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{{short description|Lithuanian singer and songwriter (born 1988)}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Monika Liubinaitė
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1988|02|09|df=yes}}
| name = Monika Liu
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1988|02|09|df=yes}}
| occupation = {{Hlist|Singer|songwriter}}
| occupation = {{Hlist|Singer|songwriter}}
| birth_place = [[Klaipėda]], Lithuania
| birth_place = [[Klaipėda]], Lithuania
| genre =
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| instrument = {{Hlist|Vocals}} {{Hlist|Piano}}
| instrument = {{Hlist|Vocals|piano}}
| years_active =
| years_active = 2003-present
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| associated_acts = [[Sel (group)|Sel]]
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'''Monika Liubinaitė''' ({{IPA-lt|ˈmɔnʲɪkɐ lʲʊbʲɪˈnaɪ̯tʲeː|lang}}; born 9 February 1988), known professionally as '''Monika Liu''', is a Lithuanian singer-songwriter. She [[Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022|represented Lithuania]] in the [[Eurovision Song Contest 2022]] in [[Turin]], Italy with the song "[[Sentimentai]]". She was announced as one of the qualifiers and took 14th place at the Grand Final.<ref>{{cite web |title=Paaiškėjo nacionalinės "Eurovizijos" atrankos "Pabandom iš naujo" dalyviai |url=https://www.lrt.lt/naujienos/muzika/680/1558681/paaiskejo-nacionalines-eurovizijos-atrankos-pabandom-is-naujo-dalyviai |work=[[LRT]].lt |language=lt |access-date=2021-01-06 |archive-date=15 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220215214238/https://www.lrt.lt/naujienos/muzika/680/1558681/paaiskejo-nacionalines-eurovizijos-atrankos-pabandom-is-naujo-dalyviai |url-status=live }}</ref>
'''Monika Liubinaitė''' (born 9 February 1988), better known by her stage name '''Monika Liu''', is a Lithuanian singer-songwriter.


== Biography ==
== Early life ==
Monika Liubinaitė was born in [[Klaipėda]]. She studied jazz at the [[University of Klaipėda]], and continued her studies at [[Berklee College of Music]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.15min.lt/vardai/naujiena/muzika/dainininkes-monikos-liu-paauglyste-bego-su-smuiku-ir-tardytojo-uzrasais-1054-614835|title=Dainininkės Monikos Liu paauglystė bėgo su smuiku ir tardytojo užrašais|first=Eglė|last=Zicari|language=lt|website=15min.lt}}</ref> For a while Liu lived in [[London]], but currently resides in [[Vilnius]].
Liubinaitė was born in [[Klaipėda]], in the family of a music teacher and a musician.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.jkaroso.lt/darbuotojai/ |title=Klaipėdos Juozo Karoso muzikos mokykla |access-date=14 February 2022 |archive-date=22 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220322123013/https://www.jkaroso.lt/darbuotojai/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |url=https://www.zmones.lt/naujiena/dainininkes-monikos-liu-paauglyste-bego-su-smuiku-ir-tardytojo-uzrasais.58e15424-9adf-11e8-9f90-aa000054c883 |title=Dainininkės Monikos Liu paauglystė bėgo su smuiku ir tardytojo užrašais |access-date=14 February 2022 |archive-date=22 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220322115943/https://www.zmones.lt/naujiena/dainininkes-monikos-liu-paauglyste-bego-su-smuiku-ir-tardytojo-uzrasais.58e15424-9adf-11e8-9f90-aa000054c883 |url-status=live }}</ref> She studied at Klaipėda Ąžuolynas Gymnasium, attended ballet lessons when she was little.<ref name=":0"/> As a student, Liubinaitė moved to [[Boston]] and later to London. As of 2023, Liubinaitė lives in [[Vilnius]].


