Kasia Stankiewicz (born 2 June 1977,

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pop singer. She started her career in 1995 singing a song by

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, a multi-platinum Polish band, in the TV song contest '' Szansa na sukces'' (A Chance for Success). In 1999 she recorded her first solo album, ''Kasia Stankiewicz'', with

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compositions. In 2001 Kasia Stankiewicz recorded " The Bridge Song" with the

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. The single promoted their new album around the world. In 2003 she produced and published a new album called ''Extrapop''. The first single "Schyłek lata" (The End of Summer) was a smash hit in Poland, and two other singles "Francuzeczka" (The French Girl) and "Saint Etienne" were successful too. Kasia also left behind her "good girl" image. In 2006 Stankiewicz released a new album called ''Mimikra'' (Mimicry). She released two singles from the album: "4 ręce" (4 Hands) and "Marzec" (March). On the album was also a song called ''Dla Frycka'' which Stankiewicz wrote for her first-born son. A third single from the album is "W środku myśli" (In the Center of Thoughts). It was one of the ten chosen songs to take part in the preliminary to the Sopot Music Festival. During 2008 Kasia Stankiewicz performed and recorded "Baby w Meksyku" on the Te 30 Urodziny (30th Birthday) album of Martyna Jakubowicz along with other artists recordings and two new songs performed by Jakubowicz. In December 2012, she produced a two-disc re-release of "Extrapop". There is original material on disc 2, and some remixes and the song "Run" for the series "Londoners". Kasia Stankiewicz performed ''Dancing with balloons'' in English on TVP Polonia in Poland in 2013 to promote her work. The album, entitled "Lucy and the Loop" was released in October 2014 by Warner Music Poland. The first single "Lucy" premiered on 22 August 2014. The album was in English, Stankiewicz recorded it in studios in Great Britain, Poland and Iceland. Among the track list of the CD were Lucy, Soul, Up and Dancing With Balloons among others. In 2016 Varius Manx & Kasia Stankiewicz released the 25 live 2CD album. Varius Manx and Kasia Stankiewicz did a 25th anniversary concert at CKK Jordanki Concert Hall, in 2017 and other notable locations during their jubilee concert tour.

Discography

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Stankiewicz, Kasia 1977 births Living people People from Działdowo Polish pop singers Polish lyricists 21st-century Polish singers 21st-century Polish women singers