| Tata Young | |
| Native Name: | อมิตา มารี "ทาทา" ยัง |
| Native Name Lang: | th |
| Background: | solo_singer |
| Birth Name: | Amita Marie Young |
| Birth Date: | 14 December 1980 |
| Birth Place: | Bangkok, Thailand |
| Instrument: | Vocals |
| Years Active: | 1991–present |
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,[1] 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".[2] [3]
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'.
Tata has 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.[4] [5]
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.[6]
See main article: Tata Young discography.
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United Nations Environment Programme[8] |