Justyna Steczkowska
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Justyna Steczkowska is a Polish
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

 singer, song-writer, and actress.

She comes from a big musical family, and played violin in a family band before becoming a solo singer. She has a vocal range of 4 octaves.

Steczkowska became famous when she won a song contest in Poland Szansa na sukces
Szansa na sukces
Szansa na sukces is a popular TV show on Polish channel TVP2. In the program amateur singers sing songs of Polish bands which are invited to the show...

with the song "Buenos Aires". Later, she represented Poland in the 1995 Eurovision Song Contest
Eurovision Song Contest
The Eurovision Song Contest is an annual competition held among active member countries of the European Broadcasting Union .Each member country submits a song to be performed on live television and then casts votes for the other countries' songs to determine the most popular song in the competition...

 with the song "Sama
Sama (song)
"Sama" was the Polish entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1995, performed in Polish by Justyna.The song is somewhat elliptical lyrically. Justyna sings about feeling alone, comparing her state of mind to being "a little flea"...

", ("Alone") which was placed eighteenth. After a few CDs with her own songs, she released Alkimja, a compilation of Jewish songs with Polish lyrics. She received multiple awards including a Fryderyk
Fryderyk
The Fryderyk is the annual award in Polish music. Its name refers to the original Polish spelling variant of Polish composer Frédéric Chopin's first name...

 for The Best Song of The Year. She appeared in two films: Billboard and Na koniec świata (To the End of the World).

She took part in the Polish edition of Dancing with the Stars
Dancing with the Stars
Dancing with the Stars is the name of several international television series based on the format of the British TV series Strictly Come Dancing, which is distributed by BBC Worldwide – the commercial arm of the BBC. Currently the format has been licensed to over 35 countries...

 (the sixth edition) where she came in second and in co-hosts Dancing on Ice
Dancing on Ice
Dancing on Ice is a British television show co-hosted by Christine Bleakley and Philip Schofield, in which celebrities and their professional partners figure skate in front of a panel of judges. The format, devised by LWT and Granada Television, has been a prime-time hit in eight different...

.

She sold over 700,000 albums.

Discography

Year Album Sales
Certification
Certification
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Sales PL
1996 Dziewczyna szamana [Shaman's Girlfriend] 3×Platinum 350,000
1997 Naga [Naked] Gold 150,000
1999 Na koniec świata [To the End of the World] - 15,000
2000 Dzień i noc [Day and Night] - 70,000
2001 Mów do mnie jeszcze [Talk to Me] - 30,000
2002 Alkimja [Alchemy] Gold 35,000
2003 Złota Kolekcja - Moja intymność [Gold Collection - My Intimacy] - 10,000
2004 Femme Fatale - 10,000
2007 Daj mi chwilę [Give Me a Moment] Platinum 35,000
2008 Puchowe kołysanki [Feather Lullabies] Gold 15,000
2009 To mój czas [This is my time] - 13,000
2011 Mezalianse [Mésalliances] - 10,000

Singles

  • Moja intymność – 1994
  • Sama – 1995
  • Dziewczyna szamana - 1996
  • Oko za oko – 1996- awarded The Song of The Year title
  • Grawitacja – 1996
  • Niekochani – 1996
  • Tatuuj mnie – 1996
  • Niebezpieczne związki (feat. Grzegorz Turnau
    Grzegorz Turnau
    Grzegorz Turnau is a Polish composer, pianist, poet and singer.He was born on 31 July 1967 in Kraków, Poland. At age seventeen he won First Prize at The Student Song Festival in Kraków in 1984...

    ) – 1997
  • Za dużo wiesz – 1997
  • Za karę – 1998
  • Kici kici maj – 1998
  • Kryminalna Miłość – 1998
  • Na koniec świata – 1999
  • Kosmiczna Rewolucja – 2000
  • Podróżując – 2000
  • Świat jest niewierny – 2000
  • To koniec – 2000
  • Mów do mnie jeszcze – 2001
  • Mówisz do mnie moja – 2001
  • Co to jest miłość – 2001
  • Śpiewaj Yidl Mitn Fidl – 2002
  • Świt świt – 2002
  • Wszyscy braćmi być powinni – 2002
  • Zadzwoń do mnie – 2004
  • Tłum – 2005
  • To nie miłość (to tylko złudzenie) – 2007
  • Tu i tu – 2007
  • Daj mi chwilę – 2007
  • Choć wieje, pada, grzmi feat. Borys Szyc
    Borys Szyc
    Borys Szyc is a Polish theatre and movie actor.Since 2001 he has performed at Teatr Współczesny in Warsaw. He won the 2006 Wiktor award for best Polish TV actor.-Actor:* Enduro bojz as Motorcyclist...

     – 2008
  • Tajemnice uczuć - 2008
  • Czas – 2008
  • Filozof (feat. Bogusław Mec) – 2008
  • Wracam do domu - 2008
  • Odnajdę Cię - 2008
  • To mój czas - 2009
  • Tango - 2009
  • Proszę Cię - Skłam - 2009
  • Kim Tu Jestem - ?
  • Tylko Ty Znasz Te Zaklęcia - ?

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