Jamala
Susana Alimivna Jamaladinova[lower-alpha 1] (born 27 August 1983), better known by her stage name Jamala,[lower-alpha 2] is a Ukrainian singer, actress and songwriter.[1] She represented Ukraine and won the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 in Stockholm, Sweden with her song "1944".
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 Jamala at the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 | |
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| Birth name | Susana Alimivna Jamaladinova (Crimean Tatar: Susana Alim qızı Camaladinova) |
| Born | 27 August 1983 Osh, Kirghiz SSR, USSR |
| Origin | Ukraine |
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| Years active | 2001–present |
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| Associated acts | Eurovision 2016 |
| Website | jamalamusic |
Early life
Susana Jamaladinova was born in Osh, Kirghiz SSR, to a Crimean Tatar father and an Armenian mother.[2][3][4][5][6][7] Her Crimean Tatar ancestors were forcibly resettled from Crimea to the central Asian republic under Joseph Stalin during World War II, although her own relatives fought on the Soviet side.[8] In 1989 her family returned to Crimea. Her maternal ancestors are Armenians from Nagorno-Karabakh.[9] They were well-to-do peasants until her great-grandfather's land was confiscated and he was exiled to Osh where he changed his Armenian name to make it sound more Russian.
Jamala speaks Russian as her mother tongue, and she is also fluent in Ukrainian and English which she learned as an adolescent. Though she wrote some songs in Crimean Tatar, she is not fluent in the language.[10]
Her parents divorced for about four years so that her mother could purchase a house in Crimea for the family under her maiden name. During this period, Soviet authorities did not allow ethnic Crimean Tatars, like her father, to purchase property in Crimea.
Career
2010–15: Early work
Jamala has been fond of music since her early childhood. She made her first professional recording at the age of nine, singing 12 folk and children's Crimean Tatar songs. She entered the Simferopol Music College[11] and later graduated from Tchaikovsky National Music Academy of Ukraine as an opera singer, but preferred a career in pop music.[1]
On 14 February 2010, she released her first single "You Are Made of Love" from her debut studio album For Every Heart. She released "It's Me, Jamala" as the second single on 18 October 2010. On 23 November 2010, she released "Smile" as the third single from the album. Early in 2011, she participated on the national selection show in an attempt to represent Ukraine at the Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Smile".[12] The song was a crowd favorite and Jamala herself managed to land a spot in the finals of the competition.[12] However, she later decided to withdraw from the competition.[13] On 12 April 2011, she released her debut studio album For Every Heart through Moon Records Ukraine. On 8 November 2012, she released "Ya Lyublyu Tebya" (Russian: «Я Люблю́ Тебя́», English: "I Love You") as the lead single from her second studio album All or Nothing.
She released "Hurt" as the second single, and "Kaktus" (Ukrainian: «Ка́ктус», English: "Cactus") was released on 6 March 2013, as the third and final single from the album. She released All or Nothing on 19 March 2013, through Moon Records Ukraine. On 25 September 2014, she released "Zaplutalas" (Ukrainian: «Заплу́талась», English: "Confused") as the lead single from her debut EP Thank You. The EP was released on 1 October 2014, through Enjoy Records. On 26 March 2015, "Ochyma" was released as the lead single from her third studio album. "Shlyakh dodomu" (Ukrainian: «Шлях додо́му», English: "The way home") was released as the second single on 18 May 2015. On 15 June 2015, "Podykh" (Ukrainian: «По́дих», English: "Breath") was released as the third single. She released her album Podykh on 12 October 2015, through Enjoy Records.
2016: Breakthrough
Jamala successfully represented Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 with the song "1944".[14] The song is about the deportation of the Crimean Tatars in 1944 and particularly about her great-grandmother, who lost her daughter while being deported to Central Asia.[11][15][16] Jamala wrote the song's lyrics in 2014.[1] In the second semi-final of the contest, Jamala performed 14th and was one of ten participants who qualified for the grand final. It was announced later that she placed second, scoring 287 points, and won the televoting with 152 points[17] On 14 May 2016, Jamala won the competition with 534 points.[18] Jamala's song was considered by Russian media and lawmakers to be critical of the Russian annexation of Crimea in 2014 and the "ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine" in Donbass.[19][20] For this reason it has been announced that no other flags than the official country-participant are allowed in the arena for the Eurovision Song Contest. This included a ban for flags like Crimean Tatars' flags to be in audience, and only the Ukrainian flags was allowed for her Crimean Tatars' supporters.
