| Katarína Knechtová | |
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Katarína Knechtová (2007) |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Katarína Knechtová |
| Also known as | Katka Knechtová |
| Born | 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 |
| Associated acts | IMT Smile, Peha |
| Website | katarinaknechtova.com |
Katarína Knechtová (born March 14, 1981) is slovak singer, guitarist and songwriter. Known in Slovakia for her performances in band Peha.
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Katarína was born in Prešov, where she attended Ján Adam Raymann Gymnasium. After finishing school, she studied philosophy. For seven years she was learning to play keyboard, she is also a self-taught guitarist. She started her music career in local band named Prešovčatá. Katarína has younger sister, Veronika.
Katarína Knechtová debuted on slovak music scene in 1996 in 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 Aurel award as the best female singer (in 2005 she won again). She is also a winner of OTO award in 2007.
Even that she is herself a writer of a lot of lyrics, she admits that her "main writer" is Vlado Krausz.[1]
In 2008 she left her band Peha and started a solo career.
| Year | Album | Peak positions | Label | ||
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| Charts | GSA [2] |
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| SK | CZ[3] | ||||
| 2008 | Zodiak | 20 | — | Universal | |
| 2012 | Tajomstvá[4] | — | |||
| with IMT Smile | |||||
| 1997 | Klik Klak | 31 | Závodský | ||
| with Peha | |||||
| 1999 | Niečo sa chystá | — | Bonton | ||
| 2001 | Krajinou | 84 | Epic | ||
| 2003 | Experiment | 94 | |||
| 2005 | Deň medzi nedeľou a pondelkom | 7 | 8 | B&M | |
| "—" denotes an album that did not chart or was not released in that region. | |||||
| Year | Album | Charts | Label | |
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| SK | CZ[5] | |||
| with Peha | ||||
| 2006 | Best Of | 8 | Epic | |
| 2010 | Donekonečna: Best of 1997-2010 | Universal | ||
| "—" denotes an album that did not chart or was not released in that region. | ||||
| Year | Song | Charts | Album | |||
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| SK | CZ | |||||
| 50 [6] |
100 [7] |
50 [8] |
100 [9] |
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| 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 | — | — | |
| "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 | — | — | |
| "Zopár slov" | 7 | 37 | 27 | Tajomstvá | ||
| "—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released in that region. | ||||||