name	Haris Džinović
background	solo_singer
birth date	September 26, 1951
origin	Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia
genre	folk music
occupation	singer, musician and songwriter
years active	1975–present
label	Diskoton, Jugoton, Jugodisk Belgrade, Zepter Music/Grand Production
associated acts	Sar e Roma
website	harisdzinovic.com
notable instruments	}}

Haris Džinović (bosnian: Haris Džinović; born September 26, 1951 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina) is a popular Bosnian folk singer. He is also a composer, a musician and songwriter for his songs.

Career[link]

He began his music career in 1975 in his hometown Sarajevo, as a singer and composer of folk music when pop and evergreen music were more dominant in the Balkans area, so he preferred to compose for other performers. Soon, fascinated by the Roma music, he founded the band "Sar e Roma" in 1981, with a famous group of Roma musicians. They played numerous concerts throughout the world. Together with them, Haris Džinović recorded three albums between 1982–1986, which have been published as a CD compilation many years after their team-work.

In 1989, he started again with folk music and made of specific sound and style for his songs, which became new urban songs accompanied with some kind of ethno sound. With his first album, Haris already had a great success and almost every song became a great hit. Through all these years those hits are on the very top of the music charts. He has received a great number of audience and music experts' awards for this.

Encouraged with this success, in 1991 he recorded the second album, published for the same record company as the first album – "Diskoton", Sarajevo. Just at the moment when the songs from it fascinated the audience again, Bosnian war commenced at the Balkans area. Haris retreated to Austria and played many benefit concerts for his compatriots from Bosnia. Finally, in the 1994 he went to France, living in Cannes and Saint-Tropez and Spain for a while, and ultimately moving to Paris in 1997, where he has been living since. Thanks to singing folk music and traveling all over the world he had learned several languages. At his performances he sings other performers' songs and does it in different foreign languages; English, Spanish, French, Russian, Greek,... and also plays many music instruments.

While in Cannes, he got a proposal to make and sing the gipsy version of the famous song My Way, composed many years ago by Claude François, so unforgettably performed by Frank Sinatra. He took their offer and "Warner Chappell Music" company published it in the 1994, for the occasion of the 25th year anniversary since the song has been first performed. On that CD, his version "Cantar Cigan" has found its place between 25 other versions of the same song. During his stay in Spain, in the music studio of Kornelije Kovač, he started to work on new songs, recording them in Spanish, English and Roma language, for his international career. At the same time, he made many different versions of his old hits. Then appears a song ''Jesu l' dunje procvale?'' (''Did the Quinces Bloom?'') which would has found its place on his album published in the 1996 with other Gipsy songs and his old - new version songs. At the same time he was cooperating with the famous band Gipsy Kings.

After that Haris plans to start his international career, he lives and works in Paris, opens a restaurant there, named "Haris". At that period he made some new songs and in the 2000, he published his new album, by the "Zepter World Music International" company. For that album, almost all lyrics and music were entirely his work. He closed the restaurant and turned all his forces to the music career. He holds concert tours in the United States, Australia, Canada and in almost every big city in Europe.

He lives in Belgrade, capital of Serbia.

Discography[link]

With ''Sar e Roma''[link]

''Kao Cigani'' (''Like Gypsies''), Diskoton 1982.

''Kiko, Kiko'', Jugoton 1983.

''Sar e Roma'', Diskoton 1985.

''The Best of''

Solo[link]

''Haris'', ''Diskoton 1989.''

''(untitled), Diskoton 1991.''

''Jesu l' dunje procvale'' (''Did the Quinces Bloom'') (Jugodisk Belgrade), 1996.

''Haris Džinović'', Zepter Music/Grand production Belgrade, 2000.

Officiality and copyright status of this album is uncertain.

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External links[link]

Haris Džinović Official Website

Haris Džinović Concert in Zagreb Arena 18.6.2010

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Category:1951 births Category:Living people Category:Bosnia and Herzegovina musicians Category:People from Sarajevo Category:Pop folk singers Category:Yugoslav musicians

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name	Lepa Brena
background	solo_singer
birth name	Fahreta Jahić
alias	Fahreta Živojinović
birth date	October 20, 1960
birth place	Tuzla, SR Bosnia-Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia, now Bosnia and Herzegovina
ethnicity	Bosniak
genre	Pop-folk, pop, Dance, Folk
occupation	musician, actress
years active	1981–present
label	PGP, Diskoton, ZaM, Grand Production
associated acts	Slatki greh
website	JednaJeBrena.com, }}

Fahreta Jahić Živojinović (born 20 October 1960) is a Bosnian pop-folk and pop singer, South Slavs pop star and pop icon and showbiz manager, better known by her stage name Lepa Brena.

