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Infobox musical artist|name = Tata Young|image = Tata young pimf 2007.JPG|caption = Tata Young in 2007|background = solo_singer|birth_name = Amita Marie Young|Known as = Tata Young|birth_date = Birth date and age|1980|12|14|birth_place = Bangkok , Thailand |instrument = Vocals |genre = Dance-pop , Pop music|pop , contemporary R& B|R& B , electropop |occupation = Singer, dancer, actress, entrepreneur|years_active = 1991–present|label = GMM Grammy (1995-2000) BEC-TERO|TERO Records (2001-2003) Sony Music (2004-present)|associated_acts =|website = http://www.tatayoung.com/ Amita Marie Young (lang-th|????? ???? ???, December 14, 1980), better known under her stage name Tata Young , is a Thai people|Thai singer , model (person)|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 language|English and five in Thai language|Thai . Her most recent album is Ready for Love (album)|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 1998 Asian Games|13th Asian Games in 1998 and also sang the English part of the title song for the Bollywood movie, Dhoom (movie)|Dhoom .
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 Nissan Awards 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 2003 she released her fourth album, Real TT .
Asian star: 2004-2007
In 2004, Tata released her English-language debut album, I Believe (Tata Young 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 (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. http://blog.nationmultimedia.com/lisnaree/2007/08/27/entry-3 Tata Young talks about MTVs EXIT campaign, The Nation , August 27, 2007, retrieved 2007-09-18. http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp? idnews=39152 MTV Turns Spotlight on Human Trafficking, Inter Press Service, September 5, 2007, retrieved 2007-09-18.
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 (album)|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. ' Ready for Love (album)|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 (singer)|VASSY , Jeliah and Tata Young, it was performed live at the True Academy Fantasia Season 8's Grand Finale Concert as her comeback. http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=D_zzOJmW5qM
Discography
main|Tata Young discographyOver the course of her career, Young has released nine studio albums, five compilation albums, two Extended play|EP s and one remix album. Two of her studio albums are in English language|English rather than Thai language|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 in music|1995 - Amita Tata Young
1997 in music|1997 - Amazing TATA
2001 in music|2001 - Tata Young
2003 in music|2003 - Real TT
2004 in music|2004 - I Believe (Tata Young album)|I Believe (English)
2005 in music|2005 - Dangerous TATA
2006 in music|2006 - Temperature Rising (album)|Temperature Rising (English)
2008 in music|2008 - One Love (Tata Young album)|One Love
2009 in music|2009 - Ready for Love (album)|Ready for Love (English)
Singles
Year
Title
Label
2004
2005
2008
2010
2010
2011
2011
Filmography
1997 in film|1997 - The Red Bike Story (????????????)
1998 in film|1998 - O-Negative
2009 in film|2009 - Bitter/Sweet
Television
2002 in television|2002 - Wick of the Candle ( ????????? )
2011 in television|2011 - Academy Fantasia (True), Judge ( Season 8 )
2012 in television|2012 - Academy Fantasia (True), Judge ( Season 9 )
Awards
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
1999
Thai Music Organization Favorite Singer
2000
Cosmopolitan (magazine)|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|Channel VThailand 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 http://www.mademan.com/mm/10-best-thai-female-singers.html Mademan.com 10 Best Thai Female Singers
2010
U.S. EPA Montreal Protocol Award for Tata Young Ambassador for the
United Nations Environment ProgrammeOzonAction Programme for the United Nations Environment Programme, Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific
References
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External links
http://www.tatayoung.com/ Tata Young Official Web Site
http://www.tatayoungfanclub.com/ Tata Young Fan Club
http://www.tata2you.net/ Tata2You
http://www.twitter.com/love4tatayoung1 Tata Young Fan Club Spanish
http://www.siamzone.com/music/thailyric/index.php? mode=artistlist& artist=!!b7d2b7d220c2d1a7 Tata Young songs lyrics
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