Maria Sadowska | |
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![]() Sadowska in 2019 | |
Born | |
Alma mater | Fryderyk Chopin Academy of Music in Warsaw National Film School in Łódź |
Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter, music producer, film director, screenwriter |
Musical career | |
Genres | Jazz, pop |
Labels | EMI Music Japan, Sony BMG Music Entertainment Poland, Sony Music Entertainment Poland, Fonografika, QM Music, Warner Music Poland |
Website | www.mariasadowska.com [usurped] |
Maria Sadowska (born 27 June 1976 in Warsaw), [1] also credited as Marysia Sadowska [2] or simply as Marysia, [3] is a Polish pop singer, [2] music producer, screenwriter [4] and film director.
Sadowska was born in the capital of Poland, Warsaw, [1] to her father, a composer, and her mother, a jazz singer. [5] She debuted as a singer at the age of 14, and produced a musical, at the age of 17, where she wrote and composed its theme music and played the main role. [6]
Sadowska released her first album Jutro in 1995. Two years later, in 1997, she released her second and third albums, Lucky Star and Crazy, exclusively in Japan. [4] The latter's title track was featured on Dancemania's seventh issue, [5] and two songs from Lucky Star, "Maybe Baby" and "Lucky Star", were featured respectively on Dancemania 8 and Dancemania 9 . [6] [7]
In 2004, Sadowska released her fourth, jazz-dance-orientated album, Marysia Sadowska, [4] which reached number 38 on the Polish OLiS chart. [8]
Her fifth album, Tribute to Komeda, was literally a tribute album to Krzysztof Komeda. [4] In its release year of 2006, the album reached No. 11 on OLiS' chart and was certified gold. [9] The next year, 2007, she appeared on the British TV show Dancing on Ice , and released her sixth album Gwiazda dla każdego. [4]
The 2009 album Spis treści featured her tenth single "Jest dobrze". Spis treści was her first completely self-produced album. [4]
Her debut feature film Women's Day (Dzień kobiet) was released in 2013 [10] and received the main award at the 22nd Film Festival Cottbus. [11]
Sadowska was the judge of the third and fourth season of Polish TV show The Voice of Poland , with participants from her team winning twice. She returned to judging for the show's sixth season, and won again.
In 2019, Maria Sadowska took part in TVN's reality show Agent – Gwiazdy and she played the role of the title character – the Mole (pol. Agent). [12]
Sadowska is the daughter of composer Krzysztof Sadowski and singer Liliana Urbańska. [1] She earned a second degree in piano at the Fryderyk Chopin Academy of Music in Warsaw [2] soon after the releases of Lucky Star and Crazy. [4] She also graduated from the Lodz Film School in 2002. [1]
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Jutro | — | ||||||||||||||||||
Lucky Star |
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Marysia Sadowska |
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Gwiazda dla każdego |
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Spis treści | — | ||||||||||||||||||
Demakijaż | — | ||||||||||||||||||
Jazz na ulicach | 24 |
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Początek nocy |
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"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||||||||||||||||
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POL [13] | |||||||||||||||||||
Kaczmarski & Jazz with Anna Serafińska and Janusz Szrom | — | ||||||||||||||||||
Tribute to Komeda | 11 |
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"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
Title | Album details |
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Dzień Kobiet |
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Crazy |
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