May Sweet ( my, မေဆွိ; ; born Swe Aye Myint ( ) on 13 February 1962) is a Burmese singer and
actress
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, and considered one of the most commercially successful female singers in the history of
Burmese pop music. She is most famous for her
Burmese covers of
Euro disco
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and American
rock and pop songs as well as classic Burmese songs from the pre- and post-
war
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eras.
May Sweet was the dominant female singer of Burmese pop music from the late 1970s to the 1980s, bridging popular singers from the 1970s like
Nwe Yin Win
Nwe Yin Win ( my, နွဲ့ယဉ်ဝင်း, ; born Joyce Win on 23 April 1945) is a Burmese singer, considered one of the pioneers of modern Burmese pop music. Nwe Yin Win was born in Sagaing to parents a Bamar father Min Swe (also know ...
and
L Khun Yi to
Maykhala, her main rival in the mid-1980s, and to
Hayma Ne Win
Hay Mar Nay Win ( my, ဟေမာနေဝင်း, ; commonly spelt Hayma Ne Win) is a Burmese singer who was popular during the late 1980s and early 1990s. She is considered one of the most successful singers of her generation, releasing o ...
and
Connie in the late 1980s. She also collaborated with other male singers, most notably with
Kaiser
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. She achieved immense popularity starting in the late 1970s with a series of repackaged Western cover albums called ''Panthi Thachinmya'' (lit. Apple Songs), written by succes