Jana Todorovic - Sokolica
Ceca - Nevaljala
Devjeko vestice
Svetlana Ceca Ražnatović, born Veličković (Serbian Cyrillic: Светлана Цеца Ражнатовић, born Величковић, June 14, 1973, Žitorađa, Yugoslavia, now Serbia) is one of the most popular singers in the Balkans. Since the mid 1990s she has been a major star in the Balkans. Her popularity is comparable only to that of the 1980s Yugoslav folk superstar Lepa Brena. She began her career as a folk singer but has evolved into a style that resembles the immensely popular Greek modern folk-pop-dance music. Due to the immigration of many Balkan nationals she is also popular in Western Europe.
Early career
Ceca began singing at the age of 9 in her hometown of Žitorađa. She gratuated from Veterenian high school.
She entered showbusiness in 1988, at the age of 14, performing at the Ilidža Music Festival in Sarajevo. Her song Cvetak zanovetak (Nagging flower) was regarded as an immediate sensation. Ceca became an instant celebrity and was mentored by Dobrivoje Doca Ivanković, a composer and producer of folk music, who launched many careers in the 1970s and 1980s (most notably, Šaban Šaulić).
Her first two albums (Cvetak zanovetak 1988, Ludo srce 1989) were made in Serbian folk music style with some songs having a more modern production (Lepotan, Volim te). To Miki to, her third album, was a major hit in the former Yugoslavia. With 350,000 copies sold, she became the best-selling artist of the Belgrade TV's record label PGP-RTB and third best-selling female folk artist in Yugoslavia. She continued in the same direction with her next album, Babaroga (1991) including a music video comprised of footage from her 18th birthday gala event (Hej vršnjaci).
4 votes
