music royalties are currently a whopping 500 million VND/year or an average of 100-150 million VND/quarter - quite high and stable at the Vietnam Music Copyright Protection Center.
Unlike many colleagues who focus on their creative careers, he also engages in art with many different roles such as: building personal brands, producing programs...
Decades ago, Minh Nhien was known as a teacher, helping singers such as Kasim Hoang Vu, Giang Hong Ngoc, Maya, Kiwi Ngo Mai Trang... build, shape their style, image and debut to the public.
In recent years, the 7X musician also opened a production company under his name, behind television shows such as:The Cover show, The Only... with many domestic and international art performances.
Having witnessed many broken teacher-student relationships on the show, he feels lucky that his relationships with his former students are very good, even though they no longer work together, they still keep in touch.
Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Minh Nhien had to close his company and is now only producing shows as an individual. "This sounds like a big deal, but it doesn't affect me much because I still have the same customer base from when I opened the company," he said.
Minh Nhien added: "Unlike many colleagues, I do not persist in pursuing a creative career, but no matter what I do, I only focus on art, not on business."
