Polish singer and songwriter (born 1960)

Beata Elżbieta Kozidrak (born 4 May 1960) is a Polish singer and songwriter. She is the lead singer and lyricist for the Polish iconic 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.

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

Contents

• 1 Career
• 2 Personal life
• 3 Discography
  • 3.1 Solo albums
  • 3.2 Compilation albums
• 4 Awards
• 5 References
• 6 External links

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

Compilation albums

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

References

External links

• Media related to Beata Kozidrak at Wikimedia Commons