Katrin Vogelová (born 10 August 1996 in Teplice, Czech Republic), better known by her stage name Katja Krasavice, is a German singer, rapper and former YouTuber. Katja Krasavice was born on August 10, 1996 in Teplice, to a Czech mother and a Slovak father. While Krasavice was still a baby, the family moved to Liebschütz in Germany. At the age of 5, Krasavice lost her brother who suffered from thigh-cancer. This incident caused her father to become an alcoholic and mistreat her mother. At the age of 11, she lost her other brother who committed suicide in prison. At a later point in her life, Krasavice testified in court against her father who sexually assaulted her friends. As a coping mechanism for her trauma, Krasavice developed an image based around her own sexual expression. Later in school, Krasavice was the victim of excessive bullying. She attended a Gymnasium but didn’t graduate.

Katja Krasavice opened up her YouTube channel on March 29, 2014. With her revealing outfits, unabashed embracement of porn culture, role as an advocate for plastic surgery and no holds barred open talk about sexuality, preferences and techniques, Krasavice initially became known as “the sex YouTuber” (“die Sex-YouTuberin”) through her vlogs. Not without controversy, she quickly developed a big following, gathering 100.000 subscribers in 2015 and 500.000 in 2016. In 2018, Katja’s online presence received so much attention that she participated in the sixth season of Promi Big Brother where she came in sixth place. In 2019, Krasavice removed all of her videos from her channel after making the decision of pursuing music as her main career and opening a new channel for that purpose. Her dead channel currently holds 1.43 million subscribers. Ever since, Krasavice has refused to be called a YouTuber anymore.

In November 2017, while still an active YouTuber, Katja released her debut single Doggy, a light hearted sex themed novelty dance song produced by Stard Ova, along with a comical music video. The single became a top ten hit in Germany and Austria, peaking at numbers 7 and 5, respectively. In April 2018, her second single Dicke Lippen was released, kept in a similar style. The song topped the charts in Austria and peaked at number 4 in Germany. In August the same year, Sex Tape served as her third single, peaking at numbers 6 and 7 in Germany and Austria. All three Stard Ova produced songs were in tone with her YouTube content and built up on her internet hype.

In 2019, Katja Krasavice decided to pursue music as her major career and signed a contract with Warner Music Group, and announced the release of her debut album Bo$$ Bitch for January the following year. Her new musical style is more contemporary R&B-, trap-, and dancehall-inspired, with lyrics involving around self-representation and sexuality. The album’s first single Gucci Girl, based on an interpolation of Aqua’s Barbie Girl, peaked at number 21 on the German and Austrian charts. The next two singles Sugar Daddy and Wer bist du failed to enter the charts in either country, while the fourth and final single Casino peaked at number 44 in Germany. The album ultimately debuted at number 1 on the German charts, beating Eminem’s Music To Be Murdered By in the two albums’ release week, and entered the top ten in Austria and Switzerland.

In June 2020, Krasavice released her autobiographical book Bitch Bibel, which introduced the broader public to her tragic backstory. The book became a bestseller and peaked at number 2 on the non-fiction book charts of Der Spiegel.

In 2020, Krasavice released the first single off her second album Eure Mami, Million Dollar A$$, together with German rapper Fler. The dirty rap song peaked at number 3 on the German charts, her best chart position so far. The two follow up pop singles, Ich seh and Alles schon gesehen, marked a notable departure from her previous style, featuring a melancholic tone and reflecting on past relationships and tragedies that occurred in her own life. Neither of these songs managed to gain commercial success.

On January 8 of 2021, she released the album’s fourth single Highway, together with German singer Elif. It features a poppier and more melodious outfit and continued the string of insightful reflective lyricism from her previous two singles. The song was a big commercial success and became Krasavice’s first number 1 hit on the German charts.

On January 29, Krasavice’s second album Eure Mami came out, accompanied by a new single, the dance pop song Friendzone, released on the same day. Her sophomore record covers a broader musical and thematic scope than her debut album, ranging from hip hop to pop, from singing to rapping and from dirty lyrics to vulnerable moments. The album topped the German and Austrian charts, while the single peaked at number 2 in Germany.