== Career ==
On 23 May 2019 she was announced as a judge of ''[[The Voice (franchise)|The Voice]] Lithuania''. She served as a jury member of ''[[Masked Singer|The Masked Singer]] Lithuania'' during its 2021 season.
Liubinaitė began her musical career at the age of five when she started to play the violin. She discovered singing ten years later, and won the [[Dainų dainelė]] ("Song of Songs") competition in 2004.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfb2H_abD1s&ab_channel=Lietuvosnacionalinisradijasirtelevizija Dainų dainelė | Monika Liubinaitė „Laiminga diena" „Oh happy day“ (2004)]</ref> After graduating from high school, Liubinaitė studied jazz music and vocal studies at the Faculty of Music of [[Klaipėda University]], and later went to the United States, where she studied at [[Berklee College of Music]] in [[Boston]]. After leaving the college, the singer moved to London, where continued to compose songs. She has worked with the famous producer [[Ten Walls|Mario Basanov]], collaborated with the electronic music family Silence, recorded the song "Ne Vakar" ("Not Yesterday") with the band [[Sel (group)|Sel]], and appeared on the [[Lithuanian National Radio and Television|LRT]] television project {{Lang|lt|Auksinis balsas}} ("Golden Voice").<ref name=":0"/>


Liubinaitė's early work has been described as a "strongly electro-pop (and less bizarre) version of [[Björk]]".<ref name=":0"/> On 23 May 2019, Liubinaitė was announced as a judge of ''[[Lietuvos balsas|The Voice Lithuania]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.lrytas.lt/zmones/tv-antena/2019/05/23/news/-lietuvos-balse-stereotipus-lauzys-ekscentriskoji-monika-liu-scenoje-noriu-nestandartu--10464254 |title="Lietuvos balse" stereotipus laužys ekscentriškoji Monika Liu: "Scenoje noriu nestandartų" |access-date=14 February 2022 |archive-date=23 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220123160056/https://www.lrytas.lt/zmones/tv-antena/2019/05/23/news/-lietuvos-balse-stereotipus-lauzys-ekscentriskoji-monika-liu-scenoje-noriu-nestandartu--10464254 |url-status=live }}</ref> She has also served as a jury member of ''[[Masked Singer|The Masked Singer]] Lithuania'' during its 2021 season.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.zmones.lt/naujiena/monika-liu-tapo-slapciausio-tv-projekto-komisijos-nare-svajokite-garsiai-svajones-pildosi.e8bce827-f067-11eb-aeda-aa00003c90d0 |title=Monika Liu tapo slapčiausio TV projekto komisijos nare: "Svajokite garsiai – svajonės pildosi!" |access-date=14 February 2022 |archive-date=22 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220322115945/https://www.zmones.lt/naujiena/monika-liu-tapo-slapciausio-tv-projekto-komisijos-nare-svajokite-garsiai-svajones-pildosi.e8bce827-f067-11eb-aeda-aa00003c90d0 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.delfi.lt/veidai/eteris/nauja-lnk-muzikos-sou-ves-pasaulio-gineso-rekordininkas-rokas-bernatonis.d?id=88849673 |title=Naują LNK muzikos šou ves pasaulio Gineso rekordininkas Rokas Bernatonis |access-date=14 February 2022 |archive-date=23 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220123152457/https://www.delfi.lt/veidai/eteris/nauja-lnk-muzikos-sou-ves-pasaulio-gineso-rekordininkas-rokas-bernatonis.d?id=88849673 |url-status=live }}</ref> On 20 April 2020, the artist released her second album and first vinyl record ''Melodija''. The record was recorded in the United Kingdom in collaboration with producer Miles James, sound director Christoph Skirl and musician Marius Aleksa.<ref name=":1">[https://www.delfi.lt/veidai/muzika/monika-liu-pristato-pirmaja-savo-viniline-plokstele-gime-is-meiles.d?id=84066865 Monika Liu pristato pirmąją savo vinilinę plokštelę: gimė iš meilės]</ref>
Liu is participating in the [[Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022|Lithuanian national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2022]] with the song "{{lang|lt|Sentimentai|i=no}}".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lrt.lt/naujienos/muzika/680/1558681/paaiskejo-nacionalines-eurovizijos-atrankos-pabandom-is-naujo-dalyviai|title=Paaiškėjo nacionalinės "Eurovizijos" atrankos "Pabandom iš naujo" dalyviai|work=[[LRT|lrt.lt]]|language=lt|accessdate=2021-01-06}}</ref>


=== 2022: Eurovision Song Contest ===
==Discography==
{{Main|Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022}}
[[File:Eurovision 2022 - Semi-final 1 - Lithuania - Monika Liu.jpg|thumb|250px|Liubinaitė performing at the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 in May 2022.]]

