Doda (singer)

Rabczewska was born in 1984 in Ciechanów, Poland.{{Cite web |url=https://www.kobieta.pl/artykul/rodzice-dody-wanda-i-pawel-rabczewscy |language=pl |title=Rodzice Dody - Wanda i Paweł Rabczewscy |website=kobieta.pl |date=10 July 2009 |access-date=19 September 2023 |archive-date=11 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230311093630/https://www.kobieta.pl/artykul/rodzice-dody-wanda-i-pawel-rabczewscy |url-status=bot: unknown }} In her youth, she was coached in athletics for four years (long jump, 100 metres). She won the Voivodeship Championships for 100 and 60 meters, long jump and shot put. She also won bronze in the Polish Championships.{{Cite web |url=http://sport.wp.pl/kat,1025465,opage,2,title,Doda-byla-utalentowana-lekkoatletka,wid,12982169,wiadomosc.html?ticaid=114f54 |language=pl |title=Doda była utalentowaną lekkoatletką |website=wp.pl |date=27 December 2010 |access-date=19 September 2023 |archive-date=31 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150531010310/http://sport.wp.pl/kat,1025465,opage,2,title,Doda-byla-utalentowana-lekkoatletka,wid,12982169,wiadomosc.html?ticaid=114f54 |url-status=bot: unknown }} She then quit sports for musical career. She made her professional debut as a teenager in 1998, at the Buffo Theatre in Warsaw in the musical Metro.{{Cite web |url=https://party.pl/newsy/doda-w-metrze-stare-zdjecia-99004-r1/ |language=pl |title=Doda w Metrze |website=party.pl |date=10 February 2016 |access-date=19 September 2023}} Simultaneously, she took singing lessons from Elżbieta Zapendowska, one of the most famous singing coaches in Poland.{{Cite web |url=https://wideoportal.tv/artykul/doda-konczy-kariere/1427986 |language=pl |title=Doda KOŃCZY karierę! Ogłosiła odejście z show-biznesu |website=wideoportal.tv |date=24 April 2023}}

After auditioning at the age of 16, Doda became the vocalist for the Polish hard rock band Virgin.{{Cite web |url=https://kobieta.wp.pl/doda-konczy-38-lat-oto-jak-przez-lata-zmieniala-sie-artystka-6737587761896256a |language=pl |title=Doda kończy 38 lat. Oto jak przez lata zmieniała się artystka |website=kobieta.wp.pl |date=15 February 2022 |access-date=19 September 2023}} In 2002, they made their debut by releasing their first studio album titled Virgin. It was promoted by two singles: "To Ty" and "Mam tylko Ciebie". To promote the band and the album further, Doda took part in the Polish version of the reality TV series called The Bar.{{Cite web |url=http://teleshow.wp.pl/gid,17241593,title,Bar-Doda-do-dzis-wstydzi-sie-tego-wystepu,tpl,6,galeria.html |language=pl |title="Bar": Doda do dziś wstydzi się tego występu? |website=wp.pl |date=7 February 2015 |access-date=19 September 2023 |archive-date=11 February 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150211053649/http://teleshow.wp.pl/gid,17241593,title,Bar-Doda-do-dzis-wstydzi-sie-tego-wystepu,tpl,6,galeria.html |url-status=bot: unknown }}

Two years after their debut, the band released their second studio album called Bimbo.{{Cite web |url=http://muzyka.onet.pl/plyty/katalog/virgin-bimbo,104589,plyta.html |language=pl |title=Płyta Bimbo - Virgin |website=muzyka.onet.pl |access-date=19 September 2023 |archive-date=28 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150528201032/http://muzyka.onet.pl/plyty/katalog/virgin-bimbo,104589,plyta.html |url-status=bot: unknown }} It was released on 17 May 2004. The album debuted at number one on the Polish Album Sales Chart. The lead single, "Dżaga", became their first mainstream hit. In its music video, Doda and her future husband Radosław Majdan – Polish goalkeeper are seen having sex. The ballads "Kolejny raz" and "Nie zawied mnie" were the following hits. Virgin Music Group launched the Bimbo Tour, their first performance tour, to promote Bimbo.

After a line-up change the group performed their new single, a power-ballad "Znak pokoju", at the Sopot International Song Festival and won its Viewers' Choice Award.{{Cite web |url=http://muzyka.interia.pl/wiadomosci/news-piasek-i-doda-wygrali-sopot-festival,nId,1625837 |language=pl |title=PIASEK I DODA WYGRALI SOPOT FESTIVAL |website=interia.pl |date=4 September 2005 |access-date=19 September 2023 |archive-date=28 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150528220638/http://muzyka.interia.pl/wiadomosci/news-piasek-i-doda-wygrali-sopot-festival,nId,1625837 |url-status=bot: unknown }} It was also their breakthrough hit on the radio. On 17 October 2005, they released their third studio album called Ficca, this time with more radio-friendly pop-rock sound. It was promoted during their second concert tour called Ficca Tour. The next single was the ballad "2 bajki", another huge hit in their career.{{Cite web |url=https://kultura.onet.pl/muzyka/zdjecia/bajki-dody/wtyjxmt |language=pl |title=Bajki Dody |website=onet.pl |date=25 December 2005 |access-date=19 September 2023 |archive-date=7 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200207200551/https://kultura.onet.pl/muzyka/zdjecia/bajki-dody/wtyjxmt |url-status=bot: unknown }}