Early life[link]

Lepa Brena was born as Fahreta Jahić to a Bosniak family in Tuzla in 1960, but grew up in Brčko. She was the third-born child of Abid Jahić (1928-2010) and Ifeta Jahić. She has a sister Faketa and an older brother named Faruk.

Career[link]

In 1980, she started singing with the band Slatki Greh. She subsequently moved to Novi Sad and then to Belgrade. Brena started to sing in hotel TURIST in Backa Palanka. She released her first album ''Čačak, Čačak'' in 1982. She is arguably the most popular singer of the former Yugoslavia, and a top-selling female record artist with more than thirty million records sold.

Beside her career as a singer, Lepa Brena is one of the founders of Grand Slam Group and Grand Production.

Fahreta's nickname "Brena" was given to her by her gym teacher. Later on, Serbian showman Minimax added "Lepa" (beautiful), creating the stage name "Lepa Brena".

Lepa Brena's career can be divided into two main periods:

Performance with the band Slatki Greh ("sweet sin")

Solo career

Lepa Brena and Slatki Greh[link]

Lepa Brena joined Slatki Greh in 1981 when the group's original singer Spasa left the band because of her marriage. Saša Popović, the band's frontman, was initially opposed to the idea that Lepa Brena should be the band's new singer, but later changed his opinion. Their first performance was in Bačka Palanka on 6 May 1980.

Collaboration with Milutin Popović-Zahar and Vladimir Cvetkovic[link]

Her first album ''Čačak, Čačak'' was written mostly by Milutin Popović-Zahar, and the career-manager was Vladimir Cvetković. That same year Lepa Brena and ''Slatki Greh'' appeared in the first part of Yugoslavian classic comedy ''Tesna koža'' (translation: ''Tight Skin''), which raised their profile and brought them almost instant popularity.

The second album ''Mile voli disko'', was released in 1983. Best known songs from that album were "Mile voli disko", "Duge noge" and "Dama iz Londona". The album's main writer was Milutin Popović-Zahar.

Colaboration with Raka Đokić[link]

In 1983, Lepa Brena ended her collaboration with Milutin Popović-Zahar and Vladimir Cvetković. That year Lepa Brena and Slatki Greh participated in Jugovizija (Yugoslav selection for the Eurovision Song Contest) with the song "Sitnije, Cile, sitnije". Her appearance caused confusion among the audience, since Jugovizija was considered exclusively reserved for pop singers. Although they did not qualify for the prestigious European competition, Lepa Brena and ''Slatki Greh'' won the contest, gaining even more popularity.

The following year, Lepa Brena and ''Slatki Greh'' started a cooperation with a new manager Raka Đokić. "Bato, bato", her third album, was released the same year. A new provocative image was accompanied by a new musical style, different from the one fostered by Popović. Popular pub called "dvojka" has been replaced by pop melodies and more provocative lyrics. The same year, Lepa Brena held a concert in neighboring Romania, at the stadium in Timisoara to an audience of 65,000. It was the first successful concert of a Yugoslav singer outside their home country.

Lepa Brena's next three albums, ''Pile moje'' in 1985 and ''Voli me, voli'' and ''Uske pantalone'' in 1986 would propel her to the throne of the Yugoslav music scene.

Along with these albums, Lepa Brena established a cooperation with Yugoslav folk star Miroslav Ilić and recorded a romantic duet "Jedan dan života", and the song "Živela Jugoslavija", which was received with a mixed response. The latter song was in line with Lepa Brena's only official political stance: an uncompromising support of a united Yugoslavia, with her becoming a symbol of this view.

By the end of 1986, Lepa Brena has already become the most popular public figure in Yugoslavia and strengthened the position of undisputed sex symbol. Later that year, her manager Raka Đokić came up with the idea that her next studio album should be followed by a movie in which would Lepa Brena should play a major role. This idea was successfully implemented in 1987 when the motion picture ''Hajde da se volimo'' was filmed. Many then-popular Yugoslav actors co-starred in the film, including Dragomir Gidra Bojanić, Milutin Karadžić, Velimir Bata Živojinović, Milan Štrljić etc.

Based on the success of the original, two sequels were produced for ''Hajde da se volimo''. ''Hajde da se volimo 2'' (1989) was followed by the studio album ''Četiri godine'', and ''Hajde da se volimo 3'' (1991) followed by album ''Boli me uvo za sve'' in 1990.

In the turbulent years of the late 1980s and early 1990s, Lepa Brena held more than three-hundred and fifty concerts yearly, and would often hold two concerts in one day. Lepa Brena set a record by holding thirty-one concerts day after day at Dom Sindikata, and seventeen concerts day after day at the Sava Center. In the late 1990s Brena held a concert at Levski stadium in Sofia (Bulgaria), in front of one hundred thousand people.

Lepa Brena and Slatki Greh recorded their second-to-last album together: ''Zaljubiška'', in 1991.