On 7 December 2021, Liubinaitė was announced as a participant of {{Lang|lt|Pabandom iš naujo! 2022}}, the Lithuanian national selection for the [[Eurovision Song Contest 2022]], with the song "{{lang|lt|[[Sentimentai]]|i=no}}".<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.lrt.lt/naujienos/muzika/680/1558681/paaiskejo-nacionalines-eurovizijos-atrankos-pabandom-is-naujo-dalyviai |title=Paaiškėjo nacionalinės "Eurovizijos" atrankos "Pabandom iš naujo" dalyviai |date=7 December 2021 |access-date=22 January 2022 |archive-date=15 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220215214238/https://www.lrt.lt/naujienos/muzika/680/1558681/paaiskejo-nacionalines-eurovizijos-atrankos-pabandom-is-naujo-dalyviai |url-status=live }}</ref> The song was publicly released on 18 January 2022, and topped the Lithuanian [[Record chart|singles chart]] shortly after.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |url=https://www.agata.lt/lt/naujienos/s04/ |title=2022 4-os savaitės klausomiausi (TOP 100) |access-date=14 February 2022 |archive-date=28 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220128105639/https://www.agata.lt/lt/naujienos/s04/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Liubinaitė performed in the third heat and advanced to the semi-finals and final, ultimately winning the competition, thereby winning the right to represent Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 in [[Turin]], Italy.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.lrt.lt/naujienos/muzika/680/1594342/pabandom-is-naujo-itempta-kova-i-pusfinali-keliauja-dar-6-dalyviai-vakaro-zvaigzde-tapo-monika-liu |title="Pabandom iš naujo!" – įtempta kova: į pusfinalį keliauja dar 6 dalyviai, vakaro žvaigžde tapo Monika Liu |date=22 January 2022 |access-date=14 February 2022 |archive-date=28 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220128182656/https://www.lrt.lt/naujienos/muzika/680/1594342/pabandom-is-naujo-itempta-kova-i-pusfinali-keliauja-dar-6-dalyviai-vakaro-zvaigzde-tapo-monika-liu |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.lrt.lt/naujienos/muzika/680/1606911/bilietas-i-pabandom-is-naujo-finala-dar-4-dalyviu-rankose-ziurovu-ir-komisijos-simpatijos-sutapo-favorite-monika-liu |title=Bilietas į "Pabandom iš naujo!" finalą – dar 4 dalyvių rankose: žiūrovų ir komisijos simpatijos sutapo, favoritė – Monika Liu |date=5 February 2022 |access-date=14 February 2022 |archive-date=7 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220207025141/https://www.lrt.lt/naujienos/muzika/680/1606911/bilietas-i-pabandom-is-naujo-finala-dar-4-dalyviu-rankose-ziurovu-ir-komisijos-simpatijos-sutapo-favorite-monika-liu |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.lrt.lt/naujienos/muzika/680/1614283/lietuva-nusprende-i-eurovizija-siuncia-monika-liu |title=Lietuva nusprendė – į "Euroviziją" siunčia Moniką Liu |date=12 February 2022 |access-date=14 February 2022 |archive-date=12 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220212222758/https://www.lrt.lt/naujienos/muzika/680/1614283/lietuva-nusprende-i-eurovizija-siuncia-monika-liu |url-status=live }}</ref>

"Sentimentai" participated in the first semi-final of Eurovision 2022, which took place on 10 May 2022, and ultimately qualified for the grand final, which took place on 14 May 2022, winning 14th place with 128 points.

==Filmography==
[[File:Monika Liubinaite by Augustas Didzgalvis.jpg|thumb|Monika Liubinaitė on the red carpet promoting Aš matau tavo balsą.]]
*''[[Aš matau tavo balsą]]'' (2022) — Celebrity panelist<ref>{{cite web|title=Monikai Liu ir Karolinai Meschino naujame LNK šou "Aš matau tavo balsą" – neįprasta užduotis|url=https://lnk.lt/naujienos/158924|work=[[LNK (television station)|LNK]]|publisher=MG Media Baltics|language=lt|date=13 March 2022|access-date=13 March 2022}}</ref>

