Beata Elżbieta Kozidrak (born 4 May 1960) is a Polish singer and songwriter. She is the lead singer and lyricist for the Polish pop-rock band BAJM. She is one of the most popular singers in Poland. She has a four-octave vocal range and reaches the whistle register.
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. 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), 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 Album details Peak chart positions CertificationsPOLPeak chart positions for studio albums in Poland: Teraz płynę: Platynowa: B3: B4: 1998 Beata Released: 18 June 1998 Label: Pomaton EMI Formats: CD, digital download — POL: 2× Platinum 2005 Teraz płynę Released: 21 November 2005 Label: Pomaton EMI Formats: CD, digital download 1 POL: 2× Platinum 2016 B3 Released: 16 September 2016 Label: Sony Music Entertainment Poland Formats: CD, LP, digital download 3 POL: Gold 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 Album details Peak chart positionsPOL 2006 Platynowa Released: 22 May 2006 Label: EMI Music Poland Formats: CD 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 2019 – Icon of Culture Award presented by the Wprost magazine 2020 – Woman of the Year presented by the Glamour magazine
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