page_title: Sơn Tùng M-TP
section_title: 2015–2017: The Remix and concerts
hierarchical_section_title: Sơn Tùng M-TP / Life and career / 2015–2017: The Remix and concerts
caption_attribution_description: Tiếng Việt: Sơn Tùng MT-P đầu tháng 7, 2015
context_page_description: Nguyễn Thanh Tùng, known professionally as Sơn Tùng M-TP, is a Vietnamese singer-songwriter and actor. Born and raised in Thái Bình, Thái Bình Province, Tùng's family discovered his singing ability when he was two years old. His self-written 2012 and 2013 singles, "Cơn mưa ngang qua" and "Em của ngày hôm qua" launched his career. These were followed by successful singles, "Chắc ai đó sẽ về" and "Chúng ta không thuộc về nhau". In 2017, he had a more-favorable public reception for "Lạc trôi" and "Nơi này có anh". That year, Tùng also released the compilation album m-tp M-TP and published his autobiography, Chạm tới giấc mơ.
  The singer spent four years as part of Văn Production and WePro Entertainment until his record label, M-TP Entertainment, was founded in late 2016. His other works include the M-TP Ambition - Chuyến bay đầu tiên concert tour, a starring role in the 2014 film Dandelion and an appearance as a contestant on the television series The Remix.
context_section_description: In January 2015, Tùng joined a team with disc jockey Trang Moon and music producer SlimV on the first season of the television competition series The Remix. His team competed against other notable acts, such as Đông Nhi and Tóc Tiên, to create the best remixes on the program. Tùng's performance each week received considerable media coverage but he quit after six episodes, citing health issues. Two songs he introduced on the show, "Thái Bình mồ hôi rơi" and "Khuôn mặt đáng thương", were released as singles  the following February and March.
  In June 2015, Tùng recorded "Tiến lên Việt Nam ơi!" in support of Vietnam's team at the Southeast Asian Games. Three of his other singles, "Ấn nút nhớ ... Thả giấc mơ" (written for an advertising campaign for Omo), "Âm thầm bên em" and "Buông đôi tay nhau ra", were released between June and December 2015. Although they were modest commercial successes compared to their predecessors, "Âm thầm bên em" received a Green Wave Award for Single of the Year.
  In July, eight thousand tickets for Tùng's first major concert in Ho Chi Minh City, M-TP & Friends, sold in two weeks. His Dandelion castmates, including Hari Won and Phạm Quỳnh Anh, were the show's opening acts. At the 2015 MTV Europe Music Awards, Tùng received the Best Southeast Asian Act award and was nominated for Best Asian Act. In December 2015 and January 2016, Tùng's M-TP Ambition - Chuyến bay đầu tiên concert tour played in Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi. In his 2017 autobiography, Chạm tới giấc mơ, he called the tour one of his life's "unforgettable failures." It was reported that only half of the tickets for the first concert were sold and, although a number of critics appreciated the singer's stage presence, others felt the show lacked content. Two songs he introduced on tour, "Remember Me" and "Như ngày hôm qua", were released as singles in December 2015. Tùng's YouTube channel released recordings of the concerts in November 2016.
  In January 2016, he guest-judged an episode of The Remix's second season and endorsed Oppo Electronics' Tết campaign with the song "Một năm mới bình an". At the 11th Dedication Music Award in April, Tùng was the youngest recipient of the Singer of the Year award (beating out Trần Thu Hà, Tùng Dương and Hồng Nhung), and was Favorite Male Artist at the year's Zing Music Awards. Tùng's August single release, "Chúng ta không thuộc về nhau", was criticized for its close resemblance to Charlie Puth's "We Don't Talk Anymore" and BTS' "Fire"; leading two musicians, Tùng Dương and Vũ Cát Tường, to chide the singer. At the end of 2016, "Chúng ta không thuộc về nhau" was Google Vietnam's most-searched song of the year, YouTube's 11th-most-disliked video of the year and WebTVAsia Awards' Most Popular Video in Vietnam.
  Due to his creative differences with WePro since the M-TP Ambition tour, Tùng announced that he had parted ways with the company in December 2016. He founded his own record label, M-TP Entertainment, and released three singles in early 2017: "Lạc trôi", "Nơi này có anh" and "Bình yên những phút giây". The music video for "Lạc trôi" marked a visual transition for the singer and was described as a "play on Asian stereotypes," such as gold thrones and statues of dragons. It and "Nơi này có anh" were two of the fastest Asian music videos to receive 100 million views on YouTube, and were two of the year's top streaming tracks in Vietnam. Green Wave and WeChoice Awards later gave the former track the Single of the Year and Favorite Music Video awards, respectively. Tùng's last solo release for WePro, "Bình yên những phút giây", was a single written as part of a promotion for Không Độ green tea.
caption: Tùng at his event debuting "Âm thầm bên em", in July 2015
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