Shayla Chau Dinh is the offspring 
of Thanh Tuyen, one of Vietnam's
 premiere singer in the 60's and 70's. 
Her aunt is Son Tuyen, who in recent 
years has also become a well known 
name in the Vietnamese music industry. 
Being from a family of such musical talents,
it's of little surprise that Shayla is being
groomed to be the next generation of artist
 from this lineage. Born in 1975, Shayla 
came to the United States 3 years 
later with her family and settled in 
Houston, Texas. 

Shayla's first stage appearance was in Australia 
where she performed in front of an audience 
of 2,000 people. According to Shayla, she 
was not ready for the business so she dropped 
out not to return for three years. During that 
self- searching period between that fateful day 
in Australia and when she was rediscovered
 by Mr. Truc Ho of Asia Production, Shayla 
traveled around the country and went to school 
to become a teacher. She started to sing 
professionally after signing an exclusive 
contract with Asia Production.

Shayla is slowly building a name for herself in 
the Vietnamese music industry. However, she 
also has sight on becoming more active in the
 creative side of the industry. Currently, Shayla 
is writing lyrics and defining her style in an 
often maligned industry where artists 
are accused of being too one dimensional. 
Shayla says she loves to write letters, 
eat vietnamese food (canh), going
to clubs and dance the night away. 
She loves performing on stage, even 
though she still gets butterflies. Shayla's 
motto is "live life to its fullest 
and be yourself and love yourself". 

In the relatively short time that Shayla 
has been in the industry, she has appeared
in many concerts throughout the U.S. She 
has appeared in Asia's music videos as 
well as staying active in the recording scene. 
Shayla has recently released a solo CD 
titled Dance Music with Asia Entertainment.