In April 2006, Doda was rushed to hospital due to a problem with her intervertebral disc making the band fall into a hiatus for a while.{{Cite web |url=http://muzyka.wp.pl/title,Doda-juz-po-dlugiej-i-ciezkiej-operacji,wid,336815,wiadomosc.html |language=pl |title=Doda już po długiej i ciężkiej operacji |website=muzyka.wp.pl |date=6 April 2006 |access-date=19 September 2023 |archive-date=2 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140302021644/http://muzyka.wp.pl/title,Doda-juz-po-dlugiej-i-ciezkiej-operacji,wid,336815,wiadomosc.html |url-status=bot: unknown }} After having a complicated spine surgery, she made her return with the voice role of Abba in the Polish-language version of the animated film Asterix and the Vikings. Later that year, the group released their new hit titled "Szansa", which was inspired by Doda's surgery. The song won the Grand Prix of the National Festival of Polish Song in Opole.{{Cite web |url=http://www.opole.pl/2006-xliii-kfpp-2/ |language=pl |title=Laureaci XLIII KFPP 2006 |website=opole.pl |access-date=19 September 2023 |archive-date=25 February 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160225005310/http://www.opole.pl/2006-xliii-kfpp-2/ |url-status=dead }} They also released the reissue of Ficca, which spent six weeks at number one on the Polish Album Sales Chart, and sold over 100,000 copies becoming their best-selling album. Ficca was certified triple platinum by the Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry (ZPAV).{{Cite web |url=http://bestsellery.zpav.pl/wyroznienia/platynoweplyty/cd/archiwum.php?year=2016 |language=pl |title=Platynowe płytycd - archiwum |website=zpav.pl |access-date=19 September 2023}}

By the end of 2006, Doda parted ways with her manager. On 1 January 2007, Virgin's founder and guitarist, Tomasz Lubert, announced the group's disbandment.{{Cite web |url=https://telemagazyn.pl/tak-dzis-wyglada-tomasz-lubert-z-zespolu-virgin-to-dzieki-niemu-doda-podbila-polski-rynek-muzyczny/ar/c13-17735535 |language=pl |title=Tak dziś wygląda Tomasz Lubert z zespołu "Virgin". To dzięki niemu Doda podbiła polski rynek muzyczny! |website=telemagazyn.pl |author=Karol Gawryś |date=20 July 2023 |access-date=19 September 2023}}

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In 2007, Doda signed a solo contract with Universal Music Poland. On 27 July, she released her first solo studio album Diamond Bitch.{{Cite web |url=https://party.pl/newsy/10-lat-od-premiery-pierwszego-albumu-dody-plebiscyt-286-r28/#:~:text=27%20lipca%202007%20roku%20swoj%C4%85%20premier%C4%99%20mia%C5%82a%20pierwsza,w%20nak%C5%82adzie%20ponad%2070%20tys.%20egzemplarzy%20%28nieoficjalne%20informacje%29. |language=pl |title=Dziś mija 10 lat od premiery pierwszego solowego albumu Dody! Zagłosuj na swoją ulubioną piosenkę! PLEBISCYT |website=party.pl |author=Bartek Ufniarz |date=27 July 2017 |access-date=19 September 2023}} It was preceded by the single, "Katharsis", which was released in June. To promote the album Doda embarked on her first solo concert tour called Diamond Tour; some concerts took place outside Poland, in Germany, the United Kingdom and the United States. The album went straight to number one on the Polish Album Sales Chart, and stayed there for five consecutive weeks. It also charted on Billboard{{'}}s European Top 100 Albums chart.[https://web.archive.org/web/20081230192034/http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/chart_display.jsp?cfi=293&cfgn=Albums&cfn=European+Top+100+Albums&ci=3090670&cdi=9637158&cid=09%2F22%2F2007 European Top 100 Albums – Diamond Bitch] The album received platinum certification from ZPAV for sales of over 45,000 units. "To jest to" was chosen as the second single to promote the album, but the biggest hit, "Nie daj się", was released in June 2008. It received huge radio airplay, and topped many radio charts. It remains the biggest hit in Doda's solo career. In August 2008, Doda released the reissue of Diamond Bitch. Later that year, she made a cameo as herself in the film Serce na dłoni directed by Krzysztof Zanussi.{{Cite web |url=https://kultura.onet.pl/muzyka/wiadomosci/piosenka-dody-w-filmie-krzysztofa-zanussiego/lzmf3pj |language=pl |title=Piosenka Dody w filmie Krzysztofa Zanussiego |website=kultura.onet.pl |date=28 March 2008 |access-date=19 September 2023 |archive-date=12 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200212203119/https://kultura.onet.pl/muzyka/wiadomosci/piosenka-dody-w-filmie-krzysztofa-zanussiego/lzmf3pj |url-status=bot: unknown }} In 2009, two final singles from Diamond Bitch were released: "Rany" and "Dziękuję".{{Cite web |url=http://muzyka.interia.pl/pop/news-powstaja-rany-dody,nId,1641206 |language=pl |title=POWSTAJĄ "RANY" DODY |website=interia.pl |date=29 January 2009 |access-date=19 September 2023 |archive-date=29 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150529051850/http://muzyka.interia.pl/pop/news-powstaja-rany-dody,nId,1641206 |url-status=bot: unknown }}

