Daina Venskutė
Daina Venskutė | |
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 Venskutė performing on her Fascination World Tour. | |
| Born | September 22, 1987 |
| Nationality | Juznik |
| Occupation | Singer-songwriter |
| Years active | 2012-present |
| Spouse(s) | Pranas Jankūnas (m. 2016) |
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| Labels | Velvet Records |
Daina Venskutė (born September 22, 1987) is a Juznik singer-songwriter. She originally started out her career writing songs for other artists of the folk genre but in 2012 she signed a record deal with Velvet Records, a Karsuva-based record label, and released her debut single Blurred Image in November 2014, followed by another single Quiet Nights in January 2015 and her album Blurred Image on February 27, 2015. The album received critical acclaim and hit number one on the Juznik album charts. She won multiple awards for the album.
In 2018 she announced she would be releasing her second album, Colours of Love, and released the lead single Wild Butterfly on 6 April. The song reached number 2 on the Juznik charts, her highest charting song ever. The album was released on May 11, 2018 to widespread critical acclaim and hit number one on the Juznik album charts, a position it kept for 6 weeks straight. It won the 2019 Juznik Academy of the Arts Album of the Year award with the single Wild Butterfly winning the Song of the Year award.