Simona Milinyte, better known as "Simonna", was born in Lithuania. She began performing as a vocalist at the age of 3. At the age of 10, Simonna began her solo career. At age of 12, she released her first album, entitled "12". Her songs are popular on Lithuanian radio stations throughout the country. Recently, she was cast as an actress in the most famous of Lithuanian TV shows. Simonna has amassed quite a bit of concert performance and experience at the tender age of 16. Simonna writes the lyrics for her songs. She remains interested not only in music, but also in expressive dance movements and is learning to play the guitar. She also remains interested in and is capable of powerfully performing in a variety of musical styles. In the future, she plans to combine singing, dancing and a live instrumentals in her performances. Simonna values her free time by reading books, going to the cinema with her friends and spending time with her family. In 2010 Simonna successfully completed NYFA's Musical Film Workshop. In 2011 Simonna she was invited to attend TwitChange as a celebrity chosen to champion the organization. Simonna remains committed to many charities. July, 2011 Simonna has acted in famous Lithuanian TV series ',Gimines. Po 20 metu'' as a guest star. Simonna has turned 16 on 12th December and is therefore qualified to enter the Eurovision Song Contest according to the rules. She won the national semi-final of Eurovision and in the national final came 7th. Simonna is the youngest singer in Lithuania that has ever been singing in the national Eurovision Song Contest. Also, she is doing various appearances on TV shows and was a host of her own radio show, which aired every week, on one of the most popular radio stations in Lithuania - ''Extra FM''. Simonna released her song, One Of A Kind as her single. The song was described as high-quality pop dance song, and the lyrics are about how a boy makes her complete and she feels like their love will last forever. The song was written by Bobby Ljunggren and William Butt. At first, this song was created for Eurovision Song Contest winner Carola Hggkvist, but when she refused to participate in Eurovision Song Contest one more time, the producers gave this song to Simonna. In early 2012, the music video for Simonna's single, One Of A Kind, was shot in Lithuania, and then uploaded on YouTube. The edited version of this video was also uploaded on her VEVO channel on YouTube. At the end of 2012, Simonna released her second, self-titled album Simonna. The album consists of 15 songs that are were recorded in Lithuanian and English languages. In May, 2013, Simonna tweeted on her official Twitter page new lyrics from her upcoming song. As of June, 2013, Simonna is currently working on a new song with American rapper and songwriter King Kaseem, which is going to be featured on the song as well. The new music was released on July. On July 25, 2013, Simonna revealed that her new song is called The Mountain. In 2014, February 11th Simonna released her new single "My eyes On You". In 2014, February 24th Biggest music channel MTV started to play Simonna's music videos. Simonna released her new song 'Rush For Love'' on July 28th. Simonna was also officially VEVO certified channel. Her Facebook , Instagram, Youtube and Twitter accounts got statuses of celebrity musician verified page. Simonna has became an official member of Recording Academy - The Grammy's Starting the 2015, Simonna decided to focus on education and school, and take a break from music. In March 2016, Simonna graduated from The Center of Legal Studies and became a certified victim advocate at The California State University - Monterey Bay. To celebrate the graduation, Simonna released her new hit single Moonlight on Vevo channel. Song is now played everywhere around the World - retail stores, gyms and radio stations. Achieved in 2014-2015: Simonna's Music videos are being played by MTV channels Worldwide Simonna got officially VEVO certified channel. Simonna's Facebook, Instagram and Twitter accounts got statuses of celebrity musician verified page. Simonna has become an official member of Recording Academy - The Grammy's Starting the 2015, Simonna decided to focus on education and school, not her musical career. 2016: New beginnings In March 2016, Simonna graduated from The Center of Legal Studies and became a certified victim advocate at The California State University - Monterey Bay. To celebrate the graduation, Simonna released her new hit single Moonlight on VEVO channel. Simonna is studying Communications at SNHU university. Simonna has been in 56th, 57th, 58th Grammy's consideration list. Simonna's new singles Say to Me, Rush for love, My Eyes on You came out on her official VEVO channel and is being played by radio stations, clubs worldwide. New music video featuring "Harry Potter" actor Devon Murray has been announced with trailer . Music video should come out October/November 2017 on VEVO, MTV channels.
