Viktorija
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Snežana Mišković better known by her stage name Viktorija (v̞ǐktɔːrija), is a Serbia
n female rock
singer known for her husky voice.
. She came to Belgrade as a student in 1976, where she started performing with Society of Culture and Arts Branko Krsmanović and the band Pop Polifonija. In 1981 she formed Aska
with Snežana Stamenković and Izolda Barudžija
. Aska represented Yugoslavia at the 1982 Eurovision Song Contest.
In 1986 Aska disbanded and Snežana Mišković recorded a song "Šarene ulice" and formed the band Viktorija, the name which she would adopt as her own stage name after it became associated with her personally rather than the band.
In 1988 Viktorija released the debut album Spavaćeš sam (You'll Be Sleeping Alone). The album's main hits were songs "Barakuda" (written by Piloti
frontman Kiki Lesendrić
), "Spavaćeš sam" (written by Osmi Putnik
frontman Zlatan Stipišić), "Sami" (cover of Ohio Express' song "Yummy Yummy Yummy
" with lyrics written by Riblja Čorba
frontman Bora Đorđević) and ballad "Daj, ne pitaj" (written by Stipišić and Đorđević). Album featured numerous guest musicians: Bora Đorđević, Izolda Barudžija, Ekatarina Velika
frontman Milan Mladenović
and others. In 1989 Viktorija was voted the best female singer by the readers of Pop Rock magazine. In 1990 she won Female Singer of the Year award at the MESAM music festival.
In 1991 she released her second studio album Ja verujem (I Believe). Ja verujem became diamond record due to popularity of the songs "Rat i mir (Ljubav je)..." (which revolved around a musical theme from a song "Thunder March" by Marty Friedman
, and featured Kiki Lesendrić on vocals), "Arija", "Od Splita do Beograda" (which featured Croatian pop singer Dino Dvornik
on vocals), "Samo teraj ti po svome" and "Isus". During the same year she recorded a cover of Zdravko Čolić
's old hit "Ljubav je samo reč" for the Evergereen Evening of Belgrade Spring Festival. The song was released on her compilation album ...I ništa više (...And Nothing More). In 1992 she held her first solo concert in Belgrade's Sava Centar.
In 1995 she released her third album Ja znam da je tebi krivo (I Know You're Jealous). Part of the songs on the album were written by Rambo Amadeus
. Album featured a cover of Bijelo Dugme
's song "A koliko si ih imala do sad" (Viktorija's version titled "Avantura - ljubomora") a cover of Zdravko Čolić's "Zagrli me" (Viktorija's version titled "Ako priđeš bliže") and a cover of Jovanotti
's song "Io penso positivo" (Viktorija's version featuring Serbian language
lyrics and titled "Ja znam da je tebi krivo"). During 1996 she promoted the album with a number of concerts. She performed with a band of young musicians from Kosovska Mitrovica
.
In 1997 Snežana Mišković announced her retirement. Compilation album Kada gužva prođe (When the Rush Is Over) was released in 1998. In 2000 she made a brief comeback only to record live album Nostalgija (Nostalgia), which featured covers of songs by Parni Valjak
, Indexi
, Kerber
, Smak
, Atomsko Sklonište
, Oliver Mandić
, Bijelo Dugme
, D' Boys
and others. Song "Pesme uspomena", written by Zoran Lesendrić for the movie Shadows of Memories, was also released on the album.
In 2005, after many years she spent away from the public, Viktorija appeared at Beovizija
music festival performing song "Kaži, sestro" and won sixth place. In 2009 she became one of the contestants in the first season of the Serbian edition of the reality show The Farm
.
(YU 100: The Best albums of Yugoslav pop and rock music).
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 female rock
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
singer known for her husky voice.
Biography
Snežana Mišković was born in VučitrnVucitrn
Vučitrn or Vushtrri is a city and municipality in north-eastern Kosovo. It is the seat of the Kosovska Mitrovica District. The name of the city means "wolf's thorn", the name of the spiny restharrow plant in Serbian....
. She came to Belgrade as a student in 1976, where she started performing with Society of Culture and Arts Branko Krsmanović and the band Pop Polifonija. In 1981 she formed Aska
Aska (group)
Aska came to prominence when they were chosen to represent Yugoslavia at the 1982 Eurovision Song Contest, where their song "Halo, halo" only managed to achieve a lustreless 14th place out of 18 participants with 21 points, although having received the top mark of 12 points from the Swedish...
with Snežana Stamenković and Izolda Barudžija
Izolda Barudžija
Izolda Barudžija is a Yugoslav singer born in Split.She represented Yugoslavia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1982 with her band Aska, and won 14th place. In 1983, she and her sister Eleonora were Daniel Popović's backing vocals. Their song Džuli won the 4th place and became a huge hit. In 1984,...
. Aska represented Yugoslavia at the 1982 Eurovision Song Contest.
In 1986 Aska disbanded and Snežana Mišković recorded a song "Šarene ulice" and formed the band Viktorija, the name which she would adopt as her own stage name after it became associated with her personally rather than the band.