Solo career[link]

In 1994, after a three-year break, Lepa Brena recorded her first solo album ''Ja nemam drugi dom'', and held a famous "Concert in the Rain" at Tašmajdan stadium which was attended by 35,000 people. The next year, she recorded a couple more solo albums: ''Kazna Božija'' (1995) and ''Luda za tobom'' (1996).

Return to music[link]

After eight years of absence from making music, Lepa Brena returned in 2008 with a studio album, "''Uđi slobodno''". The album contained 10 new songs, nine of which were written by Brena's old song-writer Marina Tucaković and Aleksandar Milić Mili. She then released her sixteenth album, "''Zacarani Krug''", in 2011. Both albums were major successes.

Personal life[link]

She married Serbian tennis star Slobodan Živojinović in 1991. Their wedding on 7 December 1991 was a supreme media event throughout the then-still-existing Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. The lavish ceremony took place at Belgrade's InterContinental Hotel. The level of interest in the event was such that Brena's manager Raka Đokić even released a VHS tape of the wedding for commercial exploitation. Their very public relationship has been providing steady fodder for various yellow media publications ever since. The couple has three sons - Filip (Brena's step son), Stefan and Viktor.

In November 2000, their son Stefan was kidnapped. After they had paid a ransom of 2,500,000 deutsche mark in cash, he was released. She currently resides in Belgrade, together with her husband Slobodan Živojinović and their three sons.

After her marriage, she moved to the United States and ceased cooperation with Slatki Greh. However, in 2000 they recorded another album together "Pomracenje sunca", their last album together. The album was not well received by the public. After the debacle and family drama, she retired once again, for 8 years that time. She returned to the industry in 2008.

Brena and her husband have a home in Coconut Creek in Pompano Beach, Florida, where they lived during the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia. She also has an apartment in Monte Carlo and another townhouse on Fisher Island in Florida. More recently in 2010 Brena and her husband have purchased a 5 bedroom villa with a inground heated pool on one of Miami's Islands. Purchase price of $1.6 million in cash.

Her father died on 22 October 2010 aged 82 after he had been injured in a traffic accident.

Concerts[link]

Yugoslavia

Serbia, Beograd, Sava Centar - 80.000 attendants

Bosnia and Herzegovina, Mostar, Bijeli Brijeg Stadium - 30.000 attendants

1985 Croatia, Split, Arena Gripe - 40.000 attendants

Serbia, Beograd, Dom Sindikata Hall ( 31 concert repeatedly ) - 54.000 attendants

13 June 1995 - Macedonia Skopje Philip II Arena - 35.000 attendants

Skopje, Republic of Macedonia - 100.000 attendants

Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sarajevo, Olympic Hall Zetra - (more concerts in a row)- 40.000 attendants

Serbia, Beograd, stadium Tasmajdan - 35.000 attendants

Croatia, Zagreb, Dražen Petrović Basketball Hall - (in total 4 concerta repeatedly)- 40.000 attendants

Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sarajevo, Skenderija - 13.000 attendants

