# Tata Young

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'.
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.
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)
* Dhoom (2004)
* 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 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 |
| 2010 | U.S. EPA Montreal Protocol Award for Tata Young Ambassador for the United Nations Environment Programme |