Dalibor Janda (born 27 March 1962) is a Czech pop and rock singer, lyricist, and composer, whose popularity peaked in the 1980s. Between 1986 and 1988, he won the

Zlatý slavík Zlatý slavík ( en, Golden Nightingale) was a music poll and an award of the same name established by magazine ''Mladý svět'' along with '' Smena na nedeľu'' in 1962, and broadcast on television. While in the first year of the poll 797 votes ...

award three years in a row.

Career

Dalibor Janda, born Václav Janda in Hranice, in what was then

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, appeared on the music scene in the late 1970s and his popularity grew quickly. He began performing under the name Dalibor Janda in the 1980s and eventually had his name officially changed.

Personal life

Janda is married and has two children. His daughter,

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, is also a singer. His son, Dalibor Janda Jr., committed suicide in 2003. In January 2021, Janda had a heart attack and was hospitalized.

Discography

Studio albums * ''Hurikán'' Dalibor Janda & Prototyp (1986) * ''Kde jsi'' Dalibor Janda & Prototyp (1987) * ''10 prstů pro život (1988) * ''Take them to Mars'' (1989) * ''Jen ty samotná a já'' (1990) * ''Povídání s písničkami'' (1991) * ''Co se má stát, to se stane'' (1992) * ''V lásce nejsou mapy'' (1994) * ''Harmonie zvěrokruhu'' (1995) * ''Krásně šílená'' (1996) * ''Ty jsi můj benzín'' (2000) * ''Roky jako motýli'' (2003) * ''Jeden den'' (2006) * ''Páté poschodí'' (2007) * ''Já se přiznám'' (2011) * ''Někde v zemi nad zemí'' (2016) Live albums * ''Páté poschodí/Dalibor Janda v Lucerně'' (2007) * ''Dalibor Janda 55 – Prototyp a hosté – Lucerna 2008'' (2009) Compilations * ''Zlatý výběr'' (1993) * ''18 hitů o lásce'' (1998) * ''Hurikán koktejl'' (2001) * ''Hvězdné duety'' (2009) * ''Velký flám'' (2018)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Janda, Dalibor 1953 births Living people People from Hranice (Přerov District) Male pop singers 20th-century Czech male singers Czech pop singers Czech composers 21st-century Czech male singers Czechoslovak male singers