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Tata Young in 2009
Background information
Native name
อมิตา มารี "ทาทา" ยัง
Birth name Amita Marie Young
Born (1980-12-14) 14 December 1980 (age 44)
Bangkok, Thailand
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Singer
  • actress
  • model
  • entrepreneur
Instruments Vocals
Years active 1991–present
Labels

Amita Marie "Tata" Young (Thai: อมิตา มารี "ทาทา" ยัง; born 14 December 1980) is a Thai singer, actress and model who gained prominence in Thailand when she placed first in a national singing contest at age 11, subsequently signing a record deal and releasing her first album Amita Tata Young in 1995. Within five months, the album had sold over one million copies. Since then, Young has released eight studio albums, three in English and five in Thai. Her most recent album is Ready for Love, released in 2009.

She has acted in three films, The Red Bike Story (Jakkayan See Daeng), O-Negative and Plai Tien a TV drama Wick of the Candle. Young performed "Reach for the Stars" at the Opening Ceremony of the 1998 Asian Games in Bangkok. Her international debut single "Dhoom Dhoom", the English version of the title song for the 2004 Bollywood movie Dhoom, reached Number One on many Asian countries singles charts, including India, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia.

Throughout the 2000s, Young enjoyed widespread mainstream popularity across Southeast Asia, East Asia and South Asia winning multiple national and international awards and was often lauded as "Asia's Queen of Pop" and the "Britney Spears of Asia".

Life and career

Tata was born Amita Marie Young in Bangkok to a Thai mother and an American father, Tim Young from Zanesville, Ohio. She went to Bangkok Patana School. At the age of 11, she won her first national talent contest, the Nissan Awards Thailand Junior Singing Contest.

She made her film debut in 1997 in the youth drama 'The Red Bike Story'.

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In September 2011, Tata premiered "Let's Play", believed to be her upcoming single, which was written and produced by Jeliah, and co-written by singer-songwriter VASSY and Young herself, it was performed live at the True Academy Fantasia Season 8's Grand Finale Concert as her comeback.

Discography

  • Amita Tata Young (1995)
  • Amazing TATA (1997)
  • Tata Young (2001)
  • Real TT (2003)
  • I Believe (2004)
  • Dangerous TATA (2005)
  • Temperature Rising (2006)
  • One Love (2008)
  • Ready for Love (2009)

Filmography

  • The Red Bike Story (1997)
  • O-Negative (1998)
  • Bitter/Sweet (2009)

Accolades

Years Awards
1992
  • Nissan Award
    Best Singer
1995
  • Vote Award
    Favorite Singer
    Best Album
    Best Music Video
1997
  • 1997: ELLE magazine
    One of Thailand's 10 Most Influential People
1998
  • 1998: Suphannahong National Film Awards
    Best Actress
1999
  • Thai Music Organization
    Favorite Singer
2000
  • Cosmopolitan Magazine Award
    For Fun, Fearless, Female Award 2000
2004
  • 95.5 Virgin Hitz Awards
    Album of the Year I Believe
    Favorite Artist of the Year
  • MTV Immies: Indian Music Excellence
    Best International Female Pop Act
2005
  • Japan Golden Disc Award
    New Artist of the Year
  • ... 100 ... Women in the World 2005 (Thai Edition)
    ... Singer in Thailand
  • Channel [V] Thailand Music Awards
    Most Popular International Female Artist of the Year
    Most Popular Music of the Year
2006
  • MTV Asia Awards
    Favourite Artist Thailand
  • ... 100 ... Women in the World 2006 (Thai Edition)
    ... Singer in Thailand
  • 95.5 Virgin Hitz Awards
    Fastest Chart Climber 2006 (El Nin-Yo!)
    Popular Vote International Artist 2006
2007
  • ... 100 ... Women in the World 2007 (Thai Edition)
    ... Singer in Thailand
2009
  • The Hot Awards 2009
    Queen of Hot 2009
2010
  • Mademan.com
    Best Thai Female Singer
2010
  • U.S. EPA Montreal Protocol Award for Tata Young
    Ambassador for the

United Nations Environment Programme

See also

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