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BIOGRAPHY

Edyta Gorniak
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Edyta Górniak, born on November 14, 1972, in Ziebice, Poland, is one of the most popular female singers of Polish pop music.

At the age of 14 Górniak formed a band and was playing at private parties and evening dances. After studying and taking singing lessons, in 1989, aged 16, she gave her first public appearance on a Polish television talent show where she won with Sam Brown's hit Stop. In 1990 she performed on the festival of the Polish music industry Krajowy Festiwal Piosenki Polskiej Opole with a honorable mention. During the next three years she was the star of the musical Metro ("Subway") - the most popular musical in Polish history and in two music performances Do grajacej szafy grosik wrzuc ("Put A Dime In The Jukebox") -- with classic Polish pop songs from the pre-rock'n'roll era and Brel -- Polish versions of songs from French bard Jacques Brel.

In 1993 Górniak took part in the Baltic Song Contest and finished in third place. In 1994 she was the first Polish artist to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest 1994, in which she claimed a highly creditable second place, which still stands as Poland's best showing in the contest. Her song was To nie ja ("That's Not Me"), which was also released in English as "Once In A Lifetime".

To nie ja proved to be her breakthrough in Poland, becoming there the biggest hit of the year 1994. Górniak was signed to Pomaton EMI. Her first studio album Dotyk ("The Touch") released a year later moved half-million units in Poland, bringing another hits Jestem kobieta ("I'm A Woman") and the eponymous Dotyk, which was the biggest Polish hit of 1995. In 1996 she signed a contract in London with EMI International for five albums. However, she continued recording for the Polish market, and had then three more hits in Poland: Kolorowy wiatr (Polish version of the hit Colors Of The Wind from the Disney movie Pocahontas for its Polish version), Love Is On The Line (club hit written by Kylie Minogue) and To Atlanta (Polish hymn of the 1996 Olympic Games).

Górniak released her first English album Edyta Górniak a year later, in association with producer Chris Neil, responsible for the international success of Celine Dion. However, the mediocre success of the singles When You Come Back To Me and One & One limited the album's global impact, with sales of 200,000 units internationally, but also 150,000 units in Poland. During the promotion of that album, Górniak had another two hits recorded for the Polish audience: Lustro (Polish version of hit Reflection from the Disney movie Mulan for its Polish version) and Dumka na dwa serca (theme from the most expensive Polish movie of the 20th century With Fire And Sword), which became the biggest Polish hit of 1999.

In 1999 Górniak began a tour through Poland and released the concert album Live ´99. In 2002 she was dropped from EMI International and signed to Virgin Germany. Then her next international album Perla ("Pearl") was released in Poland, a year before its international premiere. It was produced by team Absolute responsible for the success of Spice Girls. The Polish edition of the album had a bonus disc with songs for Polish fans, which brought hits Jak najdalej ("As Furthest") and Nie prosze o wiecej ("I'm Not Asking For More"). Also that year Górniak was asked to perform the Polish National Anthem at the 2002 FIFA World Cup, but that performance had a decidedly mixed reception. In 2003 an English part of Perla was released internationally as Invisible with bonus club tune Impossible, which was the biggest hit from the album. Unfortunately "Invisible" was a commercial flop with over ten times worse international sales than her previous studio album, although its Polish version Perla had quite good results in the time of phonographic crisis, selling there 35,000 units. A year later she was dropped from Virgin and after ten years of cooperation she also left her Polish label Pomaton EMI.

In February 2006, Górniak appeared on the cover of Playboy magazine for the third time and released another club single Sexuality. Górniak then left Mathplanete unexpectedly, dumping the idea of recording club music, and began works on her new international pop album, seeking a new major record label. Her choice was Sony BMG and the first result of new direction was Polish hit Cyganskie serce ("Gypsy Heart") presented in June on Krajowy Festiwal Piosenki Polskiej Opole. Unfortunately English single Loving You from December 2006 was a flop. In January 2007 Górniak sang another movie theme, this time for Smocze Wzgórze - Polish version of animated Spanish movie Dragon Hill.

Since March 2007, Górniak is in the jury of a new TV show "Jak oni spiewaja" ("Soapstar Superstar"), in which stars from popular Polish TV series take part in a competition to win a record deal.