Beata Elżbieta Kozidrak (born 4 May 1960) is a Polish singer and songwriter. She is the lead singer and lyricist for the Polish iconic pop-rock band – BAJM. She is one of the most popular singers in Poland. She has a four-octave

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. and reaches the

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Career

Her career began in 1978, when she was placed second at the

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, performing the song ''Piechotą do lata'', as a member of Bajm band.

Personal life

She is the youngest of three siblings. She has a sister, Mariola, and had a brother, Jarosław Kozidrak. In childhood, she lived at 36A Grodzka Street in Lublin. She is an ex-wife of Andrzej Pietras (married from 1979 until 8 July 2016), co-founder and manager of the Bajm band, with whom she has two daughters: Katarzyna (born 7 December 1981) and Agata (born 22 September 1993).

Discography

Solo albums

Compilation albums

Awards

* 1986 – Grand Prix at the Baltic States Song Festival in

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, Sweden with the song ''Diament i sól'' * 1987 – Grand Prix at the Midnight Sun Festival in

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with the song ''Hurry My Love'' * 1999 – two ''

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'' awards: Best Vocalist and Best Pop Album (''Beata'') * 2001 – ''

'', "Vocalist of the Year" * 2006 – ''Złote Dzioby'', Radio WAWA, "Album of the Year" * 2015 – Amber Nighnigale Lifetime Achievement Award at the Polsat SuperHit Festival * 2019 – Icon of Culture Award presented by the ''

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'' magazine * 2020 – Woman of the Year presented by the ''Glamour'' magazine

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kozidrak, Beata 1960 births 20th-century Polish women singers 21st-century Polish women singers EMI Group artists Women rock singers Living people Musicians from Lublin Polish pop singers Polish rock singers Polish singer-songwriters Sony Music artists