Katarína Knechtová Explained

Katarína Knechtová
Birth Name:Katarína Knechtová
Alias:Katka Knechtová
Birth Date:14 March 1981
Birth Place:Prešov, Slovakia
Origin:Slovakia
Instrument:Guitar, keyboard
Genre:Pop, pop rock, rock, alternative rock
Occupation:Singer, songwriter, guitarist, keyboardist
Years Active:1996–present
Label:Universal Music, Perina
Associated Acts:IMT Smile, Peha

Katarína Knechtová (born March 14, 1981) is a Slovak singer-songwriter and guitarist, originally known for her work with the band Peha.

Biography

Katarína was born in Prešov, to a Czech mother and Slovak father. In Prešov she attended the Ján Adam Raymann Gymnasium. After finishing school, she studied philosophy. For seven years she studied to play keyboard, she is also a self-taught guitarist. She started her music career in local band named Prešovčatá. Katarína has a younger sister, Veronika.

Music career

Katarína Knechtová debuted on the Slovak music scene in 1996 in the band IMT Smile led by Ivan Tásler. One year later she left the band with drummer and moved to Peha band, which was later in 1999 called the revelation of a year in Slovakia. Two years later, Katarína won the Aurel award as the best female singer (in 2005 she won again). She is also a winner of OTO award in 2007.

Even though she is a writer of a lot of lyrics, she admits that her "main writer" is Vlado Krausz.[1]

In 2008, she left her band Peha to pursuit a solo career.

Discography

Albums

Studio albums

YearAlbum detailsTop positions
ChartsGSA
[2]
SKCZ[3]
with IMT Smile
1997Klik-Klak
  • Released

1997

  • Label: Závodský/Škvrna (#167 013/210 059)[4]
  • Format

CD

—31
with Peha
1999Niečo sa chystá
  • Released: 1999
  • Label: Bonton (#495 354)[5]
  • Format: CD
——
2001Krajinou
  • Released: 2001
  • Label: Epic (#500 740)[6]
  • Format: CD
—84
2003Experiment
  • Released: 2003
  • Label: Epic (#511 320)[7]
  • Format: CD
—94
2005Deň medzi nedeľou a pondelkom
  • Released: 2005
  • Label: B&M/Universal (#987 363/275 364)[8]
  • Format: CD
78
Solo
2008Zodiak
  • Released: December 1, 2008
  • Label: Universal (#179 399)[9]
  • Format: CD
20—
2012Tajomstvá
  • Released: February 13, 2012
  • Label: Universal (#279 541)[10]
  • Format: CD
9—
"—" denotes an album that did not chart or was not released in that region.

Compilations

YearAlbumCharts
SKCZ[11]
with Peha
2006Best Of
  • Released: October 1, 2006
  • Label: Epic (#88697 02194)[12]
  • Format: CD
8
2010Donekonečna: Best of 1997–2010
  • Released: October 25, 2010
  • Label: Universal (#2755 161)[13]
  • Format: 2CD
—
"—" denotes an album that did not chart or was not released in that region.

Singles

YearSongChartsAlbum
SKCZ
50
[14] 		100
[15] 		50
[16] 		100
[17]
Airplay singles
2006"Za tebou" with Peha46—518Deň medzi nedeľou a pondelkom
"Deň medzi nedeľou a pondelkom" with Peha——1039
"Spomaľ" with Peha178011
"Renesancia" with Peha11415
2007"Opýtaj sa" with Peha11——
"Muoj Bože"1111Zodiak
2008"Do batôžka"716—— Pocta Jarovi Filipovi: Jarove pesničky
"Vo svetle žiariacich hviezd"22313Zodiak
2009"V tichu"13415
"Píseň labutí" with Michal Hrůza1740947Napořád
"V krajine zázrakov"1745——Zodiak
2010"Všetko inak vyzerá"415——
"Slovensko na nohy"1150——Donekonečna: Best of 1997–2010
2011"To musí byť len láskou"219——Tajomstvá
"Zopár slov"73727—
2012"Zmier svetlo s tmou"1545—
2013"Zločin"4301795
"Keby"543——
"Isabel"4411367
"—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released in that region.

Other appearances

See also

References

General
Specific

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Vlado Krausz maľuje, ako mu štetec narástol . sk . korzar.sme.sk.
  2. For ranking Žbirka's and/or Modus' album releases as classified in the 100 Greatest Slovak Albums of All Time list published by Nový čas in 2007, see the newspaper's link.
  3. For peak chart position of Knechtová's studio albums in Czech Republic, use a link depending on an album release.
  4. Klik-Klak (Liner Notes) . IMT Smile. 1997 . Compact Disc . Závodský/Škvrna Records. . sk.
  5. Niečo sa chystá (Liner Notes) . Peha. 1999 . Compact Disc . BONTON Music Slovakia. Slovak Republic . sk.
  6. Krajinou (Liner Notes) . Peha. 2001 . Compact Disc . Epic Records. Slovak Republic . sk.
  7. Experiment (Liner Notes) . Peha. 2003 . Compact Disc . Epic Records. Slovak Republic . sk.
  8. Deň medzi nedeľou a pondelkom (Liner Notes) . Peha. 2005 . Compact Disc . B&M Music/Universal Music Group. Slovak Republic . sk.
  9. Zodiak (Liner Notes) . Katarína Knechtová. 2008 . Katarína. Knechtová. Katarína Knechtová. Compact Disc . Universal Music Group. Slovak Republic . sk.
  10. Tajomstvá (Liner Notes) . Katarína Knechtová. 2012 . Katarína. Knechtová. Katarína Knechtová. Compact Disc . Universal Music Group. Slovak Republic . sk.
  11. For peak chart position of Knechtová's compilation albums in Czech Republic, use a link depending on an album release.
  12. Best Of (Liner Notes) . Peha. 2006 . Compact Disc . Epic Records. Slovak Republic . sk.
  13. Donekonečna: Best of 1997–2010 (Liner Notes) . Peha. 2006 . Compact Disc . Epic Records. Slovak Republic . sk.
  14. For peak chart position of Knechtová's songs in the Slovak component Rádio SK 50 Oficiálna chart, use a link depending on a single release.
  15. For peak chart position of Knechtová's' songs in the Slovak official Rádio Top 100 Oficiálna airplay chart, use a link depending on a single release.
  16. For peak chart position of Knechtová's songs in the Czech component Rádio CZ 50 Oficiální chart, use a link depending on a single release.
  17. For peak chart position of Knechtová's songs in the Czech official Rádio Top 100 Oficiální airplay chart, use a link depending on a single release.

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