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Doda
Background information
Birth name	Dorota Rabczewska
Born	February 15, 1984 (1984-02-15) (age 26) Ciechanów, Poland
Genres	Pop
Occupations	Singer
Years active	2000–present
Labels	Universal Music Poland
Website	Official Website

Dorota Rabczewska, or more accurately Dorota Rabczewska (primo voto Majdan), nicknamed Doda, (born February 15, 1984, in Ciechanów, Poland) is a Polish singer with one of the largest number of awards in Poland.

Biography

Doda was born to Wanda and Paweł Rabczewski. She has an older brother, Rafał.

In her youth, she was coached in athletics for four years (long jump, 100 metres). She won the Championships at Voivodeship for 1000 and 600 metres and shot put. She also won bronze in the Polish Championships. She then quit sports for a musical career. Doda started this career as a teenager, at the Buffo Theatre in Warsaw. Simultaneously, she was taking singing lessons from Elżbieta Zapendowska (one of the most famous teachers of singing in Poland). She earned popularity due to her participation in the reality show Bar.

In 2000, at the age of 16, Rabczewska became the vocalist of the Polish rock band Virgin.

On March 5, 2005, Rabczewska married Polish goalkeeper Radosław Majdan, whom she later divorced. At the 2005 Sopot International Song Festival, Rabczewska won the Srebrny Słowik Music Award.

In 2006 she lent her voice to the dubbing for Asterix and the Vikings (as Abba).

Doda received a Superjedynka award on National Festival of Polish Song in Opole in 2006.

In 2007, she left Virgin to begin a solo career. Her first solo album released in 2007 was certified as gold on the day before its official release. In 2008 her album titled Diamond Bitch was certified a double platinum after 60,000 copies of the album had been sold.

Doda won three awards at VIVA (Poland) Comet 2007 in the following categories: Female Artist of the Year, Image of the Year, Video of the Year (for Katharsis videoclip). At MTV Europe Music Awards 2007 Doda won in the category Best Polish Act. Doda also received a Superjedynka on 2008 National Festival of Polish Song in Opole as the Best Artist.

In 2009 at MTV Europe Music Awards 2009 Doda again won in the category Best Polish Act. Now she's in TOP5 in Best European Act. Recently, she took second place.

She is in a relationship with Adam Darski, frontman of the blackened death metal band Behemoth. Since 1st January 2010 they are engaged^[1].

Discography

With Virgin:

• 2002: Virgin Sales: 20,000
• 2004: Bimbo Sales: 34,150 Gold
• 2005: Ficca Sales: 97,500+ (29 April 2007) 2x Platinum

Solo album:

• 2007: Diamond Bitch Sales: 100,000+ 3x Platinum
• 2010: The Seven Temptations

Awards

References

External links

• (Polish) (English) Official site
• Doda at MySpace
• Doda at Billboard
• Doda at Allmusic
• Doda at Last.fm
• (Polish) (German) (English) (French) International Website about Doda