Kryštof

Who is Kryštof?

Kryštof is a Czech band founded by Richard Krajčo in Havířov in 1993. He is its frontman and leader. Novinky writes that it started out as a punk rock band. According to the official Anděl Awards overview, Kryštof has 14 Anděls, four of them for Band of the Year (for 2006, 2008, 2012 and 2015). In 2013 the band won the group category of the Český slavík Mattoni poll for the first time. Kryštof played The Culture in České Budějovice in 2025.

The 2006 album Rubikon reached no. 1 on the album chart. At the Anděl Awards for 2006 Kryštof was Band of the Year, and Rubikon won Song of the Year and Album of the Year in the pop and dance category. Jeviště (2010), Inzerát (2012), Srdcebeat (2015) and Halywůd (2021) all entered the album chart straight at no. 1. Inzerát spent 15 weeks at the top and Srdcebeat 17 weeks. Cesta with Tomáš Klus from Inzerát spent 14 weeks at no. 1 on the Top 100 radio chart, won the Anděl for Song of the Year 2013, and Czech Radio included it among 100 songs that made history.

In September 2017 Kryštof played two concerts at Prague's Strahov stadium with a combined audience of 67,856. The live album Kryštof na Strahově entered the album chart at no. 1 in 2018. Vánoční with Karel Gott was no. 1 on the Top 100 radio chart in week 51 of 2020. The album Půlnoční hřích from October 2026 was recorded at Peter Gabriel's Real World Studios and at Daft Music Studios in Belgium, with Honza Balcárek as main producer. Guests include Dominique Alagia, Sergei Barracuda, Beira and the band Jelen. The band first featured a rapper back in 2006, when Marpo guested on Sněhurky on Rubikon.

What are Kryštof's best-known songs?

Their best-known songs on the IFPI radio chart include:

• Cesta (with Tomáš Klus, album Inzerát, 2012, 14 weeks at no. 1, Anděl for Song of the Year 2013)
• Atentát (2008, 7 weeks at no. 1, Anděl for Song of the Year 2008)
• Ty a já (album Srdcebeat, 2015, 9 weeks at no. 1)
• Rubikon (album Rubikon, 2006, no. 1, Anděl for Song of the Year 2006)
• Srdcebeat (2015, no. 1)
• Inzerát (2012, no. 1)
• Zůstaň tu se mnou (Za sny) (2017, no. 1)
• Hvězdáři (with Sima Martausová, 2019, no. 1)
• Vánoční (with Karel Gott, 2020, no. 1, no. 7 on the digital chart)
• Tak nějak málo tančím (2008, 21 weeks at no. 1 on the Top 50 CZ radio chart)
• Půlnoční hřích (with Dominique Alagia, 2026, no. 3)

Positions without a label are peaks on the Top 100 radio chart.

What albums has Kryštof released?

The band's releases include:

• Půlnoční hřích (2026)
• Halywůd (2021)
• Kryštof na Strahově (live, 2018)
• Srdcebeat (2015)
• Inzerát (2012)
• Jeviště (2010)
• Kryštof v opeře (live, 2008)
• Rubikon (2006)
• Magnetické pole (debut)

The compilations Poločas (2007) and 25 (2017) both reached no. 1 on the album chart, and the remix album Rem-X-y came out in 2012.

Who has Kryštof worked with?

The band recorded Cesta with Tomáš Klus, Křídla z mýdla with Jaromír Nohavica, Vánoční with Karel Gott and Hvězdáři with Sima Martausová. With Xindl X they made DigiHrách, and according to his website Xindl X has also contributed to Kryštof songs as a lyricist or composer. Guests on Půlnoční hřích include Dominique Alagia, Sergei Barracuda on Moviestars, Beira and Jelen. Kryštof guested on Lipo's Jednou jsem slíbil, and Majk Spirit and Petr Janda joined them on stage at Strahov.