Ah Moon ( ; born Lung Sitt Ja Moon on 19 January 1991) is a singer from the
Kachin State
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of
Myanmar
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.
She is a solo artist who was a member of the all-female pop music group the
Me N Ma Girls, Burma's first all-girl pop band.
Ah Moon's inclusion in the ‘
30 Under 30
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Asia' list by
Forbes
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in 2018, whilst internationally she has been referred to as "Myanmar's Rihanna".
Career
Ah Moon was born with the
Kachin name Lung Sitt Ja Moon in
Myitkyina,
Burma
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.
[ She was first exposed to music in church where her father was a Baptist minister.][ Ah Moon began her career in modeling. In 2009, she won Best Talent in the Miss Christmas Pageant in ]Yangon
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, which led her to pursue singing.[ She also won the Miss Alliance Francaise Pageant, a beauty contest held by the French Embassy, in 2009.][
In 2010, Ah Moon was one of five women chosen from 120 candidates responding to a radio and newspaper advertisement to be a part of a girl band named The Tiger Girls created by Nicole May, an Australian dancer who came to Myanmar.][ The band later separated from their producer and reformed with a new name, Me N Ma Girls, which is a homophone for Myanmar girls. Me N Ma Girls released a new album, ''Mingalabar (Welcome''), in 2011.][
In 2014, Me N Ma Girls was the first band from Myanmar to be nominated for Best Music Video at the VIMA Music Awards for ''Girl Strong''.][
]
Solo career
In 2014, Moon began working on her first Burmese solo album ''Min Pay Tae A Chit'', which has songs in both Burmese
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and English.[ In 2015, she released her second album ''Automatic'' (produced by ]Grammy
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nominated producer/composer Luigie Gonzalez). In 2017, she released her third album ''Very Dangerous'', which was the number one seller on music stores in Myanmar. Her songs are both in Burmese and English. In 2018, she appeared in the movie '' Mystery of Burma: Beyond The Dotehtawady''.Jason Derulo
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anthem for the 2018 FIFA World Cup
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, released through Warner Music Group
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.
In 2020, Ah Moon also collaborated with Denmark singer and songwriter lasse Melting a song called "Each Other's Heroes".
Early in the year 2023, Ah Moon went to Norway
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for a cross-cultural studio collaboration with the singer Sigrid Haanshus, who had enchanted the audience in Norske Talenter. Together with Swedish keyboardplayer Ivan Blomqvist
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Biography
Ivan Blomqvist's background in jazz and improvised music has given him the ability to create music in the moment that catches the l ...
they wrote and produced the song "I Can't Shut My Brain Down", released later that year.
Discography
Ah Moon
Studio albums
*''Min Pay Tae a Chit'', 2014
*''Automatic '', 2015
*''Very Dangerous'', 2017
Singles
*''Girl Strong'' (Feat. Me N Ma Girls), 2013
*''Myanmar'' (2014 )
*''I'm Sorry'' (2016)
*''Little Butterflies'' (2017)
*''Bring Back My Baby'' (2017)
*''Jinghpaw'' (2018)
*''A Thae Kwe Zat Lann'' (2018)
*''Nway Oo'' (2020)
*''Insane'' (2020)
*''Snow Story'' (2021)
*''Crocodile Tears'' (2022)
*''Kiss'' (English Version) (2022)
*''I Can't Shut My Brain Down'' (2023) (with Sigrid Haanshus)
Features
*''Unity'' By Sheridan (2022)
Filmography
Films
* ''Miss Nikki and the Tiger Girls''
References
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1991 births
Living people
21st-century Burmese women singers
People from Myitkyina