During the Diamond Bitch era, Doda won ten VIVA Comet Awards. She won the Video of the Year award three years in a row, and also received the Artist of the Decade special award. She is the recipient of two MTV Europe Music Awards for Best Polish Act, and came second in the Best European Act category in 2009.{{Cite web |url=http://muzyka.onet.pl/newsy/doda-laureatka-mtv-ema-2007/x658b |language=pl |title=Doda laureatką MTV EMA 2007 |website=onet.pl |date= |access-date=19 September 2023 |archive-date=17 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150517011910/http://muzyka.onet.pl/newsy/doda-laureatka-mtv-ema-2007/x658b |url-status=dead }} At the 2008 National Festival of Polish Song in Opole, Doda was awarded the Best Artist Superjedynka Award.{{Cite web |url=http://www.polskieradio.pl/9/201/Artykul/170283,Opole-2008-nagrody |language=pl |title=Opole 2008 - nagrody |website=polskieradio.pl |date=14 June 2008 |access-date=19 September 2023 |archive-date=29 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150529044237/http://www.polskieradio.pl/9/201/Artykul/170283,Opole-2008-nagrody |url-status=bot: unknown }}

She embarked on the Rock'n'Roll Palace Tour in March 2010, which lasted a year.

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In June 2010, Doda released the English-language version of the first single from her second studio album, "Bad Girls".{{Cite web |url=http://muzyka.onet.pl/bad-girls-nowym-singlem-dody/wmn7w |language=pl |title="Bad Girls" nowym singlem Dody |website=onet.pl |date=28 June 2010 |access-date=19 September 2023 |archive-date=8 November 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171108094947/http://muzyka.onet.pl/bad-girls-nowym-singlem-dody/wmn7w |url-status=dead }} In July, the Polish-language version of the song was released. "Bad Girls" became a big hit, particularly in 2011, after the premiere of its big-budget music video, delayed due to the illness of her then-fiancé Nergal, leader of the death metal group Behemoth, who battled leukaemia. Doda's second studio album, 7 pokus głównych, was released on 30 May 2011.{{cite web|url=http://pl.doda-music.com/index.php/2011/05/30-maja-premiera/|title=30 maja premiera|publisher=doda-music.com|language=pl|access-date=2011-05-13}} This time Doda presented a brand new electro-rock music style. The album was released with seven different covers, each representing different temptation. It sold over 30,000 copies, and was certified platinum by ZPAV. Songs from the album were also recorded in English, and were meant to be released internationally under the title The 7 Temptations. However, the material remains unreleased. Only a few demos were either uploaded onto Doda's official YouTube channel or her official website. These include "Let's Get It Started", "My Way or No Way", "XXX", and "Singing in the Chains" which earned Doda a 2014 World Music Award nomination for World's Best Song. 7 pokus głównych was promoted during Doda's third headline tour, The Seven Temptations Tour, which began in May 2011, and lasted a year and a half. "XXX" was the second single released from 7 pokus głównych.{{cite web|url=http://dodaqueen.com/do_wiadomosci-id141.html|title=NOWE SINGLE|access-date=2011-08-31|publisher=dodaqueen.com|date=31 August 2011|language=pl|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110807063536/http://dodaqueen.com/do_wiadomosci-id141.html|archive-date=2011-08-07|url-status=dead}} In November 2011, Doda became a columnist for the Polish edition of Maxim magazine, writing for its first two issues{{cite web|url=http://www.wirtualnemedia.pl/artykul/maxim-ponownie-w-polsce-doda-i-kominek-felietonistami|title="Maxim" ponownie w Polsce, Doda i Kominek felietonistami|date=9 November 2011 |publisher=wirtualnemedia.pl|language=pl|access-date=2015-05-25}} In December, she posed for Playboy USA.{{cite web|url=http://www.fakt.pl/Doda-w-amerykanskim-Playboyu,artykuly,137411,1.html|title=Doda w "Playboyu"! Ostro i gorąco! Zobacz!|work=Fakt|date=22 November 2011 |access-date=2015-05-25|language=pl}}

In February 2012, Doda released the song "Kac Wawa", a theme from the Polish comedy movie of the same name. Also in February, Doda won VIVA Comet Award for Video of the Year for "XXX". By doing so, she surpassed the record previously held by Tokio Hotel and herself, and became the only artist in the world to win 12 VIVA Comet Awards. It was also Doda's fourth Video of the Year award. In June, she released a collaboration with her best friend and impersonator Dżaga titled "Twa Energia". At the end of 2012, another single from 7 pokus głównych was released. It was a collaboration with Polish rap legend Fokus, "Fuck It". Its controversial music video with scenes of violence between both artists was banned on TV. However, it managed to gain popularity on the internet, and amassed over one million views on YouTube within the first 24 hours of its premiere. The last single from the album was the haunty electro-ballad titled "Electrode", released in 2013.{{Cite web |url=https://kultura.onet.pl/muzyka/teledyski/doda-syrena-morska-w-nowym-teledysku/2t66n04 |language=pl |title=Doda syreną morską w nowym teledysku |website=onet.pl |date=8 May 2013 |access-date=19 September 2023 |archive-date=12 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200212224600/https://kultura.onet.pl/muzyka/teledyski/doda-syrena-morska-w-nowym-teledysku/2t66n04 |url-status=bot: unknown }}

