Grand Production
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Grand Production is a Serbia
n record label
and production company. Registered as a limited liability company
, it is owned and operated by Saša Popović. It's home to some of the best selling Balkans
folk
, pop-folk
, and turbo-folk
artists.
The label also produces a massively popular weekly television variety show Grand parada, which airs on Serbian RTV Pink
network, as well its subsidiaries in Bosnia and Herzegovina
and Montenegro
(Pink BH
and Pink M
, respectively) and all over world (Europe
, Canada
, USA, Australia
- Pink Plus
) . The show serves as showcase for Grand Production's artists.
They organize a Grand Festival
.
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 record label
Record label
In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the production, manufacture, distribution, marketing and promotion,...
and production company. Registered as a limited liability company
Limited liability company
A limited liability company is a flexible form of enterprise that blends elements of partnership and corporate structures. It is a legal form of company that provides limited liability to its owners in the vast majority of United States jurisdictions...
, it is owned and operated by Saša Popović. It's home to some of the best selling Balkans
Balkans
The Balkans is a geopolitical and cultural region of southeastern Europe...
folk
Folk music
Folk music is an English term encompassing both traditional folk music and contemporary folk music. The term originated in the 19th century. Traditional folk music has been defined in several ways: as music transmitted by mouth, as music of the lower classes, and as music with unknown composers....
, 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...
, and turbo-folk
Turbo-folk
Turbo-folk is a popular musical sub-genre that originated in Serbia, the Balkans. Having mainstream popularity in Serbia, although closely associated with Serbian performers, its sound is as popular in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Montenegro...
artists.
The label also produces a massively popular weekly television variety show Grand parada, which airs on Serbian RTV Pink
RTV Pink
RTV Pink or Radio-Television Pink is a popular, privately-owned, national TV network in Serbia. Pink is the leading commercial station in the Serbian television broadcast market. TV Pink has gained a strong reputation for its entertainment programming...
network, as well its subsidiaries in 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 Montenegro
Montenegro
Montenegro Montenegrin: Crna Gora Црна Гора , meaning "Black Mountain") is a country located in Southeastern Europe. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea to the south-west and is bordered by Croatia to the west, Bosnia and Herzegovina to the northwest, Serbia to the northeast and Albania to the...
(Pink BH
Pink BH
Pink BH is a regional television station in Bosnia and Herzegovina and is a member of the Pink Media Group which also owns sister television stations in Serbia and Montenegro . Pink BH's main headquarters is in Sarajevo....
and Pink M
Pink M
Pink M is a television station in Montenegro with a signal and broadcast licence that covers its entire territory.Founded by Serbian network RTV Pink, Pink M operates as its Montenegrin subsidiary....
, respectively) and all over world (Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
, USA, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
- Pink Plus
Pink Plus
Pink Plus is RTV Pink's satellite channel.Headquartered in Vienna, Austria, it mostly targets Serbian diaspora. It can be viewed in Europe, South America, North America and Australia & New Zealand on UBI World TV....
) . The show serves as showcase for Grand Production's artists.
They organize a Grand Festival
Grand Festival
Grand Festival is a competitive festival of pop-folk and turbo-folk music, organized by Grand Production. Held every two years since 2006.- Format :...
.
Artists
Some of the artist currently signed to Grand,include:....- Halid MuslimovićHalid MuslimovićHalid Muslimović Halid Muslimović Halid Muslimović (born in January 22, 1963 is a Bosnian folk singer. Born in Prijedor, he began his musical career in 1982. He is one of the best-known singers in the popular genre Over six million units (silver, gold, diamond and platinum) of sound and image,...
- Dragan Kojić KebaDragan Kojic KebaDragan Kojić is a Serbian folk-singer of Roma ethnicity. He released his first album in 1976 and has since then released many more albums...
- Šaban ŠaulićŠaban ŠaulicŠaban Šaulić is a Serbian singer He released his debut EP Dajte mi utjehu in 1969 when he was 18 years old. In 1970, he served the mandatory Yugoslav army service in Bitola, now in the Republic of Macedonia...
