| Piotr Zioła | |
| Birth Name: | Piotr Karol Zioła |
| Birth Date: | 1995 11, df=y |
| Birth Place: | Opole, Poland |
| Instrument: | Vocals |
| Genre: | Rock |
| Occupation: | Singer |
| Years Active: | 2012–present |
| Label: | Warner Music Poland |
Piotr Karol Zioła (born 24 November 1995 in Opole) is a Polish rock singer, winner of Fryderyk Award in the category of Debut of the Year (2017).
He's a son of a bassist Grzegorz Zioła. He has an older sister.[1] He started learning piano in music school at the age of six, but he stopped in 5th grade.[2] [3] He graduated from the High School No. 2 in Opole.[4]
In 2008 he won first prize in the Piosenkobranie competition.[5] In 2012 he had his television debut as a 16-year-old in the Polish edition of X Factor. Although his performance of "Valerie" by Amy Winehouse was liked by the judges,[6] he didn't make it to the next stage. After the show he met a music producer Marcin Bors and they started a collaboration.[7]
In 2015 he appeared on the Spring Break Showcase Festival & Conference in Poznań. There, he met Justyna Święs and the band Rysy, with whom he collaborated on a track "Przyjmij brak".[8] In the same year he performed on Open’er Festival, Warsaw Musik Week[9] and Europejskie Targi Muzyczne "Co Jest Grane?" in Warsaw,[10] and in August he performed with Rysy on Tauron Nowa Muzyka (with the track "Przyjmij Brak"). In October/November he published his debut single – "Podobny".[11] 22 April 2016 was the date of the premiere of his first LP Revolving Door,[12] [13] with lyrics by Karolina Kozak, Gaba Kulka i Radek Łukasiewicz.[14] In 2017 he was nominated to 2017 Fryderyki Awards in the categories of fonographic debut of the year and pop album of the year;[15] in April he won in the first of those two categories.[16]
The artist came out as gay in January 2018, announcing his relationship with model Dominik Sadoch on social media.[17]
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| POL [19] | ||||
| "Podobny"[20] | 2015 | – | Revolving Door | |
| "W ciemno"[21] | 2016 | 33 | ||
| "Django"[22] | – | |||
| "Nie mamy skrzydeł” | 2018 | – | Albo inaczej 2 | |
| "–" single wasn't noted in the chart | ||||
| Year | Award | Category | Result | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Fryderyk | Phonographic Debut of the Year | [23] | |
| Album of the Year – Pop (Revolving Door) |