Seka Aleksic
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Svetlana "Seka" Aleksić (Serbian Cyrillic: Светлана "Сека" Алексић) (born 23 April 1981) is a Bosnian pop-folk
and techno folk singer.
, SFRY
, now Republika Srpska
, Bosnia and Herzegovina
, to a Bosnian Serb
father, Milorad, and a Bosnian Muslim mother, Ibrima, who also lives with Seka in Serbia. She has a younger brother, Nedžad. Her father worked as a machinist and her mother was an employee at the Drina football club. Her parents later divorced and she continued living with her mother. When the civil war in Bosnia broke out, Seka and her family moved to Banja Koviljača
, Serbia
and later Šabac
. She started out singing Ceca
's songs in cafés before she became famous. She moved to Switzerland for 2 years to boost her career in clubs and discothèques. After Switzerland she moved to Bijeljina and performed at a festival in Ćuprija
, where she met her first husband. After the divorce, she met boyfriend and manager Zoran Kovačević . In the beginning, as a folk-diaspora singer, she had difficulty finding gigs around the EU countries, because of her Bosnian-Serbian background. Seka currently performes all around the EU.
Seka played a part in the Serbia
n movie "We Are Not Angels 3" (Serbian
: Ми нисмо анђели 3, Mi Nismo Anđeli 3) as "Smokvica", where she played the girlfriend of a pop-folk
star.
After the 2002 Music Festival in the town of Ćuprija
, Serbia
, which was her first major public appearance as singer, she has continued living and working in Serbia together with her manager/producer Kovačević and her Chihuahua
"Cezar".
Seka has her own clothing line, called "Rich Bitch", released at the same time as her third album Dođi i uzmi me. Her second clothing line is called "Queen" after her fourth album Kraljica
which was released in the Fall of 2007.
She broke up with her boyfriend and manager of 5 years - Zoran. Seka and Zoran have both confirmed in interviews that this it true, but he will continue to be her manager and friend. Seka has found a new boyfriend, Mladen Radulović and has recently moved out of her previous home in Sremska Mitrovica, and bought herself a new flat in Belgrade, which she was busy redecorating for a while. In 2009 she was engaged to Veljko Piljikić, and they were married at the end of 2010.
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...
and techno folk singer.
Biography
Born on 23 April 1981 in ZvornikZvornik
Zvornik is a city on the Drina river in northeastern Bosnia and Herzegovina, located south of the town of Bijeljina in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The town Mali Zvornik lies directly across the river in Serbia, and not far north is Loznica.-History:Zvornik is first mentioned in 1410, although it was...
, 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,...
, now Republika Srpska
Republika Srpska
Republika Srpska is one of two main political entities of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the other being the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina...
, 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...
, to a Bosnian Serb
Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina
The Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina are people of Serb ethnicity inhabiting the Balkan regions of Bosnia and Herzegovina, or, since the establishment of Bosnia and Herzegovina as a state in the 1990s, the Serbs who have its citizenship. The Serbs are one of the three constitutive nations of this...
father, Milorad, and a Bosnian Muslim mother, Ibrima, who also lives with Seka in Serbia. She has a younger brother, Nedžad. Her father worked as a machinist and her mother was an employee at the Drina football club. Her parents later divorced and she continued living with her mother. When the civil war in Bosnia broke out, Seka and her family moved to Banja Koviljača
Banja Koviljaca
Banja Koviljača is a popular tourist town and spa situated in the Loznica municipality, Serbia. It is the oldest spa in Serbia. Banja Koviljača is located on the west border of Serbia by the Drina river, 137 kilometres from Belgrade. The population of the town is 6,340 people .-Name:Banja...
, Serbia
Serbia
Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...
and later Šabac
Šabac
Šabac is a city and municipality in western Serbia, along the Sava river, in the historic region of Mačva. It is the administrative center of the Mačva District. The city has a population of 52,822 , while population of the municipality is 115,347...
. She started out singing Ceca
Ceca
Svetlana Ražnatović , better known her stage name Ceca is a Serbian pop folk singer. She started her career as a folk and pop-folk singer...
's songs in cafés before she became famous. She moved to Switzerland for 2 years to boost her career in clubs and discothèques. After Switzerland she moved to Bijeljina and performed at a festival in Ćuprija
Cuprija
Ćuprija is a town and administrative district in Serbia, at 43.93° North, 21.38° East...
, where she met her first husband. After the divorce, she met boyfriend and manager Zoran Kovačević . In the beginning, as a folk-diaspora singer, she had difficulty finding gigs around the EU countries, because of her Bosnian-Serbian background. Seka currently performes all around the EU.
Seka played a part in the Serbia
Serbia
Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...
n movie "We Are Not Angels 3" (Serbian
Serbian language
Serbian is a form of Serbo-Croatian, a South Slavic language, spoken by Serbs in Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Croatia and neighbouring countries....
: Ми нисмо анђели 3, Mi Nismo Anđeli 3) as "Smokvica", where she played the girlfriend of a 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...
star.
After the 2002 Music Festival in the town of Ćuprija
Cuprija
Ćuprija is a town and administrative district in Serbia, at 43.93° North, 21.38° East...
, Serbia
Serbia
Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...
, which was her first major public appearance as singer, she has continued living and working in Serbia together with her manager/producer Kovačević and her Chihuahua
Chihuahua (dog)
The ' is the smallest breed of dog and is so named for the state of Chihuahua in Mexico. Chihuahuas come in a wide variety of sizes, head shapes, colors and coat lengths.-History:...
"Cezar".
Seka has her own clothing line, called "Rich Bitch", released at the same time as her third album Dođi i uzmi me. Her second clothing line is called "Queen" after her fourth album Kraljica
Kraljica
Kraljica is a fourth studio album by Serbian dance-pop singer Seka Aleksić.After several delays, the album was released on November 23, 2007. The album sold more than 1 million copies worldwide, and it was a big success. In this album she released 5 singles. Three singles have their music videos,...
which was released in the Fall of 2007.
She broke up with her boyfriend and manager of 5 years - Zoran. Seka and Zoran have both confirmed in interviews that this it true, but he will continue to be her manager and friend. Seka has found a new boyfriend, Mladen Radulović and has recently moved out of her previous home in Sremska Mitrovica, and bought herself a new flat in Belgrade, which she was busy redecorating for a while. In 2009 she was engaged to Veljko Piljikić, and they were married at the end of 2010.
Albums
- Idealno tvojaIdealno TvojaIdealno tvoja is the 2002 debut pop folk album by Seka Aleksić, one of the most popular from the new wave of folk singers emerging in the former Yugoslavia.Track List:# Opet # U kafani punoj dima...
(2002) - Balkan (2003)
- Dođi i uzmi me (2005)
- KraljicaKraljicaKraljica is a fourth studio album by Serbian dance-pop singer Seka Aleksić.After several delays, the album was released on November 23, 2007. The album sold more than 1 million copies worldwide, and it was a big success. In this album she released 5 singles. Three singles have their music videos,...
(2007) - Slučajni PartneriSlučajni PartneriSlučajni partneri is Serbian Turbofolk star Seka Aleksić's fifth studio album.The album sold more than 3 million copies [????] which is one of the biggest Serbian recordings ever...
(2009)
External links
- Official Site
- UnOfficial Site
- Seka Aleksić on MySpaceMySpaceMyspace is a social networking service owned by Specific Media LLC and pop star Justin Timberlake. Myspace launched in August 2003 and is headquartered in Beverly Hills, California. In August 2011, Myspace had 33.1 million unique U.S. visitors....
- Seka Aleksic Pictures
Sources
- Biography, see Official Site