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Miroslav Žbirka

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Slovak musician (1952–2021)

Miroslav "Meky" Žbirka
Žbirka in 2018
Background information
Also known as	Miro Žbirka
Born	(1952-10-21)21 October 1952 Bratislava,Czechoslovakia
Died	10 November 2021(2021-11-10) (aged 69) Prague, Czech Republic
Genres	Pop rock,new wave,folk
Occupation(s)	Singer, songwriter
Instrument	Guitar
Years active	1968–2021
Labels	OPUS,Bonton,Sony BMG
Member of	Modus, Limit

Website	zbirka.cz

Musical artist

"V slepých uličkách" with Marika Gombitová

An international version of the duet, familiar under title "The Love Song", was released on Žbirka's export albumDoctor Dream (1981).

"You Know I Love You (Love Song)"

A new English version entitled as "You Know I Love You (Love Song)" appeared on remixed collectionLike a Hero: The Best of Miro (2008).

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Miroslav "Miro" Žbirka (21 October 1952 – 10 November 2021) was a Slovak pop and rock singer and songwriter, widely popular in 1980s Czechoslovakia. Born inBratislava to a Slovak father and an English mother, he sang in Slovak, English, and Czech. He sometimes recorded inLondon, but lived inSlovakia and since early 1990s inPrague,Czech Republic, where he died.

In the late 1970s, Žbirka co-founded two Czechoslovak pop music bands,Modus^[1] and Limit. In 1982, he rose to fame by winning the annualZlatý slavík award for the best male singer in Czechoslovakia. After the 1992 division of Czechoslovakia, he repeated this achievement in the Slovak annualSlávik Awards, coming number one in the annual end of year charts in 2002, 2004 and 2005.^[2]

Žbirka had some performances withJon Anderson in 2012. Asteroid5895 Žbirka, discovered by Czech astronomerZdeňka Vávrová in 1982, was named in his honor^[3] (the officialnaming citation was published by theMinor Planet Center on 27 August 2019 (MPC 115893)).^[4] He died frompneumonia inPrague on 10 November 2021, leaving behind recorded vocals for his 15th studio album,Posledné veci (Last Things), which was completed by his sonDavid Žbirka inKonk Studios by May 2022.

Discography

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Main article:Miroslav Žbirka discography

Studio albums

1980:Doktor Sen
1982:Sezónne lásky
1983:Roky a dni
1984:Nemoderný chalan
1986:Chlapec z ulice
1988:Zlomky poznania
1990:K.O.
1993:Songs for Children(designed for children)
1994:Samozrejmý svet
1997:Meky
1999:Songs for Boys & Girls(designed for children)
2001:Modrý album
2005:Dúhy
2009:Empatia
2015:Miro
2018:Double Album
2022:Posledné veci

Export albums

1981:Doctor Dream (akaMiro and/orLike a Hero)
1982:Light of My Life
1983:Giant Step (akaDear Boy)
1989:Step by Step

Awards

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Major awards

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Year	Nominated work	Award	Category	Result	Ref
1977	"Úsmev"withModus	Bratislavská lýra	Audience Choice	Won	^[5]
1977	"Úsmev"withModus		Czechoslovak Authors	Won	^[5]
1982	"Atlantída"		Czechoslovak Authors	Nominated	^[6]
	"The Love Song"	Villach Music Festival	—	Won
	"The Love Song"	Hitradio Ö3	—	Won
1983	"Nechodí"	Bratislavská lýra	Czechoslovak Authors	Won
2002	"Čo bolí, to prebolí"feat. Martha	Aurel Awards	Song of the Year	Won	^[7]
2003	Himself		Best Male Vocal Performance	Nominated	^[8]
2004				Won	^[9]
2005				Nominated	^[10]
2006			Hall of Fame	Inducted	^[11]
2007			Best Male Vocal Performance	Nominated	^[12]
	Doktor Sen	Best Slovak Album of All Time	—	Nominated	^[13]
	Sezónne lásky			Nominated
	Modrý album			Nominated
2009	Empatia	Anděl Awards	Album of the Year	Nominated	^[14]

Music polls

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Zlatý slavík byMladý svět,Czechoslovakia

Year	Nomination	Category	Result	Ref
1979	Himself	Male Singer	#18	^[15]
1980			#19	^[16]
1981			#7	^[16]
1982			#1	^[17]
1983			#2	^[17]
1984			#3	^[18]
1985			#4	^[18]
1986			#4	^[19]
1987			#4	^[19]
1988			#13	^[20]
1989			#17	^[20]
1990			#18	^[21]
1991			#20	^[21]

Český slavík byMattoni, Czech Republic

Year	Nomination	Category	Result	Ref
2000	Himself	Male Singer	#125	^[22]
2001			#131	^[23]
2002			#29	^[23]
2003			#28	^[24]
2004			#18	^[24]
2005			#14	^[25]
2006			#15	^[25]
2007			#19	^[26]
2008			#17	^[26]
2009			#18	^[27]
2010			#26	^[27]
2011			#24	^[28]
2012			#20	^[28]
2013			#24	^[29]
2014			#26	^[29]

