Benjamin Sum

Benjamin Sum ( ; born 27 November 2000) is a Burmese singer of ethnic Chin descent. He rose to public recognition following his finish as the runner-up on the fourth season of Myanmar Idol. However, his rise to stardom is attributed to his cover of a Mizo love song "Chhailai Di Lenna" on YouTube in 2021. Following threats from the Myanmar Army after the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état, Sum became a refugee in Mizoram, India. Adapting to the Mizo dialect, his first song earned him "Best Male Artist" awards at Ṭhazual and "Singer of the Year (Male)" at Lelte Awards in 2021. In 2023, he was surrounded by a controversy as he was found to possess forged Indian documents including birth certificate, electoral voter identity, Aadhaar and driving license. Investigations led to uncovering other cases of counterfeit documents among the refugees in Mizoram. Upon public pressure, Sum surrendered all his Indian documents to the Government of Mizoram.

Benjamin Sum ( ; born 27 November 2000) is a Burmese singer of ethnic Chin descent. He rose to public recognition following his finish as the runner-up on the fourth season of Myanmar Idol. However, his rise to stardom is attributed to his cover of a Mizo love song "Chhailai Di Lenna" on YouTube in 2021. Following threats from the Myanmar Army after the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état, Sum became a refugee in Mizoram, India. Adapting to the Mizo dialect, his first song earned him "Best Male Artist" awards at Ṭhazual and "Singer of the Year (Male)" at Lelte Awards in 2021. In 2023, he was surrounded by a controversy as he was found to possess forged Indian documents including birth certificate, electoral voter identity, Aadhaar and driving license. Investigations led to uncovering other cases of counterfeit documents among the refugees in Mizoram. Upon public pressure, Sum surrendered all his Indian documents to the Government of Mizoram.

Myanmar Idol songs

Week 1: He sang "Mother How are You" in Burmese version and started to win appreciation from the viewers. Week 2: He sang "Ma Tar Nae" (မတားနဲ့) which makes him the most popular contestant. Week 3: He chose the song "Adipati Lanma Ka Chay Yar Myar" (အဓိပတိလမ်းမကခြေရာများ), Casablanca in Burmese version, for the week of College Student life. Week 4: He chose the song "Min Ma Shi Tae Nya Tway" (မင်းမရှိတဲ့နေ့တွေ ညတွေ) in country theme. Week 5: He sang "Sate Pyay Thachin" (စိတ်ဖြေသီချင်း) the week to the remembrance of the iconic singer Soe Lwin Lwin. Week 6: He sang "December Na Nat Khin" (ဒီဇင်ဘာနံနက်ခင်း) for winter theme and he became a top 5 finalist. Week 7: He sang "Say" (ဆေး) for popular song week and is chosen as one of the top 4 finalists.

Singles

"The Day We Meet Again" ( ) (2020). "Girl from the House Next Door" ( ) (2020) "Chhingmitin Biahthu Kan Hlan" (in Mizo, 2021) "Sam Ang Then Zai I Rel Tawh Mai Ang" (in Mizo, 2022)

Awards

2020, Joox "Top 10 Popular Song Award" 2020, Joox "Myanmar Half Year Artist Award" (rank 1) 2020, Shwe FM Music Award "Most Requested Song on Shwe FM" 2020, Chin TV Award "Chin Artist of the Year" 2020, Padamyar FM "Song of the Year Award" 2021, Chin TV Award "Chin Person of the Year" 2021, 7th Annual Ṭhazual Award "Best Male Artist (Lengzem)" 2021, Hakha Times Award "Chin Young Person of the Year" 2021, Lelte Award "Singer of the Year (Male)" 2022, Chin TV Award "Chin Humanitarian Award" (Guys from Chin) 2022, ChinTube Award "Most Influential Award" (Guys from Chin) 2022, Moonlight Award "Male Singer of the Year (Mizoram)"

External links

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