After her win in the Eurovision Song Contest, she was awarded the title People's Artist of Ukraine by Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko.[21]
After winning Eurovision 2016, she has gone on to publish many songs, including "I Believe in U", which she performed at Eurovision 2017 as an interval act, along with "Zamanyly".
On 17 May 2016, Poroshenko announced that the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry would be nominating Jamala as a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador.[22]
On 12 October 2018, Jamala released her fifth studio album, Kryla. The title track was released as the first single on 21 March 2018. She had previously performed the track as the interval act for the 2018 Ukrainian National Selection for the Eurovision Song Contest, Vidbir.
Personal life
On 26 April 2017, Jamala married Bekir Suleimanov.[23][24] Their relationship became known in September 2016, when she appeared with him at the Manhattan Short Film Festival.[23] The couple married in the Islamic Cultural Center of Kyiv using the traditional wedding ceremony Nikah.[23] Suleimanov had recently graduated from the Physics and Mathematics Department of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv and is an activist of the Muslim[25] Crimean Tatar community.[23]
In November 2017, Jamala announced that she and Suleimanov were expecting their first child together.[26] On 27 March 2018 their son Emir-Rahman Seit-Bekir ogly Suleimanov was born.[27]
Discography
Studio albums
| Title | Details |
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| For Every Heart |
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| All or Nothing |
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| Подих (Podykh) |
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| 1944 |
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| Крила (Kryla) |
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Live albums
| Title | Details |
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| For every heart. Live at Arena Concert Plaza |
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Compilation albums
| Title | Details |
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| 10 |
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| Свої (Svoi) |
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Remix albums
| Title | Details |
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| Solo |
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Extended plays
| Title | Details |
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| Thank You |
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| 1944 |
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Singles
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||||||||||
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| UKR [31] |
AUT [32] |
BEL (Fl) [33] |
FIN [34] |
FRA [35] |
HUN [36] |
POL [37] |
SPA [38] |
SWE [39] |
SWI [40] |
UK [41] | |||||||
| "You're Made of Love" | 2010 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | For Every Heart | ||||
| "It's me, Jamala" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| "Smile" | 71 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| "Я люблю тебя" ("I love you") | 2012 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | All or Nothing | ||||
| "Hurt" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| "Кактус" ("Cactus") | 2013 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "Заплуталась" ("Confused") | 2014 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Thank you | ||||
| "Злива" ("Shower") (with Andrii Khlyvniuk) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 10 | |||||
| "Чому?" ("Why?") | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles | |||||
| "Очима" ("With my eyes") | 2015 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Podykh | ||||
| "Шлях додому" ("Way to home") | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| "Подих" ("Breath") | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| "1944" | 2016 | 7 | 54 | 63 | 64 | 49 | 40 | 25 | 32 | 46 | 73 | 289 | 1944 | ||||
| "Заманили" ("Lured") (with DakhaBrakha) |
44 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 10 | |||||
| "I Believe in U" | 2017 | 19 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Kryla | ||||
| "Сумую" ("I miss") | 82 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| "Крила" ("Wings") | 2018 | 54 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "Самға" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles | |||||
