Katarína Knechtová
Slovak musician (born 1981)
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Katarína Knechtová (born March 14, 1981) is a Slovak singer-songwriter and guitarist, originally known for her work with the band Peha.
March 14, 1981
Katarína Knechtová | |
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Katarína Knechtová (2013) | |
| Background information | |
| Also known as | Katka Knechtová |
| Born | Katarína Knechtová March 14, 1981 Prešov, Slovakia |
| Origin | Slovakia |
| Genres | Pop, pop rock, rock, alternative rock |
| Occupations | Singer, songwriter, guitarist, keyboardist |
| Instruments | Guitar, keyboard |
| Years active | 1996–present |
| Labels | Universal Music, Perina |
| Website | katarinaknechtova |
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 with the band IMT Smile led by Ivan Tásler. One year later, she left the band together with its drummer and joined the band Peha, which was considered the revelation of the year in 1999. Two years later, Katarína won the Aurel award as the best female singer (in 2005, she won it again). She also won the OTO award in 2007.
Even though she wrote a lot of lyrics, she credits Vlado Krausz as her "main writer".[1]
In 2008, she left her band Peha to pursue a solo career.
Discography
Albums
Studio albums
| Year | Album details | Top positions | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charts | GSA [2] | ||||
| SK | CZ[3] | ||||
| with IMT Smile | |||||
| 1997 | Klik-Klak | N/a | — | 31 | |
| with Peha | |||||
| 1999 | Niečo sa chystá
|
N/a | — | — | |
| 2001 | Krajinou | N/a | — | 84 | |
| 2003 | Experiment
|
N/a | — | 94 | |
| 2005 | Deň medzi nedeľou a pondelkom | N/a | 7 | 8 | |
| Solo | |||||
| 2008 | Zodiak
|
N/a | 20 | — | |
| 2012 | Tajomstvá
|
N/a | 9 | — | |
| "—" denotes an album that did not chart or was not released in that region. | |||||
Compilations
| Year | Album | Charts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SK | CZ[11] | |||
| with Peha | ||||
| 2006 | Best Of
|
N/a | 8 | |
| 2010 | Donekonečna: Best of 1997–2010
|
N/a | — | |
| "—" denotes an album that did not chart or was not released in that region. | ||||
Singles
| Year | Song | Charts | Album | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SK | CZ | |||||
| 50 [14] |
100 [15] |
50 [16] |
100 [17] | |||
| Airplay singles | ||||||
| 2006 | "Za tebou" with Peha | 46 | — | 5 | 18 | Deň medzi nedeľou a pondelkom |
| "Deň medzi nedeľou a pondelkom" with Peha | — | — | 10 | 39 | ||
| "Spomaľ" with Peha | 17 | 80 | 1 | 1 | ||
| "Renesancia" with Peha | 1 | 1 | 4 | 15 | ||
| 2007 | "Opýtaj sa" with Peha | 1 | 1 | — | — | |
| "Muoj Bože" | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Zodiak | |
| 2008 | "Do batôžka" | 7 | 16 | — | — | Pocta Jarovi Filipovi: Jarove pesničky |
| "Vo svetle žiariacich hviezd" | 2 | 2 | 3 | 13 | Zodiak | |
| 2009 | "V tichu" | 1 | 3 | 4 | 15 | |
| "Píseň labutí" with Michal Hrůza | 17 | 40 | 9 | 47 | Napořád | |
| "V krajine zázrakov" | 17 | 45 | — | — | Zodiak | |
| 2010 | "Všetko inak vyzerá" | 4 | 15 | — | — | |
| "Slovensko na nohy" | 11 | 50 | — | — | Donekonečna: Best of 1997–2010 | |
| 2011 | "To musí byť len láskou" | 2 | 19 | — | — | Tajomstvá |
| "Zopár slov" | 7 | 37 | 27 | — | ||
| 2012 | "Zmier svetlo s tmou" | 1 | 5 | 45 | — | |
| 2013 | "Zločin" | 4 | 30 | 17 | 95 | |
| "Keby" | 5 | 43 | — | — | ||
| "Isabel" | 4 | 41 | 13 | 67 | ||
| "—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released in that region. | ||||||
Other appearances
- 2011: Tante Cose da Veder with Petr Hapka, Michal Horáček & Ondřej Brzobohatý
