{{short description|Polish pop singer (born 1977)}} {{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Musicians --> | name = Kasia Stankiewicz | image = Kasia Stankiewicz & Varius Manx, Pokolenia Wolności 2023.jpg | caption = Kasia Stankiewicz in 2023 | image_size = | background = solo_singer | birth_name = | alias = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1977|6|2|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Działdowo]], Poland | death_date = | origin = | instrument = | genre = [[Indie pop]], [[pop music|pop]], [[pop rock]] | occupation = Singer | years_active = | label = Zic Zac, [[BMG Poland]], [[EMI Music Poland]], [[Warner Music Poland]] | associated_acts = [[Varius Manx]] | website = }} '''Kasia Maria Stankiewicz''' (born 2 June 1977, [[Działdowo]], [[Poland]]) is a [[Polish people|Polish]] [[pop music|pop]] singer.

She started her career in 1995 singing a song by [[Varius Manx]], a multi-platinum Polish band, in the TV song contest ''[[Szansa na sukces]]'' (A Chance for Success).<ref name=inter1>{{cite web |url=http://muzyka.interia.pl/artysci/artysta/kasia-stankiewicz |title=Artyści - Muzyka w INTERIA.PL - biografia, płyty, albumy, zdjęcia, galeria, wywiady, wiadomości, informacje, teledyski, czat |publisher=Muzyka.interia.pl |accessdate=2014-08-05 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20140811193620/http://muzyka.interia.pl/artysci/artysta/kasia-stankiewicz |archivedate=2014-08-11 }}</ref><ref name=last>{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.last.fm/music/Varius+Manx |title=Varius Manx – Free listening, videos, concerts, stats and pictures at |publisher=Last.fm |date= |accessdate=2014-08-05}}</ref>

In 1999 she recorded her first solo album, ''Kasia Stankiewicz'', with [[soul music|soul]] and [[jazz]] compositions.<ref name=wprost>{{cite web|url=http://www.wprost.pl/ar/98536/Poprawna-Kasia/?I=1247 |title=Poprawna Kasia - WPROST |publisher=Wprost.pl |date= 15 December 2006|accessdate=2014-08-05}}</ref> In 2001 Kasia Stankiewicz recorded "[[The Bridge Song]]" with the [[Germany|German]] [[electronic music]] group [[Tangerine Dream]]. The single promoted their new album around the world. In 2003 she produced and published a new album called ''Extrapop''. The first single "Schyłek lata" (The End of Summer) was a smash hit in Poland, and two other singles "Francuzeczka" (The French Girl) and "Saint Etienne" were successful too. Kasia also left behind her "good girl" image.

In 2006 Stankiewicz released a new album called ''Mimikra'' (Mimicry).<ref name=wprost/> She released two singles from the album: "4 ręce" (4 Hands) and "Marzec" (March). On the album was also a song called ''Dla Frycka'' which Stankiewicz wrote for her first-born son. A third single from the album is "W środku myśli" (In the Center of Thoughts). It was one of the ten chosen songs to take part in the preliminary to the [[Sopot International Song Festival|Sopot Music Festival]].

During 2008 Kasia Stankiewicz performed and recorded "Baby w Meksyku" on the Te 30 Urodziny (30th Birthday) <ref>{{cite web|author= |url=https://myspace.com/kasiastankiewicz/music/songs |title=Kasia Stankiewicz's Songs &#124; Stream Online Music Songs &#124; Listen Free on Myspace |publisher=Myspace.com |date= |accessdate=2014-08-05}}</ref> album of Martyna Jakubowicz along with other artists recordings and two new songs performed by Jakubowicz.

In December 2012, she produced a two-disc re-release of "Extrapop". There is original material on disc 2, and some remixes and the song "Run" for the series "Londoners". Kasia Stankiewicz performed ''Dancing with balloons'' in English on TVP Polonia in Poland in 2013 to promote her work.

