Thanh Bùi (1983- ) is an Australian singer and songwriter of Vietnamese descent who had first gained international prominence back in 2004 as one of the original members of the popular Australian boy band named North. He was born as Bùi Vũ Thanh to Vietnamese immigrant parents in Adelaide, Australia on January 12, 1983. At the age of 7, Thanh Bùi and his family relocated to the city of Melbourne, where he would remain for many years well into adulthood and where he had been formally educated. By the age of 10, Thanh Bùi had learned to play the piano and developed a craft to sing a capella in perfect pitch. In 2000, Thanh Bùi graduated from Melbourne High School and enrolled on a full ride scholarship at Swinburne University of Technology as a business major. Despite graduating from college with honors in 2004, Thanh Bùi decided to concentrate on obtaining a career in music with the full support of his parents who h...