Maria Sadowska
{{Distinguish|Mariana Sadovska}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Maria Sadowska
| image = Maria Sadowska.jpg
| caption = Sadowska in 2019
| occupation = Singer-songwriter, music producer, film director, screenwriter
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1976|6|27|df=y}}
| birth_place = Warsaw, Poland
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| alma_mater = Fryderyk Chopin Academy of Music in Warsaw
National Film School in Łódź
| module = {{Infobox musical artist
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| genre = Jazz, pop
| label = EMI Music Japan, Sony BMG Music Entertainment Poland, Sony Music Entertainment Poland, Fonografika, QM Music, Warner Music Poland
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| website = {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20060830201129/http://www.mariasadowska.com/ www.mariasadowska.com]}}
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Maria Sadowska (born 27 June 1976 in Warsaw),Filmpolski.pl, [http://www.filmpolski.pl/fp/index.php/1135274 Maria Sadowska] {{in lang|pl}} [https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=pl&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.filmpolski.pl%2Ffp%2Findex.php%2F1135274 Google Translation] also credited as Marysia SadowskaTopClub.pl, [https://web.archive.org/web/20110110040313/http://www.topclub.pl/biografie/artysci/849,marysia-sadowska.xhtml Marysia Sadowska] {{in lang|pl}} [https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=pl&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.topclub.pl%2Fbiografie%2Fartysci%2F849%2Cmarysia-sadowska.xhtml Google Translation] or simply as Marysia,such as on Dancemania 7, 8, 9 – discogs, [http://www.discogs.com/artist/Marysia Marysia] is a Polish pop singer, music producer, screenwriterRMF FM, [http://www.rmf.fm/muzyka/biografia,6547,Marysia,Sadowska.html Marysia Sadowska] {{in lang|pl}} [https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&sl=pl&tl=en&u=http://www.rmf.fm/muzyka/biografia,6547,Marysia,Sadowska.html&prev=_t Google Translation] and film director.
Career
=Early life=
Sadowska was born in the capital of Poland, Warsaw, to her father, a composer, and her mother, a jazz singer.Dancemania 7, CD booklet p.9 : "8. Marysia / Crazy" {{in lang|ja}} She debuted as a singer at the age of 14, and produced a musical, at the age of 17, where she wrote and composed its theme music and played the main role.Dancemania 8, CD booklet p.15 : "14. Marysia / Mayble Baby" {{in lang|ja}}
=1990s=
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| filename = Maybe Baby by Marysia, from Dancemania 8.ogg
| title = "Maybe Baby" (1997)
| description = "Maybe Baby" was featured on Dancemania 8 before it was included on her 2nd album Lucky Star.
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Sadowska released her first album Jutro in 1995. Two years later, in 1997, she released her second and third albums, Lucky Star and Crazy, exclusively in Japan. The latter's title track was featured on Dancemania's seventh issue, and two songs from Lucky Star, "Maybe Baby" and "Lucky Star", were featured respectively on Dancemania 8 and Dancemania 9.Dancemania 9, CD booklet p.23 : "22. Marysia / Lucky Star" {{in lang|ja}}
=2000s=
In 2004, Sadowska released her fourth, jazz-dance-orientated album, Marysia Sadowska, which reached number 38 on the Polish OLiS chart.OLiS, [http://olis.onyx.pl/listy/index.asp?idlisty=197 Official Retail Sales Chart April 5, 2004] {{in lang|pl}}
Her fifth album, Tribute to Komeda, was literally a tribute album to Krzysztof Komeda. In its release year of 2006, the album reached No. 11 on OLiS' chart and was certified gold.OLiS, [http://olis.onyx.pl/listy/index.asp?idlisty=332 Official Retail Sales Chart September 18, 2006] {{in lang|pl}} The next year, 2007, she appeared on the British TV show Dancing on Ice, and released her sixth album Gwiazda dla każdego.
The 2009 album Spis treści featured her tenth single "Jest dobrze". Spis treści was her first completely self-produced album.
=2010s=
Her debut feature film Women's Day (Dzień kobiet) was released in 2013{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2393787/releaseinfo|title=Dzien kobiet (2012) – Release Info |publisher=IMDb|accessdate=15 May 2016}} and received the main award at the 22nd Film Festival Cottbus.{{cite web|title=FNE at Cottbus Film Festival 2012: Poland Takes Top Prizes in Cottbus|url=http://www.filmneweurope.com/news/region/104340-fne-at-cottbus-film-festival-2012-poland-takes-top-prizes-in-cottbus/menu-id-384|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130629050104/http://www.filmneweurope.com/news/region/104340-fne-at-cottbus-film-festival-2012-poland-takes-top-prizes-in-cottbus/menu-id-384|archivedate=29 June 2013}}
Sadowska was the judge of the third and fourth season of Polish TV show The Voice of Poland, with participants from her team winning twice. She returned to judging for the show's sixth season, and won again.
In 2019, Maria Sadowska took part in TVN's reality show Agent – Gwiazdy and she played the role of the title character – the Mole (pol. Agent).{{cite web|url=https://agent.tvn.pl/wideo,3207,v/maria-sadowska-agentem-4-edycji-programu,1847574.html|title=Maria Sadowska is the Agent of the 4th season of the programme!|publisher=agent.tvn.pl|accessdate=22 May 2019|language=Polish}}
Personal life
Sadowska is the daughter of composer Krzysztof Sadowski and singer Liliana Urbańska. She earned a second degree in piano at the Fryderyk Chopin Academy of Music in Warsaw soon after the releases of Lucky Star and Crazy. She also graduated from the Lodz Film School in 2002.
Discography
=Albums=
=Cover albums=
=Soundtrack albums=
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| scope="row" |Crazy
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References
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External links
- {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20060830201129/http://www.mariasadowska.com/ Official website]}} {{in lang|pl}}
- [https://www.myspace.com/marysiasadowska Official MySpace]
- [https://www.youtube.com/mariasadowska Official YouTube channel]
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Category:Musicians from Warsaw
Category:Chopin University of Music alumni
Category:Polish women jazz singers
Category:English-language singers from Poland
Category:21st-century Polish singers
Category:21st-century Polish women singers
Category:Polish women screenwriters