The album, entitled "Lucy and the Loop" was released in October 2014 by Warner Music Poland.{{update inline|date=August 2015}} The first single "Lucy" premiered on 22 August 2014. The album was in English, Stankiewicz recorded it in studios in Great Britain, Poland and Iceland. Among the track list of the CD were Lucy, Soul, Up and Dancing With Balloons among others. In 2016 Varius Manx & Kasia Stankiewicz released the 25 live 2-CD album. Varius Manx and Kasia Stankiewicz did a 25th anniversary concert at CKK Jordanki Concert Hall, in 2017 and other notable locations during their jubilee concert tour.

==Discography==

===Studio albums=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |- ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:15em;"| Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Album details ! scope="col" colspan="1" | Peak chart positions |- ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" |[[OLiS|POL]]<br/><ref name="pol">{{cite web|url=http://olis.onyx.pl/listy/index.asp?idlisty=161&lang=en|title=Oficjalna lista sprzedaży :: OLiS - Official Retail Sales Chart|publisher=olis.onyx.pl|accessdate=2016-05-15}}</ref><ref name="onyx">{{cite web|url=http://olis.onyx.pl/listy/index.asp?idlisty=891&lang=en|title=Oficjalna lista sprzedaży :: OLiS - Official Retail Sales Chart|publisher=olis.onyx.pl|accessdate=2016-05-15}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" |''Kasia Stankiewicz'' | * Released: 1999 * Label: Zic Zac/BMG Poland * Formats: CD || — |- ! scope="row" |''Extrapop'' | * Released: August 22, 2003<ref name="muzyka">{{cite web|url=http://muzyka.wp.pl/rid,54399,title,Extrapop,plyta.html|title=Extrapop - Kasia Stankiewicz - Muzyka - WP.PL|publisher=muzyka.wp.pl|accessdate=2016-05-15}}</ref> * Label: Raf/BMG Poland * Formats: CD (+CD),<ref name="empik">{{cite web|url=http://www.empik.com/extrapop-reedycja-stankiewicz-kasia,p1062881785,muzyka-p|title=Extrapop (Reedycja) - Stankiewicz Kasia za 33,99 zł &#124; Muzyka empik.com|publisher=empik.com|accessdate=2016-05-15}}</ref> digital download<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/extrapop/id652817871|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140917111749/https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/extrapop/id652817871|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 17, 2014|title=Extrapop: Reedycja by Kasia Stankiewicz|website=[[iTunes]]|date=3 December 2012}}</ref> || 38 |- ! scope="row" |''Mimikra'' | * Released: October 20, 2006<ref name="interia">{{cite web|url=http://muzyka.interia.pl/plyty/plyta/kasia-stankiewicz-mimikra,21817 |title=Kasia Stankiewicz - Mimikra - Muzyka w Interia.pl |publisher=muzyka.interia.pl |accessdate=2016-05-15 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120729234158/http://muzyka.interia.pl/plyty/plyta/kasia-stankiewicz-mimikra%2C21817 |archivedate=2012-07-29 }}</ref> * Label: EMI Music Poland * Formats: CD, digital download<ref name="apple">{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/gb/album/mimikra/695464838|title=Mimikra by Kasia Stankiewicz on iTunes|date=24 November 2006|publisher=[[iTunes]]|access-date=2016-05-15}}</ref> || — |- ! scope="row" |''Lucy and the Loop'' | * Released: October 10, 2014<ref>{{cite web |url=http://warnermusic.pl/index.php?action=katalog&album_id=18302 |title=Warner Music Poland :: STANKIEWICZ :: LUCY AND THE LOOP |accessdate=2014-10-07 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141011181024/http://warnermusic.pl/index.php?action=katalog&album_id=18302 |archivedate=2014-10-11 }}</ref> * Label: Warner Music Poland * Formats: CD, digital download<ref name="apple2">{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/pl/album/lucy-and-the-loop/924196183|title=Lucy and the Loop by Stankiewicz on iTunes|date=10 October 2014|publisher=[[iTunes]]|access-date=2016-05-15}}</ref> || 33 |- | colspan="20" style="font-size:90%" | "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |}