== Discography ==
=== Studio albums ===
=== Studio albums ===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
* ''I Am'' (2015)
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Title
* ''Lünatik'' (2019)
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Details
* {{lang|lt|Melodija}} (2020)
! scope="col" colspan="1" | Peak chart positions
|-
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;" | [[AGATA (organization)|LTU]]<br /><ref>Peak chart positions for albums in Lithuania:
* "Kodėl tu čia?": {{cite web |publisher=[[AGATA (organization)|AGATA]] |title=2023 19-os savaitės klausomiausi (TOP 100) |url=https://www.agata.lt/lt/naujienos/s19-2/ |access-date=10 August 2023 |archive-date=12 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512165255/https://www.agata.lt/lt/naujienos/s19-2/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | ''I Am''
|
* Released: 18 June 2015
* Label: [[Independent music|Self-released]]
* Formats: [[Compact disc|Physical]], [[Music download|digital download]], [[Streaming media|streaming]]
| —
|-
! scope="row" | ''Lünatik''
|
* Released: 24 October 2019
* Label: Self-released
* Formats: Digital download, streaming
| —
|-
! scope="row" | ''Kodėl Tu Čia?''
|
* Released: 6 May 2023
* Label: Self-released
* Formats: Physical, digital download, streaming
| 10
|-
| colspan="5" style="font-size:85%;" | "—" denotes an album that did not chart or was not released.
|}


===Singles as lead artist===
=== Extended plays ===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
! scope="col" | Title
! scope="col" | Details
|-
|-
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Title
! scope="row" | ''Melodija''
|
* Released: 17 April 2020
* Label: [[Independent music|Self-released]]
* Formats: [[12"|Physical]], digital download, streaming
|}