Slávik by FORZA,Slovakia

Year	Nomination	Category	Result	Ref
1998	Himself	Male Singer	#3	^[30]
1999			#4	^[31]
2000			#5	^[32]
2001			#5	^[33]
2002			#1	^[34]
2002		Rádio Expres Slávik	#1	^[35]
2003		Male Singer	#2	^[36]
2004			#1	^[37]
2005			#1	^[38]
2006			#2	^[39]
2007			#2	^[40]
2008			#3	^[41]
2009			#2	^[42]
2010			#3	^[43]
2011			#3	^[44]
2012			#2	^[45]

OTO by Art Production Agency, Slovakia

Year	Nomination	Category	Result	Ref
2001	Himself	Male Singer	#1	^[46]
2002			#1	^[47]
2003			#1	^[48]
2004			#1	^[49]
2005			#1	^[50]
2006			#3	^[51]
2007			#2	^[52]
2008			#2	^[53]
2009			#2	^[54]
2010			#2	^[55]
2011			#3
2012			#1
2013			#1
2014			#2

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Bibliography

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Žbirka, Miroslav; Kollár, Jozef (2002).Meky (1st ed.).Bratislava,Slovakia: IKAR. p. 165.ISBN 978-80-249-0134-3.OCLC 53266790. Retrieved17 December 2011.(in Slovak and Czech)

External links

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v t e Modus
Ján Lehotský Marika Gombitová Miroslav Žbirka Ladislav Lučenič Ľubomír Stankovský
Studio albums	Modus (1979) Balíček snov (1980) 99 zápaliek (1981) Záhradná kaviareň (1983) Najlepšie dievčatá (1984) Každý niečo hrá (1985) Vlaky s rokmi (1986) Keď sa raz oči dohodnú (1988)
Compilations	Zrkadlo rokov (1987) The Best of 1977–1988: Vol 1 (1995) The Best of 1979–1988: Vol 2 (1998) Úsmev (1998) Gold (2005)
Singles	"Úsmev" (1977) "S tou nádejou choď spať" "Domy na zbúranie" (1980) "Tajomstvo hier" (1980) "Záhradná kaviareň" (1983)

v t e Hall of FameZAI Award
Annual	Dežo Ursiny(1990) Pavol Hammel(1991) Marián Varga(1992) Ján Lehotský(1993) František Griglák(1994) Marika Gombitová(1995)
Grammy Awards	Grammy WestElán(1996) Grammy SlovakiaMiroslav Žbirka(1997)
Artmedia Awards	Kamil Peteraj(1998) Václav Patejdl(1999) Peter Lipa(2000)
Biennial	Pavol Zelenay(2011) Vladimír Juhanesovič(2013)
Due to various presenters, the awards were frequently renamed Until 2000, the category was held as Grand Prix Award, regardless presenters

v t e OTO Award for Male Singer
2000s	Jozef Ráž(2000) Miroslav Žbirka(2001) Miroslav Žbirka(2002) Miroslav Žbirka(2003) Miroslav Žbirka(2004) Miroslav Žbirka(2005) Mário "Kuly" Kollár(2006) Mário "Kuly" Kollár(2007) Mário "Kuly" Kollár(2008) Mário "Kuly" Kollár(2009)
2010s	Mário "Kuly" Kollár(2010) Marián Čekovský(2011) Miroslav Žbirka(2012) Miroslav Žbirka(2013) Adam Ďurica(2014) Adam Ďurica(2015) Adam Ďurica(2016)

v t e Aurel Award for Lifetime Achievement
Jaroslav Filip(2001) Marián Varga(2002) František Krištof Veselý(2003) Ján Lehotský(2004) Karol Duchoň(2005) Miroslav Žbirka(2006) Pavol Zelenay(2007)

v t e Anděl Award for Best Male Singer
Pavol Habera (1991) Petr Muk (1992) Ivan Hlas (1993) Dan Bárta (1994) Kamil Střihavka (1995) Janek Ledecký (1996) Daniel Hůlka (1997) Dan Bárta (1998) Dan Bárta (1999) Dan Bárta (2000) Dan Bárta (2001) Dan Bárta (2002) Dan Bárta (2003) Dan Bárta (2004) Petr Kolář (2005) Matěj Ruppert (2006) Matěj Ruppert (2007) Dan Bárta (2008) Tomáš Klus (2009) David Koller (2010) Tomáš Klus (2011) Vojtěch Dyk (2012) Dan Bárta (2013) Michal Hrůza (2014) David Koller (2015) Thom Artway (2016) David Stypka (2017) Miroslav Žbirka (2018) Vladimír Mišík (2019) 7krát3 (2020) David Stypka (2021) Miroslav Žbirka (2022) David Koller (2023) Vladimír Mišík (2024)

Anděl Award for Best Male Singer