Kemal Malovčić is a popular Bosnian

Bosnians

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  etno psyhodelic

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....

 singer.

Malovčić's career began in 1970 at the age of 19 years when he released his first single 'Oko Sane' (Around The Sana), referring to the Sana river

Sana river

Sana is a river in the north-western part of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is a tributary of the Una, into which it flows near Novi Grad. It is longest of the nine rivers that flows through Sanski Most....

, on which his home town of Sanski Most is located.

His greatest success came with the Yugoslav

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 band Južni Vetar

Južni Vetar

Južni Vetar is a Serbian music band famous for recording with many famous Bosnian & Serbian folk, pop-folk and turbofolk singers, such as Mile Kitić, Sinan Sakić, Kemal Malovčić, Dragana Mirković, Šemsa Suljaković, Ljubiša Stojanović -Louis, Merima Kurtiš -Njegomir, Šerif Konjević, Hanka Paldum,...

 between 1985 and 1991.

During the Bosnian war

Bosnian War

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 Malovčić left Južni Vetar

Južni Vetar

Južni Vetar is a Serbian music band famous for recording with many famous Bosnian & Serbian folk, pop-folk and turbofolk singers, such as Mile Kitić, Sinan Sakić, Kemal Malovčić, Dragana Mirković, Šemsa Suljaković, Ljubiša Stojanović -Louis, Merima Kurtiš -Njegomir, Šerif Konjević, Hanka Paldum,...

. He no longer wanted to belong to a band which was at the forefront of the turbo-folk movement of Serbia. Whilst the aggression on BiH raged, Malovčić campaigned for humanitarian assistance for his country and gave a number of humanitarian concerts.

Malovčić lives in Vienna

Vienna

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, Austria

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. He is married to Fadila and has 3 children, Džanan, Kenan and Adin.

Discography

• Oko sane (1970)
• Uno lijepa rijeko (1971)
• Sad kod mene tuga srcem vlada (1972)
• Senada, Senada (1973)
• Stiglo pismo od rođenog brata (1974)
• Ajka Banjalučanka (1975)
• Što nam svadbu odgodi (1976)
• Suzana ljubavi (1977)
• Hiljadu poljubaca šaljem ti draga (1978)
• Čuvaj draga našu kćerku (1979)
• Gdje si sada Leptirice moja (1982)
• Doviđenja ja nemam strpljenja (1983)
• Škorpijon sam ja (1984)
• Okreće se kolo sreće (1985) – Južni Vetar
  Južni Vetar
  Južni Vetar is a Serbian music band famous for recording with many famous Bosnian & Serbian folk, pop-folk and turbofolk singers, such as Mile Kitić, Sinan Sakić, Kemal Malovčić, Dragana Mirković, Šemsa Suljaković, Ljubiša Stojanović -Louis, Merima Kurtiš -Njegomir, Šerif Konjević, Hanka Paldum,...
  
  
• Ko gubi (1986) – Južni Vetar
• Oženi me Babo moj (1987) – Južni Vetar
  Južni Vetar
  Južni Vetar is a Serbian music band famous for recording with many famous Bosnian & Serbian folk, pop-folk and turbofolk singers, such as Mile Kitić, Sinan Sakić, Kemal Malovčić, Dragana Mirković, Šemsa Suljaković, Ljubiša Stojanović -Louis, Merima Kurtiš -Njegomir, Šerif Konjević, Hanka Paldum,...
  
  
• Zajedno u život novi (1988) – Južni Vetar
  Južni Vetar
  Južni Vetar is a Serbian music band famous for recording with many famous Bosnian & Serbian folk, pop-folk and turbofolk singers, such as Mile Kitić, Sinan Sakić, Kemal Malovčić, Dragana Mirković, Šemsa Suljaković, Ljubiša Stojanović -Louis, Merima Kurtiš -Njegomir, Šerif Konjević, Hanka Paldum,...
  
  
• Prosjak ljubavi (1989) – Južni Vetar
  Južni Vetar
  Južni Vetar is a Serbian music band famous for recording with many famous Bosnian & Serbian folk, pop-folk and turbofolk singers, such as Mile Kitić, Sinan Sakić, Kemal Malovčić, Dragana Mirković, Šemsa Suljaković, Ljubiša Stojanović -Louis, Merima Kurtiš -Njegomir, Šerif Konjević, Hanka Paldum,...
  
  
• Caru ide carevo (1990) – Južni Vetar
  Južni Vetar
  Južni Vetar is a Serbian music band famous for recording with many famous Bosnian & Serbian folk, pop-folk and turbofolk singers, such as Mile Kitić, Sinan Sakić, Kemal Malovčić, Dragana Mirković, Šemsa Suljaković, Ljubiša Stojanović -Louis, Merima Kurtiš -Njegomir, Šerif Konjević, Hanka Paldum,...
  
  
• Ti si moj 13 broj (1991) – Južni Vetar
  Južni Vetar
  Južni Vetar is a Serbian music band famous for recording with many famous Bosnian & Serbian folk, pop-folk and turbofolk singers, such as Mile Kitić, Sinan Sakić, Kemal Malovčić, Dragana Mirković, Šemsa Suljaković, Ljubiša Stojanović -Louis, Merima Kurtiš -Njegomir, Šerif Konjević, Hanka Paldum,...
  
  
• Bujrum (1993)
• Neka paša, neka aga (1994)
• Trn u oku (1995)
• Eh da sam (1997)
• Od toga dana (1998)
• Dlan (1999)
• Kolo sreće se okreće (2000)
• Ranjeno je srce moje (2001) - Text: Fadil Kasumovic
• Car ljubavi (2002)
• Tek Tek (2004)
• Sretan put (2006)
• Sikter (2007)
• Deveram (2009)