Severina Vučković

Severina Kojić

Severina in 2015
Background information
Also known as Severina, Seve
Born (1972-04-21) 21 April 1972
Split, SR Croatia, Yugoslavia
Genres Pop, Pop-folk, Electronica, folk, Folk-rock, Rock, Dance, Techno
Occupation(s) Singer, songwriter, actress
Years active 1989–present
Labels Dallas Records

Severina Kojić née Vučković (pronounced [sɛʋɛrǐːna kojit͡ɕ]; born on April 21, 1972; best known by her stage name Severina) is a Croatian pop-folk singer and one of the most popular singers in Croatia and the Balkans. In 2006, Nacional weekly listed her among the 100 most influential Croats, calling her "the only bona fide Croatian celebrity".[1] In 2015, she was the most googled person in Croatia and Slovenia.[2]

Career

Music

Severina's style can be described as pop with various folk and cabaret influences. As a child, she took smaller parts in theatre and opera productions in her native Split. During the 1980s, having won numerous awards at local festivals, she launched her professional career at an early age, which ultimately resulted in her moving to Zagreb in 1989 to expand her career further. In the same year, she recorded her first studio album titled Severina. During the 1990s, she established herself as a national pop icon with chart-topping hits such as "Dalmatinka" (1993), "Paloma nera" (1993), "Trava zelena" (1995), "Od rođendana do rođendana" (1996), "Djevojka sa sela" (1998), "Prijateljice" (1998), "Ja samo pjevam" (1999), "Ante" (1999) and others.

Following the huge success of her 2001 album Pogled ispod obrva, Severina's 2002 concert tour Virujen u te further confirmed her status of one of the most popular Croatian music artists. After a two-year break, she released her 8th studio album Severgreen in 2004. In 2006, she won the Dora 2006 festival with the song "Moja štikla" and represented Croatia at the 2006 Eurovision Song Contest in Athens, Greece, on May 20, 2006, finishing 13th with 56 points. The song caused some controversy in Croatia when a few journalists and musicologists claimed the song resembled the music of Serbia. However, prominent Croatian ethno-musicians such as Dunja Knebl and Lidija Bajuk disagreed, and both the song's composer Boris Novković and Severina herself have claimed that the song includes Croatian folk music influences from the Dalmatian Zagora (Inner Dalmatia) such as ganga and rere singing and lijerica instrumentation.

Severina's long-anticipated tenth studio album Zdravo Marijo (Hail Mary), mostly composed by Goran Bregović, was released in May 2008. After the first single from the album Gas, Gas was released, accusations followed once again that particularly due to the brass elements and mischievous, prankish lyrics, the song closely resembled turbo-folk, another type of music played in Serbia. Additionally, after having made several public appearances wearing clothes depicting religious imagery (most notably a tight shirt with an image of the Virgin Mary with Severina showing ample cleavage), some protested the abuse of religious elements, calling them offensive. However, the album has been popular and Severina released four more official music videos for singles "Tridesete" composed by Sezen Aksu, "Gade", "Haljinica Boje Lila" and "Zdravo, Marijo" (title track) composed by Bregović. On December 15, 2009, Severina released her next single called "Lola", which is the part of the Miligram compilation.

Her album and tour "Dobrodošao u klub" (Welcome to the club) held her at the top of Croatian pop music for a whole 2012 and 2013 year.

In 2013, she released the song Hurem, named after Hürrem due to the popularity of the Turkish soap opera Muhteşem Yüzyıl in Croatia. Composer and writer of Hurem is Andrej Babić, and arrangers are Ivan Popeskić and Branko Berković. In March 2014, she released the song Alcatraz, called after Alcatraz. Composer and writer of Alcatraz is Miloš Roganović and arrangers are Miloš Roganović, Filip Miletić and Dušan Alagić. Soon after, she released the song Brazil in order to support the national football team of Croatia during the World Cup 2014 in Brazil. In July 2014, she released Uno momento (One moment), a duet with Serbian band Ministarke. The song was noted for its highly provocative video clip.[3] The song was composed by Filip Miletić and written by Miloš Roganović. It turned out to be highly popular across the Balkans, becoming a summer hit in Serbia. In October 2014, she released a song with Serbian singer Saša Matić called More tuge (Sea of sorrow). Composer is also Saša, writer is Miloš Smiljanić-Žuća and arranger is Dejan Abadić.

Theatre and film

In 2003 Severina landed her first theatre role at the Croatian National Theatre in Rijeka (HNK Rijeka) and played the title role in the rock opera Karolina Riječka (English: Caroline of Rijeka). Two years later she produced and acted in the monodrama Čekajući svog čovika (Waiting for my Man) at the Kerempuh theatre in Zagreb. In 2007 she was cast for one of the main roles in HNK Rijeka's musical Gospoda Glembajevi (The Glembays; based upon Miroslav Krleža's 1929 play). Although the decision to cast Severina was met with criticism by some commentators who questioned her acting credentials, the musical premiered in March 2007 with considerable success.[4]

Severina also starred in a 2006 Bosnian film Duhovi Sarajeva set in Sarajevo. In 2007 she made a 5-minute cameo appearance playing herself in the Slovenian film Petelinji zajtrk (Rooster's Breakfast), one of the most successful Slovenian films in recent decades.

