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Tata Young 
Music Video Ready For Love, September 2009Background information Birth name Amita Marie Young Born December 14, 1980
Bangkok, ThailandGenres Dance-pop, pop, R&B, electropop Occupations Singer, dancer, actress, entrepreneur Instruments Vocals Years active 1991–present Labels GMM Grammy
(1995-2000)
TERO Records
(2001-2003)
Sony Music
(2004-present)Website http://www.tatayoung.com/ Amita Marie Young (born Su Min Ta Marie Young, Thai: อมิตา มารี ยัง Amita Marie Young, December 14, 1980), better known under her stage name Tata Young, is a Thai singer, model actress and dancer.
She gained prominence 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 1996. 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 on August 25, 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. She sang "Reach For The Stars" at the Bangkok opening ceremony for the 13th Asian Games in 1998 and also sang the English part of the title song for the Bollywood movie, Dhoom.
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Early years
Tata was born to a Thai mother and an American father in 1980 and by the age of eleven had won her first national talent contest, the Thailand Junior Singing Contest. By the age of fourteen she had signed her first professional contract and released her debut million selling album in 1995. This led to her winning multiple awards at the Thai Radio Vote Awards in 1996.
In 1997 the Chinese government chose her to represent Thailand at the handing over of Hong Kong and later that year such as Wet Wet Wet, Michael Learns to Rock, Lisa Stansfield, All 4 One and Brand New Heavies. She received the prestigious "Golden Pikkanes God Award" from the Musical Artist Association of Thailand, becoming the youngest performer to receive this reward.The Tata Young Fan Club was also formed in 1997, to gather support from her fans to provide assistance to the Thai children's charity, the Human Development Foundation. Tata continued her success by singing a duet with Mos in the album MOS & TATA, that was launched on January 23. This album made Tata to be the newest Teen Idol, the songs like ‘Malang’ (Bugs) was one of the songs in Thai music memories, even until now everyone can sing it!
On February 15, Tata featured in ‘Mos, Tata & Friends’. She sang along with many guest artists such as Beau Sunita, Fluke Clerkpon, Jason Young and Nana Cha.
She made her film debut in 1997 in the youth drama ‘The Red Bike Story’, which broke records for audience-attendance for the Thai film industry. Her debut earned her the "Best Actress Award (Thailand)" presented at the Fourth Annual Blockbuster Entertainment Awards 1997. She followed that up with two other hit films, O-Negative and Plai Tien.
Her next album, the self-titled Tata Young, was released in 2001 with many of its songs reaching high chart positions and in 2004 she released her fourth album, Real TT.
Asian star: 2004-2007
In 2004, Tata released her English-language debut album, I Believe on Columbia Records.
The first single taken from the album was "Sexy, Naughty, Bitchy", which was controversial in Thailand. In Malaysia, she had to change the name of the tune to "Sexy, Naughty, Cheeky". Further single releases from the album included 'I Believe' and 'Cinderella'
She expanded her reach to India, recording the song, Dhoom Dhoom, for the soundtrack to a Bollywood movie, Dhoom. Dhoom, whose OST album sold over 800,000 units in India, was a phenomenal success for a soundtrack. Later, she embarked on her Dhoom Dhoom tour.
In Taiwan, Tata became the first Thai artist to be invited to perform at the Golden Melody Awards – Taiwan's equivalent of the Grammy Awards. In Hong Kong, China and Japan, "Sexy, Naughty, Bitchy" and "I Believe" climbed to the top of the charts.
Her second English-language album, Temperature Rising was released in August 2006; its first single was "El Nin-YO!". The album includes songs composed by Diane Warren, Paul McCartney and Natasha Bedingfield.
In 2007, she recorded her single "Zoom" in Simlish for the top-selling PC game The Sims 2: Seasons.
Tata has also lent her voice to humanitarian causes, including the AIDS program of Father Joe Maier's Human Development Foundation and MTV's Exit campaign to end human trafficking.[1][2]
In early 2008, Tata Young released her sixth Thai album. The headline single "One Love" was released on Valentine's Day.
