Vesna Zmijanac

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Vesna Zmijanac
Весна Змијанац
Diskos
  • PGP-RTS
  • Grand Production

    • Vesna Zmijanac (Serbian Cyrillic: Весна Змијанац, pronounced [ʋêsna zmijǎːnats]; born 4 January 1957) is a Montenegrin-born Serbian singer and actress. Dubbed the "Queen of Sadness" (Kraljica tuge), she is known for her emotional vocal delivery and melancholic ballads. Zmijanac rose to prominence in the early 1980s and has since released fourteen studio albums. She is one of the commercially most successful Serbian folk singers from the former Yugoslavia, having sold around 6.7 million records.[1] Furthermore, Zmijanac has also maintained popularity in the neighboring countries like Bulgaria.[2][3]

    Additionally, she starred in the 1981 movie Sok od šljiva and competed on the

    Farma
    (2016).

    Zmijanac is the mother of singer and rapper Nikolija Jovanović.

    Early life

    Vesna Zmijanac was born on 4 January 1957 in Nikšić, PR Montenegro, FPR Yugoslavia to mother Kovina from Kraljevo, SR Serbia and father Dušan from Sisak, SR Croatia. Her parents divorced when she was just a year old, as they believed that they were too young to be married. Subsequently, Zmijanac was raised by her maternal grandmother in the village of Kovače near Kraljevo because her parents went abroad to work.[4] Zmijanac also briefly lived in Vienna with her mother, where she attended high school, from which she eventually dropped out. She did, however, finish a typing course.[5]

    According to Zmijanac, she showed interest in music from an early age, citing folk singers Šaban Šaulić, Esma Redžepova and Safet Isović as the biggest influences on her vocal performance.[6]

    Career

    While living in Vienna, Zmijanac was discovered by singer Šaban Šaulić, who offered her to join him on his European tour.[7][6] Šaulić also helped her get a recording contract with PGP-RTB, under which she released her first single "Hvala ti za sve" in 1979. Three years later, she starred in the movie Sok od šljiva, directed by Branko Baletić. Her first album, Ljubi me, ljubi, lepoto moja, was released in 1982. Zmijanac also made a cameo in the television series Kamiondžije ponovo voze in 1984.

    During the early eighties, she started collaborating with Miroljub Aranđelović Kemiš, who wrote her first major hit - "Nevera moja" (1975). Her fifth album, titled Dođi što pre, was released the following year, selling 400,000 copies.

    Hala Pionir, Belgrade and Zetra Olympic Hall, Sarajevo to over 10,000 people.[4]
    Other big hits of hers from this period include "Ne kunite crne oči" (1986), "Kunem ti se životom" (1987) and "Kazni me, kazni" (1988).

    In 1990, Zmijanac released her eighth studio album, Svatovi, under new label Komuna, which was promoted with a tour and ten consecutive concerts at the Belgrade's Sava Centar. During the nineties, four more bodies of work were released, on which she collaborated with the likes of Momčilo Bajagić Bajaga and Rambo Amadeus.[9] These albums include popular songs such as "Svatovi" (1990), "Idem preko zemlje Srbije" (1994), "Ja imam nekog, a ti si sam" (1994) featuring Slavko Banjac, "Malo po malo" (1995) and "Da budemo noćas zajedno" (1997).

    In the year 2000, Zmijanac published a book, called Kad zamirišu jorgovani, which was described by her as "an attempt at an autobiography".

    Farma. She eventually voluntarily left the show after finding out that her daughter is pregnant.[12] In December 2019, Vesna Zmijanac, among other artists, received the Life Achievement Award from the Union of Serbia's Music Artists.[13] In October 2020, she was proclaimed the National Music Artist of Serbia at the Folk Music Assembly of Serbia.[14]

    Private life

    During the 1980s, Zmijanac was for three years married to songwriter and instrumentalist Miroljub Aranđelović Kemiš, who later remarried to singer Zorica Brunclik.[15][16]

    From her second marriage with the former chief of marketing at

    Nikolija (born 19 October 1989), who is also a well-known singer.[17]

    Zmijanac was a member of New Serbia political party.[18]

    Discography

    Studio albums
    • Ljubi me, ljubi, lepoto moja (1982)
    • Ti mali (1983)
    • Šta će meni šminka (1984)
    • Zar bi me lako drugome dao (1985)
    • Dođi što pre (1986)
    • Jedan si ti (1987)
    • Istina (1988)
    • Svatovi (1990)
    • Ako me umiriš sad (1992)
    • Idem preko zemlje Srbije (1994)
    • Malo po malo (1995)
    • Posle svega, dobro sam (1997)
    • Šta ostane kad padnu haljine (2003)
    • Sokole (2011)

    Filmography

    Filmography of Vesna Zmijanac
    Year Title Genre Role Notes
    1981 Sok od šljiva Film Kadivka
    1984 Kamiondžije opet voze Television Herself 1 episode
    1994 Novogodišnja priča TV movie
    2010 Survivor Srbija Season 3, 2nd eliminated
    2016
    Farma
         		Season 7, walked on day 95

    Bibliography

    Books
    • Zmijanac, Vesna (2000). Kad zamirišu jorgovani : [pokušaj autobiografije]. Evro.

    See also

    References

    1. ^ "ONI SU BILI NAJTIRAŽNIJI IZVOĐAČI U JUGOSLAVIJI : Brena, Šaban, Zorica, Miroslav i Halid prodali najviše ploča!". Mondo.rs (in Serbian). 23 January 2021. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
    2. ^ "Vesna Zmijanac o basnoslovnoj zaradi: Mogla sam da kupim 3 zgrade u Knezu i da ne trepnem". Telegraf.rs (in Serbian). 22 August 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
    3. ^ "Vesna Zmijanac zaludela Bugare, a onda izašli Stoja i Sinan, i napravili LUDNICU!". Telegraf.rs (in Serbian). 15 October 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
    4. ^ a b c d "Zlatna ploča - Vena Zmijanac" (in Serbian). RTS. May 2014. Archived from the original on 21 December 2021.
    5. Nova.rs
      (in Serbian). Retrieved 30 August 2022.
    6. ^ a b "Balkanskom ulicom: Vesna Zmijanac, prvi deo". YouTube (in Serbian). 9 February 2020. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
    7. Nova.rs
      (in Serbian). 6 March 2017. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
    8. Nova.rs
      (in Serbian). Retrieved 30 August 2022.
    9. Nova S. March 2020. Archived
      from the original on 21 December 2021.
    10. Nova.rs
      (in Serbian). Retrieved 30 August 2022.
    11. Blic.rs
      (in Serbian). Retrieved 30 August 2022.
    12. Blic.rs
      (in Serbian).
    13. ^ M. Ćunković (4 December 2019). "Nagrade za životno delo Marinku, Merimi, Daši..." (in Serbian). Večernje novosti.
    14. ^ "Nikolija podelila majčin uspeh". Idjtv.com (in Serbian). 28 December 2020.
    15. Blic.rs
      (in Serbian). 21 October 2019. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
    16. ^ Savić, M. (10 October 2022). "Pre Zorice Brunclik: Ovako su izgledali Vesna Zmijanac i Kemiš dok su bili u braku". Nova.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 10 October 2022.
    17. Blic.rs
      (in Serbian). 16 February 2019. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
    18. ^ "Vesna Zmijanac u stranci Velje Ilića - Muzika - Region - Vesti - Svet Plus". www.svetplus.com. Retrieved 2 December 2023.

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