Samantha Mumba

Samantha Mumba
Mumba in 2009
Background information
Birth name	Samantha Tamania Anne Cecilia Mumba
Born	(1983-01-18) 18 January 1983 (age 41) Dublin, Ireland
Genres	Dance-pop R&B
Occupation(s)	Singer songwriter dancer actress fashion model TV presenter
Years active	1998–present
Labels	Universal Polydor Warner Chappell Interscope A&M

Samantha Tamania Anne Cecilia Mumba^[1] (born 18 January 1983)^[2] is an Irish singer-songwriter, dancer, actress, fashion model and TV presenter. In 2000, at the age of 17, she shot to fame with the release of her debut single "Gotta Tell You", which reached the top five in Ireland, United Kingdom and the United States. It has since been listed in Billboard's 100 Greatest Choruses of the 21st Century.^[3] Her album of the same name was released later that year and reached number four in Ireland and number nine in the UK. She has had seven top five hits in Ireland and six top ten hits in the United Kingdom.

Mumba has also pursued an acting career, making her film debut in the 2002 film The Time Machine, as well as appearing in a number of Irish independent films.^[4] She returned to music in 2013, and announced plans to release a second album in 2019; however this never came to fruition. Mumba released the singles "Cool" and "Process" in 2020 and further single “The Lie” in 2023.