Simonna
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Simona Milinytė |
| Born |
12 December 1995 Lithuania |
| Genres | Pop, rock |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, actress |
| Instruments | Vocals |
| Years active | 2005–present |
| Website |
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Simona Milinytė (born December 12, 1995[1]) also known as Simonna. She was born in Lithuania and is an internationally known singer and actress. In 2016, Simona Milinyte has finished studies at The California State University - Monterey Bay and became a certified victim advocate.
Career
2007–11: Career Beginnings and 12
In 2007, in Kaunas City Song, Simonna won the first place with her song 'Sparnuotosios supynes'.
In 2008, Simonna participated in contest in Pompeii city (Italy). Also, later that year, Simonna participated in the contests, called 'Talent Kaunas – 2008' here she won the 2nd place, and 'Baltic Talents', which took place in Riga, Estonia, and Simonna was nominated for a diploma. Same year Simonna released her debut album, called 12.
In 2009, Simonna participated in the contests like, first republic children and youth vocal competition, called 'Nightingale’s Valley', where Simonna won the 2nd place, St. Petersburg’s contest 'The path to the stars – in 2009', in International talent competition 'Kaunas – 2009', where Simonna won the 1st place, and also in competition 'Baltic Transit' Simonna won 3rd place. Also, in 2008–09, Simonna was touring Lithuania with some singers from Lithuania in the Olialia Zuzi Fiesta Tour.
In 2010, in TV festival 'TV Start', which took place in Turkey, Simonna won Grand Prix in the vocal category and won 1st place in model category. Same year, in one of the most famous festival in the world 'San Remo' (Italy), Simonna became a finalist. Later that year, Simonna has successfully completed The New York Film Academy‘s 'Four Week Musical Film Workshop'.
In 2011, Simonna was invited to attend TwitChange. Simonna has acted in famous Lithuanian TV series 'Giminės. Po 20 metų' as a guest star.
2012: National Eurovision Song Contest in Lithuania and Simonna
In 2012 Simonna applied to the national Eurovision Song Contest in Lithuania with her song One Of A Kind. She finished 3rd in semi-final and in the national final came 7th without reaching super-final. She is the youngest national Lithuania’s Eurovision Song Contest participant ever.
Simonna released her song, One Of A Kind as her single. The song was written by Bobby Ljunggren and William Butt. At first, this song was created for Eurovision Song Contest winner Carola Häggkvist, but when she refused to participate in Eurovision Song Contest one more time, the producers gave this song to Simonna. In early 2012, the music video for Simonna's single, One Of A Kind, was shot in Lithuania.
In March 2012, Simonna has signed with USA based management June Entertainment and manager John Ryan Jr. But after a year she has terminated the contract.
At the end of 2013, Simonna released her second, self-titled album Simonna. The album consists of 15 songs that were recorded in Lithuanian and English languages.
2013: New music
In May, 2013, Simonna tweeted on her official Twitter page new lyrics from her upcoming song.[2] As of June, 2013, Simonna is currently working on a new song with American rapper and songwriter King Kaseem, which is going to be featured on the song as well.[3] The new music is expected to be released sometime on July. On July 25, 2013, Simonna revealed that her new song is called The Mountain. In 2014, February 11 Simonna released her new single "My eyes On You". On 2014, February 20 Simonna has terminated her contract with June Entertainment. February 24 Biggest music channel MTV started to play Simonna's music videos [4] Simonna started to study in New York Film Academy in Los Angeles, CA in 2014 September.
2014-2015: Achievements Worldwide
Achieved in 2014-2015: Simonna’s Music videos are being played by MTV channels Worldwide [5]
Simonna got officially VEVO certified channel.[6]
Simonna’s Facebook, Instagram and Twitter accounts got statuses of celebrity musician verified page.[7]
Simonna has become an official member of Recording Academy – The Grammy’s
Starting the 2015, Simonna decided to focus on education and school, not her musical career.
2016: New beginnings
In March 2016, Simonna graduated from The Center of Legal Studies and became a certified victim advocate at The California State University - Monterey Bay.
To celebrate the graduation, Simonna released her new hit single MOONLIGHT [8] on VEVO channel.[9] Song is now played everywhere around the World - retail stores, gyms and radio stations.
Discography
Albums
| Title | Details |
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| 12 |
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Singles
| Year | Single | Album |
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| 2013 | "Give" | Simonna |
| 2012 | "One Of A Kind" | Simonna |
| 2013 | "The Mountain" | Non-album single |
| 2014 | "My Eyes on You" | Non-album single |
| 2015 | "Rush For Love" | Non-album single |
| 2015 | "It's Beautiful" | Non-album single |
| 2016 | "MOONLIGHT" | Non-album single |
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2011 | Giminės. Po 20 Metų | Unknown | 1 episode; guest star |
References
- ↑ "IMDB – Biography for Simonna". Retrieved 2011-10-19.
Date of Birth 12 December 1995 Lithuania
- ↑ "Lyrics of Simonna's new song". July 12, 2013. Retrieved July 12, 2013.
- ↑ "King Kaseem will be featured on Simonna's new song". July 12, 2013. Retrieved July 12, 2013.
- ↑ http://www.mtv.tv/music/artists/simonna/videos/one-of-a-kind-755623/
- ↑ http://www.mtv.tv/music/artists/simonna/videos/one-of-a-kind-755623/
- ↑ http://www.vevo.com/artist/simonna
- ↑ https://www.facebook.com/OfficialSimonna/
- ↑ https://twitter.com/Simonna/status/704783306915651584
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zkX52UBEsk&feature=youtu.be
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