Cleo (Polish singer)

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Cleo
Cleo (piosenkarka).png
Background information
Birth nameJoanna Klepko
Born (1983-06-25) 25 June 1983 (age 38)
Szczecin, Poland
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Singer
  • songwriter
Years active2011–present
LabelsUniversal Music Polska, Urban Rec
Associated actsDonatan
Websitecleo.media.pl
Donatan and Cleo presenting themselves and the song they are performing in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014. The clip is in Polish.

Joanna Klepko (born 25 June 1983), known by her stage name Cleo, is a Polish singer. She represented Poland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 in Copenhagen, Denmark along with Donatan with the song "My Słowianie".[1]

Career[]

She is a graduate of the Warsaw University of Life Sciences.[2]

She sang in gospel choir "Soul Connection".[3] She is the winner of the first season of the Polish contest Studio Garaż in the category Rhythm and blues.[2] She has worked among others with Pezet, Onar, Pih, Ramona 23, WSRH, Wet Fingers and Endefis.[4]

In 2011, she took part in the first season of the Polish talent show X Factor.[5] Since 2013, she has worked with Donatan.[2]

On 25 February 2014, it was announced by TVP in the talk show Świat się kręci that Cleo together with Donatan, with their song "My Słowianie", will represent Poland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 in Copenhagen, Denmark.[6] They finished 14th in the final, scoring 62 points. This has caused controversy as in the tele-vote result Poland was ranked 5th, with 162 points (top marks from the United Kingdom, Ireland, Norway and Ukraine). However, Poland did not receive any points from the UK and Ireland despite being first in the public voting. This occurred as both the British and the Irish juries placed them last (25th). It has been widely commented by media such as The Independent, BBC News, The Telegraph, The Guardian and the Daily Mirror.[7][8][9][10][11]

In 2015, she took part in fourth season of Taniec z Gwiazdami aired in Polsat, partnered with Jan Kliment.[12] She was one of the favourites to win, but placed third out of eleven participants.[13]

In December that year, Cleo signed a solo record deal with Universal Music Poland and released her first single "Zabiorę Nas" on 30 December.[14]

On 13 May 2016, Cleo signed next a solo record "Wolę być" and 5 July "N-O-C". At the end of September, Cleo was nominated for the MTV Europe Music Awards 2016 in the "Best Polish Artist" category.[15] In December she presented the music video for the single "Na pół".

On 26 May 2017, the re-release of her second album entitled Bastet, which was enriched with a second CD containing two new songs ("Pali się" and "Serce") and instrumental versions of songs from the album.[16] In June, Cleo confirmed in an interview for Plejada that she is working on material for the third studio album.

In October she presented a music video for the song "Pali się". She also recorded the Christmas song "Coraz bliżej święta" recorded for the advertising campaign of the Coca-Cola brand. On 27 November, an official music video for the song was released.[17]

On 7 February 2018, she presented the video for the single "Łowcy gwiazd", and on 6 June—a clip for the song "Eva", which she recorded in a duet with Mesajah.[18] On 18 June 2018, she published the song "Łowcy", which is a new version of the single "Łowcy Gwiazd".

In 2019, she released three singles, "Wrrra" and "Za Krokiem Krok" and "Kły". Since 2019, Cleo is a coach of the reality singing competition show The Voice Kids

On 6 March 2020, she released the song "Alfabet Świateł", produced by Donatan. On August 12, she realised the song "Bratnie dusze", recorded with Dawid Kwiatkowski. In December, she released the single "Number One", with a guest appearance by Weronika Juszczak. On February 9, 2021, she released the single "Kocham", for which she made a music video with the participation of several influencers

Discography[]

Studio albums[]

Album title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
POL
[19]
Hiper/Chimera
(with Donatan) 		1
Bastet 3
superNOVA 9
  • N/A
vinyLOVA TBR

Singles[]

Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
POL
[22] 		POL
New
[23]
"My Słowianie"
(with Donatan)[24] 		2013 2 2 Hiper/Chimera
"Cicha woda"
(with Donatan featuring Sitek)[25] 		2014 11 1
"Slavica"
(with Donatan)[26] 		— —
"Ten czas"
(with Donatan featuring Kamil Bednarek)[27] 		— —
"Brać"
(with Donatan featuring Enej)[28] 		— 1
"Sztorm"
(with Donatan)[29] 		— —
"Zabiorę nas"[30] 2015 8 2 Bastet
"Wolę być"[31] 2016 34 1
  • ZPAV: Platinum
"N-O-C"[32] 28 4
  • ZPAV: 3× Platinum
"Na pół" 35 2
  • ZPAV: Gold
"Serce" 2017 — —
"Pali się"
(featuring Sitek) 		— —
"Łowcy gwiazd" 2018 6 1
  • ZPAV: 3× Platinum
 superNOVA
"Eva"
(featuring Mesajah) 		— —
"Film" 54 2
"Wrrra" 2019 — —
"Za krokiem krok" 1 1
  • ZPAV: Platinum
 vinyLOVA
"Dom" 1 1 —
"Alfabet Świateł" 2020 5 3 superNOVA
"Bratnie Dusze"
"Number one"
"Kocham" 2021 12 — vinyLOVA
"Na Fali"
"Polskie Mexico"
"—" denotes single that did not chart or was not released.

