Maya Berović

Maya Berović (born 8 July 1987) is a Bosnian pop star. Born in a village near Sarajevo, her professional career began when she was signed to Belgrade-based record label Grand Production, aged 19. She has since become one of the leading pop stars in the region, with five studio albums and multiple singles.

Early life

Madja Berović was born in the village of Malešići, Ilijaš municipality near Sarajevo. Her family lived in Malešići until the end of the Bosnian War in 1995, when her mother, older brother and she relocated to Bratunac where her mother is originally from. In Bratunac, she attended school and first began practising music. From age 12 she sang in local discotheques every weekend until she turned 18. Berović grew up listening to artists such as Dragana Mirković, Lepa Brena and Ceca and lists them as her musical influences.

Career

2007–08: Život uživo, Crno zlato

Still a teenager, Maya was signed to the Belgrade-based record label Grand Production and released her first studio album Život uživo (Life, Live) in August 2007. The songs were written by famed Serbian songwriters Marina Tucaković and Aleksandar Milić, among others. Other than achieving moderate success with the song "Džin i limunada" (Gin and Lemonade). She soon parted ways with Grand Production. In 2015 Berović explained that she and Grand director Saša Popović had differing ideas and that she is happy with her current label City Records. Over a year later, in December 2008, she released her second studio album Crno zlato (Black Gold) under the short-lived label IN Music.Black Gold was recorded at a studio in Zemun. Ivana Selakov, a then-unknown artist was featured as a backup vocalist on several songs. "Sedativ" (Sedative), "Uspomene" (Memories) and the title song all received more radio airplay than Gin and Lemonade had the previous year.

Maya

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Civilizations

Damir Handanović

Damir Handanović (born 14 December 1987) is a pop-folk composer, arranger, and producer. He has produced numerous hits for bestselling artists from Serbia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, and the region including Ceca, Nataša Bekvalac, Ana Nikolić, Maya Berović, Milan Stanković and others. He is also a music editor at RTV Pink. Handanović is the son of folk singer and composer Paško Handanović.

Production discography

2008

2009

2010

2011

References

Dejan Milićević

Dejan Milićević (Serbian pronunciation: [dɛ̂jaːn milǐːt͡ɕɛvit͡ɕ]), is a Serbian music video director and fashion photographer that has directed many music videos for many famous ex-Yugoslav musicians. He has also photographed many models, some of which were used as part of the Joni Peci collection. He had also photographed popular turbo-folk singer Svetlana "Ceca" Ražnatović, which were featured in an issue of the local Playboy magazine.

Personal life

In 2007, Milićević moved to Skopje, R. Macedonia. His secondary home is in Belgrade (as of 2010).

Music videos directed

Serbian

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