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In December 2012, Doda signed a record deal with EMI Music Poland (since 2014 part of Warner Music Poland). In May 2013, she embarked on the Fly High Tour – the first in her career to be filmed, and released on a DVD as Fly High Tour – Doda Live. In October 2013, Doda released the single titled "Wkręceni (High Life)" for the Polish comedy movie Wkręceni.{{Cite web |url=https://kultura.onet.pl/muzyka/wiadomosci/posluchaj-nowego-singla-dody-wkreceni-high-life/ye99ytv |language=pl |title=Posłuchaj nowego singla Dody "Wkręceni (High Life)" |website=kultura.onet.pl |date=11 November 2013 |access-date=19 September 2023 |archive-date=13 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200213020233/https://kultura.onet.pl/muzyka/wiadomosci/posluchaj-nowego-singla-dody-wkreceni-high-life/ye99ytv |url-status=bot: unknown }}

Doda soon left Warner Music, and by December 2014, she re-signed with Universal Music Poland. On the New Year's Eve 2014, she released the single "Riotka", which was later certified platinum by ZPAV.{{cite web|url=http://bestsellery.zpav.pl/wyroznienia/platynoweplyty/cd/archiwum.php?year=2017#title|title=Albums and singles certified platinum in 2017|publisher=ZPAV|access-date=15 September 2017|language=pl}} Its English-language version was recorded and released as "Not Over You". In May 2015, Doda embarked on her fifth solo concert tour, Riotka Tour. One of its concerts was filmed in November 2016, and released on a DVD in 2017. On 25 June 2015, she released the single "Nie pytaj mnie". It went on to receive a gold certification from ZPAV.{{cite web|url=http://bestsellery.zpav.pl/wyroznienia/zloteplyty/cd/archiwum.php?year=2017#title|title=Albums and singles certified gold in 2017|publisher=ZPAV|access-date=15 September 2017|language=pl}} Both "Riotka" and "Nie pytaj mnie" were written by Chelcee Grimes who previously worked with Kylie Minogue and The Saturdays. In October 2015, Doda's manager announced that the songs would remain stand-alone singles, and would not be included on her third studio album as she decided to take a different musical direction. Their live versions were included on the concert album from Riotka Tour.

On 20 November 2015, Doda performed with Slash at his concert from World on Fire World Tour which took place in Poland. She sang "Sweet Child o' Mine" accompanied by Slash on the guitar.{{cite web|url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/slash-joined-by-polish-pop-star-doda-for-performance-of-guns-n-roses-classic-video/|title=SLASH Joined By Polish Pop Star DODA For Performance Of GUNS N' ROSES Classic|work=Blabbermouth.net|date=22 November 2015|access-date=2015-11-23|language=en}} In May 2016, she was cast as Angelica in IMKA Theatre's play called Słownik Ptaszków Polskich.{{cite news|url=http://kulturaonline.pl/slownik,ptaszkow,polskich,na,co,do,teatru,tytul,artykul,25006.html|title=Słownik ptaszków polskich /Na co do teatru?/|access-date=2016-08-26|work=KulturaOnLine.pl|date=5 May 2016|language=pl|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160602192449/http://kulturaonline.pl/slownik,ptaszkow,polskich,na,co,do,teatru,tytul,artykul,25006.html|archive-date=2016-06-02|url-status=dead}} In August 2016, Virgin announced their reunion.{{cite news|url=http://www.eska.pl/news/virgin_powraca_z_nowym_singlem_doda_i_tomek_lubert_znowu_razem/133705|title=Virgin powraca z nowym singlem. Doda i Tomek Lubert znowu razem!|access-date=2016-08-26|work=Radio Eska|date=26 August 2016|language=pl}} That same month, they released their first single in ten years, "Hard Heart".{{cite news|url=https://itunes.apple.com/pl/album/hard-heart-single/id1148984486|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160924133130/https://itunes.apple.com/pl/album/hard-heart-single/id1148984486|url-status=dead|archive-date=24 September 2016|title=Hard Heart – Single by Virgin|access-date=2016-08-31|work=iTunes}} In November, Virgin released their fourth studio album Choni. Its most successful single, "Kopiuj-wklej", was certified gold in Poland.

In 2017, Doda guest starred in the TV series Daleko od noszy. Reanimacja as Aniela. The following year, she starred in the feature film Pitbull. Last Dog directed by Władysław Pasikowski, which she also co-produced. She played Mira, and received favourable reviews for her performance.{{Cite web |url=http://www.canalplus.pl/film/news-wytworna-doda-na-planie-filmu-pitbull-ostatni-pies_752676 |language=pl |title=Wytworna Doda na planie filmu "Pitbull. Ostatni pies" |website=canalplus.pl |date=18 October 2017 |access-date=19 September 2023 |archive-date=18 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171018012916/http://www.canalplus.pl/film/news-wytworna-doda-na-planie-filmu-pitbull-ostatni-pies_752676 |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web |url=https://filmpolski.pl/fp/index.php?osoba=116066 |language=pl |title=Dorota Rabczewska |website=filmpolski.pl |access-date=19 September 2023 |archive-date=24 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220324111005/https://filmpolski.pl/fp/index.php?osoba=116066 |url-status=bot: unknown }}{{Cite web |url=https://kultura.onet.pl/film/wywiady-i-artykuly/doda-o-filmie-pitbull-ostatni-pies-i-aktorstwie/8qspcp7 |language=pl |title=Doda: nie nadaję się do aktorstwa |website=onet.pl |author=Paweł Piotrowicz |date=13 March 2018 |access-date=19 September 2023}} Her third solo studio album, Dorota, was released in 2019.{{Cite web |url=https://www.agora.pl/premiera-nowej-plyty-dody-pt-dorota |language=pl |title=Premiera nowej płyty Dody pt. "Dorota" |website=agora.pl |date=25 January 2019 |access-date=19 September 2023 |archive-date=3 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220403102906/https://www.agora.pl/premiera-nowej-plyty-dody-pt-dorota |url-status=bot: unknown }} It peaked at number four in Poland.{{Cite web |url=http://olis.onyx.pl/listy/index.asp?idlisty=1191 |language=pl |title=Oficjalna lista sprzedaży |website=olis.onyx.pl |date=7 February 2019 |access-date=19 September 2023 |archive-date=13 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200213151916/http://olis.onyx.pl/listy/index.asp?idlisty=1191 |url-status=bot: unknown }}

