Selma Bajrami
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Selma Bajrami is a popular Bosnian
pop-folk
singer who gained enormous popularity after her hit single "Kakvo tijelo Selma ima" ("What a Body Selma Has").
Her father Fadil is an Albanian
who moved to Bosnia and Hercegovina in 1965 from the town of Đakovica in south western Kosovo
, while her mother Enesa is a Bosniak
from the town of Tuzla.
Her first album was Kad suza ne bude ("When There Are No More Tears"). This album was written and composed mostly by Milić Vukašinović
.
Her second album was made in the studio of Mića Nikolić. This album, titled Ljubav si ubio gade ("You've Killed Love, You Scum") included the hits "Život liječi rane" ("Life Heals Wounds") and "Pijanica" ("Drunkard"). After her third album Revolucija ("Revolution") Selma left the music scene. Her next album, under the production of Dejan Abadić, titled Žena sa Balkana ("Woman from the Balkans") took on a different sound from her former albums. With hit songs such as "Nano," "Škorpija," ("She-Scorpion") "Žena sirena" ("Woman-Siren") and "Bićeš moj" ("You'll Be Mine") Selma gained even greater popularity than before. The song "Žena sirena" became Selma's new nickname, which she herself is proud of.
The authors of her next album, Kakvo tijelo Selma ima
included Dragan Brajović Braja, Dragiša Baša and Nanin from Tuzla. The song "Ljubavi jedina" ("Only Love") was written by Selma herself. This album was the second one produced under Dejan Abadić.
In 2007 she released her 6th studio album Ostrvo tuge
("Island Of Woe"), featuring the hits "Promijeni se" ("Change Yourself)", "Lijepe žene" ("Beautiful Women"), and "Ostrvo tuge" ("Island Of Woe").
Bosnians
Bosnians are people who reside in, or come from, Bosnia and Herzegovina. By the modern state definition a Bosnian can be anyone who holds citizenship of the state. This includes, but is not limited to, members of the constituent ethnic groups of Bosnia and Herzegovina: Bosniaks, Bosnian Serbs and...
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 who gained enormous popularity after her hit single "Kakvo tijelo Selma ima" ("What a Body Selma Has").
Her father Fadil is an Albanian
Albanians
Albanians are a nation and ethnic group native to Albania and neighbouring countries. They speak the Albanian language. More than half of all Albanians live in Albania and Kosovo...
who moved to Bosnia and Hercegovina in 1965 from the town of Đakovica in south western Kosovo
Kosovo
Kosovo is a region in southeastern Europe. Part of the Ottoman Empire for more than five centuries, later the Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija within Serbia...
, while her mother Enesa is a 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...
from the town of Tuzla.
Her first album was Kad suza ne bude ("When There Are No More Tears"). This album was written and composed mostly by Milić Vukašinović
Milic Vukašinovic
Milić Vukašinović, a.k.a. Mitch Valiant is a musician from Serbia of Yugoslavian ethnicity. He was the founder of the rock band Vatreni Poljubac and drummer of the famous Yugoslav band Bijelo dugme.Born in Belgrade, he moved with his family to Peć when he was 6 years old...
.
Her second album was made in the studio of Mića Nikolić. This album, titled Ljubav si ubio gade ("You've Killed Love, You Scum") included the hits "Život liječi rane" ("Life Heals Wounds") and "Pijanica" ("Drunkard"). After her third album Revolucija ("Revolution") Selma left the music scene. Her next album, under the production of Dejan Abadić, titled Žena sa Balkana ("Woman from the Balkans") took on a different sound from her former albums. With hit songs such as "Nano," "Škorpija," ("She-Scorpion") "Žena sirena" ("Woman-Siren") and "Bićeš moj" ("You'll Be Mine") Selma gained even greater popularity than before. The song "Žena sirena" became Selma's new nickname, which she herself is proud of.
The authors of her next album, Kakvo tijelo Selma ima
Kakvo tijelo Selma ima
Kakvo tijelo Selma ima is Selma Bajrami's 4th studio album, released in 2005. Her single "Kakvo tijelo Selma ima" has made her a sensation and household name in the Balkans.-Track listing:# Kakvo tijelo Selma ima# Žalim# Tijelo uz tijelo...
included Dragan Brajović Braja, Dragiša Baša and Nanin from Tuzla. The song "Ljubavi jedina" ("Only Love") was written by Selma herself. This album was the second one produced under Dejan Abadić.
In 2007 she released her 6th studio album Ostrvo tuge
Ostrvo tuge
-Track listing:# Ostrvo tuge# Promjeni se# Korak do nervnog sloma# Davno si ubio ponos u meni# Lijepe zene# Boli me noc, boli me dan# Malo se poigraj# Kad se ne da, ne da se # Tako si hladan...
("Island Of Woe"), featuring the hits "Promijeni se" ("Change Yourself)", "Lijepe žene" ("Beautiful Women"), and "Ostrvo tuge" ("Island Of Woe").
Discography
- Kad suza ne bude (When There Are No More Tears) (1996)
- Ljubav si ubio gade (You've Killed Love, You Scum) (1998)
- Revolucija (Revolution) (2001)
- Žena sa Balkana (Woman From the BalkansBalkansThe Balkans is a geopolitical and cultural region of southeastern Europe...
) (2003) - Kakvo tijelo Selma imaKakvo tijelo Selma imaKakvo tijelo Selma ima is Selma Bajrami's 4th studio album, released in 2005. Her single "Kakvo tijelo Selma ima" has made her a sensation and household name in the Balkans.-Track listing:# Kakvo tijelo Selma ima# Žalim# Tijelo uz tijelo...
(What a Body Selma Has) (2006) - Ostrvo tugeOstrvo tuge-Track listing:# Ostrvo tuge# Promjeni se# Korak do nervnog sloma# Davno si ubio ponos u meni# Lijepe zene# Boli me noc, boli me dan# Malo se poigraj# Kad se ne da, ne da se # Tako si hladan...
(Island of Woe) (2007) - Farmerice (Jeans) (2009)
- Voli Me Do Bola (Love Me Until It Hurts) (2010)
- Umri Muski 3 (Died Like A Man) (2011)