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Infobox musical artist | name = Annabella Lwin| image = Annabella Lwin 1982 Cropped.jpg| caption = Annabella Lwin performing with Bow Wow Wow in Kant-Kino, Berlin in 1982.| background = solo_singer| birth_name = Myint Myint Aye my|?????????????| alias =| Born = birth date and age|1966|10|31|df=yWhiteley, Sheila; "Too Much Too Young: Popular Music, Age and Gender", p.45; Routledge, 2005; ISBN 0-415-31029-6| death_date =| origin = Yangon , Myanmar | instrument = Human voice|Vocals | genre = Alternative rock , new wave music|new wave , pop music|pop | occupation = Singer | years_active = 1980–present| label =| associated_acts = Bow Wow Wow | website = http://www.annabellalwin.com Official website| notable_instruments = Annabella Lwin (IPA-my|lw?`?|IPA; born Myint Myint Aye , lang-my|?????????????, IPA-my|mj??? mj??? ?é|; 31 October 1966) is an Anglo-Burmese people|Anglo-Burmese singer , songwriter and record producer best known as the lead singer of Bow Wow Wow .
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Lwin was born to a Burmese father and an English people|English mother in Rangoon, Burma (now Yangon , Myanmar). http://www.bowwowwow.org/bio.html "A HISTORY OF BOW WOW WOW (1980–2003)" BowWowWow.org (Retrieved: 6 September 2009)Medina, Maximillian Mark; http://www.chopblock.com/en/node/72 "The Unwitting Pop Music Pioneer" ChopBlock.com (Retrieved: 4 December 2006) Her birth name in Burmese translates to "High, high, cool", given to her by Burmese priests.Trunk, Russell A.; http://www.annecarlini.com/ex_interviews.php? id=635 "'80s - Bow Wow Wow (Annabella Lwin)" AnneCarlini.com , (Retrieved: 6 September 2009)
In 1980, at the age of thirteen, she was spotted by a friend of Malcolm McLaren singing at the dry cleaning premises in North London where she worked part time. Following her successful audition for the lead singer position in McLaren's new group (the yet-to-be-named musical ensemble|band Bow Wow Wow ), he had her transfer from a mixed comprehensive school in London to the Sylvia Young Theatre School . McLaren dubbed her 'Bess Man'.Hess, Scott; the experience was short-lived, as Malcolm was eager to get Annabella in the recording studio & touring all around the country due to her being a novice in front of an audience, starting with die-hard Sex Pistols fans in the UK http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/bowwowwow/articles/story/5920116/the_return_of_the_mohicans "The Return of the Mohicans" Rolling Stone|RollingStone.com , 25 February 1998 (Retrieved: 6 September 2009) The group would go on to record chart|chart success with the songs "Go Wild in the Country", "Do You Wanna Hold Me? " and " I Want Candy#Bow Wow Wow version|I Want Candy ". Lwin later caused controversy the following year by posing nude for the cover of See Jungle& #33; See Jungle& #33; Go Join Your Gang, Yeah. City All Over& #33; Go Ape Crazy , the group's first full-length album .
When Lwin was ousted from the band in September 1983,cite book | first= John | last= Tobler | year= 1992 | title= NME Rock 'N' Roll Years | edition= 1st | publisher= Reed International Books Ltd | location= London | page= 384 | id= CN 5585 she embarked on a solo (music)|solo career, releasing Fever in 1986 (RCA 8061), which was produced by and recorded with multi-instrumentalist Jim Lea of Slade . She formed a new band, Naked Experience, and collaborated across the Atlantic Ocean|Atlantic with seasoned musician s and songwriter s such as Billy Steinberg and Ellen Shipley . One song, "Carsex", made the Top 10 in the UK Dance Chart , and its follow-up "Do What You Do" (1995), produced by Steve Lironi, spent one week at #61 in the UK Singles Chart .cite book | first= David | last= Roberts | year= 2006 | title= British Hit Singles & Albums | edition= 19th | publisher= Guinness World Records Limited | location= London | isbn= 1-904994-10-5 | page= 334
Lwin reunited with the former bass player from Bow Wow Wow in 1997, recreating the sound of the original band for a US tour. The reunion included appearances by a range of musicians from the young up and coming, such as Eshan Khadaroo of Beat Kitchen, Blue Man , and the established, including Adrian Young from No Doubt , both playing drums in place of original member Dave "Barbe" Barbarossa. The original guitarist Matthew Ashman had died of complications from diabetes in 1995, and various guitarists filled in.
Lwin has recorded original material as a solo artist, and is a featured vocalist on numerous transatlantic dance tracks with record producer|producers / Disc jockey|DJs , such as Tony B of Groove Radio, Jason Nevins , and the Utah Saints . (Some mystery surrounds the latter collaboration, as both Lwin's official site and the Utah Saints official site mention the collaboration, but the album appears to have never been available for purchase). Lwin's songwriting also brought her into partnerships with producers such as Guy Chambers and Michael Lattanzi.
Lwin was a featured vocalist, with Camp Freddy members Dave Navarro and Billy Morrison , during a fund raising concert for victims of the tsunami caused by the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake . Lwin co-wrote and co-produced a solo song with record producer Carey Beare, which was donated exclusively to the Hands and Hearts Organization for Tsunami Relief in spring 2005.
Lwin is a practicing Buddhism|Buddhist .
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http://www.annabellalwin.com Annabella Lwin official website)
http://www.bowwowwow.org Bow Wow Wow official website)
imdb name|0527857|Annabella Lwin
Bow Wow Wow Persondata | NAME = Lwin, Annabella | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = | DATE OF BIRTH = 31 October 1966 | PLACE OF BIRTH = Yangon | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = DEFAULTSORT:Lwin, Annabella Category:1966 births Category:Living people Category:Anglo-Burmese people Category:Bow Wow Wow members Category:Burmese singers Category:British female singers Category:British pop singers Category:Female New Wave singers Category:Burmese emigrants to the United Kingdom Category:Buddhists