- Jana 1999 - 2002 / 2011 -
- Marinko RokvićMarinko RokvicMarinko Rokvić is a Bosnian Serb folk singer, born in Bosanski Petrovac, popular in Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina...
- Seka AleksićSeka AleksicSvetlana "Seka" Aleksić is a Bosnian pop-folk and techno folk singer.-Biography:...
- Zlata PetrovićZlata PetrovicZlata Petrović is a Serbian Pop-folk singer. She was born in Belgrade, Serbia, to a Montenegrin father and a Roma mother. Her musical career started after her compulsory school with her mother Dragica, a former singer. She started performing in cafés and at weddings...
1999 - 2007 / 2010 - - Saša MatićSaša MaticAleksandar "Saša" Matić is a Bosnian Serb folk singer, very popular in former Yugoslavia. He has a twin brother, Dejan Matić, who is also a popular singer. Both of them were born completely blind.-Biography:He and his brother were born on April 26, 1978 in Drvar, SR Bosnia to father Zoran and...
- Viki MiljkovićViki MiljkovicVioleta "Viki" Miljković is a singer who is popular in the former Yugoslav republics....
- Tanja SavićTanja SavicTanja Savić is a Serbian pop-folk singer. She became famous after competing on a first season of the Zvezde Granda television singing contest and making it into the final six....
- Lepa BrenaLepa BrenaFahreta Jahić Živojinović is Yugoslavian pop-folk singer, better known as Lepa Brena , . Born in Tuzla and raised in Brčko, Bosnia and Herzegovina , she moved to Novi Sad in 1980 to pursue her career in singing. In 1982...
- Elma SinanovićElma SinanovicElma Sinanović is a popular Bosniak singer from Novi Pazar, Serbia.-Discography:* Dva prstena * Zavodnik * Kakvo je to ludilo * Moje drugarice * Ruka pravde...
2000 - 2005 - Sanja Đorđević
- Suzana JovanovićSuzana JovanovicSuzana Jovanović is a popular Serbian pop-folk singer.Jovanovic started singing in 1994 when she released her first album for PGP RTS...
- Slavica ĆukterašSlavica CukterašSlavica Ćukteraš is a Serbian pop-folk singer. She became famous after competing in the first season of the Zvezde Granda television singing contest and making it into the final six.-Discography:*Nema pravila *Ćiribu, ćiriba *Exclusiva *Nevreme...
- Darko FilipovićDarko FilipovicDarko Filipović is a popular Serbian turbo-folk singer born in Leskovac, south Serbia, who became famous after he becoming a finalist in Zvezde Granda 2004. Darko is born 1981.02.21 in Leskovac, Serbia, and lived there until 2003, after that he moved to Belgrade...
- Mia Borisavljević
- Mitar MirićMitar MiricMitar Mirić was born in 1957 in Ugljevik, Bosnia and Herzegovina SFR Yugoslavia. He is a popular Bosnian Serb folk singer. Some of his most popular songs include: "Voli me danas vise nego juce", "Doviđenja društvo staro", "Zivela ljubav", "Ne može nam niko ništa", and many other great hits...
2000 - 2006 / 2010 - - Nikola Rokvić
- Ana Kokić
- Dara BubamaraDara BubamaraDara Bubamara is the stage name of a popular Serbian pop-folk singer. Born as Radojka "Rada" Adžić, she grew up in Satelit, a neighborhood of Novi Sad, Serbia. Her parents moved to Novi Sad from Derventa, Bosnia and Herzegovina before Rada was born...
2001 - 2010 - Nada TopčagićNada TopcagicSenada "Nada" Topčagić is a Serbian singer hailing from Bosnia and Herzegovina.She was born in 1953 in Modriča, Bosnia and Herzegovina, then SFRY. She was most popular during the 1980s although she has been active to date. In 2010 Topčagić appeared on the Serbian reality television program The...
- BlizanciBlizanciBlizanci is a Serbian musical duo. Its members are composed of twins Predrag and Nenad Jovanović, hence the name Blizanci .-Biography:...
