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Samantha Mumba Profile |
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Birth Date: January 18, 1983
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Birth Place: Dublin, Ireland
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Birth Name: Samantha Tamania Anne Cecilia Mumba
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Height: 5'7"
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Biography |
Samantha Mumba was born in Dublin, Ireland, where she has
become known as quite a pop/R&B sensation. It's no wonder no
one can believe she's only 18.
A student at Dublin's renowned Billie Barry Stage School
from the age of 3 to 15 (where one of her fellow classmates
was Brian from the Irish pop group, Westlife), Samantha was
always very studious about school.
That is why when she decided to leave school by the time she
was 17, she knew she was immersing herself into
concentrating solely on her intensifying music career,
especially a record contract.
The ball got rolling for Samantha when she was cast as the
lead in The Hot Mikado, a jazzy 1998 production based on
Gilbert and Sullivan's opera. Her performance received many
accolades, and ensured that Ireland -- and the world --
would soon know who Samantha Mumba was.
She was then invited to perform on several Irish television
shows, singing live, even when they specified that she mime.
The Irish television tour helped Samantha gain both
recognition and experience, but it was her particular
aggressiveness and persuasive attitude that made her
professional career take off.
Samantha got herself into a Dublin nightclub by convincing
the bouncer that she was an R&B singer from New York, in
town to produce her debut album. Once in the club, her
friend introduced her to the manager of boy bands Boyzone
and Westlife. He saw Samantha's talent, knew she had pop
star potential, and immediately singed her to his record
label, Polydor.
After six months of intense performing and studio work while
studying at school, 17-year-old Samantha decided to leave
and focus on her career. Juggling school and performing was
a difficult task, and she plans to return to her studies if
-- and when -- everything cools down. (Ironically, her and
Brian from Westlife were the two that were considered least
likely to succeed in the stage school.)
But it's doubtful that Samantha's career will be cooling off
anytime soon, especially not with her debut single, "Gotta
Tell You" burning up the charts. Released in 2000, the first
track off her debut album of the same name rose to number
one in her native Ireland in a record breaking 4 days, has
been a number one hit in the US, and number 3 on the UK
charts.
Her second single, Body II Body, will surely become a staple
on the music charts, as its already creating body heat in
Ireland and the UK. Gotta Tell You was released in 2000, and
is steadily climbing up the international charts.
Although Samantha is constantly touring and taking her act
worldwide, the loyal Kylie Minogue fan calls Drumcondra,
Dublin, home. |
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Other
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Part of the Louis Walsh stable (he's also responsible for
Westlife and Boyzone).
One of Ireland's most successful singers, with hits like
"Gotta Tell You", "Body II Body", and "Always Come Back to
Your Love".
Sister of Omero Mumba.
Is half Irish and half Zambian.
Voted 85th Sexiest Girl in the World in FHM's Sexiest Girls
of 2002 poll, American edition. [June 2002]
Her father immigrated to Ireland from Zambia due to that
country's upheaval after independence from Great Britain.
She is a UNICEF representative. |
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