===Music videos=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |- ! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" | Directed ! scope="col" | Album ! scope="col" | Ref. |- ! scope="row" |"Dopiero od jutra" |1999 |{{center|—}} |''Kasia Stankiewicz'' |<ref name="youtube">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwEfBnSosg8| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150719221204/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwEfBnSosg8| archive-date=2015-07-19 | url-status=dead|title=Kasia Stankiewicz - Dopiero od jutra (oficjalny teledysk) - YouTube|publisher=youtube.com|accessdate=2016-05-15}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" |"Niepewność"<br/>([[Michał Żebrowski]] with Kasia Stankiewicz) |2002 |{{center|—}} |''Lubię, kiedy kobieta'' |<ref name="youtube2">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzR0i4OZpnI |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211213/jzR0i4OZpnI| archive-date=2021-12-13 |url-status=live|title=Michał Żebrowski & Kasia Stankiewicz - Niepewność (2001) HQ - YouTube|publisher=youtube.com|accessdate=2016-05-15}}{{cbignore}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" |"Schyłek lata" |rowspan=3|2003 |Karolina Bendera |rowspan=3|''Extrapop'' |<ref name="youtube3">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZi7jxdKjEY |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211213/YZi7jxdKjEY| archive-date=2021-12-13 |url-status=live|title=Kasia Stankiewicz - Schyłek lata &#91;Official Music Video&#93; - YouTube|publisher=youtube.com|accessdate=2016-05-15}}{{cbignore}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" |"Francuzeczka" |rowspan=2|Joanna Rechnio |<ref name="youtube4">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6F8NpNBiu8 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211213/S6F8NpNBiu8| archive-date=2021-12-13 |url-status=live|title=Kasia Stankiewicz - Francuzeczka &#91;Official Music Video&#93; - YouTube|publisher=youtube.com|accessdate=2016-05-15}}{{cbignore}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" |"Saint Etienne" |<ref name="youtube5">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZAADKWBc-E |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211213/tZAADKWBc-E| archive-date=2021-12-13 |url-status=live|title=Kasia Stankiewicz - Saint Etienne &#91;Official Music Video&#93; - YouTube|publisher=youtube.com|accessdate=2016-05-15}}{{cbignore}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" |"Marzec" |rowspan=2|2006 |{{center|—}} |rowspan=3|''Mimikra'' |<ref name="youtube6">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4Eywj8f38o |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211213/-4Eywj8f38o| archive-date=2021-12-13 |url-status=live|title=Kasia Stankiewicz - Marzec - YouTube|publisher=youtube.com|accessdate=2016-05-15}}{{cbignore}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" |"4 Ręce" |Joanna Rechnio |<ref name="youtube7">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9bsgv3hUiM |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211213/i9bsgv3hUiM| archive-date=2021-12-13 |url-status=live|title=Kasia Stankiewicz - 4 Rece &#91;Official Music Video&#93; - YouTube|publisher=youtube.com|accessdate=2016-05-15}}{{cbignore}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" |"W środku myśli" |2007 |Grupa 13 |<ref name="youtube8">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hobDdKEuCt0 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211213/hobDdKEuCt0| archive-date=2021-12-13 |url-status=live|title=Kasia Stankiewicz - W środku myśli - YouTube|publisher=youtube.com|accessdate=2016-05-15}}{{cbignore}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" |"Lucy" |2014 |{{center|—}} |''Lucy and the Loop'' |<ref name="youtube9">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLPampdv3Q8 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211213/RLPampdv3Q8| archive-date=2021-12-13 |url-status=live|title=Stankiewicz - Lucy (Official Music Video) - YouTube|publisher=youtube.com|accessdate=2016-05-15}}{{cbignore}}</ref> |- |}

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