Luba
Pop music, Musical Artist
1958 –
Who is Luba?
Luba is a Canadian musician, singer, songwriter and recording artist from Ukrainian descent. She was commercially active from 1980 to 1990, 2000 to 2001 and is active again from 2007 to present. She was initially the vocalist for a band named Luba before signing as a solo artist under that name. She has released six albums as a solo artist. Two of her albums are certified platinum by the Canadian music industry. She has nine top-40 hits on the Canadian pop charts. Her signature song is "Everytime I See Your Picture". Her most successful song is a cover of Percy Sledge's "When a Man Loves a Woman" which reached #6 on the Canadian pop chart and #3 on the Canadian adult contemporary chart. She is a three-time winner of the Canadian music industry Juno Award for Female Vocalist of the Year. Her success is limited to her native Canada as she has never charted in the US or elsewhere. In addition to her Juno Awards, Luba has also received CASBY and FĂ©lix Awards, and a Black Music Association Award for "Female Entertainer of the Year". Most recently, her music has been featured on Canadian Idol. She continues to record music under her own independent label.
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- Born
- 1958
Montreal - Also known as
- Lubomyra Kowalchyk
- Luba, Lubomyra
- Lubomira Kowalchyk
- Spouses
- Peter Marunzak
( - 1990)
- Peter Marunzak
- Nationality
- Canada
- Profession
- Lived in
- Montreal
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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