Maykhala

Maykhala (Burmese: မေခလာ, pronounced [mèkʰəlà]; also spelled Maykhalar) is a Burmese singer who was one of the most popular Burmese pop vocalists in the 1980s. Her stage name is derived from Manimekhala, a Buddhist goddess. She is known for her Burmese language covers of Western pop songs as well as original Burmese songs.

Maykhala
မေခလာ
Background information
Born2 May 1963 (1963-05-02) (age 57)
OriginYangon, Myanmar
GenresBurmese pop
Occupation(s)singer, actress
Years active1982 – 1990s

Early life and education

She was born on 2 May 1963[1] to Phe Phe Kyaw, a pilot, and his wife Phyu Phyu Shein.[2] Her childhood pet name was "Nge Nge" (ငယ်ငယ်). In 1983, she graduated with a BA degree in the Burmese language.

Music career

During her second year in college, she was encouraged by faculty to sing a cover of Nwe Yin Win's "Love Is..." (အချစ်ဆိုတာ) at the Yangon City Hall's Thingyan pandal. Myint Lwin was persuaded by her performance to produce music on her behalf. Following the success of her music career after 1980, famous composers like Kaiser, Naing Myanmar, and Win Min Htwe composed music for her. Maykhala's hits include "Leave Now" (ပြန်ပေတော့), "Loving That Much" (အဲ့သလောက်တောင်ချစ်ရသည်), and "Once at University" (တစ်ခါက တက္ကသိုလ်).

Personal life

She was briefly married to a popular singer, Kaiser, in the mid-1980s. She has been married to actor Yan Kyaw since 1995.[3]

Album discography

Maykhala released most of her albums during her heyday in the early to mid-1980s. The following is a partial list.

Solo albums
  • Pyanbaydaw (1982)
  • Ma Pyaw Gyin Lo Kyi Nay Da Kya Bi
  • Pyan-Hso-Gyin Thaw Thachinmya 1
  • Pyan-Hso-Gyin Thaw Thachinmya 1

With various artists
  • Maykhala Nya (25th anniversary album) (2007)[4]
  • Hnoht-Ma-Hset-Ne Ngo-Gyin-De 1 (Lashio Thein Aung Tribute)
  • Hnoht-Ma-Hset-Ne Ngo-Gyin-De 2

References
  1. ကြူကြူဟန် (5 May 2013). "၅၀ ပြည့် မေခလာ သက်စေ့ငွေလှူဒါန်း". 7 Day Daily.
  2. တက္ကသိုလ်အေးမြစန္ဒာ. "စတီရီယို တေးသံရှင် မေခလာ". ရုပ်ရှင်ကြေးမုံ ဇာတ်လမ်းစုံ.
  3. အိမ်ထောင်သက် (၂၃) နှစ် ရှိနေပြီဆိုတဲ့ မေခလာ နှင့် ရန်ကျော်, 25 July 2018, retrieved 21 March 2019
  4. "Maykhala's songs". myanmarmp3.net. Archived from the original on 18 February 2009. Retrieved 6 July 2008.
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