Music videos[]

Year Title Directed Album Ref
2013 "My Słowianie" (with Donatan) Piotr Smoleński Hiper Chimera [33]
2014 "Cicha woda" (with Donatan, featuring: Sitek) [34]
"Slavica" (with Donatan) [35]
"Brać" (with Donatan, featuring: Enej) [36]
"Sztorm" (with Donatan) [37]
2015 "B.I.T." (with Donatan, featuring: Waldemar Kasta) [38]
"Zabiorę nas" Bastet [39]
2016 "Wolę być" Michał Konrad, Piotr Smoleński [40]
"N-O-C" [41]
"Na pół" [42]
2017 "Pali się" (featuring Sitek) Michał Konrad [43]
2018 "Łowcy gwiazd" superNOVA
"Eva" (featuring Mesajah)
"Film"
2019 "Wrrra"
"Za krokiem krok” vinyLOVA
"Dom"
2020 "Alfabet świateł" superNOVA
"W telefonie"
2021 "Kocham" vinyLOVA

Filmography[]

Film and television
Year Title Role Notes
2011 X Factor Contestant Talent competition
2014 Eurovision Song Contest 2014 Contestant Television show
2015 Dancing with the Stars: Taniec z gwiazdami Contestant Television show
2018- The Voice Kids Judge Talent competition

References[]