=== Singles ===
==== As lead artist ====
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:14.5em;" | Title
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Year
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Year
! scope="col" colspan="1" | Peak chart positions
! scope="col" colspan="2" | Peak chart positions
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Album
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Album or EP
|-
|-
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;" | [[AGATA (organization)|LIT]]
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;" | [[AGATA (organization)|LTU]]<br /><ref>Peak chart positions for singles in Lithuania:
* "Vaikinai trumpais šortais": {{cite web |publisher=[[AGATA (organization)|AGATA]] |title=2020 5-os savaitės klausomiausi (TOP 100) |url=https://www.agata.lt/lt/naujienos/savaites-klausomiausi-2020w5/ |access-date=27 July 2023 |archive-date=31 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200131141448/https://www.agata.lt/lt/naujienos/savaites-klausomiausi-2020w5/ |url-status=live }}
* "Sentimentai": {{cite web |publisher=[[AGATA (organization)|AGATA]] |title=2022 4-os savaitės klausomiausi (TOP 100) |url=https://www.agata.lt/lt/naujienos/s04/ |access-date=27 July 2023 |archive-date=28 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220128105639/https://www.agata.lt/lt/naujienos/s04/ |url-status=live }}
* "Bossa": {{cite web |publisher=[[AGATA (organization)|AGATA]] |title=2022 30-os savaitės klausomiausi (TOP 100) |url=https://www.agata.lt/lt/naujienos/s30/ |access-date=27 July 2023 |archive-date=29 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220729082038/https://www.agata.lt/lt/naujienos/s30/ |url-status=live }}
* "Šampanas (bul bul bul)": {{cite web |publisher=[[AGATA (organization)|AGATA]] |title=2022 50-os savaitės klausomiausi (TOP 100) |url=https://www.agata.lt/lt/naujienos/s50/ |access-date=27 July 2023 |archive-date=16 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221216090949/https://www.agata.lt/lt/naujienos/s50/ |url-status=live }}
* "Kodėl tu čia?": {{cite web |publisher=[[AGATA (organization)|AGATA]] |title=2023 19-os savaitės klausomiausi (TOP 100) |url=https://www.agata.lt/lt/naujienos/s19-2/ |access-date=27 July 2023 |archive-date=12 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512165255/https://www.agata.lt/lt/naujienos/s19-2/ |url-status=live }}
* "Nemylėjau tavęs": {{cite web |publisher=[[AGATA (organization)|AGATA]] |title=2023 25-os savaitės klausomiausi (TOP 100) |url=https://www.agata.lt/lt/naujienos/s25-2/ |access-date=27 July 2023 |archive-date=23 June 2023 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230623091856/https://www.agata.lt/lt/naujienos/s25-2/ |url-status=live }}
* "Gegužis": {{cite web |publisher=[[AGATA (organization)|AGATA]] |title=2024 24-os savaitės klausomiausi (TOP 100) |url=https://www.agata.lt/lt/naujienos/s24-3/ |access-date=14 June 2024 |archive-date=14 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240614072939/https://www.agata.lt/lt/naujienos/s24-3/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;" | [[Sverigetopplistan|SWE<br />Heat.]]<br /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/215?dspy=2022&dspp=20|title=Veckolista Heatseeker, vecka 20|publisher=[[Sverigetopplistan]]|access-date=20 May 2022|archive-date=20 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220520123602/https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/215?dspy=2022&dspp=20|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|-
! scope="row" | "{{lang|lt|Journey to the Moon|i=no}}"
! scope="row" | "Journey to the Moon"
| rowspan="1" | 2015
| 2015
| rowspan="1" | —
| rowspan="3" {{n/a|*}} || —
| rowspan="1" | ''I Am''
| rowspan="2" | ''I Am''
|-
|-
! scope="row" | "On My Own"
! scope="row" | "On My Own"
| rowspan="1" | 2016
| 2016
| rowspan="1" | —
| —
| {{Non-album single}}
|-
|-
! scope="row" | "Hello"
! scope="row" | "Hello"
| rowspan="1" | 2017
| 2017
| rowspan="1" | —
| —
| {{Non-album single}}
| {{Non-album single}}
|-
|-
! scope="row" | "Komm Zu Mir"
! scope="row" | "Komm zu mir"
| rowspan="4" | 2019
| rowspan="9" | 2019
| rowspan="1" | —
|— || —
| rowspan="3" | ''Lünatik''
| rowspan="8" | ''Lünatik''
|-
|-
! scope="row" | "I Got You"
! scope="row" | "Resist No More"
| rowspan="1" | —
|— || —
|-
|-
! scope="row" | "Falafel"
! scope="row" | "Falafel"
| rowspan="1" | —
|— || —
|-
|-
! scope="row" | "{{lang|lt|Vaikinai trumpais šortais|i=no}}"
! scope="row" | "No Matter What"
|— || —
| rowspan="1" | 31
| rowspan="2" | {{lang|lt|Melodija}}
|-
|-
! scope="row" | "{{lang|lt|Troškimas|i=no}}"
! scope="row" | "Sometimes I Loved You Sometimes You Loved Me"
|— || —
| rowspan="1" | 2020
| rowspan="1" | —
|-
|-
! scope="row" | "{{lang|lt|Sentimentai|i=no}}"
! scope="row" | "Detective"
|— || —
| 2022
| 1
| —
|-
|-
! scope="row" | "I Wanna Be a Man"
|— || —
|-
! scope="row" | "I Got You"
|— || —
|-
! scope="row" | "Vaikinai trumpais šortais"
| 31 || —
| rowspan="2" | ''Melodija''
|-
! scope="row" | "Troškimas"
| 2020
| — || —
|-
|-
! scope="row" | "[[Sentimentai]]"
| rowspan="4" | 2022
| 1 || 14
| rowspan="2" |''Kodėl Tu Čia?''
|-
! scope="row" | "Bossa"
| 23 || —
|-
! scope="row" | "Dai Boh"<br><small>(with [[Alyona Alyona]] and [[Jerry Heil]])</small>
| — || —
| ''Dai Boh''
|-
! scope="row" | "Šampanas (bul bul bul)"
| 42 || —
| rowspan="3" |''Kodėl Tu Čia?''
|-
! scope="row" | "Kodėl tu čia?"
| rowspan="3" | 2023
| 89 || —
|-
! scope="row" | "Į tave"
| — || —
|-
! scope="row" | "Nemylėjau tavęs"<br><small>(with Gintariniai Laikai)</small>
| 62 || —
| rowspan="3" {{Non-album singles}}
|-
! scope="row" | "Gegužis"<br><small>(with Rokas Yan and [[Vaidas Baumila]])</small>
| rowspan="2" | 2024
| 2 || —
|-
! scope="row" | "Atostogų duetas"<br><small>(with Teleduetas)</small>
| — || —
|-
| colspan="5" style="font-size:85%;" | "—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released in that territory.<br>" * " denotes that the chart did not exist at that time.
|}
|}