Health and professional struggles: 2008-present
Young had been working on her third studio English album since 2008 in Berlin, Germany, working with Sony BMG Europe. Demo tracks of four new songs from the album surfaced on the internet in early 2009' 'Ready for Love' and 'Suffocate'. She hired Korean stylists to direct her image for the new album. The first single, Ready For Love, was released in July 2009 with a Korean directed video. Although "Ready for Love" reached number one in some local radio markets in Indonesia, the single and the album were considered flops in other markets. 'My Bloody Valentine' reached the Indonesian Charts and Tata Young has been credited as the singer with the label Sony BMG. The single was finally released as the album's second single. Tata announced a promotional tour in Australia and Europe, which did not take place. Her third single, "Mission is You", was later released with video footage from the opening of the album but no additional film, raising questions about the situation between her and her label. In 2010, Tata changed her image again and participated in a concert contributing to Michael Jackson.
In 2007, Young developed hypothyroidism, treatment for which caused her to gain weight and went through a notable image change, also dying her trademark red hair black.
In September 2011, Young premiered "Let's Play", believed to be Her upcoming single produced by Jeliah and co-written by singer-songwriter VASSY , Jeliah and Tata Young, it was performed live at the True Academy Fantasia (Season Finale) as her comeback.[3]
Discography
Main article: Tata Young discographyOver the course of her career, Young has released nine studio albums, five compilation albums, two EPs and one remix album. Two of her studio albums are in English rather than Thai.
She has embarked on eleven tours, the first starting in 1995, the last ending in 2009. Also, she has released sixteen VCDs and DVDs: ten of them featuring karaoke to her songs, six documenting her concerts. Additional to her song discography, she has been featured on over twenty songs with other artists and other organisations, such as an official FIFA song.
- 1995 - Amita Tata Young
- 1997 - Amazing TATA
- 2001 - Tata Young
- 2003 - Real TT
- 2004 - I Believe (English)
- 2005 - Dangerous TATA
- 2006 - Temperature Rising (English)
- 2008 - One Love
- 2009 - Ready for Love (English)
Singles
Year Title Label 2004 Dhoom Dhoom Yash Raj Films Records 2005 Life is Action Suzuki Thailand 2008 Here Today Ford Thailand 2010 My Bloody Valentine (Thai Version) Sony Music Entertainment 2010 Ready for Love (Thai Version) Sony Music Entertainment 2011 Shot (Montonn Jira's Smirnoff BKK REMIX) Smirnoff Thailand/Sony Music Bec Tero Records 2011 Let's Play Produced by Jeliah Written by Vassy & Co-Written by Jeliah and Tata Young Filmography
Television
- 2002 - Wick of the Candle (ปลายเทียน)
- 2011 - Academy Fantasia (True), Judge (Season 8)
Awards
Years Awards 1990 - Subaru Music 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
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 - FHM 100 Sexiest Women in the World 2005 (Thai Edition)
Sexiest 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 - FHM 100 Sexiest Women in the World 2006 (Thai Edition)
Sexiest Singer in Thailand - 95.5 Virgin Hitz Awards
Fastest Chart Climber 2006 (El Nin-Yo!)
Popular Vote International Artist 2006
2007 - FHM 100 Sexiest Women in the World 2007 (Thai Edition)
Sexiest Singer in Thailand
2009 - The Hot Awards 2009
Queen of Hot 2009
2010 - Mademan.com
Best Thai Female Singer[4]
2010 - U.S. EPA Montreal Protocol Award for Tata Young
Ambassador for the
United Nations Environment Programme[5]
References
- ^ Tata Young talks about MTVs EXIT campaign, The Nation, August 27, 2007, retrieved 2007-09-18.
- ^ MTV Turns Spotlight on Human Trafficking, Inter Press Service, September 5, 2007, retrieved 2007-09-18.
- ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_zzOJmW5qM
- ^ Mademan.com 10 Best Thai Female Singers
- ^ [OzonAction Programme for the United Nations Environment Programme, Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific]
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- MTV Asia Awards winners
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