Jamala 1944 Victory 2016
Jamala's song about the 1944 deportation of the Crimean Tatars, the 2016 winner.
"1944" is a song composed and recorded by the Ukrainian musician Jamala, with lyrics by her and Art Antonyan, which won the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 with 534 points. It describes the persecution of the Crimean Tatars under Stalin's rule, events that had endangered Jamala's own grandparents. The Guardian ranked it in 2023 as the third-best Eurovision winner.
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