Jack (Sänger)

Trịnh Trần Phương Tuấn (born April 12, 1997 in Ben Tre, Vietnam) is known professionally as Jack (or J97). He is a Vietnamese pop singer, songwriter and rapper. Jack became famous when working in the group G5R and released the song "Hong Nhan". Throughout his career, he has received many awards: three awards at the Green Wave Awards and four awards at the Zing Music Awards. In addition, he was awarded the “Best New Asian Artist of Vietnam” at the Mnet Asian Music Awards 2019 and Best Southeast Asia Act at the 2020 MTV Europe Music Awards.

Life and career

1997–2018: Early Life and the beginning of career

Jack was born on April 12, 1997 in Ngai Dang Commune, Mo Cay Nam District, Ben Tre Province. Jack used to be a member in the group G5R, an underground Vietnamese music group. He debuted in several music videos with this group, such as "Giai Dieu Mien Tay" and "Me Oi 2". Jack became popular within the underground Vietnamese music industry when he released the music video "Ve Ben Anh", however it was not as popular in V-pop. On February 19, 2019, Jack released the song "Hong Nhan" with a music video on YouTube. In its first week of release, the song debuted at No. 2 on Zing MP3, eventually reaching No. 1. The song has more than 13 million listening frequencies on Zing MP3 and 10 million video views on YouTube after a week of release. Due to the popularity of this song, Jack was compared to Phan Manh Quynh and Den Vau. From there, he emerged as a music phenomenon.

2019: Cooperation with K-ICM

After the hit song "Hong Nhan", he departed from the group G5R. After that, he collaborated with producer K-ICM and released the song "Bac Phan" in April 2019. Together, they continued the story series of "Hong Nhan" and it was widely received. Later, Jack collaborated with producer Liam and performed the song "Sao Em Vo Tinh". These ballad-oriented music products were well- received by the public. Continuing his collaboration with K-ICM, Jack released the song "Song Gio" and promoted it as the third part of “Hong Nhan”. After its release, the song gained massive viewership on YouTube. The songs "Em Gi Oi", "Viet Nam Toi", and "Hoa Vo Sac" continued to be released by him and K-ICM after that time. Since then, his name has occupied a high position in the V-pop music scene. However, by the end of 2019, there was a rumor circulating on the Internet that "Jack and K-ICM was at odds" or "K-ICM exploited Jack's labor”. In response, Jack posted on his Facebook account that the release of "Hoa Vo Sac" was only a demo version. The song has just been recorded as a test without singing in parts. However, K-ICM voluntarily posted this song on his YouTube channel. After an interview with the content affirming "not exploiting Jack", K-ICM received many negative reactions from the audience.

2020: Joined Nomad MGMT Vietnam

After his controversy with K-ICM, he is said to have collaborated with ViruSs to release a demo of the song "Dom Dom" on December 29, 2019. The demo reached No.1 of YouTube trending Vietnam within 4 hours.

On February 17, 2020, Jack officially announced his own YouTube channel called J97. After joining Nomad MGMT Vietnam, he released the song "La 1 Thang Con Trai" on March 10, 2010 on J97's YouTube channel in association with music producer Hoaprox. The song received positive reactions from artists and fans, with some saying that this is just the beginning of Jack's challenge with various types of music.

In addition, he received the YouTube Silver Play Button within a few hours after he created his channel. Soon after, J97 quickly surpassed Ba Tan Vlog, becoming the fastest channel to receive the YouTube GoldenVorlage:Dn Play Button in Vietnam within seven days of creating a channel.

In the evening of September 22, 2020, Jack officially released the music video of “Hoa Hai Duong” produced by the DTAP producer team. The song is mixed and mastered by Jack. As soon as “Hoa Hai Duong” was released on YouTube, it reached 1 million views in 20 minutes. After 24 hours, “Hoa Hai Duong” became trending on YouTube in seven countries, including Vietnam, Taiwan, Canada, Australia, Germany, the US and South Korea, and it also led the sale of music on iTunes Vietnam.

In the afternoon of October 6, 2020, MTV Vietnam officially announced that the artist would represent Vietnam to compete at MTV EMA & ATA 2020. Jack overcame many singers as Duc Phuc, Hoang Thuy Linh, Han Sara, Binz, and more to become the winner of the domestic voting. On the morning of November 9, 2020, after nearly a month of opening the voting gate, MTV EMA called Jack as the winner of the Best Southeast Asian Artist category by livestream, surpassing a series of names from Southeast Asia. Thus, Jack is the fourth artist of Vietnam after My Tam (2013), Son Tung M-TP (2015) and Dong Nhi (2016) to win this award.

