# Katarína Knechtová

Katarína Knechtová (born March 14, 1981) is a Slovak singer-songwriter and guitarist, originally known for her work with the band Peha.

## Biography

Katarína was born in Prešov, to a Czech mother and Slovak father. In Prešov she attended the Ján Adam Raymann Gymnasium. After finishing school, she studied philosophy. For seven years she studied to play keyboard, she is also a self-taught guitarist. She started her music career in local band named Prešovčatá. Katarína has a younger sister, Veronika.

## Music career

Katarína Knechtová debuted on the Slovak music scene in 1996 in the band IMT Smile led by Ivan Tásler. One year later she left the band with drummer and moved to Peha band, which was later in 1999 called the revelation of a year in Slovakia. Two years later, Katarína won the Aurel award as the best female singer (in 2005 she won again). She is also a winner of OTO award in 2007.
Even though she is a writer of a lot of lyrics, she admits that her "main writer" is Vlado Krausz.
In 2008, she left her band Peha to pursuit a solo career.

## Discography
### Albums
#### Studio albums

| Year | Album details | Top positions | Top positions | Top positions |
| Year | Album details | Charts | Charts | GSA |
| Year | Album details | SK | CZ | GSA |
| with IMT Smile |||||
| 1997 | Klik-Klak Released: 1997 Label: Závodský/Škvrna (#167 013/210 059) Format: CD | — | — | 31 |
| with Peha |||||
| 1999 | Niečo sa chystá Released: 1999 Label: Bonton (#495 354) Format: CD | — | — | — |
| 2001 | Krajinou Released: 2001 Label: Epic (#500 740) Format: CD | — | — | 84 |
| 2003 | Experiment Released: 2003 Label: Epic (#511 320) Format: CD | — | — | 94 |
| 2005 | Deň medzi nedeľou a pondelkom Released: 2005 Label: B&M/Universal (#987 363/275 364) Format: CD | — | 7 | 8 |
| Solo |||||
| 2008 | Zodiak Released: December 1, 2008 Label: Universal (#179 399) Format: CD | — | 20 | — |
| 2012 | Tajomstvá Released: February 13, 2012 Label: Universal (#279 541) Format: CD | — | 9 | — |
| "—" denotes an album that did not chart or was not released in that region. |||||

#### Compilations

| Year | Album | Charts | Charts |
| Year | Album | SK | CZ |
| with Peha ||||
| 2006 | Best Of Released: October 1, 2006 Label: Epic (#88697 02194) Format: CD | — | 8 |
| 2010 | Donekonečna: Best of 1997–2010 Released: October 25, 2010 Label: Universal (#2755 161) Format: 2CD | — | — |
| "—" denotes an album that did not chart or was not released in that region. ||||

### Singles

| Year | Song | Charts | Charts | Charts | Charts | Album |
| Year | Song | SK | SK | CZ | CZ | | Album |
| Year | Song | 50 | 100 | 50 | 100 | Album |
| Airplay singles |||||||
| 2006 | "Za tebou" with Peha | 46 | — | 5 | 18 | Deň medzi nedeľou a pondelkom |
| 2006 | "Deň medzi nedeľou a pondelkom" with Peha | — | — | 10 | 39 | Deň medzi nedeľou a pondelkom |
| 2006 | "Spomaľ" with Peha | 17 | 80 | 1 | 1 | Deň medzi nedeľou a pondelkom |
| 2006 | "Renesancia" with Peha | 1 | 1 | 4 | 15 | Deň medzi nedeľou a pondelkom |
| 2007 | "Opýtaj sa" with Peha | 1 | 1 | — | — | Deň medzi nedeľou a pondelkom |
| 2007 | "Muoj Bože" | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Zodiak |
| 2008 | "Do batôžka" | 7 | 16 | — | — | Pocta Jarovi Filipovi: Jarove pesničky |
| 2008 | "Vo svetle žiariacich hviezd" | 2 | 2 | 3 | 13 | Zodiak |
| 2009 | "V tichu" | 1 | 3 | 4 | 15 | Zodiak |
| 2009 | "Píseň labutí" with Michal Hrůza | 17 | 40 | 9 | 47 | Napořád |
| 2009 | "V krajine zázrakov" | 17 | 45 | — | — | Zodiak |
| 2010 | "Všetko inak vyzerá" | 4 | 15 | — | — | Zodiak |
| 2010 | "Slovensko na nohy" | 11 | 50 | — | — | Donekonečna: Best of 1997–2010 |
| 2011 | "To musí byť len láskou" | 2 | 19 | — | — | Tajomstvá |
| 2011 | "Zopár slov" | 7 | 37 | 27 | — | Tajomstvá |
| 2012 | "Zmier svetlo s tmou" | 1 | 5 | 45 | — | Tajomstvá |
| 2013 | "Zločin" | 4 | 30 | 17 | 95 | Tajomstvá |
| 2013 | "Keby" | 5 | 43 | — | — | Tajomstvá |
| 2013 | "Isabel" | 4 | 41 | 13 | 67 | |
| "—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released in that region. |||||||

### Other appearances

* 2011: Tante Cose da Veder with Petr Hapka, Michal Horáček & Ondřej Brzobohatý