Aminata Savadogo

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Aminata Savadogo
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Savadogo at the opening ceremony of the 2015 Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna, Austria
Background information
Also known as Aminata
Born (1993-01-09) 9 January 1993 (age 31)
Riga, Latvia
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Singer
  • songwriter
  • record producer
  • model
Instruments
Years active 2008–present
Associated acts

Aminata Savadogo (born 9 January 1993), occasionally known as simply Aminata, is a Latvian singer, songwriter, record producer, and model. She represented Latvia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 with the song "Love Injected". She released her debut studio album, Inner Voice, in April 2015.

Life and career

1993–2014: Early life and career

Savadogo was born in Riga on 9 January 1993 to a mother of Latvian and Russian descent, and a father from Burkina Faso. She considers herself foremostly Latvian.[1] She is currently an economics student at the University of Latvia.[2] At age 15, she took part in the Latvian television show Krodziņā pie Paula and then also competed in Muzikālā banka at age 17. She also took part in Koru kari 3, the Latvian version of Clash of the Choirs as a part of the choir Golden.[3]

Savadogo achieved international attention when she competed in Dziesma 2014, the Latvian national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 with the song "I Can Breathe". She qualified from the first semi-final and then placed fifth in the final.[4] Savadogo then won the Latvian television show Jaunā talantu fabrika.[3]

2015–2016: Eurovision Song Contest 2015 and Inner Voice

In 2015, Savadogo returned to the Latvian Eurovision national selection and was announced as a competitor in Supernova 2015 with the song "Love Injected". She qualified through the televote in both the second heat and the semi-final.[5][6] In the final held on 22 February 2015, she was announced as the winner and represented Latvia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015.[7] Savadogo released her début studio album Inner Voice on 8 April 2015.[8]

Savadogo performed tenth in the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2015, after Israel and before Azerbaijan. She qualified to the final after placing second with 155 points, becoming Latvia's first qualification in seven years. In the final, she performed nineteenth, after Poland and before Romania. She finished in sixth place out of twenty-seven, earning a total of 186 points and three sets of the maximum twelve points a country can award. With her placing, she earned Latvia their best placing since 2005 and their fourth best placing ever.[9][10] She wrote the song "Heartbeat", performed by Justs who represented Latvia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016.

2016–present: Red Moon

On 28 February 2016, Savadogo performed her new song "Fighter" during the final of Supernova 2016.[11] The single's music video was later released on 13 April.[12] She later revealed her second studio album, titled Red Moon, would be released in October 2016.[13]

Discography

Albums

Title Details
Inner Voice
  • Released: 8 April 2015
  • Label: Universal Music
  • Format: Digital download, CD
Red Moon
  • Released: October 2016
  • Label: Universal Music
  • Format: Digital download, CD

Singles

Year Single Peak chart positions Album
AUT
[14]		 BEL
(Vl)
[15]		 BEL
(Wa)
[16]		 GER
[17]		 SWI
[18]		 UK
[19]
2014 "I Can Breathe" — — — — — — Inner Voice
"Leave My Love Bleeding" — — — — — —
2015 "Love Injected" 19 98 95 51 74 135
"Bridges" — — — — — — Red Moon
2016 "Fighter" — — — — — —
"—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released.

References

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Awards and achievements
Preceded by Latvia in the Eurovision Song Contest
2015		 Succeeded by
Justs
with "Heartbeat"


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