History Music / Jamala

* ''Ми'' [[note]]English: My[[/note]] (2021)
* ''Qirim'' [[note]]English: ''Crimea''[[/note]] (2023)

'''Susana Alimivna Jamaladinova''', better known as '''Jamala''' (born 27 August 1983), a [[UsefulNotes/{{Ukraine}} Ukrainian]] singer, actress and songwriter.

Jamala is perhaps best known for winning the 2016 Series/EurovisionSongContest, giving her native Ukraine their second-ever victory with "1944". The song, [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotPolitical which she wrote about her Tatar ancestors being forcefully resettled from Crimea]] by UsefulNotes/JosefStalin in the year [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin 1944]], obviously rustled [[UsefulNotes/{{Russia}} certain]] feathers, with some arguing it went against the contest's ([[PlausibleDeniability supposedly]]) apolitical nature.[[note]]And to be fair, the song ''was'' written about the plight of her ancestors, specifically her great-grandmother. The reality of the ongoing Crimean crisis with Russia --which partly prompted Ukraine to withdraw from the competition [[LaserGuidedAmnesia just a year earlier]]-- makes the song uncomfortably topical in UseulNotes/TheNewTens.[[/note]]

In spite of --or ''[[NoSuchThingAsBadPublicity because]]'' of?-- the controversy, Jamala narrowly beat out entries by UsefulNotes/{{Australia}} and UsefulNotes/{{Russia}} ([[DavidVsGoliath biblically-appropriately enough]]), giving Ukraine the privilege to host 2017's contest in KyiKyivv. "1944" is also the first winning song of the contest to not be sung entirely in English [[note]]having sections in Crimean Tatar[[/note]] since the 2007 Serbian entry "Molitva" by Marija Šerifović.

On the heels of her Eurovision win, Jamala joined ''[[Series/TheVoice Holos Krainy]]'' as a coach in 2017, which Ukraine's previous Eurovision victor Ruslana also coached in its first season.

In the 2019 contest's Ukraine selection Vidbir, where she has been a juror since her win, she angered fans by forcing the show's acts, including favourite MARUV (whose "Siren Song" was on the Russian branch of its label, and who has regularly performed there),to answer questions, usually in English, relating to "Crimea is Ukraine?"(sic), and applauding them if they said yes. The Ukraine broadcaster was unmoved, and subsequently forced MARUV, who Jamala still named as her second favourite song in the show, to sign an onerous contract which tightly controlled her media appearances or risk a fine of 2 million Hryvna (65,000 euros) and told her to not gig in Russia. She refused, as did all the other finalists in the selection, forcing Ukraine to miss out on the 2019 song contest.

* ''VidBir'' (Ukraine Eurovision selection) (2017 -- present) {{as herself}}

In spite of --or ''[[NoSuchThingAsBadPublicity because]]'' of?-- the controversy, Jamala narrowly beat out entries by UsefulNotes/{{Australia}} and UsefulNotes/{{Russia}} ([[DavidVsGoliath biblically-appropriately enough]]), giving Ukraine the privilege to host 2017's contest in Kiev. "1944" is also the first winning song of the contest to not be sung entirely in English [[note]]having sections in Crimean Tatar[[/note]] since the 2007 Serbian entry "Molitva" by Marija Šerifović.

In the 2019 contest's Ukraine selection Vidbir, where she has been a juror since her win, she angered fans by forcing the show's acts, including favourite MARUV (whose "Siren Song" was on the Russian branch of its label, and who has regularly performed there), usually in English "Crimea is Ukraine?"(sic). The Ukraine broadcaster subsequently forced the selected entrant to sign an onerous contract which tightly controlled her media appearances or risk a fine of 2 million Hryvna (65,000 euros) and told her to not gig in Russia. She refused, as did all the other finalists in the selection, forcing Ukraine to miss out on the 2019 song contest.

-> ''They kill you all and say, [[ImplausibleDeniability "we're not guilty"]]''

* [[AmbiguousReligions Ambiguously Muslim]]: Upon her Eurovision victory, Jamala was reported as being the first (practicing) Muslim winner of the contest.[[note]]Loreen, Sweden's 2012 winner, was raised in the religion but identifies as non-practicing.[[/note]] Though she hasn't outright said this to be true, Crimean Tatar people are commonly Muslim, and she got married in a mosque in 2017.

In spite of --or ''[[NoSuchThingAsBadPublicity because]]'' of?-- the controversy, Jamala narrowly beat out entries by UsefulNotes/{{Australia}} and UsefulNotes/{{Russia}} ([[DavidVsGoliath biblically-appropriately enough]]), giving Ukraine the privilege to host 2017's contest in Kiev. "1944" is also the first winning song of the contest to not be sung entirely in English [[note]]having sections in Crimean Tatar[[/note]] since 2007's "Molitva" by Marija Šerifović.

In spite of --or ''[[NoSuchThingAsBadPublicity because]]'' of?-- the controversy, Jamala narrowly beat out entries by UsefulNotes/{{Australia}} and UsefulNotes/{{Russia}} ([[DavidVsGoliath biblically-appropriately enough]]), giving Ukraine the privilege to host 2017's contest in Kiev.

* ''1944'' EP (2016)

'''Susana Alimivna Jamaladinova''', better known as '''Jamala''' (born 27 August 1983), a Ukrainian singer, actress and songwriter.

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'''Susana Alimivna Jamaladinova''', better known as '''Jamala''', a Ukrainian singer, actress and songwriter.

* [[AmbiguousReligions Ambiguously Muslim]]: Upon her Eurovision victory, Jamala was reported as being the first (practicing) Muslim winner of the contest.[[note]]Loreen, Sweden's 2012 winner, was raised in the religion but identifies as non-practicing.[[/note]] Though she hasn't outright said this to be true, Crimean Tatar people are commonly Muslim, and got married in a mosque in 2017.