On December 26, 2020, Jack officially released the song Dom Dom. This is considered one of the most anticipated songs not only for Jack's fans but also for those who regularly follow Vpop. Dom Dom's music video has reached 295,556 premiere views on Youtube. The song Dom Dom quickly rose to No. 1 of Zing MP3 Chart with a time of only 64 minutes, setting a Vpop record in 2020. After two days of launch, Dom Dom has reaped great successes: reaching number 1 of the top trending of YouTube Vietnam and entering the top trending in many other countries such as: top 9 in Taiwan, top 28 in Germany, top 24 of Youtube trending worldwide and top 2 iTunes Vietnam.

At the Zing Music Awards 2020 held on January 7, 2021, Jack won 2 awards: Most Popular Male Artist and Most Favorite Dance / Electronic Song with the song Hoa Hai Duong.

Artistic Style

Musical Styles

Jack's most prominent music products include "Hong Nhan", "Bac Phan" and "Song Gio" which is a blend of pop, European electronic music, and southwest Vietnamese folk music. In an interview with Zing News, Jack asserted that his songs are "a sadness of nostalgia combined by European, American and Vietnamese music". Regarding his vocal, he is judged by the public to have a unique vocal. Jack himself once admitted that he "can sing songs that he has in tune with in terms of genre, lyrics, melody or story."

Artist Name Jack

The name Jack was inspired by “Jackie Chan” who his father idolizes. The artist name Jack has been associated with him since the beginning of his artistic career. Recently, Jack is referred to as J97 by a combination of the character J in his stage name and the year of his birth.

Singles, Filmographies and TVs

Singles

Title	Year	Ref
"Giai điệu miền Tây"	2018
"Mẹ ơi 2"
"Để đó anh lo"
"Về bên anh"
"Hồng nhan"		2019
"Bạc phận"
"Sao em vô tình"
"Sóng gió"
"Em gì ơi"
"Việt Nam tôi"
"Hoa vô sắc"
"Là 1 thằng con trai"	2020
"Hoa hải đường"
"Đom đóm"

Filmographies and TVs

Year	Show	Role	Note	Ref
2019	Người bí ẩn	Guest	Season 6, Eposide 4
	Happy Lunch		Episode date July 25, 2019
	7 nụ cười xuân		Mùa 3, tập 1
	Giọng hát Việt nhí		Mùa 7, tập 14
2020	Sóng 20
	Sóng VieON		Phim hài ngắn "Không thể rời mắt"

Awards and Nominations

Year	Award	Act	Nomination for	Result	Ref
2019	Green Waves Awards	Singer of the Year	Himself	Vorlage:Nom
		Best New Artist		Vorlage:Won
		Best Collaboration	"Sóng gió"	Vorlage:Nom
		Song of The Year		Vorlage:Nom
		Phenomenon Song		Vorlage:Nom
		Top 10 most favorite songs		Vorlage:Won
		Most Favorite song on Radio		Vorlage:Won
	Zing Music Award	Most Favorite Male Singer	Himsefl	Vorlage:Won
		Most Favorite Pop/Ballad Song	"Sóng gió"	Vorlage:Won
	Mnet Asian Music Awards	Best New Asian Artist Vietnam	Himself	Vorlage:Won
2020	2020 MTV Europe Music Awards	MTV Europe Music Award for Best Southeast Asian Act	Himself	Vorlage:Won
	Golden Apricot Blossom Awards	Light music male singer	Himself	Vorlage:Nom
	Zing Music Award	Artist of the year	Himself	Vorlage:Nom
		Most favorite Dance/Electronic song	Hoa Hải Đường	Vorlage:Won
		Most Favorite Male Artist	Himsefl	Vorlage:Won
	Star of the Year	Male Singer	Himself	Vorlage:Nom
	Asian Televison Awards	Best Music Video	Hoa Hải Đường	Vorlage:Nom
	Green Waves Awards	Male Singer of the Year	Himself	Vorlage:Nom
		Muic video of the year	Hoa Hải Đường	Vorlage:Nom
		Song of the year	Hoa Hải Đường	Vorlage:Nom
		Best Collaboration	With DTAP	Vorlage:Nom
	Wechoice Awards	Singer has the breakthrough activities	Himself	Vorlage:Nom
		Music Video of the year	Hoa Hải Đường	Vorlage:Nom

External links

• Vorlage:Facebook
• Vorlage:Facebook
• Jack on Instagram
• Jack on TikTok
• Official Youtube Channel
• Group FanClub Offcial of Jack

Vorlage:MTV Europe Music Award for Best Southeast Asian Act