Anabela Đogani
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Anabela Đogani, is a popular Bosnian-Serbian
Serbs
The Serbs are a South Slavic ethnic group of the Balkans and southern Central Europe. Serbs are located mainly in Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina, and form a sizable minority in Croatia, the Republic of Macedonia and Slovenia. Likewise, Serbs are an officially recognized minority in...

 singer. She launched her career in 1993 as a part of the duo Funky G
Funky G
Funky G is a popular Serbian dance duo.Members of the duo are Marina and Gagi Đogani . Gagi, who is the leader of the band, is a brother of Đole Đogani who is a leader of yet another famous Serbian dance music group, Đogani...

, together with her husband Gagi Đogani. On April 29, 2009 the duo split - both professionally and privately. Anabela continued her carrier later on as a solo singer.

Biography

Anabela was born in Goražde
Goražde
Goražde , is a city and municipality in eastern Bosnia and Herzegovina on the Drina river. It is located between Foča, Sokolac and Višegrad, and is administratively part of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the center of the Bosnian Podrinje Canton.-Location:Goražde is situated on the...

, SFRY
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was the Yugoslav state that existed from the abolition of the Yugoslav monarchy until it was dissolved in 1992 amid the Yugoslav Wars. It was a socialist state and a federation made up of six socialist republics: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia,...

 (today Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina , sometimes called Bosnia-Herzegovina or simply Bosnia, is a country in Southern Europe, on the Balkan Peninsula. Bordered by Croatia to the north, west and south, Serbia to the east, and Montenegro to the southeast, Bosnia and Herzegovina is almost landlocked, except for the...

) on January 26, 1975 as Anabela Bukva. Anabela's mother is a Bosnian Serb and her father is an ethnic Bosniak
Bosniaks
The Bosniaks or Bosniacs are a South Slavic ethnic group, living mainly in Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a smaller minority also present in other lands of the Balkan Peninsula especially in Serbia, Montenegro and Croatia...

. When she was three years old her parents divorced. Anabela went to live with her father. Because of school, at thirteen she moved to Sarajevo
Sarajevo
Sarajevo |Bosnia]], surrounded by the Dinaric Alps and situated along the Miljacka River in the heart of Southeastern Europe and the Balkans....

. At 16, she moved with her boyfriend to Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....

. Later he went to visit Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina , sometimes called Bosnia-Herzegovina or simply Bosnia, is a country in Southern Europe, on the Balkan Peninsula. Bordered by Croatia to the north, west and south, Serbia to the east, and Montenegro to the southeast, Bosnia and Herzegovina is almost landlocked, except for the...

 and was one of the first victims of the war. She not no contact with either parent, so she decided to move to Belgrade
Belgrade
Belgrade is the capital and largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers, where the Pannonian Plain meets the Balkans. According to official results of Census 2011, the city has a population of 1,639,121. It is one of the 15 largest cities in Europe...

 where she worked as a secretary
Secretary
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 where she would meet her husband-to-be Gazmen Gagi Đogani when she was 17, and at 20 she took his surname. Later she was expecting twins but she miscarried. They have two daughters - Luna and Nina.

After a long period of instability in the relationship, the marriage ended in 2009 and Anabela subsequently left Funky G to start a solo career.

Career

In 1993, Anabela and Gagi started their career as part of the duo Funky G
Funky G
Funky G is a popular Serbian dance duo.Members of the duo are Marina and Gagi Đogani . Gagi, who is the leader of the band, is a brother of Đole Đogani who is a leader of yet another famous Serbian dance music group, Đogani...

. They had large success with the most songs. Their genre was Pop
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...

 with some elements of Pop-folk
Pop-folk
Pop-folk is the umbrella term for the popular musical genres originating in the Balkans and Eastern Europe that are characteristic by the fusion of commercial folk music and "nightclub" music. The term is used alternatively for Turbo-folk and Chalga and is mostly used in Bulgaria...

. The hits that they made include: "Samo u snu", "Robinja", "Ja Imam Nekog", "Napravi Se Lud", "U Tvojim Kolima", "Jel Ti Zao", "Gad", "Ponovo", "Kafana na Balkanu" and etc. They released twelve studio album
Studio album
A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...

s and two greatest hits
Greatest hits
A greatest hits album is a music compilation album of successful, previously released songs by a particular artist or band...

 compilations. In 2009 she started the solo career with the single "Moj Dragi". She shot a music video
Music video
A music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...

 for the song. Director of the video is Dejan Milićević
Dejan Milicevic
Dejan Milićević , is a Macedonian Serb 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...

 and the video was shot in Mavrovo, Macedonia
Republic of Macedonia
Macedonia , officially the Republic of Macedonia , is a country located in the central Balkan peninsula in Southeast Europe. It is one of the successor states of the former Yugoslavia, from which it declared independence in 1991...

. The song has a large popularity. Her second solo single is "100 Ratova" together with Mia. She was one of the contestants in the show VIP Veliki Brat 2010
Veliki Brat VIP 4
Veliki Brat Vip 4 was the fourth season of the regional celebrity version of Veliki brat. The airing starts on January 30. It will be simultaneously aired on four television channels in four countries: Pink, Pink BH, Pink M and Sitel in Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and...

 and finished as the 1st runner up.

Trivial Information

  • Height: 172 cm
  • Hair color : Brown
  • Eye color: Brown
  • Favourite food: Chinese food
  • Favorite drink: Ice tea
  • Favorite singer: Jennifer Lopez
    Jennifer Lopez
    Jennifer Lynn Lopez is an American actress, singer, record producer, dancer, television personality, and fashion designer. Lopez began her career as a dancer on the television comedy program In Living Color. Subsequently venturing into acting, she gained recognition in the 1995 action-thriller...

  • Favorite movie: Titanic
    Titanic (1997 film)
    Titanic is a 1997 American epic romance and disaster film directed, written, co-produced, and co-edited by James Cameron. A fictionalized account of the sinking of the RMS Titanic, it stars Leonardo DiCaprio as Jack Dawson, Kate Winslet as Rose DeWitt Bukater and Billy Zane as Rose's fiancé, Cal...

  • In free time: read books, watching movies

Albums

  • "Igra Sudbine" (2010)

Track Listing
1. Zena Ratnik
2. Moj Dragi
3.150 Stepeni
4. Igra istine
5.Pice Za Drugare
6. 100 Ratova
7.Nije Do Nas
8.Vise nas nema

Singles

  • "Moj Dragi
    Moj Dragi
    "Moj Dragi" is the first single by Serbian singer Anabela Đogani after leaving the duo group Funky G. The song was released in the late 2009 and gain large popularity not just in Serbia, but in Macedonia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina too.-Background:Anabela started her career in 1993 in...

    " (2009)
  • "100 Ratova" (feat. Mia) (2010)
  • "Vise Nas Nema" (2010)
  • "Igra Istine" (2010)
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