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Doda produced the film Girls to Buy (Polish title: Dziewczyny z Dubaju) in 2021. That year, she released the singles "Don't Wanna Hide",{{Cite web |url=https://pmstudio.com/music/music.html?page=20210625-14194 |title=Doda Returns With New Song "Don't Wanna Hide" |website=pmstudio.com |date=25 June 2021 |access-date=20 September 2023}} "Fake Love" and "Melodia ta". In 2022, she was the main protagonist of a reality show Doda. 12 kroków do miłości (Doda. 12 Steps to Love) aired on Polsat.{{Cite web |url=https://www.wirtualnemedia.pl/artykul/doda-12-krokow-do-milosci-zwiastun-kto-wystapi-kiedy-emisja |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220820195406/https://www.wirtualnemedia.pl/artykul/doda-12-krokow-do-milosci-zwiastun-kto-wystapi-kiedy-emisja |archive-date=2022-08-20 |language=pl |title=Oto pierwszy zwiastun nowego reality-show "Doda - 12 kroków do miłości", emisja od 3 września w soboty o 20.00 |website=wirtualnemedia.pl |date=4 August 2022 |access-date=13 November 2022}} In December the same year, she featured as a guest in the song Diamenty by rappers Bedoes and White 2115.{{Cite web |url=https://www.cgm.pl/news/poznalismy-gosci-plyty-2115-kamien-milowy-w-historii/ |language=pl |title=Poznaliśmy gości płyty 2115. "Kamień milowy w historii" |website=cgm.pl |date=21 November 2022 |access-date=20 September 2023 |archive-date=21 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221121184636/https://www.cgm.pl/news/poznalismy-gosci-plyty-2115-kamien-milowy-w-historii/ |url-status=bot: unknown }} In 2023, Polsat launched another reality TV show Doda. Dream Show focusing on Doda, her music career and private life.{{Cite web |url=https://www.polsat.pl/news/2023-09-11/doda-dream-show-nowy-poczatek-z-waznymi-decyzjami/ |language=pl |title="Doda. Dream Show": Nowy początek z ważnymi decyzjami |website=polsat.pl |date=11 September 2023 |access-date=19 September 2023}} In August 2023, Doda together with Smolasty released a single Zanim zajdzie słońce, which debuted as No. 1 on the Poland Songs chart.{{Cite web |url=https://www.cgm.pl/news/smolasty-w-zmyslowych-ujeciach-z-doda-dzis-premiera-ich-wspolnego-numeru/ |language=pl |title=Smolasty w zmysłowych ujęciach z Dodą. Dziś premiera ich współnego numeru |website=cgm.pl |date=10 August 2023 |access-date=20 September 2023 |archive-date=10 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230810102208/https://www.cgm.pl/news/smolasty-w-zmyslowych-ujeciach-z-doda-dzis-premiera-ich-wspolnego-numeru/ |url-status=bot: unknown }}

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Doda was born to father Paweł Rabczewski, a weightlifter, and mother Wanda, a civil servant. She has a nine-year-older half-brother Rafał with the same mother. He was her road manager. She also has a twelve-year-older half-brother Grzegorz and sixteen-year-younger half-sister Paulina with the same father.{{Cite web |url=https://www.wirtualnemedia.pl/artykul/tvn-przeprasza-ojca-dody-za-wypowiedzi-lektorskie-w-na-jezykach-o-szastaniu-materialem-genetycznym |language=pl |title=TVN przeprasza ojca Dody za wypowiedzi lektorskie w "Na językach" o "szastaniu materiałem genetycznym" |website=wirtualnemedia.pl |date=1 January 2019 |access-date=19 September 2023 |archive-date=1 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190201143841/https://www.wirtualnemedia.pl/artykul/tvn-przeprasza-ojca-dody-za-wypowiedzi-lektorskie-w-na-jezykach-o-szastaniu-materialem-genetycznym |url-status=bot: unknown }}

In 2003, she met her future husband Polish goalkeeper, Radosław Majdan. He later proposed to her during their vacation in Jerusalem, Israel, and they were married on 5 March 2005.{{Cite web |url=http://muzyka.interia.pl/wiadomosci/news-doda-mezatka,nId,1684869 |language=pl |title=DODA MĘŻATKĄ! |website=interia.pl |date=11 March 2005 |access-date=19 September 2023 |archive-date=30 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150530050528/http://muzyka.interia.pl/wiadomosci/news-doda-mezatka,nId,1684869 |url-status=bot: unknown }} Three years later, in May 2008, the couple divorced.{{Cite web |url=https://plejada.pl/newsy/doda-i-radoslaw-majdan-polscy-beckhamowie-rozstali-sie-w-obliczu-skandalu/rddpb3s |language=pl |title=Planowali założyć rodzinę, nawet wybrali imię dla córki. Rozwód "polskich Beckhamów" zaskoczył wszystkich |website=onet.pl |author=Katarzyna Domagalska |date=5 May 2021 |access-date=19 September 2023}}

