Beata Kozidrak

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Kozidrak after winning the Midnight Sun Song Festival in Lahti, 1989

Career

Her career began in 1978, when she was placed second at the National Festival of Polish Song in Opole, performing the song Piechotą do lata, as a member of Bajm band.

Personal life

She is the youngest of three siblings. She has a sister, Mariola, and had a brother, Jarosław Kozidrak.[3] In childhood, she lived at 36A Grodzka Street in Lublin.

She is an ex-wife of Andrzej Pietras (married from 1979 until 8 July 2016),[4] co-founder and manager of the Bajm band, with whom she has two daughters: Katarzyna (born 7 December 1981) and Agata (born 22 September 1993).

Discography

Solo albums

Year[5] Album details[5] Peak chart positions Certifications
POL
[6]
1998 Beata
  • Released: 18 June 1998
  • Label: Pomaton EMI
  • Formats: CD, digital download[7]
  • POL: 2× Platinum[8]
2005 Teraz płynę
  • Released: 21 November 2005[9]
  • Label: Pomaton EMI
  • Formats: CD, digital download[10]
1
  • POL: 2× Platinum[8]
2016 B3 3
2023 B4
  • Released: 23 February 2023
  • Label: Sony Music Entertainment Poland
  • Formats: CD, digital download
28
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Compilation albums

Year[5] Album details[5] Peak chart positions
POL
[6]
2006 Platynowa 21

Awards

  • 1986 – Grand Prix at the Baltic States Song Festival in Karlshamn, Sweden with the song Diament i sól
  • 1987 – Grand Prix at the Midnight Sun Festival in Lahti, Finland with the song Hurry My Love
  • 1999 – two Fryderyk awards: Best Vocalist and Best Pop Album (Beata)
  • 2001 – Fryderyk, "Vocalist of the Year"
  • 2006 – Złote Dzioby, Radio WAWA, "Album of the Year"
  • 2015 – Amber Nighnigale Lifetime Achievement Award at the Polsat SuperHit Festival[13]
  • 2019 – Icon of Culture Award presented by the Wprost magazine
  • 2020 – Woman of the Year presented by the Glamour magazine[14]

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