Maria Sadowska

Not to be confused with Mariana Sadovska.
Maria Sadowska

Sadowska in 2007
Born (1976-06-27) 27 June 1976
Warsaw, Poland
Alma mater Fryderyk Chopin Academy of Music in Warsaw
National Film School in Łódź
Occupation Singer-songwriter, music producer, film director, screenwriter
Spouse(s) Adrian Łabanowski
Children 1 (daughter)
Parent(s) Liliana Urbańska
Krzysztof Sadowski

Musical career

Genres Jazz, pop
Labels EMI Music Japan, Sony BMG Music Entertainment Poland, Sony Music Entertainment Poland, Fonografika, QM Music, Warner Music Poland
Website www.mariasadowska.com

Maria Sadowska (born June 27, 1976 in Warsaw),[1] also credited as Marysia Sadowska[2] or simply as Marysia,[3] is a Polish pop singer,[2] music producer, screenwriter[4] and film director.

Career

Early life

Sadowska was born in the capital of Poland, Warsaw,[1] to her father, a composer, and her mother, a jazz singer.[5] 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.[6]

1990s
"Maybe Baby" (1997)
"Maybe Baby" was featured on Dancemania 8 before it was included on her 2nd album Lucky Star.[6]
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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.[4] The song "Crazy" from the third album was featured on Dancemania's seventh issue,[5] and two songs from the second album, "Maybe Baby" and "Lucky Star", were featured respectively on Dancemania 8 and Dancemania 9.[6][7]

2000s

In 2004, Sadowska released her fourth, jazz-dance-orientated album, Marysia Sadowska,[4] which reached number 38 on the Polish OLiS chart.[8]

Her fifth album, Tribute to Komeda, was literally a tribute album to Krzysztof Komeda.[4] In its release year of 2006, the album reached #11 on OLiS' chart and was certified gold.[9] The next year, 2007, she appeared on the British TV show Dancing on Ice, and released her sixth album Gwiazda dla każdego.[4]

The 2009 album Spis treści featured her tenth single "Jest dobrze". Spis treści was her first completely self-produced album.[4]

2010s

Her debut feature film Women's Day (Dzień kobiet) was released in 2013[10] and received the main award at the 22nd Film Festival Cottbus.[11]

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.

Personal life

Sadowska is the daughter of composer Krzysztof Sadowski and singer Liliana Urbańska.[1] She earned a second degree in piano at the Fryderyk Chopin Academy of Music in Warsaw[2] soon after the releases of Lucky Star and Crazy.[4] She also graduated from the Lodz Film School in 2002.[1]

Discography

Albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
POL
[12]
Jutro
  • Released: 1995[13]
  • Label: STD[14]
  • Formats: CD
—
Lucky Star
  • Released: February 18, 1998[15]
  • Label: EMI Music Japan
  • Formats: CD
—
Marysia Sadowska
  • Released: February 24, 2004
  • Label: Sony Music Poland
  • Formats: CD
38
Gwiazda dla każdego
  • Released: December 3, 2007[16]
  • Label: Sony BMG
  • Formats: CD
—
Spis treści
  • Released: June 8, 2009[17]
  • Label: Sony Music Poland
  • Formats: CD, digital download[18]
—
Demakijaż
  • Released: November 9, 2009[19]
  • Label: QM Music
  • Formats: CD, digital download[20]
—
Jazz na ulicach
  • Released: April 1, 2014[21]
  • Label: Warner Music Poland
  • Formats: CD, digital download[22]
24
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Cover albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
POL
[12]
Kaczmarski & Jazz
with Anna Serafińska and Janusz Szrom
  • Released: October 4, 2010[24]
  • Label: QM Music
  • Formats: CD, digital download[25]
—
Tribute to Komeda
  • Released: June 12, 2006[26]
  • Label: Sony BMG
  • Formats: CD, digital download[27]
11
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Soundtrack albums

Title Album details
Dzień Kobiet
  • Released: March 8, 2013[28]
  • Label: Fonografika
  • Formats: CD, digital download[29]

Extended plays

Title Album details
Crazy
  • Released: October 7, 1997[30]
  • Label: EMI Music Japan
  • Formats: CD

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 FILMPOLSKI.PL, Maria Sadowska (Polish) Google Translation
  2. 1 2 3 TopClub.pl, Marysia Sadowska (Polish) Google Translation
  3. ↑ such as on Dancemania 7, 8, 9 - Discogs, Marysia
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 RMF FM, Marysia Sadowska (Polish) Google Translation
  5. 1 2 Dancemania 7, CD booklet p.9 : "8. MARYSIA / CRAZY" (Japanese)
  6. 1 2 3 Dancemania 8, CD booklet p.15 : "14. MARYSIA / MAYBE BABY" (Japanese)
  7. ↑ Dancemania 9, CD booklet p.23 : "22. MARYSIA / LUCKY STAR" (Japanese)
  8. ↑ OLiS, Official Retail Sales Chart April 5, 2004 (Polish)
  9. ↑ OLiS, Official Retail Sales Chart September 18, 2006 (Polish)
  10. ↑ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2393787/releaseinfo
  11. ↑ "FNE at Cottbus Film Festival 2012: Poland Takes Top Prizes in Cottbus".
  12. 1 2 http://olis.onyx.pl/listy/index.asp?idlisty=197&lang=
    http://olis.onyx.pl/listy/index.asp?idlisty=326&lang=
    http://olis.onyx.pl/listy/index.asp?idlisty=863&lang=
  13. ↑ http://www.rmf.fm/muzyka/dyskografia,6547,Marysia,Sadowska.html
  14. ↑ http://www.polskieradio.pl/6/11/Artykul/178486,Maria-Sadowska-
  15. ↑ http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/artist/163554/products/music/262809/1/
  16. ↑ http://muzyka.interia.pl/plyty/plyta/marysia-sadowska-gwiazda-dla-kazdego,223843
  17. ↑ http://muzyka.wp.pl/rid,371568,title,Spis-Tresci,plyta.html
  18. ↑ https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/spis-tresci/id318679031
  19. ↑ http://muzyka.interia.pl/plyty/plyta/maria-sadowska-demakijaz,263897
  20. ↑ https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/demakijaz/id597359681
  21. ↑ http://muzyka.wp.pl/rid,689000,title,Jazz-na-ulicach,plyta.html
  22. ↑ https://itunes.apple.com/pl/album/jazz-na-ulicach/id836336896
  23. 1 2 http://www.zpav.pl/rankingi/wyroznienia/zlote/index.php
  24. ↑ http://muzyka.wp.pl/rid,588955,title,Kaczmarski-Jazz,plyta.html?ticaid=1135cb
  25. ↑ https://itunes.apple.com/pl/album/kaczmarski-i-jazz/id596021385
  26. ↑ http://muzyka.interia.pl/plyty/plyta/maria-sadowska-tribute-to-komeda,19594
  27. ↑ https://itunes.apple.com/pl/album/tribute-to-komeda/id340398524
  28. ↑ http://muzyka.interia.pl/plyty/plyta/maria-sadowska-dzien-kobiet,364830
  29. ↑ https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/dzien-kobiet/id611949823
  30. ↑ http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/artist/163554/products/music/262709/1/
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