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| Samantha Mumba |
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"There are a lot of female artists my age around at the moment, but they're all American and blonde and blue-eyed and smiley. I'm totally the opposite of that. I want to show a bit more attitude and I have an opinion."
-Samantha Mumba
| Birthplace: Dublin, Ireland |
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| Her hit song "Gotta Tell You" hit number one on the US Billboard charts, along with reaching the Top 10 music lists in over 20 countries. |
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| She's a teenager. She's poppy. She's different. She didn't grow up in the Mickey Mouse Club School of Hard Knocks (whatever that means). That alone is reason enough for us to like her. |
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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.) |
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