===Singles as featured artist===
==== As featured artist ====
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|-
|-
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! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Album
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Album
|-
|-
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;" | [[AGATA (organization)|LIT]]
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;" | [[AGATA (organization)|LTU]]<br /><ref>Peak chart positions for singles in Lithuania:
* "Ten, kur tu": {{cite web |date=27 May 2022 |title=2022 21-os savaitės klausomiausi (TOP 100) |url=https://www.agata.lt/lt/naujienos/s21/ |publisher=[[AGATA (organization)|AGATA]] |access-date=19 February 2022 |archive-date=11 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220611153049/https://www.agata.lt/lt/naujienos/s21/ |url-status=live }}
* "Gal ne rytoj": {{cite web |date=6 May 2022 |title=2022 18-os savaitės klausomiausi (TOP 100) |url=https://www.agata.lt/lt/naujienos/s18/ |publisher=[[AGATA (organization)|AGATA]] |access-date=19 February 2022 |archive-date=6 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220506081312/https://www.agata.lt/lt/naujienos/s18/ |url-status=live }}
* "Beržas": {{cite web |date=29 March 2024 |title=2024 13-os savaitės klausomiausi (TOP 100) |url=https://www.agata.lt/lt/naujienos/s13-3/ |publisher=[[AGATA (organization)|AGATA]] |access-date=19 April 2024 |archive-date=29 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240329091757/https://www.agata.lt/lt/naujienos/s13-3/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
|-
! scope="row" | "Laisvė" {{Small|(SKAMP featuring Monique, Bjelle, Monika Liu, Kazimieras Likša & Future Cello)}}
! scope="row" | "In So"<br>{{Small|(XOA featuring Monika Liu)}}
| 2016
| rowspan="1" | 2018
| rowspan="1" | —
| —
| ''One011''
|-
! scope="row" | "Laisvė"<br>{{Small|([[SKAMP]] featuring Monique, Bjelle, Monika<br>Liu, Kazimieras Likša & Future Cello)}}
| 2018
| —
| {{Non-album single}}
| {{Non-album single}}
|-
|-
! scope="row" | "Ne Vakar" {{Small|(SEL featuring Monika Liu)}}
! scope="row" | "Ne vakar"<br>{{Small|(SEL featuring Monika Liu)}}
| rowspan="1" | 2019
| rowspan="2" | 2019
| rowspan="1" | —
| —
| rowspan="1" | ''Aš Kaip Žąsis''
| ''Aš Kaip Žąsis''
|-
|-
! scope="row" | "Sea"<br>{{Small|(Domas Strupinskas featuring Monika Liu)}}
| —
| ''Live From Big Jelly Studios''
|-
! scope="row" | "Ten, kur tu"<br>{{Small|({{ill|Jautì|lt}} featuring Monika Liu)}}
| rowspan="2" | 2022
| 92
| ''Meilė''
|-
! scope="row" | "Gal ne rytoj"<br>{{Small|(with various artists)}}
| 97
| {{Non-album single}}
|-
! scope="row" | "Beržas"<br>{{Small|({{ill|Free Finga|lt}} featuring Monika Liu)}}
| 2024
| 2
| ''Plastika''
|-
| colspan="5" style="font-size:85%;" | "—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released.
|}

== Awards and nominations ==
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|-
! scope="col" | Award
! scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Category
! scope="col" | Nominee(s)
! scope="col" | Result
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="4" | [[M.A.M.A. awards|M.A.M.A. Awards]]
| rowspan="2" | [[2015 M.A.M.A. awards|2015]]
| Best Female Act
| rowspan="3" | Herself
| {{nom}}
|-
| Breakthrough of the Year
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2020
| Best Female Act
| {{nom}}
|-
| Song of the Year
| "{{lang|lt|Vaikinai trumpais šortais|i=no}}"
| {{nom}}
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="2" | [[Eurovision Song Contest 2022#Eurovision Awards|Eurovision Awards]]
| rowspan="2" | 2022
| Best Look
| rowspan="4" | Herself
| {{nom}}
|-
| Best Hair
| {{won}}
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="5" | M.A.M.A. Awards
| rowspan="3" | 2023
| Pop Artist/Group of the Year
| {{nom}}
|-
| Artist of the Year
| {{nom}}
|-
| Song of the Year
| "{{lang|lt|[[Sentimentai]]|i=no}}"
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2024
| Artist of the Year
| rowspan="2" | Herself
| {{nom}}
|-
| Pop Artist/Group of the Year
| {{nom}}
|}
|}


== References ==
== References ==
{{reflist}}
{{Reflist}}


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== External links ==
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| title = [[Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest]]
| years = [[Eurovision Song Contest 2022|2022]]
| before = [[The Roop]]<br />with "[[Discoteque (song)|Discoteque]]"
| after = [[Monika Linkytė]]<br />with "[[Stay (Monika Linkytė song)|Stay]]"|
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Latest revision as of 22:43, 2 October 2024

