Szymon Wydra

Szymon Wydra
Background information
Born	(1976-03-11) 11 March 1976 (age 48)
Origin	Radom, Poland
Genres	Rock music
Occupation(s)	Singer, Songwriter, Poet
Years active	1992-present
Labels	BMG Poland, Universal Music Poland, Magic Records
Website	http://www.wydra.pl

Szymon Wydra (Polish pronunciation: [ˈʂɨmɔn ˈvɨdra]; born 11 March 1976 in Radom) is a Polish rock vocalist, poet and finalist on the first edition of Polish Idol. He is also a vocalist of Carpe Diem.^[1]

Career

Wydra's first music band, Nadzieja (Hope), existed for two years and played punk rock. He has been vocalist and leader of his own band, Szymon Wydra & Carpe Diem, since 1992. He took part in a popular Polish TV show Szansa na sukces (Chance for success) in 2001 and achieved respect but was not the winner. He performed again in the same show in February of the following year, singing a song by Ryszard Rynkowski and being chosen by him as the winning participant. On 13 December 2002 his band released their first album, entitled Teraz wiem (Now I know). Their second album, Bezczas was released in 2005.

In August 2007, Wydra was placed among five performers in the semi-final of Polish qualifications for the Sopot Festival. Then he performed with his band the song Gdzie jesteś dziś (Where are you today?) but the jury decided that Poland would be represented by another band, Feel with their song A gdy jest już ciemno.

He strongly criticized illegal downloading of his work from the Internet in one of his most recent interview, going so far as to claim once that it was worse than murder.^{[citation needed]}

Discography

Studio albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
		POL [2][3][4][5]
Teraz wiem	Released: 13 December 2002[6] Label: BMG Poland Formats: CD	22
Bezczas	Released: 14 November 2005[7] Label: Universal Music Poland Formats: CD	7
Remedium	Released: 26 November 2007[8] Label: Universal Music Poland Formats: CD (+CD),[9] digital download[10]	25
Powołanie	Released: 6 September 2010[11] Label: Magic Records Formats: CD, digital download[12]	50
V Element	Released: 13 May 2014[13] Label: Universal Music Poland Formats: CD, digital download[14]	—
Przesłanie	Released: 11 June 2019 Label: Universal Music Poland Formats: CD, digital download	—
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

References

1. "Kolejna płyta finalisty "Idola"". Onet.pl (in Polish). 16 December 2002. Archived from the original on 6 March 2012.
2. "Oficjalna lista sprzedaży :: OLiS - Official Retail Sales Chart". olis.onyx.pl. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
3. "Oficjalna lista sprzedaży :: OLiS - Official Retail Sales Chart". olis.onyx.pl. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
4. "Oficjalna lista sprzedaży :: OLiS - Official Retail Sales Chart". olis.onyx.pl. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
5. "Oficjalna lista sprzedaży :: OLiS - Official Retail Sales Chart". olis.onyx.pl. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
6. "Szymon Wydra - Teraz wiem - Muzyka w Interia.pl". muzyka.interia.pl. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
7. "Szymon Wydra - Bezczas - Muzyka w Interia.pl". muzyka.interia.pl. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
8. "Szymon Wydra - Remedium - Muzyka w Interia.pl". muzyka.interia.pl. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
9. "Szymon Wydra - Remedium Reedycja - Muzyka w Interia.pl". muzyka.interia.pl. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
10. "Remedium by Szymon Wydra on iTunes". itunes.apple.com. January 2007. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
11. "Szymon Wydra - Powołanie - Muzyka w Interia.pl". muzyka.interia.pl. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
12. "Powolanie by Carpe Diem & Szymon Wydra on iTunes". itunes.apple.com. January 2010. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
13. "Szymon Wydra - V element - Muzyka w Interia.pl". muzyka.interia.pl. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
14. "V Element by Szymon Wydra & Carpe Diem on iTunes". itunes.apple.com. 13 May 2014. Retrieved 16 May 2016.