Serbia, Nis, Niš Fortress - 20.000 attendants

Europe

Bulgaria, Plovdiv, Plovdiv Stadium - 55.000 attendants

Bulgaria, Varna - 40.000 attendants

Australia, Sydney - 15.000 attendants

24 July 1990 - Bulgaria, Sofia, Vasil Levski National Stadium - 100.000 attendants

1984 Romania, Timișoara, Stadionul Dan Păltinişanu - 65.000 attendants

2004 Bosnia and Herzegovina, Tuzla, Stadion Tusanj - 15.000 attendants

1 November 2008 - Zürich, Switzerland - Grodoonia - 2,000 attendants

22 November 2008 - Wien, Austria - Nachtwerk - 3,000 attendants

20 December 2008 - Stuttgart, Germany - Carl Benz Arena - 4,000+ attendants

25 December 2008 - Bochum, Germany - Club Taksim - 2,500 attendants

31 December 2008 - Budva, Montenegro - Gradski Trg - 20,000 attendants

17 January 2009 - Bansko, Bulgaria - Nai Club - 1,000 VIP attendants

7 February 2009 - Frankfurt, Germany - Union Halle - 3,000 attendants

13 February 2009 - Ulcinj, Montenegro - Diskoteka Primavera - 1,200 attendants

7 March 2009 - Duisburg, Germany - Intakt Club - 2,000 attendants

14 March 2009 - Zürich, Switzerland - Grodoonia - 3,000+ attendants

21 March 2009 - Ljubljana, Slovenia - Hala Tivoli - 10,000+ attendants

4 April 2009 - Kotor, Montenegro - Disco Maximus - 1,500+ attendants

11 April 2009 - Yverdon, Switzerland - Zed Club - 2,000 attendants

24 April 2009 - Malmö, Sweden - Amiralen - 2,500+ attendants

25 April 2009 - Stockholm, Sweden - Gamla Tryckeriet - 2,500+ attendants

30 May 2009 - Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina - Olympic Hall Zetra - 18,000 attendants

11 June 2009 - Mostar, Bosnia & Herzegovina - Bijeli Brijeg Stadium - 25,000 attendants

13 June 2009 - Zagreb, Croatia - Arena Zagreb - 15,000+ attendants

28 June 2009 - Banja Luka, Bosnia & Herzegovina - City Stadium of Banja Luka - 20.000 attendants

5 September 2009 - Portorož, Slovenia - Avditorij - 3,000 attendants

Australia

28 November 2009 - Sydney, Australia - Withlam Centre Liverpool

4 December 2009 - Perth, Australia - Herb Graham Mirrabooka

5 December 2009 - Melbourne, Australia - Springvale Hall

Europe

9 February 2010 - Ptuj, Slovenia - Karnivalska Dvorana - 3,500 attendants

27 February 2010 - Münich, Germany - Tonhalle - 1,000 + attendants

3 April 2010 - Düsseldorf, Germany - Ambis Club

1 May 2010 - Pforzheim, Germany - Flash Club

8 May 2010 - Montlingen, Switzerland - Disco Flash

18 May 2010 - Tinjan, Croatia - Tinjan Stadion - 3,000 + attendants

12 June 2010 - Varaždin, Croatia - Varaždin Arena

10 September 2010 - Mostar, Bosnia & Herzegovina - Disco Bridge

24 September 2010 - Malmö, Sweden - Slagthuset

25 September 2010 - Norrköping, Sweden - Folkets Park Borgen

1 October 2010 - Horsens, Denmark - Torsted Hallen

2 October 2010 - Gothenburg, Sweden - Hogsbohallen Angasvallen

3 November 2010 - Sofia, Bulgaria - Nai Club (cancelled due to death of her father)

25 December 2010 - Hamburg, Germany - Balkannight Club

21 January 2011 - Littau, Switzerland - Perosa Club

5 February 2011 - Münich, Germany - Inclub

5 March 2011 - Rijeka, Croatia - Dvorana Mladosti - 5.000 attendants

26 March 2011 - Osijek, Croatia - Gradski vrt Cancelled due to the objections of Croatian nationalists

16 April 2011 - Skopje, Republic of Macedonia - Boris Trajkovski Sports Center - 12.000 attendants

Tour 2011/2012[link]

After her last album "Začarani krug" was released, Lepa Brena started the tour on 20 and 21 October 2011 with two consecutive concerts in Belgrade Arena.

20 October 2011 - Belgrade, Serbia - Beogradska Arena - 25,000 attendants

21 October 2011 - Belgrade, Serbia - Beogradska Arena - 25,000 attendants

3 December 2011 - Sofia, Bulgaria - Armeets Arena - 20,000 attendants

8 December 2011 - Niš, Serbia - Hala Čair - 7,000 attendants

31 December 2011 - Petrovac, Montenegro - 5,000 attendants

3 March 2012 - Switzerland, Dietikon, Stadthalle - 6,000 attendants

5 May 2012 - Chicago, Illinois -

19 May 2012 - Ljubljana, Slovenia - Arena Stožice -

2 June 2012 - Paris, France - DOCK EIFFEL -

15 June 2012 - Timișoara, Romania - Stadionul Dan Păltinişanu -

23 June 2012 - Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Koševo Stadium -

15 July 1012 - Prilep, Macedonia -

Discography[link]

Albums[link]

''Čačak, Čačak'' (1981)

''Mile voli disko'' (1982)

''Sitnije, Cile, sitnije'' (1983)

''Bato, Bato'' (1984)

''Pile moje'' (1985)

''Jedan dan života'' (1985)

''Voli me, voli'' (1986)

''Uske pantalone'' (1986)

''Hajde da se volimo'' (1987)

''Četiri godine'' (1989)

''Boli me uvo za sve'' (1990)

''Zaljubiška'' (1991)

''Ja nemam drugi dom'' (1994)

''Kazna Božija'' (1995)

''Luda za tobom'' (1996)

''Pomračenje sunca...'' (2000)

''Lepa Brena (The Best of – Dupli CD)'' (2004)

''Uđi slobodno...'' (2008)

''Začarani krug'' (2011)

Filmography[link]

Tesna koža, (1982)

Kamiondzije 2, (1983); television series

Nema problema, (1984)

Kamiondžije opet voze, (1984)

Hajde da se volimo, (1987)

Hajde da se volimo 2, (1989)

Hajde da se volimo 3, (1990)

Hajde da se volimo 4, (2012)

References[link]

External links[link]

official website/

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