- Radmila ManojlovićRadmila ManojlovicRadmila Manojlović is a Serbian pop-folk singer. Growing up in the village of Četereže, she started singing in clubs and at weddings all over Serbia as soon as she finished her primary school education...
- Topalko
- Mile KitićMile KiticMilojko "Mile" Kitić is a popular Bosnian turbo-folk singer.He was popular in most parts of the former Yugoslavia. He is married to the Serbian singer Marta Savić.-Biography:...
- Jovana Tipšin 2003 - 2009
- Nataša Đorđević 1998 - 2006
- Milan Stanović 2007 - 2010
- Olja KarleušaOlja KarleušaOlgica "Olja" Karleuša is a contemporary Serbian pop-folk singer. She is not related to Jelena Karleuša as is often assumed.She participated in the Serbian VIP big brother final 2007....
- Lepa Lukić
- Maja MarijanaMaja MarijanaMaja Marijana or Marijana Radovanović, born 9 November 1972 in Novi Sad, Serbia, is a popular pop-folk singer who has considerable success in former Yugoslav countries. She has made eleven albums since she started singing in 1992....
1999 - 2001 / 2003 - 2008 - Stoja
- Dado PolumentaDado PolumentaDamir "Dado" Polumenta is a popular Montenegrin singer/songwriter in the Balkans, currently living in his hometown, Bijelo Polje. His uncle, Šako Polumenta, also a singer, has helped Dado's music career...
- Šako PolumentaŠako PolumentaSakib "Šako" Polumenta is a Montenegrin singer, popular throughout the former Yugoslav republics.-Discography:*Ej, sudbino *Skitnica...
1999 - 2000 - Mina Kostić
- Indira RadićIndira RadicIndira Radić is a Serbian folk, turbo-folk, pop-folk and pop singer. She has established herself on the Balkan music scene without creating controversy in the mass media.-Early life:...
- Jelena KarleušaJelena KarleušaJelena Karleuša Tošić , professionally known under her maiden name Jelena Karleuša and initials JK, is a Serbian pop singer, fashion designer and former columnist. She rose to fame with her debut turbo-folk album Ogledalce , and has since been a popular Serbian female singer...
1999 - 2001 - Danijela Vranić
- Ana Bekuta
- Goga SekulićGoga SekulićGoga Sekulić Goga Sekulić (Serbian: Гога Секулић) Goga Sekulić (Serbian: Гога Секулић) (born February 27, 1977 in Pljevlja, SFR Yugoslavia (now Republic of Montenegro) is a Montenegrin pop-folk singer with six studio albums...
2006 - 2011 - Snežana Đurišić
- Slobodan Vasić
- Milica Todorović
- Dušan Svilar
- Kemal MontenoKemal MontenoKemal Monteno is a popular Bosnian singer-songwriter. He was born to an Italian father and a Bosniak mother. He recorded his first song Lidija in 1967 and has enjoyed a prosperous career in the former Yugoslavia...
- Ceca Ražnatović 2001
- Anica Milenković 1998 - 2001 / 2004 - 2007
- Sanja MaletićSanja MaleticSanja Maletić is a popular Serbian singer. She currently lives in Belgrade, Serbia...
2001 - 2002 - Verica ŠerifovićVerica ŠerifovicVerica Šerifović is a singer from Serbia, the mother and first teacher of Marija Šerifović who was the winner of Eurovision Song Contest 2007. Her father is of Serbian and Croatian descent, and her mother is of Bosniak, Macedonian and Greek extraction.Verica Šerifović's repertoire consists mostly...
- Neda UkradenNeda UkradenNeda Ukraden is a famous Serbian pop-folk singer across all of the former Yugoslavia, whose professional career stretches back over 30 years. She sings in the ijekavian form of the Serbo-Croatian language....
2001 - 2008 - OsvajačiOsvajaciOsvajači were a Serbian and former Yugoslav hard rock/heavy metal band from Kragujevac.Osvajači were originally formed in 1990. They recorded two studio albums, Krv i led and Sam, and disbanded in 1997...
