page_title: Margaret (singer)
section_title: Artistry
hierarchical_section_title: Margaret (singer) / Artistry
caption_attribution_description: Polski: Koncert Lato Zet i Dwojki 2014 w Toruniu
context_page_description: Małgorzata Jamroży, known professionally as Margaret, is a Polish singer and songwriter. Before her mainstream debut, she performed with underground bands, recorded soundtracks for television commercials and films, and produced a fashion blog. Through her blogging, she was discovered by music manager Sławomir Berdowski and signed by the record label Extensive Music.
  Margaret found success in 2013 with her debut single, "Thank You Very Much", which was included on her first extended play All I Need and charted in several European countries. Her debut studio album, Add the Blonde, reached the top 10 in the Polish charts, and spawned three singles, "Wasted", "Start a Fire" and "Heartbeat". The single "Cool Me Down" from its 2016 reissue became Margaret's first Polish top five single and achieved moderate success in some European territories after she signed an international record deal with Warner Music that year. Margaret released a collaborative jazz album with Matt Dusk titled Just the Two of Us in 2015. She earned her second Polish top 10 album with Monkey Business, which yielded the singles "What You Do" and "Byle jak".
context_section_description: Margaret is an alto. On the single "Cool Me Down", her vocal range covers around one-and-a-half octaves from G₄ to C₆. Her vocals were widely compared to Rihanna's, whom some listeners accused Margaret of copying. She responded; "In lower registers my timbre is indeed similar to Rihanna's ... I will not apologise for that". Although Margaret's music has been classified as pop, she incorporates other musical styles into her songs. She said her music is "bitter-sweet. It looks cute and sweet, but it can get serious, wild and crazy."
  Margaret has been actively involved in the songwriting process for her albums since the beginning of her career. She co-wrote four of the songs on Add the Blonde and most of the songs on her subsequent releases. Majority of her earlier work is in English, which she attributed partly to the fact that her songs sound better when sung in that language. On her first Polish-language album Gaja Hornby, Margaret said she felt ready to open up and sing in her native language and compared singing in English to wearing a mask. The album introduced Margaret's alter ego Gaja Hornby, which she adopted at the beginning of her career to protect her privacy and regain anonymity. It was inspired by Julia Roberts' Pretty Woman character who used different names in the film and is a combination of a name Margaret wished she was given at birth and the name of her favourite author Nick Hornby. Margaret said the reason to reveal her alter ego was to show her fans the more personal side of her life.
  Margaret has named the Polish singer Grażyna Łobaszewska as a role model and her biggest inspiration, and credits Polish rapper Łona as a primary influence on her writing style. She has cited Miroslava Duma and earlier in her career Gwen Stefani as her fashion inspirations. She also admires Rihanna, Jarle Bernhoft and Tom Odell.
caption: Margaret during "Lato Zet i Dwójki 2014" concert in Toruń, Poland
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