Teya Dora
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Teodora Pavlovska (Serbian Cyrillic: Теодора Павловска; born 1 May 1992), known professionally as Teya Dora (Serbian: Теја Дора / Teja Dora),[1] is a Serbian singer, songwriter, and producer. Born in Bor, she debuted in 2018 and rose to popularity with the 2023 single "Džanum", which went internationally viral on TikTok.
She is set to represent Serbia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 in Malmö, Sweden, with the song "Ramonda".
Early life
Pavlovska was born on 1 May 1992 in
FR Yugoslavia. Her father was a painter and a graphic designer. Her mother is a writer and journalist with Večernje novosti, whose expertise is Vlach magic and culture.[2][3] After moving to Belgrade, Pavlovska started attending music school, through which she received a scholarship to study at the Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts.[4] At her audition, she sang "No One" by Alicia Keys.[5] While at Berklee, she shared classes with Charlie Puth.[6] She graduated from college in 2014, and at her graduation ceremony, she received her diploma from Jimmy Page.[5] After graduating, Pavlovska lived in New York City, where she worked as a songwriter.[4]
Career
After returning to Serbia in 2018, Pavlovska initially began collaborating with singer
Nema limita". She continued writing songs for other Serbian artists, including Nataša Bekvalac and Anastasija Ražnatović. She made her own recording debut, under the name Teya Dora, with the single "Da na meni je", released in July 2019 under Bassivity Digital.[7] Her chosen stage name stems from the fact that while studying at Berklee, Americans didn't know how to pronounce her name; "Teya Dora" was the closest that they could get to pronouncing Teodora.[8]
After several other singles, Teya Dora gained prominence in 2023 with the song "
protests following the 2023 Belgrade school shooting.[4] The official music video for the song has accumulated over 75 million views on YouTube and over a hundred million streams on Spotify. Furthermore, the single peaked at number four on Spotify's Daily Viral Songs Global chart on 22 May, and Teya Dora became the third Serbian artist to have over a million monthly listeners on the streaming service. The other two, Konstrakta and Luke Black, achieved that during their participation in the Eurovision Song Contest.[4][10] "Džanum" also entered the top ten on Billboard's Croatia Songs chart.[11]
In December 2023, Teya Dora was announced as a contestant on Pesma za Evroviziju '24, with the song "Ramonda".[12] After qualifying for the second semi-final, she eventually won the competition on 2 March 2024, by coming first in the jury vote and second in the televote, and thus became Serbia's entrant in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 in Malmö, Sweden.[13]
Discography
Singles
As lead artist
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| "Da na meni je" | 2019 | — | * | Non-album singles |
| "Oluja" | 2020 | — | ||
| "Ulice" (with Nikolija) |
2021 | — | ||
| "U ilegali" | 2022 | — | — | |
| "Vozi me" | — | — | ||
| "Džanum" | 2023 | 43 | 6 | |
| "ATaMala" (with Albino) |
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| "Ramonda" | 2024 | — | 19 | |
| "—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released in that territory. " * " denotes chart did not exist at that time. | ||||
Guest appearances
| Title | Year | Other artist(s) | Album |
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| "Zavejan" | 2022 | Yungkulovski | Demoni |
| "Pusti me" | none | Skale 2022 | |
| "U jbt" | 2023 | X | Svi će znati ko je Iks |
Songwriting credits
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| "Nema limita" | 2018 | Nikolija | Yin & Yang |
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| "Yin & Yang" | 2019 |
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| "Dođi mami" | Nataša Bekvalac | non-album singles | Co-composer | |
| "Jasno mi je" | 2020 | Zoi | Composer | |
| "Pazi se" (featuring Coby) |
Jovana Nikolić |
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| "No plaky" | Nikolija | Composer | ||
| "High Life" |
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| "Sve bih" | 2021 |
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| "Gotovo" | Anastasija |
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| "Vidim te" | Meta |
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| "Divlja orhideja" | Nikolija |
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| "Januar" | 2022 | Meta | Co-composer | |
| "Zabranjeno" | Filarri | Composer | ||
| "Pogana" | Tam |
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| "Dodole" | Nikolija | Aurora ]
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| "Gucci Mama" | Composer | |||
| "U tami" | 2023 | Filarri | non-album singles | |
| "Brani me" | Anastasija | |||
| "Posle mene" | Filarri | |||
| "Avlije avlije" | Nikolija | |||
| "Neodoljivo" | Aleksandra Radović | |||
| "Kriva" | Dragana Mirković | Co-composer | ||
| "Koeko" | 2024 | Mimica | Composer | |
| "Viski" (featuring Inas) |
Nikolija | Lavina |
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| "Namami" |
References
- ^ a b "Ko je Teja Dora – naša predstavnica na "Pesmi Evrovizije"". Radio Television of Serbia (in Serbian (Latin script)). 3 March 2024. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
- ^ Netović, Andrea (4 March 2024). "Smrtni slučaj u porodici ju je zauvek obeležio: Ovo su otac i majka Teye Dore, popularniji su od nje (FOTO)". Story.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 7 March 2024.
- ^ Denda, Nina (5 March 2024). "(VIDEO) Majka pobednice Beovizije za "Blic" otkrila nepoznate detalje privatnog života: "Dala sam otkaz da bih je školovala"". Blic (in Serbian). Retrieved 7 March 2024.
- ^ a b c d Dašić, Miloš (3 March 2024). "Ko je Teya Dora, predstavnica Srbije za Evroviziju 2024, pevačica čiju pesmu već zna ceo svet". Danas (in Serbian). Retrieved 3 March 2024.
- ^ YouTube
- ^ "Teya Dora prešla svaku granicu! Završila "Berkli", napravila hitove mnogim srpskim zvezdama, a "Džanum" joj donela milione". 24sedam.rs. 26 July 2023. Retrieved 19 June 2023.
- ^ "Teya Dora: O muzici, školovanju na Berklee College of Music i inspiracijama". Wannabe Magazine. 23 July 2019. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
- ^ "Novo Jutro – Dea I Sarapa – Teodora Pavlovska – Teya Dora – 26.08.2019". YouTube.
- ^ Kundačin, Aleksandra (25 March 2023). "Teya Dora otkriva sve o novoj pesmi i spotu za seriju Južni vetar: Na granici". Journal.rs. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
- ^ "Samo tri domaća izvođača su prešli broj od milion slušanja na Spotifaju". City Magazine. 6 June 2023. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
- ^ "Billboard Hrvatska: Jala i Buba "skinuti s trona" nakon pet uzastopnih tjedana". Muzika.hr. 11 April 2023. Retrieved 23 June 2023.
- ^ "Pesma za Evroviziju 2024 – 28 pesama se bori za kartu za Malme". Radio Television of Serbia (in Serbian). 21 December 2023. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
- ^ "Srbiju će na Eurosongu predstavljati Teja Dora". Radio Television of Serbia (in Serbian). 2 March 2024. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
- ^ "Discographie Teya Dora". AustrianCharts.at (in Austrian German). Retrieved 29 February 2024.
- ^ Peak positions in Croatia:
- For "Džanum": "Croatia Songs (Week of April 22, 2023)". Billboard. 18 April 2023. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
- For "Ramonda": "Croatia Songs (Week of March 16, 2024)". Billboard. 12 March 2024. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
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