1999 - 2001 - ĆiraCIRACIRA can refer to:*CIRA, COSPAR international reference atmosphere, an empirical model of the upper atmosphere*CIRA, IRS - Common Interest Real estate Association - The IRS name for home owners associations, condominium associations, property owner associations, time-share associations.*Ćira,...
- Mira Škorić
- Nena Đurović 2004 - 2005
- Jovan Perišić
- Tina IvanovićTina IvanovicRadmila "Tina" Ivanović is a Serbian pop-folk singer and model.-Biography:Tina Ivanović is married to Ernes Karanović from Ribnica, Bosnia-Herzegovina. Tina was born in Kosovska Kamenica, Yugoslavia on September 28, 1974. At 14, she won a singing contest called "Prvi glas pomoravlja" in Batočina....
- Senžana Babić Sneki
- Rade Lacković 2001 - 2007
- Ivana SelakovIvana SelakovIvana Selakov is a Serbian singer, former member of the girlband Beauty Queens.-Before Beauty Queens:...
- Katarina Živković
- Darko LazićDarko LazićDarko Lazić is a popular Serbian singer and was born in Brestač a town in Serbia. He was the winner of the recent popular music show Zvezde Granda season 4 in 2009...
- Branislav Mojićević
- Suzana JovanovićSuzana JovanovicSuzana Jovanović is a popular Serbian pop-folk singer.Jovanovic started singing in 1994 when she released her first album for PGP RTS...
- Marta Savić 1999 - 2006
- IndyIndyIndy may refer to:* Indiana, a U.S. state.** Indianapolis, the capital city of Indiana and its surrounding metropolitan area*** Indianapolis Colts, a National Football League team based in Indianapolis...
2006 - 2008 - Dajana Penezić 2006 - 2007
- MayaMaya-Peoples, languages, numerical systems:* The Maya peoples, peoples of southern Mexico and northern Central America** Maya civilization, their historical civilization** Mayan languages, the family of languages spoken by the Maya...
2007 - 2008 - Bojan BjelićBojan BjelicBojan Bjelić is a popular Serbian singer. He gained wide popularity in the Balkans with the song Ekspresno, which featured Indy.-Biography:...
2007 - 2009 - Aca LukasAca LukasAleksandar Vuksanović , most known as Aca Lukas is a popular Serbian folk singer.-Biography:Aca Lukas was born in as Aleksandar Vuksanović...
2000 - 2011 - Boža Nikolić
- Boban Zdravković 2000
- Dragana MirkovićDragana MirkovicDragana Mirković is a Serbian pop-folk singer.She is very popular in Ex-Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Romania, Greece and Turkey...
1999 - 2000 - Goca BožinovskaGoca BožinovskaGordana "Goca" Božinovska is a Serbian pop-folk singer.- Biography :...
- Šemsa SuljakovićŠemsa SuljakovicŠemsa Suljaković is a Bosnian folk singer. She was born in Maglaj, Bosnia, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia....
2002 - 2003 - Vesna ZmijanacVesna ZmijanacVesna Zmijanac is a Serbian folk singer.She released 13 albums, 6 singles and several compilations. Her singing career started back in 1979 with the single "Thank You for All", and after that came a few popular singles and first album in 1981...
2003 - 2011 - Zorica Marković
- Đani 2000 - 2007
- Sejo KalačSejo KalacSead "Sejo" Kalač is a Bosniak pop-folk singer from Pec. His father and his mother are from Pec, but his father was born in the little village of Selo Kalače, hence why his surname is Kalač. When his father died, Sejo made a song "E moj ćale" for his father. His mother Emira died in 2008...
2002 - 2007 - Era OjdanićEra Ojdanic-External links:*, Interview, Estradni mag-e-zine, *, Ilustrovana politika, Dubravka Rodić, 2002-03-09 .* *...
