CZECHIA & SLOVAKIA: KRISTINA STILL ON TOP - WITH KABÁT AND KAREL GOTT

As an Eurovision fan travelling to a new Eurovision country is always also an adventure to the local record stores - if they only exist anymore. I was in Prague last week and they do have several stores left but.... not so much for a collector of this genre...

The only Eurovision artists I saw were Kabát and Karel Gott. But then again, Kabát was all over the place; streets full of their tour ads and their CDs in every shop. The band's been together since 1983 and still seem to be the Czechia's finest and most popular rock band, filling stadiums and arenas. Their Mala dama deserved so much more in Helsinki 2007!

Karel Gott is still very popular, at the tender age of 78, it seems. He has released dozens of albums since his Eurovision (for Austria) in 1968. He has already retired twice but seems to come back due to the popular demand again and again. The Golden Voice of Prague joined forces with rock band No Name this summer for Kto dokáže for example..... and his CDs were widely available as well. Dozens of compilations!

Then we have Kristina! She may be Slovakian, but she enjoys chart success in both countries ever since her debut in 2007. And no wonder, I got her compilation album Tie naj, and it's full of valid quality songs. If you thought she's only ethnic pop à la Horehronie, you couldn't be more wrong. She's got ballads, uptempo, acoustic, reggaeton, from Christmasy songs to Bond-esque tunes and Ice Hockey World Champs anthems..... a perfect pop mixture and voice to make it all work. Hello, Slovakian tv: Just her back. These ten years she has surely matured in every way to handle that stage better!

Check out her hits after the jump:

2007 Som tjova (with Opak) #13

2008 Vráť mi tie hviezdy #4

2008 Zmrzlina (with Victoria) #6

2008 Ešte váham #5

2009 Stonka #1, CZ #5

2010 Horehronie #1, CZ #2

2010 Tak si pustím svoj song #4

2010 V sieti ťa mám #1, CZ #19

2010 Vianočná nálada #1, CZ #43

2011 Pri oltári #1, CZ #7

2011 Life is a game #2

2011 Tajná láska #10

2012 Jabĺčko #13, CZ #6

2012 Viem lebo viem #4

2012 Ovoňaj ma ako ružu #16

2012 Ľudskosť (Modlitba za ľudskosť) #28

2013 Život je vždy fajn #6, CZ #20

2013 Rozchodový Reggaeton #12, CZ #16

2014 Navždy #8

2014 Ta ne #4

2014 Letím v duši #10

2014 Obyčajná žena #12, CZ #39

2015 Number one #8

2015 Na vysokej skale (with Robo Grigorov) #9

2015 Na Bieleho Kona #7

2016 Si pre mňa best #5, CZ #39

2016 Láska bombová #3, CZ #42

2016 Vianočná jahoda CZ #43

She's hinting a new release this week

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