  1. ^ "My, Słowianie na Eurowizji" (in Polish). Telewizja Polska. 25 February 2014. Retrieved 25 February 2014.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Cleo od "My Słowianie": Było mi ciężko" (in Polish). Interia.pl. 19 November 2013. Archived from the original on 22 November 2013. Retrieved 19 November 2013.
  3. ^ "DONATAN I CLEO REPREZENTANTAMI POLSKI" (in Polish). eurowizja.org. 25 February 2014. Retrieved 25 February 2014.
  4. ^ "Kim jest Cleo z My Słowianie? Sprawdź, gdzie wcześniej śpiewała wokalistka Donatana z hitu My Słowianie" (in Polish). Interia.pl. 17 November 2013. Retrieved 17 November 2013.
  5. ^ "Zanim Cleo została gwiazdą startowała w X-Factor. Wszyscy byli na nie" (in Polish). afterparty.pl. 3 March 2014. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
  6. ^ "Poland: Greetings from Slavic Girls!". eurovision.tv. 25 February 2014. Retrieved 25 February 2014.
  7. ^ "Eurovision 2014: Voting controversy after UK public revealed to have voted Donatan & Cleo first – but jury placed them last". www.independent.co.uk. 11 May 2014. Retrieved 12 May 2014.
  8. ^ "Eurovision voting figures show juries and public clash". www.bbc.co.uk. 12 May 2014. Retrieved 12 May 2014.
  9. ^ "Poland were the real Eurovision winners, say UK public". www.telegraph.co.uk. 11 May 2014. Retrieved 12 May 2014.
  10. ^ "Eurovision: UK viewers wanted Poles to win – but experts ranked them bottom". www.theguardian.com. 12 May 2014. Retrieved 12 May 2014.
  11. ^ "Poland's sexy Eurovision song Slavic Girls revealed as British public's REAL winner before vote split". www.mirror.co.uk. 11 May 2014. Retrieved 12 May 2014.
  12. ^ "Cleo zatańczy w "Tańcu z gwiazdami"!" (in Polish). eurowizja.org. 19 August 2015. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
  13. ^ ""Taniec z Gwiazdami": Cleo poza finałem" (in Polish). interia.pl. 6 November 2015. Retrieved 6 November 2015.
  14. ^ "Cleo bez Donatana. W 2016 roku debiutancki album" (in Polish). interia.pl. 22 December 2015. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
  15. ^ "Nominowani do MTV EMA – Najlepszy Polski Artysta!" (in Polish). MTV. 21 September 2016. Archived from the original on 19 June 2019. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  16. ^ "Posłuchaj w całości: Cleo – Bastet (Deluxe)" (in Polish). allaboutmusic.pl. 14 June 2017. Retrieved 14 June 2017.
  17. ^ "Świąteczna piosenka "Coraz bliżej święta" Coca-Coli w wykonaniu Cleo" (in Polish). wirtualnemedia.pl. 21 December 2017. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
  18. ^ "Cleo wydała teledysk do singla "Łowcy gwiazd"" (in Polish). plejada.pl. 7 February 2018. Archived from the original on 8 February 2018. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
  19. ^ "OLiS – sales for the period 03.11.2014 – 09.11.2014". OLiS. Retrieved 14 November 2014.
    "OLiS – sales for the period 02.09.2016 – 08.09.2016". OLiS. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
  20. ^ "ZPAV :: Bestsellery i wyróżnienia - Wyróżnienia - Platynowe płyty CD - Archiwum". bestsellery.zpav.pl. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
  21. ^ "ZPAV :: Bestsellery i wyróżnienia - Wyróżnienia - Platynowe płyty CD - Archiwum". bestsellery.zpav.pl. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
  22. ^ "Top Airplay". ZPAV. Retrieved 1 March 2014.
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    "Top Airplay". ZPAV. Retrieved 29 February 2016.
    "Top Airplay". ZPAV. Retrieved 23 May 2016.
    "Top Airplay". ZPAV. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
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    "Top Airplay - News". ZPAV. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
    "Top Airplay - News". ZPAV. Retrieved 23 May 2016.
    "Top Airplay - News". ZPAV. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
  24. ^ "My Słowianie – Single by Donatan & Cleo". iTunes. 4 November 2013. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
  25. ^ "Cicha Woda (feat. Sitek) – Single by Donatan & Cleo". iTunes. 23 April 2014. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
  26. ^ "Slavica – Single by Donatan & Cleo". iTunes. 14 May 2014. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
  27. ^ "Ten Czas (feat. Kamil Bednarek) – Single by Donatan & Cleo". iTunes. 2 September 2014. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
  28. ^ "Brać (feat. Enej) – Single by Donatan & Cleo". iTunes. 22 September 2014. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
  29. ^ "Sztorm – Single by Donatan & Cleo". iTunes. 10 November 2014. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
  30. ^ "Zabiorę Nas – Single by Cleo". iTunes. 30 December 2015. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  31. ^ "Wolę Być – Single by Cleo". iTunes. 13 May 2016. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
  32. ^ "N-O-C – Single by Cleo". iTunes. 5 July 2016. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
  33. ^ "Donatan-Cleo "My Słowianie" - teledysk" (in Polish). Archived from the original on 14 February 2014. Retrieved 23 September 2014.
  34. ^ "Video Dnia: Donatan-Cleo feat. Sitek "Cicha Woda"" (in Polish). Archived from the original on 27 July 2014. Retrieved 23 September 2014.
  35. ^ "Donatan-Cleo "SLAVICA" - teledysk" (in Polish). Archived from the original on 30 July 2014. Retrieved 23 September 2014.
  36. ^ "Donatan ponownie o Słowianach (klip "Brać")" (in Polish). muzyka.interia.pl. Archived from the original on 27 December 2014. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
  37. ^ "Donatan i Cleo, SZTORM: Nowy teledysk 'bez cycków i wódy'! Podoba się? VIDEO Youtube" (in Polish). Eska.pl. 18 November 2014. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
  38. ^ "Donatan / Cleo feat. Waldemar Kasta "B.I.T." - street video" (in Polish). Popkiller.pl. 2 March 2015. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
  39. ^ "Cleo: Zabiorę nas. Premiera najnowszej piosenki Cleo tylko w RMF FM! Zobacz teledysk" (in Polish). RMF FM. 30 December 2015. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
  40. ^ "Nowy teledysk Cleo z Patrykiem Pniewskim "Wolę być". Jak młody aktor wypadł w roli czarnego charakteru? WIDEO" (in Polish). Party.pl. 13 May 2016. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
  41. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 28 July 2020. Retrieved 19 December 2019.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  42. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 15 May 2011. Retrieved 19 December 2019.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  43. ^ https://www.radiozet.pl/Muzyka/Nowy-teledysk-Cleo.-Premiera-singla-Pali-Sie-w-Wieczorze-z-Radiem-ZET
Preceded by
Magdalena Tul
with Jestem 		Poland in the Eurovision Song Contest
2014 		Succeeded by
Monika Kuszyńska
with In the Name of Love
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