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Tata Young

タタ・ヤン　/　たた・やん

Singer from Thailand

December 14, 1980 (age 45)　・　Bangkok, Thailand

singer
model
actor

My Take

Tata Young is a genuine pioneer in my view, even if Western audiences barely know the name. Winning a national singing contest at eleven and releasing a debut album by 1995 is a remarkable head start, but what I find most ambitious is recording in both Thai and English across her eight studio albums. Crossing language markets is hard, and her push toward an international pop sound made her one of Thailand's biggest cultural exports. As a singer, model and actor from Bangkok, she struck me as someone who treated her career as a regional bridge long before pan-Asian pop became fashionable.

Overview

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. Young has released eight studio albums, three in English and five in Thai.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Tata Young
Name (Japanese): タタ・ヤン
Reading: たた・やん
Born: December 14, 1980 (age 45)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Sagittarius / Monkey
Origin: Bangkok, Thailand
Blood type: Private
Height: 172 cm
Agency: Private
Occupation: singer / model / actor / film actor

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Private

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%BF%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A4%E3%83%B3

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