Helena Zeťová (7 November 1980 – 20 December 2024) was a Czech singer.

Life and career

Zeťová was born on 7 November 1980 in

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). She started singing at the age of 15, first with a rock band, and later with an American band on the Spanish island of

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(

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). Her career started changing after her win at the 2000 '' Do-Re-Mi'' amateur singer contest TV show, where she performed " Against All Odds" by

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. It was her first TV performance. In 2001, she, together with Tereza Kerndlová and , established a

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. In 2002 they released their first studio album ''Modrej dým''. The same year they earned the

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prize in the "Discovery of the Year" category. In 2005, the band dissolved. Half a year later the same year Zeťová released her first solo album, ''Ready to Roll'', and was named "Surprise of the Year" in the Český slavík poll. In 2019, she moved to Prostřední Bečva and reconstructed a house there. Zeťová died in Prostřední Bečva on 20 December 2024, at the age of 44.

Discography

Black Milk

Studio albums

* ''Modrej dým'' (2002, platinum album) * ''Sedmkrát'' (2003, gold album) * ''Nechci tě trápit'' (2007, compilation)

Singles

* ''Nechci tě trápit'' (2002) * ''Modrej dým'' (2002) * ''Pár nápadů'' (2002)

Solo

Studio albums

* 2005: ''Ready to Roll'' (4th in Top 100) * 2008: ''Crossing Bridges'' (5th in Top 100)

Singles

* 2005 – "Impossible (Unstoppable)" (1st in Top 100) * 2006 – "Ready to Roll" * 2006 – "Black Cat" * 2007 – "Crossing Bridges" (41st in Top 100) * 2008 – "Love Me Again" (4th in Top 100) * 2008 – "Don't U Play Games"

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