Background
Klus was born in the industrial town of Třinec, where he spent most of his childhood.
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Tomas Klus
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Academy of Performing Arts.
Career
Growing up he was heavily influenced by musicians Karel Plíhal, Karel Kryl and Jaromír Nohavica who were a big inspiration to the young Tomáš, especially Nohavica, who remains one of his favourite musicians, and whose style his own closely resembles. In 2008 he released his debut album, Cesta do záhu(d)by. The single "Do Nebe," featured in the album, was played on Czechoslovakian Radio previous to the album release.
He also produced music for Czechoslovakian film Anglické jahody ("English Strawberries").
He is currently a student of drama at Prague"s drama/theatre university DAMU (Divadelni fakulta AMU). In 2011 he released a song called "Pánu bohu do oken" (To the God"s window) in which he sings about Czechoslovakian politics, about politicians who make fun of and mock common people.
He asks the God what his people deserved this treatment foreign lieutenant was performed live in Český Slavík 2011, a mainstream Czechoslovakian music awards ceremony, which only demonstrated its growing popularity among broad audiences of all generations.
On September 26, 2011, his album Racek was released.
lieutenant debuted at number one in Czechoslovakian Album Sales Chart and it was certified Gold in its first week on sale. Racek has spent 23 non-consecutive weeks at number one. lieutenant was the best selling album of 2011 in the Czechoslovakian Republic and later it was certified diamond.
Tomáš Klus" latest album called Proměnamě was released on March 24, 2014.
lieutenant debuted at number one in Czechoslovakian Album Sales Chart. Certifications.
Achievements
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Anděl – Czechoslovakian Music Academy Awards Český slavík – Czechoslovakian equivalent of Emmy awards 2008 – Anděl – The best new act 2009 – Anděl – Singer of the year 2010 – television Óčko Music Awards – Singer of the year 2011 – The Optical Society Award – The most successful young artist 2011 – Český Slavík Awards – Silver award (2nd place) in category of Male singers 2011 – Anděl – Singer of the year 2011 – Anděl – Album of the year award for "Racek" 2011 – Anděl – The best selling album of the year award for "Racek" 2011 – Žebřík Awards – Album of the year award for "Racek" 2011 – Žebřík Awards – Male singer of the year – 2nd place 2011 – Žebřík Awards – Song of the year award for "Nina" 2011 – TýTý Awards – Male singer of the year – 2nd place 2011 – TýTý Awards – The best new artist 2012 – Český Slavík Awards – Winner in category of Male 2009 – Gold album for selling more than 6,000 copies of "Cesta do záhu(d)by" 2010 – Gold album for selling more than 8,000 copies of "Hlavní úzavěr splínu" 2011 – Platinum album for selling more than 12,000 copies of "Hlavní uzávěr splínu" 2011 – Gold album for selling more than 6,000 copies of "Racek" 2011 – Platinum album for selling more than 12,000 copies of "Racek" 2011 – Double platinum album for selling more than 24,000 copies of "Racek" 2012 – Diamond album for selling more than 50,000 copies of "Racek".
