Thai Star-Tata Young

Tata was born Amita Marie Young in Thailand on December 14th, 1980. She is the only daughter of an American father and a Thai mother. In a childhood filled with singing and dancing, Tata had already shown early signs of a talent that would take her from being Thailand’s biggest teenage pop sensation to an international recording artist. At the
tender age of 11, Tata beat 5,300 other young children to be crowned winner of the

International Division of the nationwide Thailand Junior Singing Contest by belting her
rendition of “One Night Only”.

The victory earned her an entertainer's contract with Yamaha Music in preparation for
her impending debut in show business. In 1994, the 14-year-old caught the eye of A&R
executives from Grammy Entertainment, Thailand’s biggest entertainment conglomerate,
snapping her up with a recording artist contract.

Within a short year, Tata had recorded and released her debut Thai-language album “Amita Tata Young” which shot to the top of the charts and sold more than a million copies in less than five months. Almost overnight – and at the tender age of 15 - Tata became the biggest pop sensation in Thailand.