Sima (singer)
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30 April 1996
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| Background information | |
| Born | Simona Hégerová 30 April 1996 Trnava, Slovakia |
| Occupation | Singer |
| Instrument | Vocals |
| Years active | 2008–present |
| Website | www |
Simona Hégerová (born 30 April 1996, known professionally as Sima) is a Slovak pop and hip-hop singer. She is among the most popular Slovak internet personalities, with a high number of followers across multiple social media platforms.[1]
Simona Hégerová was born on 30 April 1996 in Trnava.[2] She started singing at the age of nine.[1] As a teenager, she participated in various television singing competitions. At 12, she, along with her sister Barbora, competed in the Mini Talent Show broadcast by Slovak Television and Radio.[3] Four years later, at 16, she took part in Hlas Česko Slovenska 2012.[4] At the age of 14, she was invited to perform at casting events of a modeling agency, which was later discovered to serve as a cover for human trafficking. Sima was among the key witnesses of the prosecution in the case against the owners of the agency.[5]
In 2017, Sima started working with the rapper Ego, a member of the hip hop group Kontrafakt. This collaboration resulted in three successful albums - Femina (2017), Podľa Seba (2018) and Bombím (2019), which topped the sales charts in Slovakia.[6][7] In 2022, she released her fourth album, Masterpiece, which topped the Spotify charts in Slovakia for most of the year.[8] Due to her success on the platform, Sima was featured on a billboard in Times Square as part of Spotify's EQUAL campaign, highlighting influential female artists worldwide.[9]
In 2024 Sima was included in the Slovak edition of Forbes magazine "30 under 30" list on the basis of her success across various online platforms.[1]
Musical style and influences
Her music is mainly pop, and she often raps or works with hip-hop artists. She first reached a wider audience through features with rapper Ego on the Podzemgang project, and her later singles kept this pop-rap mix.[10] For example, “Toto leto” with rapper Kali was the most-viewed YouTube music video in Slovakia in 2020.[11]
