Katarína Knechtová

Katarína Knechtová

Katarína Knechtová (2007)
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
Occupation(s) 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 a Slovak singer-songwriter and guitarist, originally known for her work with the band Peha.

Biography

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 a younger sister, Veronika.

Music career

Katarína Knechtová debuted on the Slovak music scene in 1996 in the 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 the Aurel award as the best female singer (in 2005 she won again). She is also a winner of OTO award in 2007.

Even though she is a writer of a lot of lyrics, she admits that her "main writer" is Vlado Krausz.[1]

In 2008, she left her band Peha to pursuit 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
  • Released: 1999
  • Label: Bonton (#495 354)[5]
  • Format: CD
 N/A — —
2001 Krajinou
  • Released: 2001
  • Label: Epic (#500 740)[6]
  • Format: CD
 N/A — 84
2003 Experiment
  • Released: 2003
  • Label: Epic (#511 320)[7]
  • Format: CD
 N/A — 94
2005 Deň medzi nedeľou a pondelkom
  • Released: 2005
  • Label: B&M/Universal (#987 363/275 364)[8]
  • Format: CD
 N/A 7 8
Solo
2008 Zodiak
  • Released: December 1, 2008
  • Label: Universal (#179 399)[9]
  • Format: CD
 N/A 20 —
2012 Tajomstvá
  • Released: February 13, 2012
  • Label: Universal (#279 541)[10]
  • Format: CD
 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
  • Released: October 1, 2006
  • Label: Epic (#88697 02194)[12]
  • Format: CD
 N/A 8
2010 Donekonečna: Best of 1997-2010
  • Released: October 25, 2010
  • Label: Universal (#2755 161)[13]
  • Format: 2CD
 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

See also

References

General
Specific
  1. ↑ "Vlado Krausz maľuje, ako mu štetec narástol" (in Slovak). korzar.sme.sk.
  2. ↑ For ranking Žbirka's and/or Modus' album releases as classified in the 100 Greatest Slovak Albums of All Time list published by Nový čas in 2007, see the newspaper's link.
  3. ↑ For peak chart position of Knechtová's studio albums in Czech Republic, use a link depending on an album release.
  4. ↑ Klik-Klak (Liner Notes) (Compact Disc) (in Slovak). IMT Smile. Slovak Republic: Závodský/Škvrna Records. 1997.
  5. ↑ Niečo sa chystá (Liner Notes) (Compact Disc) (in Slovak). Peha. Slovak Republic: BONTON Music Slovakia. 1999.
  6. ↑ Krajinou (Liner Notes) (Compact Disc) (in Slovak). Peha. Slovak Republic: Epic Records. 2001.
  7. ↑ Experiment (Liner Notes) (Compact Disc) (in Slovak). Peha. Slovak Republic: Epic Records. 2003.
  8. ↑ Deň medzi nedeľou a pondelkom (Liner Notes) (Compact Disc) (in Slovak). Peha. Slovak Republic: B&M Music/Universal Music Group. 2005.
  9. ↑ Knechtová, Katarína (2008). Zodiak (Liner Notes) (Compact Disc) (in Slovak). Katarína Knechtová. Slovak Republic: Universal Music Group.
  10. ↑ Knechtová, Katarína (2012). Tajomstvá (Liner Notes) (Compact Disc) (in Slovak). Katarína Knechtová. Slovak Republic: Universal Music Group.
  11. ↑ For peak chart position of Knechtová's compilation albums in Czech Republic, use a link depending on an album release.
  12. ↑ Best Of (Liner Notes) (Compact Disc) (in Slovak). Peha. Slovak Republic: Epic Records. 2006.
  13. ↑ Donekonečna: Best of 1997-2010 (Liner Notes) (Compact Disc) (in Slovak). Peha. Slovak Republic: Epic Records. 2006.
  14. ↑ For peak chart position of Knechtová's songs in the Slovak component Rádio SK 50 Oficiálna chart, use a link depending on a single release.
  15. ↑ For peak chart position of Knechtová's' songs in the Slovak official Rádio Top 100 Oficiálna airplay chart, use a link depending on a single release.
  16. ↑ For peak chart position of Knechtová's songs in the Czech component Rádio CZ 50 Oficiální chart, use a link depending on a single release.
  17. ↑ For peak chart position of Knechtová's songs in the Czech official Rádio Top 100 Oficiální airplay chart, use a link depending on a single release.

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