Monika Liu
Liubinaitė in May 2022
Liubinaitė in May 2022
Background information
Birth nameMonika Liubinaitė
Born (1988-02-09) 9 February 1988 (age 36)
Klaipėda, Lithuania
Occupations
  • Singer
  • songwriter
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • piano
Years active2003-present

Monika Liubinaitė (Lithuanian: [ˈmɔnʲɪkɐ lʲʊbʲɪˈnaɪ̯tʲeː]; born 9 February 1988), known professionally as Monika Liu, is a Lithuanian singer-songwriter. She represented Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 in Turin, Italy with the song "Sentimentai". She was announced as one of the qualifiers and took 14th place at the Grand Final.[1]

Early life

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Liubinaitė was born in Klaipėda, in the family of a music teacher and a musician.[2][3] She studied at Klaipėda Ąžuolynas Gymnasium, attended ballet lessons when she was little.[3] As a student, Liubinaitė moved to Boston and later to London. As of 2023, Liubinaitė lives in Vilnius.

Career

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Liubinaitė began her musical career at the age of five when she started to play the violin. She discovered singing ten years later, and won the Dainų dainelė ("Song of Songs") competition in 2004.[4] After graduating from high school, Liubinaitė studied jazz music and vocal studies at the Faculty of Music of Klaipėda University, and later went to the United States, where she studied at Berklee College of Music in Boston. After leaving the college, the singer moved to London, where continued to compose songs. She has worked with the famous producer Mario Basanov, collaborated with the electronic music family Silence, recorded the song "Ne Vakar" ("Not Yesterday") with the band Sel, and appeared on the LRT television project Auksinis balsas ("Golden Voice").[3]

Liubinaitė's early work has been described as a "strongly electro-pop (and less bizarre) version of Björk".[3] On 23 May 2019, Liubinaitė was announced as a judge of The Voice Lithuania.[5] She has also served as a jury member of The Masked Singer Lithuania during its 2021 season.[6][7] On 20 April 2020, the artist released her second album and first vinyl record Melodija. The record was recorded in the United Kingdom in collaboration with producer Miles James, sound director Christoph Skirl and musician Marius Aleksa.[8]

2022: Eurovision Song Contest

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Main article: Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022
Liubinaitė performing at the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 in May 2022.

On 7 December 2021, Liubinaitė was announced as a participant of Pabandom iš naujo! 2022, the Lithuanian national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2022, with the song "Sentimentai".[9] The song was publicly released on 18 January 2022, and topped the Lithuanian singles chart shortly after.[10] Liubinaitė performed in the third heat and advanced to the semi-finals and final, ultimately winning the competition, thereby winning the right to represent Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 in Turin, Italy.[11][12][13]

"Sentimentai" participated in the first semi-final of Eurovision 2022, which took place on 10 May 2022, and ultimately qualified for the grand final, which took place on 14 May 2022, winning 14th place with 128 points.

Filmography

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Monika Liubinaitė on the red carpet promoting Aš matau tavo balsą.

Discography

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Studio albums

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Title Details Peak chart positions
LTU
[15]
I Am —
Lünatik
  • Released: 24 October 2019
  • Label: Self-released
  • Formats: Digital download, streaming
 —
Kodėl Tu Čia?
  • Released: 6 May 2023
  • Label: Self-released
  • Formats: Physical, digital download, streaming
 10
"—" denotes an album that did not chart or was not released.

Extended plays

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Title Details
Melodija

Singles

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As lead artist

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Title Year Peak chart positions Album or EP
LTU
[16] 		SWE
Heat.
[17]
"Journey to the Moon" 2015 * — I Am
"On My Own" 2016 —
"Hello" 2017 — Non-album single
"Komm zu mir" 2019 — — Lünatik
"Resist No More" — —
"Falafel" — —
"No Matter What" — —
"Sometimes I Loved You Sometimes You Loved Me" — —
"Detective" — —
"I Wanna Be a Man" — —
"I Got You" — —
"Vaikinai trumpais šortais" 31 — Melodija
"Troškimas" 2020 — —
"Sentimentai" 2022 1 14 Kodėl Tu Čia?
"Bossa" 23 —
"Dai Boh"
(with Alyona Alyona and Jerry Heil) 		— — Dai Boh
"Šampanas (bul bul bul)" 42 — Kodėl Tu Čia?
"Kodėl tu čia?" 2023 89 —
"Į tave" — —
"Nemylėjau tavęs"
(with Gintariniai Laikai) 		62 — Non-album singles
"Gegužis"
(with Rokas Yan and Vaidas Baumila) 		2024 2 —
"Atostogų duetas"
(with Teleduetas) 		— —
"—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
" * " denotes that the chart did not exist at that time.
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Title Year Peak chart positions Album
LTU
[18]
"In So"
(XOA featuring Monika Liu) 		2016 — One011
"Laisvė"
(SKAMP featuring Monique, Bjelle, Monika
Liu, Kazimieras Likša & Future Cello) 		2018 — Non-album single
"Ne vakar"
(SEL featuring Monika Liu) 		2019 — Aš Kaip Žąsis
"Sea"
(Domas Strupinskas featuring Monika Liu) 		— Live From Big Jelly Studios
"Ten, kur tu"
(Jautì [lt] featuring Monika Liu) 		2022 92 Meilė
"Gal ne rytoj"
(with various artists) 		97 Non-album single
"Beržas"
(Free Finga [lt] featuring Monika Liu) 		2024 2 Plastika
"—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released.

