Marta Markiewicz (born 13 June 1989), better known as Sarsa or Sarsa Markiewicz, is a Polish singer, songwriter, and record producer. She first achieved mainstream attention due to her 2015 single " Naucz mnie" (Teach me), which occupied the number-one position on the Polish singles chart for six consecutive weeks, and was certified diamond by the

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(ZPAV). Her debut studio album '' Zapomnij mi'' was released on 28 August 2015.

Life and career

Early career

Sarsa was born on 13 June 1988 as Marta Markiewicz in

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. She attended the Pomeranian Academy in Słupsk, majoring in art education. Sarsa first broke into the music industry in 2011, while participating in the second season of ''

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''. Three years later, she took part in the Polish version of ''

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''. In 2014, she participated in the fifth season of ''

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''. She was originally a member of Team

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, but was later stolen by Team Tomson & Baron. In the quarterfinals, she withdrew from the competition due to health issues.

2015–2016: Breakthrough and ''Zapomnij mi''

After being signed to

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, Sarsa released her debut single " Naucz mnie" (Teach me) on 30 April 2015. The official music video was released two weeks later. The song peaked at number-one on the Polish singles chart and stayed there for six weeks. From 17–18 July, she represented Poland at the Baltic Song Contest, performing "Naucz mnie" and "Indiana". She won the audience award. On 14 August, she released her second single "

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". The song peaked at number-one on the Polish new hits chart and in the top twenty of the Polish singles chart. Two weeks later, her debut studio album '' Zapomnij mi'' (Forget me) was released. The album peaked at number-two on the Polish albums chart. She was nominated for Best Polish Act at the

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, but lost to

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. " Zapomnij mi" was released as the album's third single on 7 December.

2016–present: ''Pióropusze''

In 2016, Sarsa revealed that her second album will be released in 2017. She's working with producer Steve Manowski, rapper VNM and other producents on the album. The first single from new album, "

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", was released on 10 March 2017. Sarsa will set new music video for her second official single "Volta" on 20 May.

Discography

Studio albums

Singles

Awards and nominations

References

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