| "Solo" | 2019 | 89 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7 | 10 | ||||
| "Крок" ("Step") (with Cape Cod) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Svoi | |||||
| "Кохаю" ("I love") (with Jah Khalib) |
61 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| "Ціна правди" ("The price of truth") | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles | |||||
| "Забирай" (with alyona alyona) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Svoi | |||||
| "Жалі" (with alyona alyona) |
2020 | 27 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "Эндорфины" ("Endorphins") (with Pianoboy) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles | |||||
| "—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||||||
Filmography
| Year | Song | Director | Cinematographer |
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| 2009 | History Repeating | Alan Badoev | Yaroslav Pilunskyi |
| 2010 | You're Made of Love + (in Russian) | Kateryna Tsaryk | Yuriy Korol |
| It's Me, Jamala + (in Ukrainian) | Charley Stadler | Fraser Taggart | |
| 2011 | Smile | Maksym Ksionda | Serhiy Mykhalchuk |
| Find me | John X Carey | ||
| 2012 | Я люблю тебя (in Russian) | Serhiy Sarakhanov | Yevheniya Drach, Mykola Bulavskyi |
| 2013 | Кактус (in Russian) | Denys Zakharov | Denys Zakharov |
| All These Simple Things | Oleksandr Milov | — | |
| Depends On You + (in Russian) | Viktor Vilks | Yaroslav Pilunskyi | |
| 2014 | Чому? (in Ukrainian) | Denys Zakharov, Oles Sanin | Serhiy Mykhalchuk |
| 2015 | Заплуталась (in Ukrainian) | Anatoliy Sachivko | Mykyta Kuzmenko |
| Иные (in Russian) | Mikhail Emelianov | Viktor Fedoseev | |
| 2016 | Шлях додому (in Ukrainian) | Anna Kopylova | Denys Lushchyk |
| 1944 | Anatoliy Sachivko | Mykyta Kuzmenko | |
| Обещание (in Russian) | Denys Zakharov, Olena Demianenko | Oleksiy Moskalenko | |
| 2017 | I Believe in U | Ihor Stekolenko | Denys Lushchyk |
| Сумую (in Ukrainian) | |||
| 2018 | Ти любов моя (in Ukrainian) | Oleh Malamuzh | Teodor Neshchadym |
| Крила (in Ukrainian + in Kazakh) | Anna Kopylova | Anton Fursa | |
| The Great Pretender | Anna Buriachkova | Svitlana Aparina | |
| 2019 | Solo | ||
| Ціна правди (in Ukrainian) | Kateryna Tsaryk, Agnieszka Holland | Yuriy Korol | |
| Забирай (in Ukrainian) | Anton Shtuka | Ivan Fomichenko | |
| 2020 | Жалі (in Ukrainian) | Dmytro Cherniavskyi | Anton Fursa |
| Эндорфины (in Russian) | Maksym Kotskyi | Dmytro Cherniavskyi |
| Year | Title | Role | Ref. |
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| 2014 | The Guide | Olha Levytska | [42] |
| 2017 | Jamala.UA | Herself | [43] |
| 2020 | Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga | Herself | [44] |
| Year | Title | Role | Ref. |
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| 2009 | Like Cossacks... | Singer in a bar | [45] |
| 2010 | Anatomy of a Voice. Jamala | Herself | [46] |
| The True Story Of Scarlet Sails | Cuban singer | [47] | |
| 2013 | Kvitka. A voice in a single copy | Herself | [48] |
| Trading Lives | Host | [49] | |
| 2014 | Alice's Adventures in Wonderland | Caterpillar | [50] |
| 2016 | My truth | Herself | [51] |
| Look at yourself! | Herself | [52] | |
| 2017 | Jamalas kamp | Herself | [53] |
| 2018 | Crimea: Russia’s Dark Secret | Herself | [54] |
Notes
- Crimean Tatar: Susana Alim qızı Camaladinova; Ukrainian: Суса́на Алі́мівна Джамаладі́нова, romanized: Susana Alímivna Dzhamaladínova; Russian: Суса́на Али́мовна Джамалади́нова, tr. Susana Alimovna Dzhamaladinova, IPA: [sʊˈsanə ɐˈlʲiməvnə dʐəməlɐˈdʲinəvə]
- Crimean Tatar: Camala; Ukrainian: Джама́ла; Russian: Джама́ла, tr. [dʐɐˈmalə] (Crimean Tatar Cyrillic is also spelt "Джамала".)
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External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Jamala. |
- Official website (in Ukrainian and Russian)
- Jamala on Facebook
- Jamala's channel on YouTube
| Awards and achievements | ||
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| Preceded by Mariya Yaremchuk with "Tick-Tock" |
Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 |
Succeeded by O.Torvald with "Time" |
Preceded by Måns Zelmerlöwwith "Heroes" |
Winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 |
Succeeded by Salvador Sobralwith "Amar pelos dois" |
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