- Bora Drljača
- Marija Mara 2006 - 2007
- Dinča
- Nataša Kojić
- Ljuba Aličić
- Jašar Ahmedovski 2000 - 2005
- Dejan Matić
- HaniHani- Toponym :* Hani, an island in Iceland, part of the Vestmannaeyjar islands* Hani, Turkey, a district of Diyarbakır Province in Turkey* Hani, Ghana, a town in Wenchi District, Brong Ahafo Region, Ghana- Ethnonym :...
- Vera Matić 2003 - 2006
- Zoran VanevZoran VanevZoran Vanev is a Macedonian pop-folk singer.He was born in Štip, Macedonia, Yugoslavia and began his career in 1993 with the release of his song "Angela"...
2003 - 2004 - Crni 2001 - 2005
- Marina Živković
- SaniSaniSani may refer to:*Sani Resort, a resort in the peninsula of Halkidiki, Greece*Sani, Greece, a beach community south of Thessalonike*Sani, Mauritania*Sani Pass, pass in the Drakensberg linking Lesotho to South Africa*Shani, in Hindu astrology, Saturn...
2000 - 2004 - Nemanja NikolićNemanja NikolicNemanja Nikolić may refer to:* Nemanja Nikolić , Serbian footballer* Nemanja Nikolić , Montenegrin international footballer* Nemanja Nikolić , Serbian singer...
- Stevan Anđelković
- Beki Bekić
- Miloš BojanićMiloš BojanicMiloš Bojanić is a Bosnian Serb pop-folk singer. Milos was born in Bijeljina, He lived in Ruhotina, near Bijeljina, Bosnia and Herzegovina, then a part of Yugoslavia. His sons, Bane and Mikica, are singers as well, Bane lives in Chicago...
2000 - 2006 / 2010 - - Mikica Bojanić 2001 - 2002
- Željko ŠašićŽeljko ŠašicŽeljko Šašić is a Serbian pop-folk singer.-1994 - Gori more:# Gori more# Soliter# Vežite mi ruke# Crna ženo# Suze bola# K'o na grani jabuka # Reci, Srbijo# A tebe nema...
- Goca Lazarević
- Haris DžinovićHaris DžinovicHaris Džinović is a popular Bosnian folk singer. He is also a composer, a musician and songwriter for his songs.-Career:He began his music career in 1975 in his hometown Sarajevo, as a singer and composer of folk music when pop and evergreen music were more dominant in the Balkans area, so he...
2000 - 2001 - Šeki TurkovićŠeki TurkovićŠeki Turković was born in Krnja Jela, a small village in Sjenica, in south western Serbia. Šeki's real name is "Šućro"; he uses "Šeki" for ease of pronouciation and practicality. Turković is a turbo-folk singer in Serbia, but he is very popular in Bosnia-Hercegovina and in Croatia. He has been...
1999 - 2004 - ĆanaCanaIn the Christian New Testament, the Gospel of John refers a number of times to a town called Cana of Galilee.-The marriage at Cana:Among Christians and other students of the New Testament, Cana is best known as the place where, according to the Fourth Gospel, Jesus performed his first public...
2000 - 2007 - ReniReni-People:* Guido Reni , Italian Baroque painter* Alan Wren , nicknamed Reni, drummer for The Stone Roses* Reni Mimura, a Japanese pop singer who is known for using cosplay in her performances....
1999 - 2004 - Jadranaka Barjaktarević
- Cakana 2009 -
- Ilda Šaulić
- Donna Ares 2006 - 2008
- Selma BajramiSelma BajramiSelma Bajrami is a popular Bosnian pop-folk singer who gained enormous popularity after her hit single "Kakvo tijelo Selma ima" ....
- Aco PejovićAco PejovicAco Pejović is a popular Serbian pop-folk singer. He finished musical education in Podgorica at the Vasa Pavić High School for Music...
- Snežana Savić
- Aca Ilić
- Biljana Jevtić
- Enes Begović
- Jandrino jato
- Sinovi Manjače
- Radiša Urošević
- Bojan Tomović 2005 - 2008
- Jovana Pajić 2005 - 2006