Awards and nominations

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Award Year Category Nominee(s) Result
M.A.M.A. Awards 2015 Best Female Act Herself Nominated
Breakthrough of the Year Nominated
2020 Best Female Act Nominated
Song of the Year "Vaikinai trumpais šortais" Nominated
Eurovision Awards 2022 Best Look Herself Nominated
Best Hair Won
M.A.M.A. Awards 2023 Pop Artist/Group of the Year Nominated
Artist of the Year Nominated
Song of the Year "Sentimentai" Won
2024 Artist of the Year Herself Nominated
Pop Artist/Group of the Year Nominated

References

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  1. ^ "Paaiškėjo nacionalinės "Eurovizijos" atrankos "Pabandom iš naujo" dalyviai". LRT.lt (in Lithuanian). Archived from the original on 15 February 2022. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  2. ^ "Klaipėdos Juozo Karoso muzikos mokykla". Archived from the original on 22 March 2022. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
  3. ^ a b c d "Dainininkės Monikos Liu paauglystė bėgo su smuiku ir tardytojo užrašais". Archived from the original on 22 March 2022. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
  4. ^ Dainų dainelė | Monika Liubinaitė „Laiminga diena" „Oh happy day“ (2004)
  5. ^ ""Lietuvos balse" stereotipus laužys ekscentriškoji Monika Liu: "Scenoje noriu nestandartų"". Archived from the original on 23 January 2022. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
  6. ^ "Monika Liu tapo slapčiausio TV projekto komisijos nare: "Svajokite garsiai – svajonės pildosi!"". Archived from the original on 22 March 2022. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
  7. ^ "Naują LNK muzikos šou ves pasaulio Gineso rekordininkas Rokas Bernatonis". Archived from the original on 23 January 2022. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
  8. ^ Monika Liu pristato pirmąją savo vinilinę plokštelę: gimė iš meilės
  9. ^ "Paaiškėjo nacionalinės "Eurovizijos" atrankos "Pabandom iš naujo" dalyviai". 7 December 2021. Archived from the original on 15 February 2022. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
  10. ^ "2022 4-os savaitės klausomiausi (TOP 100)". Archived from the original on 28 January 2022. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
  11. ^ ""Pabandom iš naujo!" – įtempta kova: į pusfinalį keliauja dar 6 dalyviai, vakaro žvaigžde tapo Monika Liu". 22 January 2022. Archived from the original on 28 January 2022. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
  12. ^ "Bilietas į "Pabandom iš naujo!" finalą – dar 4 dalyvių rankose: žiūrovų ir komisijos simpatijos sutapo, favoritė – Monika Liu". 5 February 2022. Archived from the original on 7 February 2022. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
  13. ^ "Lietuva nusprendė – į "Euroviziją" siunčia Moniką Liu". 12 February 2022. Archived from the original on 12 February 2022. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
  14. ^ "Monikai Liu ir Karolinai Meschino naujame LNK šou "Aš matau tavo balsą" – neįprasta užduotis". LNK (in Lithuanian). MG Media Baltics. 13 March 2022. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
  15. ^ Peak chart positions for albums in Lithuania:
  16. ^ Peak chart positions for singles in Lithuania:
  17. ^ "Veckolista Heatseeker, vecka 20". Sverigetopplistan. Archived from the original on 20 May 2022. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
  18. ^ Peak chart positions for singles in Lithuania:
Awards and achievements
Preceded by Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest
2022 		Succeeded by
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