Personal life

In 2004 Vučković was involved in an internationally reported sex scandal after a sex tape featuring her and Bosnian Croat businessman Milan Lučić leaked onto the Internet, which was reported by the Croatian online tabloid Index.hr. The graphic nature of the video and the fact that Lučić was married when the tape was filmed shocked the public. Vučković sued the website that released the tape for damages, claiming that the video was stolen from her and that it was her intellectual property,[5][6] but her lawsuit was later dismissed by a Zagreb district court in July 2004.[7]

In December 2010 Severina met wealthy Serbian businessman Milan Popović at his birthday celebration, where she was hired to perform. They soon began dating, and in August 2011 she announced that she was pregnant with her first child.[8] The relationship caused intense media interest in Croatia and the other former Yugoslav republics. Vedrana Rudan, a Croatian writer, wrote a column where she jokingly called Severina "Tito of a new Yugoslavia",[9] promoting Brotherhood and unity. On 21 February 2012, she gave birth to a boy named Aleksandar in Split.[10] During the period she lived between Belgrade, Vršac and Zagreb.[11]

In October 2012, Severina announced that she and Popović have separated and that she has moved back to Zagreb.[12][13] At the same time it was announced she had her son baptized in a Catholic church in Rijeka.[14] Several months later the couple reunited until separating for good in August 2013.[15][16] Since then the couple have been embroiled in custody disputes, with Popović claiming he wasn't allowed access to see their son, a claim Severina denied.[17][18]

On 22 October 2015 Severina married Serbian footballer Igor Kojić.[19]

Discography

Studio albums
EPs
Live albums

Tours

See also

References

  1. ↑ "100 najutjecajnijih Hrvata". Nacional (in Croatian) (548). 15 May 2006. Retrieved 2016-01-01.
  2. ↑ "See the Most Googled Person in Each Country in 2015". Time.com. 22 December 2015. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
  3. ↑ "VIDEO Severina objavila provokativni spot za pjesmu ˝Uno Momento˝ - Gloria.hr". Gloria.hr.
  4. ↑ Benčić, L. (26 January 2007). "Čak tri premijere Glembajevih u riječkom HNK". Jutarnji list (in Croatian). Retrieved 13 September 2011.
  5. ↑ Pop Star Asks Court To Show Her Porn Movie. The Independent, October 30, 2004
  6. ↑ "Croatian star wants sex movie shown in court". www.iol.co.za. 2004-10-29. Retrieved 2010-09-18.
  7. ↑ "Odbačena Severinina kaznena prijava". Sarajevo-X.com (in Croatian). 1 July 2004. Retrieved 13 September 2011.
  8. ↑ "Severina otkrila radosnu vijest: Trudna sam i s Milanom ću živjeti u Splitu! - Jutarnji.hr". jutarnji.hr.
  9. ↑ "Severina – Tito Nove Jugoslavije". nacional.hr.
  10. ↑ "Severina carskim rezom rodila svog prvog sinčića Aleksandra". www.24sata.hr.
  11. ↑ "Severina se preselila u Srbiju!". telegraf.rs.
  12. ↑ "Severina za Gloriju: Milan i ja više nismo zajedno - Gloria.hr". Gloria.hr.
  13. ↑ "Severina ipak priznala: Istina je, Milan i ja više nismo u vezi". www.24sata.hr.
  14. ↑ "Seve u crkvi u Rijeci u strogoj tajnosti krstila sina Aleksandra". www.24sata.hr.
  15. ↑ http://www.jutarnji.hr/severina-i-milan-ponovo-zajedno---volimo-se--zajedno-smo--nasa-ljubav-nikad-nije-bila-dovedena-u-pitanje-/1088637/
  16. ↑ "EKSKLUZIVNO Severina i Milan Popović više nisu zajedno". story.hr.
  17. ↑ "'Sina sam mogao vidjeti samo kad je Severina to htjela'". www.tportal.hr.
  18. ↑ M.O. "Prekinuli Severina i Milan, njezin menadžer komentirao cijelu situaciju". Dnevnik.hr.
  19. ↑ K.R. "FOTO: SEVERINA UZELA PREZIME KOJIĆ! Poznata pjevačica prošvercala mobitel i objavila fotografiju mladenaca!". Jutarnji.hr.

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Achievements
Preceded by
Boris Novković
with "Vukovi umiru sami"		 0Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest0
2006 		Succeeded by
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