On 9 May 2009, it became public that she had a relationship with the frontman of the extreme metal band Behemoth, Adam Darski (aka Nergal).{{cite web|url=http://muzyka.interia.pl/wiadomosci/news-doda-oficjalnie-z-nergalem,nId,1688970|title=Doda oficjalnie z Nergalem?|publisher=Interia.pl|language=pl|date=26 May 2009|access-date=2010-04-15}} In December 2009, the couple got engaged.{{cite web|url=http://plejada.onet.pl/newsy/doda-zareczyla-sie-z-nergalem/c17fk|title=DODA ZARĘCZYŁA SIĘ Z NERGALEM!|publisher=Plejada|access-date=2015-05-26|language=pl}} Darski was diagnosed with leukemia, Doda offered her own bone marrow for transplant but it did not match. Doda appealed to the wider public for marrow donations, which resulted in great public response and Darski receiving the right transplant and recovering from the illness. In March 2011, it was reported that the couple had called off the engagement, and broken up.{{cite web |url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=155419 |title=BEHEMOTH Frontman Dumps Polish Pop-Star Girlfriend? |publisher=blabbermouth.net |access-date=26 December 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110321181549/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=155419 |archive-date=21 March 2011 }} That same year, Doda started dating a choreographer Błażej Szychowski. Since 2014, she was in a relationship with a businessman Emil Haidar. In July 2015, they got engaged,{{cite web|url=http://afterparty.pl/newsy_artykul,24978.html|title=To potwierdzone! Doda zaręczyła się z Emilem Haidarem!|publisher=afterparty.pl|access-date=28 July 2015|language=pl}} but in November of that year, Doda announced that they were no longer together.{{cite web|url=http://gwiazdy.wp.pl/artykul/5932817199498369/doda-wydala-oswiadczenie-w-sprawie-narzeczonego.html|title=Doda wydała oświadczenie w sprawie narzeczonego|date=25 November 2015|publisher=wp.pl|access-date=30 December 2015|language=pl}}

On 14 April 2018, she married film producer Emil Stępień in a private ceremony in Marbella, Spain. They got engaged the previous year, but they did not confirm their relationship until they were already married. Doda filed for divorce in 2021,[https://muzyka.interia.pl/wiadomosci/news-doda-bierze-rozwod-z-emilem-stepniem-potwierdzila-to-na-inst,nId,5286666 Doda bierze rozwód z Emilem Stępniem. Potwierdziła to na Instagramie] which was finalised that same year.{{Cite web|url=https://plejada.pl/newsy/doda-potwierdza-rozwod-z-emilem-stepniem-podziekowala-mu/rxxp7gq.amp|title=Doda potwierdza rozwód z Emilem Stępniem. Podziękowała mu – Plejada.pl|date=16 November 2021 }} In 2022, she confirmed her relationship with traveller Dariusz Pachut.{{Cite web |url=https://viva.pl/ludzie/doda-wraz-z-nowym-partnerem-wybrala-sie-na-egzotyczne-wakacje-kim-jest-dariusz-pachut-141825-r1/ |language=pl |title=Doda wraz z nowym partnerem wybrała się na egzotyczne wakacje. Kim jest Dariusz Pachut? |website=viva.pl |author=Aleksandra Frankowska |date=25 November 2022 |access-date=19 September 2023 |archive-date=25 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221125212603/https://viva.pl/ludzie/doda-wraz-z-nowym-partnerem-wybrala-sie-na-egzotyczne-wakacje-kim-jest-dariusz-pachut-141825-r1/ |url-status=bot: unknown }} She is a member of Mensa Poland.{{cite web |url = https://kultura.onet.pl/muzyka/gatunki/pop/doda-ponadprzecietnie-inteligentna/29gh39c |language= pl |title=Doda ponadprzeciętnie inteligentna |access-date = 30 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220323210154/https://kultura.onet.pl/muzyka/gatunki/pop/doda-ponadprzecietnie-inteligentna/29gh39c |archive-date=23 March 2022 |url-status=dead}}

In May 2010, the Warsaw prosecutor's office charged Doda with the crime of "offending religious sensibilities" for remarking in a year-earlier television interview that she believed more in dinosaurs than she did in the Bible because "it is hard to believe in something written by people who drank too much wine and smoked weed".{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/poland/7681981/Pop-star-claims-Bible-written-by-drunks.html|title=Pop star claims Bible written by drunks|date=5 May 2010|access-date=2010-05-09|location=London|work=The Daily Telegraph|first=Matthew|last=Day}} In January 2012, she was found guilty and fined 5,000 złoty by local court Warszawa-Mokotów.{{cite web |url=http://www.rp.pl/artykul/92106,792583.html|title=Doda skazana za obrazę uczuć religijnych|date=16 January 2012|language=pl|work=Rzeczpospolita|access-date=11 September 2012}} Her appeal was not effective. In June 2012, district court in Warsaw upheld the verdict of the local court.

