Zoran Vanev is a Macedonian

Macedonians (ethnic group)

The Macedonians also referred to as Macedonian Slavs: "... the term Slavomacedonian was introduced and was accepted by the community itself, which at the time had a much more widespread non-Greek Macedonian ethnic consciousness...

 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...

 singer.

He was born in Štip

Štip

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, Macedonia

Socialist Republic of Macedonia

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, Yugoslavia

Yugoslavia

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 and began his career in 1993 with the release of his song "Angela". He enjoyed moderate success in the Macedonian music industry in the 1990s, however his popularity in Macedonia declined by the turn of the century.

In 2003, he released his first 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....

 album and is currently enjoying a successful career in Serbia

Serbia

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 and in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnia and Herzegovina

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. Many of his songs are about the city of Belgrade

Belgrade

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 but some also mention cities in Bosnia most notably in his song Banja Luka

Banja Luka

-History:The name "Banja Luka" was first mentioned in a document dated February 6, 1494, but Banja Luka's history dates back to ancient times. There is a substantial evidence of the Roman presence in the region during the first few centuries A.D., including an old fort "Kastel" in the centre of...

, Beograd

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...

. Some of his hits in Serbian include "Lila", "Oskar" and "Južna pruga".

Discography

• Lila (2003)
• Momak i Po (2004)
• Tanga (2005)
• Banjaluka, Beograd (2007)
• Unnamed record (2009)

External links

• Zoran Vanev Homepage in Serbian