Lucie Bílá

Lucie Bílá (born April 7, 1966 as "Hana Zaňáková") is a Czech pop singer. With a powerful, distinctively intense voice and impressive range, she is one of the most famous and celebrated female artists in Czech Republic history.

Infobox musical artist
Name = Lucie Bílá

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Img_capt = Lucie Bílá at charity concert at KVIFF
Background = solo_singer
Birth_name = Hana Zaňáková
Born = birth date and age|1966|4|7
Origin = Otvovice
Czechoslovakia
Genre = Pop, Broadway
Occupation = Singer
Years_active = 1980–present
Label = EMI
URL = [http://www.luciebila.com]

Biography

Lucie Bílá (born Hana Zaňáková) was born in the the town of Otvovice in Central Czechoslovakia, where she was raised and where she attended a secondary school for music. Before she became involved in the field of music, she trained to be a seamstress.

Bila's first experiences with show business were as a member of the rock bands Rock-Automat and Arakain. 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. Interestingly, 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 1990s she topped the list of the most popular Czech singers in the coveted Český Slavík awards.

Bílá owes some of her greatest hits to the songwriter Gábina Osvaldová and Gábina's husband, composer Ondřej Soukup. Their collaboration became legendary among Czech musicians. Some of their most notable hits were "Neposlušné tenisky", "Láska je Láska", "Čarodějka", "Jinak to nebude (Haňa Zaňa)", "Zpíváš mi Requiem", "Trouba", and "Most přes minulost".

Her personal relationships have been rocky and are perennial tabloid fodder. She and her first husband Petr Kratochvíl had a son, Filip, born in 1996. Not long after, her husband left her for beauty queen finalist Pavlína Babůrkova. In 2002, she was married briefly to musician Stanislav Penek, and in 2006 she married another musician, Václav Noid Bárta.

Discography

Solo albums
Neposlušné tenisky ("Uncomfortable Tennis Shoes") (1983)
Lucie Bílá (1986)
Missariel (1992)
Lucie Bílá (1994)
Hvězdy jako hvězdy ("Stars like Stars") (1998)
Úplně nahá ("Completely Naked") (1999)
Jampadampa (2003)
Láska je láska ("Love is Love Original Cast") (2004)
Koncert (Live album) (2006)

Musicals
Bídníci ("Les Miserables") (1992)
Zahrada rajských potěšení (The Garden of Eternal Pleasure) (1993)
Dracula (1995)
Krysař ("Pied Piper")(1996)
Johanka z Arku ("Joan of Arc") (2000)
Romeo a Julie ("Romeo and Juliet") (2003)
Excalibur (2003)
Láska je láska ("Love is Love") (2005)
Elixír života ("Potion of Life") (2005)

Other Works/Duets
Duny ("Connections") by Jiří Koren
Citová investice ("Emotional Investment") by Hapka and Horáček
Koncert of the Stars at the Kremlin – live album with Eva Urbanova and Peter Dvorský
Duety ("Duets") - duet album with Karel Gott
Kouzelné Vánoce I a II ("Magic Christmas") – Holiday album with multiple artists
Soukromé poselství ("Personal Message") – with Parduba Philharmonic
Znamení ("Omen") by Czech Heart
Mohlo by tu být líp ("It could be better here") by Hapka and Horáček

Professional awards

Czech Academy of Popular Music Awards (formerly Czech Gramy or Angel Award)
1992 - Singer of the Year, Video of the Year, Album of the Year (Láska je Láska)
1993 - Female Singer of the Year
1994 - Female Singer of the Year
1995 - Female Singer of the Year
1997 - Female Singer of the Year
1998 - Female Singer of the Year
2003 - Best-selling album of the Year (Jampadampa)

Český slavík (Czech Nightingale) - People's Choice Award
1996 - 1st place for Female Singer
1997 - 1st place for Female Singer
1998 - 1st place for Female Singer
1999 - 1st place for Female Singer
2000 - 1st place for Female Singer
2001 - 1st place for Female Singer
2002 - 1st place for Female Singer
2003 - 1st place for Female Singer
2004 - 1st place for Female Singer
2005 - 2nd place for Female Singer
2006 - 2nd place for Female Singer
2007 - 1st place for Female Singer

External links

* [http://www.luciebila.com/ Official Website of Lucie Bílá]
* [http://www.emimusic.cz/ Music Publisher EMI] Cited at http://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucie_B%C3%ADl%C3%A1