Some of Polish public persons, such as former Prime Minister of Poland Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz, philosopher Wojciech Krysztofiak, pharmacologist Jerzy Vetulani and members of Palikot's Movement criticized the judgment.{{cite web|url=http://wyborcza.pl/1,76842,11979577,Sad_sredniowieczny.html|title=Sąd średniowieczny|author=Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz|date=21 June 2012|language=pl|work=Gazeta Wyborcza|access-date=11 September 2012}}{{cite web|url=http://wyborcza.pl/1,76842,11976827,Doda_jest_niewinna__list_.html|title=Doda jest niewinna|author=Wojciech Krysztofiak|date=20 June 2012|language=pl|work=Gazeta Wyborcza|access-date=11 September 2012}}{{cite web|url=http://vetulani.wordpress.com/2012/07/06/jakie-ziola-palili-ci-napruci-winem/|title=Jakie zioła palili ci napruci winem?|author=Jerzy Vetulani|date=6 July 2012|language=pl|publisher=vetulani.wordpress.com|access-date=11 September 2012}}{{cite web|url=http://www.polskieradio.pl/5/3/Artykul/523752,Palikot-kochamy-Dode-trzeba-zmienic-prawo|title=Palikot: kochamy Dodę, trzeba zmienić prawo|language=pl|publisher=Polskie Radio|access-date=26 May 2015}} Doda commented that "she was a victim of Polish anachronistic jurisdiction" and submitted the case to European Court of Human Rights, which was accepted for consideration in 2017.{{cite web|url=http://www.wprost.pl/ar/331407/Doda-jestem-ofiara-polskiego-zacofanego-sadownictwa/|title=Doda: jestem ofiarą polskiego zacofanego sądownictwa|author=Magda Rigamonti|date=2 July 2012|language=pl|work=Wprost|access-date=11 September 2012}}[https://www.wprost.pl/kraj/10079702/Doda-zlozyla-skarge-przeciwko-Polsce-do-Europejskiego-Trybunalu-Praw-Czlowieka.html Doda złożyła skargę przeciwko Polsce do Europejskiego Trybunału Praw Człowieka] In September 2022, the tribunal ruled that the Polish state had violated the European Convention of Human Rights, which guarantees everybody the right to free speech and ordered the Polish authorities to pay Doda €10,000 in compensation.{{Cite web |title=HUDOC - European Court of Human Rights |url=https://hudoc.echr.coe.int/?i=001-219102 |access-date=2024-09-01 |website=hudoc.echr.coe.int}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-62915672 |title=Polish pop star vindicated over blasphemy case |website=bbc.com |date=22 September 2022 |access-date=20 September 2023}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.tvp.info/66870556/doda-dorota-rabczewska-dostanie-duze-odszkodowanie-wygrala-z-polska-przed-trybunalem-w-strasburgu |language=pl |title=Doda wygrała z Polską. Jakie dostanie odszkodowanie? |date=27 February 2023 |access-date=20 September 2023}}

She is known for engaging in many charity and social events. She has financially supported a number of organizations including the ones raising funds for people suffering from multiple sclerosis{{Cite web |url=http://www.tvp.pl/rozrywka/programy-muzyczne/tak-to-lecialo/aktualnosci/doda-i-nergal-w-tak-to-lecialo/1430589 |language=pl |title=Doda i Nergal w "Tak to leciało" |website=tvp.pl |date=5 March 2010 |access-date=19 September 2023 |archive-date=21 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170421064922/http://www.tvp.pl/rozrywka/programy-muzyczne/tak-to-lecialo/aktualnosci/doda-i-nergal-w-tak-to-lecialo/1430589 |url-status=bot: unknown }} and leukemia{{Cite web |url=http://www.echodnia.eu/swietokrzyskie/kultura/koncerty/art/8758131,doda-w-trumnie-i-srebrnej-klatce-kadzielnia-ledwo-wytrzymala-zdjecia,id,t.html |language=pl |title=Doda w trumnie i srebrnej klatce. Kadzielnia ledwo wytrzymała (zdjęcia) |website=echodnia.eu |date=26 September 2010 |access-date=19 September 2023 |archive-date=4 February 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160204184653/http://www.echodnia.eu/swietokrzyskie/kultura/koncerty/art/8758131,doda-w-trumnie-i-srebrnej-klatce-kadzielnia-ledwo-wytrzymala-zdjecia,id,t.html |url-status=bot: unknown }} as well as for the Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity.{{Cite web |url=https://party.pl/newsy/jerzy-owsiak-dziekuje-dodzie-za-wspieranie-wielkiej-orkiestry-swiatecznej-pomocy-97293-r1/ |language=pl |title=Jerzy Owsiak dziękuje Dodzie! "Za wyjątkowe zaangażowanie". Domyślacie się, o co chodzi? |website=party.pl |date=7 January 2016 |access-date=19 September 2023 |archive-date=26 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160126024745/https://party.pl/newsy/jerzy-owsiak-dziekuje-dodzie-za-wspieranie-wielkiej-orkiestry-swiatecznej-pomocy-97293-r1/ |url-status=bot: unknown }} Her activism was recognized by the readers of Newsweek Polska who awarded her the Gwiazda Dobroczynności (Charity Star) award.{{Cite web |url=http://media2.pl/media/74060-Doda-Kozuchowska-Gwiazdami-Dobroczynnosci.html |language=pl |title=Doda, Kożuchowska Gwiazdami Dobroczynności |website=media2.pl |author=Łukasz Szewczyk |date=25 January 2011 |access-date=19 September 2023 |archive-date=30 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150530024511/http://media2.pl/media/74060-Doda-Kozuchowska-Gwiazdami-Dobroczynnosci.html |url-status=bot: unknown }} She also received the Health Protection Leader of the Year title for her contributions to propagating bone marrow donation and transplantology.{{Cite web |url=http://wiadomosci.onet.pl/kraj/konkurs-sukces-roku-w-ochronie-zdrowia-2010-znamy-laureatow/7klvk |language=pl |title=Konkurs Sukces Roku w Ochronie Zdrowia 2010. Znamy laureatów |website=onet.pl |date=24 January 2010 |access-date=19 September 2023 |archive-date=2 September 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140902233531/http://wiadomosci.onet.pl/kraj/konkurs-sukces-roku-w-ochronie-zdrowia-2010-znamy-laureatow/7klvk |url-status=bot: unknown }}

