Lucie Bílá (born April 7, 1966 as ''Hana Zaňáková'') is a Czech pop singer. According to her label,

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, the singer has sold over one million albums. She won the Czech musical award,

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13 times, the highest number.

Biography

Lucie Bílá (born Hana Zaňáková) was born in the town of Otvovice in

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to Czech mother and Slovak father, where she was raised and where she attended a secondary school. Before she became involved in the field of music, she trained to be a

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. Bila's first experiences with show business were as a member of the rock bands Rock-Automat and

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. In 1980, she was noticed by Czech music producer Petr Hannig, who created her stage name Lucie Bílá (literally, ''Lucy White'') and penned her first recorded songs. Her name change was originally due to confusion with another famous Czech singer, Hana Zagorová. For over three decades, Bílá has had tremendous professional success among Czechs in a broad range of endeavors, starring in the best-known stage musicals in the country, releasing several popular solo albums, and starring in several films and television specials. For several years in a row in the 2000s she topped the list of the most popular Czech singers in the coveted

awards. Her personal relationships have been rocky and are perennial tabloid fodder. She and her boyfriend

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had a son, Filip, born in 1995. Not long after, he left her for beauty queen finalist Pavlína Babůrkova. In 2002, she was married briefly to musician

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, and in 2006 she married another musician, Václav "Noid" Bárta. The pair divorced in 2008. Her name Hana means "grace" in

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Discography

;Studio albums * 1986: ''Lucie Bílá (I)'' * 1992: ''Missariel'' * 1994: ''Lucie Bílá (II)'' * 1997: ''Duety'' with Karel Gott * 1998: ''Hvězdy jako hvězdy'' * 1999: ''Úplně nahá'' * 2003: ''Jampadampa'' * 2007: ''Woman'' * 2009: ''Bang! Bang!'' * 2010: ''Bíle Vánoce'' * 2012: ''Modi'' * 2014: ''Recitál'' * 2014: ''Diamond Collection'' * 2016: ''HANA'' * 2017: ''Bílé Vánoce Lucie Bílé II.'' * 2018: ''Duety'' with Karel Gott * 2019: ''Ta o mně''

Musicals

* 1992: '' Bídníci'' * 1993: ''Zahrada rajských potěšení'' * 1995: ''

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'' (225,000 units sold) * 1996: '' Krysař'' * 2000: '' Johanka z Arku'' (DVD release charted at No. 14 on the Czech Video Chart in 2009) * 2003: '' Romeo a Julie'' * 2003: ''

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'' * 2005: ''Elixír života'' * 2005: ''Láska je láska'' * 2008: '' Němcová!'' * 2008: ''Carmen'' * 2012: ''Aida'' * 2014: ''The Addams Family''

Awards

Major awards

;Notes * A The award in the category of the Best Video won director

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for "Láska je láska". * B "Zahrada rajských potěšení" directed by Filip Renč won the award in the Best Video category. * C The video of Bílá's "Ave Maria" directed by František Antonín Brabec won the Best Video category. * D According to the results published by

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earned 51%, the second nominee

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scored 33% votes. * E Although, the initially published list with featuring five nominees in total included also Bílá, two days later the Akademie populární hudby announced the final list limited to three artists per category. Bílá was not selected, eventually.

Polls

;Notes * F Both editions, in 2005 and 2006 won

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. * G In 1996, 1999 and 2001 Bílá was also classified as the second winner of the poll overall. * H As the absolute winner Bílá would be ranked in the 97' edition and in 1998. * I In 2000, Bílá finished as the third winner of the poll total. * J In 2021, won

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References

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