Celeste Buckingham

Celeste Buckingham is a Slovak singer, songwriter of Swiss-American origins. The former finalist of Cesko Slovenská SuperStar (2011), Buckingham gained early recognition on the second season of the Czech and Slovak reality television, co-produced for audiences of the two nations. Her initial singles, "Blue Guitar" and "Nobody Knows", they each found a top-ten response on the component airplay chart in her home country, and so did her first collaboration with Majk Spirit on "Ja a ty", recorded for the rapper's studio album. Her mainstream record followed the eventual release of her full-length debut entitled Don't Look Back (2012).

The records lead track, "Run Run Run", climbed up the national charts in both fellow territories to number two, overall being ranked as the most played song for any Slovak performer in the respective year. Most notably at the 19th MTV Europe Music Awards, making then Buckingham the only female nominee within her own category, while four nominations in total at the local Slávik Awards, Some of those however acknowledged her general achievements in the music industry, such as the category New Artist of the Year, her winning at the ceremony.

Her subsequent outputs garnered attention within their format. Among them were a track recorded for AMO group, "Swing", and a solo single called "Never Be You". Her most recent release, namely "I Was Wrong", serves as her second duet with Spirit. In addition to performing arts, Buckingham is also an occasional host and model, and is a co-author of children's literature with one published work. The Lost Princess (2007), written with her sister Carmel, issued Divis-Slovakia.

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