In January 2019, she initiated a plan to organize a special charity concert Artyści przeciw nienawiści (Artists Against Hate) in order to unite music artists in the fight against hate speech in the wake of the assassination of Paweł Adamowicz.{{Cite web |url=https://kultura.onet.pl/muzyka/wiadomosci/artysci-przeciw-nienawisci-doda-organizuje-koncert-jaki-sklad-gdzie-i-kiedy-zagraja/f5w5947 |language=pl |title=Doda organizuje koncert "Artyści przeciw nienawiści". "Odzew społeczeństwa jest ogromny" |website=onet.pl |author=Piotr Jagielski |date=11 January 2019 |access-date=19 September 2023 |archive-date=4 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190504042151/https://kultura.onet.pl/muzyka/wiadomosci/artysci-przeciw-nienawisci-doda-organizuje-koncert-jaki-sklad-gdzie-i-kiedy-zagraja/f5w5947 |url-status=bot: unknown }} The concert took place on 27 February 2019 in Atlas Arena in Łódź with over 100 artists participating including Maryla Rodowicz, Margaret, Sarsa, Cleo, Ewa Farna, Ewelina Lisowska, Gromee, Dawid Kwiatkowski, Patrycja Markowska, C-BooL, Beata Kozidrak, Golec uOrkiestra, Peja, Halina Mlynkova, and Blue Café.{{Cite web |url=https://www.eska.pl/news/artysci-przeciw-nienawisci-kto-wystapi-lista-artysci-koncert-w-lodzi-27-02-aa-mBQF-CvRD-cwXE.html |language=pl |title=Artyści Przeciw Nienawiści - kto wystąpi? LISTA GWIAZD na koncercie w Łodzi! |website=eska.pl |date=27 February 2019 |access-date=19 September 2023}}

On 3 August 2019, she showed her support for the LGBT community in Poland by performing in a rainbow outfit during the Disco pod gwiazdami concert in Białystok{{Cite web |url=https://www.wprost.pl/kraj/10239643/doda-wystapila-w-bialymstoku-pojawila-sie-w-teczowej-pelerynie.html |language=pl |title=Doda wystąpiła w Białymstoku. Pojawiła się w tęczowej pelerynie |website=wprost.pl |date=5 August 2019 |access-date=19 September 2023 |archive-date=5 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200205020554/https://www.wprost.pl/kraj/10239643/doda-wystapila-w-bialymstoku-pojawila-sie-w-teczowej-pelerynie.html |url-status=bot: unknown }} where a couple of weeks before violence from far-right protesters broke out during the first ever pride parade organized in the city.{{Cite web |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2019/07/21/europe/bialystok-polish-lgbtq-pride-intl/index.html |title=Polish city holds first LGBTQ pride parade despite far-right violence |website=cnn.com |author=Tara John and Muhammad Darwish |date=21 July 2019 |access-date=19 September 2023}}

In 2023, she became an ambassador of the social campaign Twarze depresji. Nie oceniam. Akceptuję (Faces of Depression. I Don't Judge. I Accept.) aimed at raising awareness of mental health issues and depression.{{Cite web |url=https://www.medonet.pl/psyche/zaburzenia-psychiczne,doda-zmagala-sie-z-choroba--chcialam-jak-najszybciej-zakonczyc-te-meczarnie--wywiad-,artykul,21544517.html |language=pl |title=Doda zmagała się z chorobą. "Chciałam jak najszybciej zakończyć tę męczarnię" [WYWIAD] |website=medonet.pl |author=Anna Morawska-Borowiec |date=9 September 2023 |access-date=19 September 2023 |archive-date=13 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230913204530/https://www.medonet.pl/psyche/zaburzenia-psychiczne,doda-zmagala-sie-z-choroba--chcialam-jak-najszybciej-zakonczyc-te-meczarnie--wywiad-,artykul,21544517.html |url-status=bot: unknown }}

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{{see also|Virgin (band)#Discography|label1=Virgin discography}}

• Diamond Bitch (2007)
• 7 pokus głównych (2011)
• Dorota (2019)
• Aquaria (2022)

• Diamond Tour (2007–2010)
• Rock'n'Roll Palace Tour (2010–2011)
• The Seven Temptations Tour (2011–2013)
• Fly High Tour (2013–2015)
• Anty Tour (2014–2018)
• Riotka Tour (2015–2018)
• Doda with Orchestra (2019–2020)
• Aquaria Tour (2023–2024)

; As guest act

• Slash' World on Fire World Tour (2015; Łodź, Poland)
• Królowie życia. 40-lecie Skawiński & Tkaczyk (2016; Warsaw, Poland)
• Maryla Rodowicz' Diva Tour (2017; 2 shows)

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• Music of Poland

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