Viktorija (singer)

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Viktorija
AOR, pop rock, glam metal
Occupation(s)Singer
Instrument(s)Vocals
Years active1976–1997
2000
2005–present
LabelsPGP-RTB, PGP-RTS, ITMM, Košava

Snežana Mišković (Serbian: Снежана Мишковић; pronounced [sněʒana mîʃkoʋitɕ]; born December 19, 1958), better known by her stage name Viktorija (Викторија; [ʋǐktoːrija]), is a Serbian female rock singer known for her raspy voice.

Career

Early career and Aska

Snežana Mišković was born in

Vučitrn, SAP Kosovo, SFR Yugoslavia
. She came to Belgrade as a student in 1976, where she started performing with Society of Culture and Arts Branko Krsmanović and the band Pop Polifonija.

In 1981, Mišković formed the

1982 Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Halo, halo". The three recorded their debut album Disco Rock in 1982.[1] Stamenković and Barudžija soon left the group and were replaced by Suzana Perović and Nera. The three recorded the second Aska album titled Katastrofa ("Catastrophe") in 1984.[2]

As Viktorija

In 1986, Mišković disbanded Aska and recorded the song "Šarene ulice" ("Colorful Streets") and formed the band Viktorija, the name which she would adopt as her own stage name after it became associated with her personally rather than the band.

In 1988, Viktorija released the debut album Spavaćeš sam (You'll Be Sleeping Alone). The album's main hits were the songs "Barakuda" ("

Romanian Revolution. All five acts performed on three concerts in Timișoara Olympia Hall in front of some 20,000 people each night.[4] During the same year, she won Female Singer of the Year Award at the MESAM
music festival.

In 1991, she released her second studio album, Ja verujem (I Believe). The album featured Kiki Lesendrić, Bora Đorđević, Zlatan Stipišić, poet

Marty Friedman's "Thunder March"), "Arija" ("Aria"), "Od Splita do Beograda" ("From Split to Belgrade", a duet with Dino Dvornik), "Samo teraj ti po svome" ("Just Carry On"), "Kanada" ("Canada"), "Ni nebo mi nije visoko" ("Even Sky Doesn't Seem that High") and "Isus" ("Jesus"). During the same year she recorded a cover of Zdravko Čolić's hit "Ljubav je samo reč" ("Love Is only a Word") for the Evergereen Evening of Belgrade Spring Festival. The song was released on the 1991 compilation album Viktorija.[6] In 1992, she held her first solo concert in Belgrade, in Sava Centar. In 1994, the songs "Rat i mir", "Od Splita do Beograda" and "Arija" were released on Komuna compilation albums Da li znaš da te volim: Balade (Did You Know that I Love You: Ballads),[7] Pakleni vozači: Jugoslovenski hard rock (Hell Riders: Yugoslav Hard Rock)[8] and Volim, volim, volim žene: Pevačice i ženske grupe (I Love, I Love, I Love, I Love Women: Female Singers and Girl Bands),[9]
respectively.

In 1995, she released her third album Ja znam da je tebi krivo (I Know You're Jealous). Part of the lyrics on the album were written by

Kosovska Mitrovica
.

In 1997, she announced her retirement. The compilation album Kada gužva prođe (When the Rush Is Over) was released in 1998.

D' Boys, Toni Montano, and others. The song "Senke uspomena" ("Shadow of Memories"), written by Kiki Lesendrić and recorded by Viktorija for the movie Shadows of Memories, was also released on the album.[12]

In 2005, after many years she spent away from the public, Viktorija appeared at Beovizija music festival performing the song "Kaži, sestro" ("Say, Sister") and won sixth place. In 2011, she released the single "Spas" ("Salvation").

Mišković is one of a number of musicians allegedly plagiarized by the 2014 song "Uptown Funk";[13] the single "Ulice mračne nisu za devojke" ("Dark Streets Are Not for Girls") was written by Snežana Mišković and Momčilo Bajaga for Aska's 1984 album, Katastrofa.[13]

Reality TV

Mišković was contestant of the following reality TV shows:

Accolades

In 1998, the album Spavaćeš sam was ranked at number 49 on the list of 100 greatest Yugoslav popular music albums in the book YU 100: najbolji albumi jugoslovenske rok i pop muzike (YU 100: The Best Albums of Yugoslav Pop and Rock Music).[16]

In 2011, the song "Barakuda" was voted by the listeners of Radio 202 as one of 60 greatest songs released by PGP-RTB/PGP-RTS during the sixty years of the label's existence.[17][non-primary source needed]

Discography

Studio albums

  • Spavaćeš sam (1988)
  • Ja verujem (1991)
  • Ja znam da je tebi krivo (1995)

Compilations

  • Viktorija (1991)
  • Kada gužva prođe (1998)

Live albums

  • Nostalgija (live/cover album; 2000)

Singles

  • "Kaži, sestro" (2005)
  • "Spas" (2011)

References

  1. ^ Disco Rock at Disocgs
  2. ^ Katastrofa at Discogs
  3. ^ Spavaćeš Sam at Discogs
  4. ^ Kerković, Milan (1996). Galija. Niš: Prosveta. p. 100.
  5. ^ Ja verujem at Discogs
  6. ^ Viktorija at Discogs
  7. ^ Da li znaš da te volim: Balade at Discogs
  8. ^ Pakleni vozači: Jugoslovenski hard rock at Discogs
  9. ^ Volim, volim, volim žene: Pevačice i ženske grupe at Discogs
  10. ^ Ja znam da je tebi krivo at Discogs
  11. ^ Kada gužva prođe at Discogs
  12. ^ Nostalgija at Discogs
  13. ^ a b "Bruno Mars Is Accused of Plagiarizing Uptown Funk". Mix 105.1.
  14. ^ "FARMA: Viktorija napušta šou?".
  15. ^ "GODINAMA NIJE GOVORILA ZA MEDIJE, a sada otkriva da li ulazi u ZADRUGU! Viktorija: Neko bi PLATIO DA UČESTVUJE!".
  16. ^ Antonić, Duško; Štrbac, Danilo (1998). YU 100: najbolji albumi jugoslovenske rok i pop muzike. Belgrade: YU Rock Press. p. 35.
  17. ^ 60 хитова емисије ПГП на 202!, facebook.com

Further reading

External links
Preceded by
Vajta
 Yugoslavia in the Eurovision Song Contest
(as part of Aska)
1982 		Succeeded by
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