Džesika Šyvokaitė (born 6 May 1996), better known by the stage name Jessica Shy, is a Lithuanian singer and songwriter.
Shy was born in Birštonas, Lithuania.[1] She began singing at the age of four and a half, and attended Birštonas Music School, where she studied pop singing. She graduated from the University of Westminster in London with a degree in Commercial Music Performance.[2]
Shy competed on reality competition shows 2 minutės šlovės and X Faktorius.[3] She was a competitor on Choir Wars for two seasons.[4] In 2019, she signed with music label OpenPlay.[5] She rose to prominence after releasing several singles, namely "Rožė", which marked her first solo entry on the Lithuanian singles chart.[6][7] She was nominated for "Breakthrough of the Year" at the 2020 MAMA Awards.[8]
In 2021, she collaborated with Justinas Jarutis on the track "Rugpjūtis". The song marked Shy's first number-one hit on the Lithuanian Singles Chart, and would later be nominated for "Song of the Year" at the 2021 MAMA Awards.[9][10]
On 14 January 2022, she released "Šokam lėtai", the first single from her debut studio album Apkabinti prisiminimus, which debuted at number 1 on the Lithuanian Singles Chart.[11][6] She released the album on 25 January 2022.[12] Upon release, the album debuted at number 1 on the Lithuanian Albums Chart, with all tracks charting in the top 100.[9] Shy later released "Ar Įsileisi" and "Tyliai pakuždėk" as singles, with the latter in collaboration with Nombeko Augustė. The song peaked at number 1 and earned the duo a nomination for "Song of the Year" at the 2022 MAMA Awards.[13]
On 25 November 2022, she released "Žiburiai", the first single from her second studio album Pasaka. The album's second single, "Dėl tavęs", was released on 19 January 2023. Pasaka was released on 10 March 2023, and debuted at number one on the Lithuanian Albums Chart.[9] In support of the album, she embarked on an arena tour across Lithuania.[14] At the 2023 MAMA Awards, she received a total of nine nominations – the most for any artist – winning a total of six.[15]
Together with Silvestras Beltė and Elena Jurgaitytė, she co-wrote "Luktelk", the Lithuanian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024.[16]
On August 30, 2024, the artist held her solo concert at the Darius and Girenas Stadium in Kaunas, which was officially attended by more than 40,000 spectators. This is one of the largest concerts ever held in Lithuania, and the second largest Lithuanian music concert of all time.
The artist held three concerts in Vilnius, at Kalnų parkas on July 17-19, 2025. All more than 33,000 tickets were sold out within a few days.
| Title | Details | Peak chart positions |
|---|---|---|
| LTU [9] | ||
| Apkabinti prisiminimus |
|
1 |
| Pasaka |
|
1 |
| Sutemos |
|
1 |
| Žvėris |
|
1 |
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| LTU [6] | |||
| "Viskas ką turiu" | 2019 | — | Non-album singles |
| "Nebenoriu laukt" | — | ||
| "Nei man kąu" (with Niko Barisas) |
— | ||
| "Stadionai" (with Rokas) |
81 | ||
| "Surašyt žvagždes" | — | ||
| "Rožė" | 2020 | 15 | |
| "20 Seconds" | — | ||
| "Alright" (with Justinas Jarutis) |
84 | ||
| "Taip atsitiko" | — | ||
| "Oras ir vanduo" | — | ||
| "Liūdnos Kalėdos" (with Rokas) |
— | ||
| "Noriu rėkt" | 2021 | — | |
| "Tu palauk" (with Justinas Jarutis) |
7 | ||
| "Užmerk man akis" | — | ||
| "Rugpjūtis" (with Justinas Jarutis) |
1 | ||
| "Šokam lėtai" | 2022 | 1 | Apkabinti prisiminimus |
| "Ar Įsileisi" | 72 | ||
| "Tyliai pakuždėk" | 1 | ||
| "Žiburiai" | 7 | Pasaka | |
| "Dėl tavęs" | 2023 | 1 | |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||
| Award | Year | Recipient(s) and nominee(s) | Category | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MAMA Awards | 2021 | Self | Breakthrough of the Year | Nominated | [8] |
| 2022 | Pop Artist of the Year | Nominated | [10] | ||
| "Rugpjūtis" (with Justinas Jarutis) |
Song of the Year | Nominated | |||
| 2023 | Apkabinti prisiminimus | Album of the Year | Nominated | [13] | |
| "Tyliai pakuždėk" | Song of the Year | Nominated | |||
| Self | Pop Artist of the Year | Won | |||
| Artist of the Year | Nominated | ||||
| 2024 | Won | [15] | |||
| Concert Performer of the Year | Won | ||||
| Pop Artist of the Year | Won | ||||
| Pasaka | Album of the Year | Won | |||
| "Pasaka" | Video of the Year | Nominated | |||
| "Dėl Tavęs" | Nominated | ||||
| MAMA Top 40 | Won | ||||
| Song of the Year | Nominated | ||||
| "Apkabink" | Won |