In 1988 Viktorija released the debut album Spavaćeš sam (You'll Be Sleeping Alone). The album's main hits were songs "Barakuda" (written by Piloti
Piloti (band)
Piloti is a Serbian rock band from Belgrade. Formed in 1981, and initially immersed in the Yugoslav New Wave scene, the band later moved towards mainstream pop rock, they came to prominence in the 1980s and early 1990s as one of the leading pop rock acts in former Yugoslavia...
frontman Kiki Lesendrić
Kiki Lesendric
Zoran "Kiki" Lesendrić is a Serbian rock musician, most notable as the founding member of the band Piloti....
), "Spavaćeš sam" (written by Osmi Putnik
Osmi putnik
Osmi putnik is a Croatian and former Yugoslav hard rock/heavy metal band.-1985 - 1989:...
frontman Zlatan Stipišić), "Sami" (cover of Ohio Express' song "Yummy Yummy Yummy
Yummy Yummy Yummy
"Yummy Yummy Yummy" is a bubblegum pop song by Arthur Resnick and Joey Levine, first recorded by Ohio Express in 1968. Their version reached #4 in the U.S. Pop Singles chart and #5 in the UK Singles Chart. It has since been covered by many artists. Ohio Express was a studio concoction and none of...
" with lyrics written by Riblja Čorba
Riblja Corba
Riblja Čorba is a Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band. Their presence on the scene has lasted from 1978 to today. They reached their peak of popularity in the 1980s, but it has declined in the 1990s, partly due to controversial political attitudes of the band's leader Bora Đorđević...
frontman Bora Đorđević) and ballad "Daj, ne pitaj" (written by Stipišić and Đorđević). Album featured numerous guest musicians: Bora Đorđević, Izolda Barudžija, Ekatarina Velika
Ekatarina Velika
Ekatarina Velika , sometimes referred to as EKV for short, was a Serbian and former Yugoslav rock group from Belgrade, being one of the most successful and influential music acts coming out of former Yugoslavia....
frontman Milan Mladenović
Milan Mladenovic
Milan Mladenović was a Yugoslav and Serbian musician best known as the frontman of Serbian art rock band Ekatarina Velika.-Early life:...
and others. In 1989 Viktorija was voted the best female singer by the readers of Pop Rock magazine. In 1990 she won Female Singer of the Year award at the MESAM music festival.
In 1991 she released her second studio album Ja verujem (I Believe). Ja verujem became diamond record due to popularity of the songs "Rat i mir (Ljubav je)..." (which revolved around a musical theme from a song "Thunder March" by Marty Friedman
Marty Friedman
Marty Friedman may refer to:* Marty Friedman , musician* Marty Friedman , basketball player and coach-See also:*Martin Freedman, Canadian judge*Martin Freeman...
, and featured Kiki Lesendrić on vocals), "Arija", "Od Splita do Beograda" (which featured Croatian pop singer Dino Dvornik
Dino Dvornik
Miljenko "Dino" Dvornik was a Croatian singer, songwriter, music producer, actor and reality television star.-Early life:...
on vocals), "Samo teraj ti po svome" and "Isus". During the same year she recorded a cover of Zdravko Čolić
Zdravko Colic
Zdravko Čolić , is a pop singer popular across the entire area of former Yugoslavia. Originally from Sarajevo, since 1992 , his home is in Belgrade, Serbia...
's old hit "Ljubav je samo reč" for the Evergereen Evening of Belgrade Spring Festival. The song was released on her compilation album ...I ništa više (...And Nothing More). In 1992 she held her first solo concert in Belgrade's Sava Centar.
In 1995 she released her third album Ja znam da je tebi krivo (I Know You're Jealous). Part of the songs on the album were written by Rambo Amadeus
Rambo Amadeus
Rambo Amadeus is the stage name of the Belgrade-based Montenegrin singer-songwriter Antonije Pušić, popular all over the former Yugoslavia...
. Album featured a cover of Bijelo Dugme
Bijelo dugme
Bijelo dugme was a highly influential former Yugoslav rock band, based in Sarajevo. Active between 1974 and 1989, it is widely considered to have been the most popular band ever to exist in former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and one of the most important acts of the Yugoslav rock...
's song "A koliko si ih imala do sad" (Viktorija's version titled "Avantura - ljubomora") a cover of Zdravko Čolić's "Zagrli me" (Viktorija's version titled "Ako priđeš bliže") and a cover of Jovanotti
Jovanotti
Lorenzo Cherubini, better known as Jovanotti, is an Italian singer-songwriter and rapper.The name Jovanotti derives from the plural form of the Italian word giovanotto , i.e. giovanotti. Lorenzo Cherubini originally auditioned a band with the name "I Giovanotti", but the record producer only was...
's song "Io penso positivo" (Viktorija's version featuring Serbian language
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....
lyrics and titled "Ja znam da je tebi krivo"). During 1996 she promoted the album with a number of concerts. She performed with a band of young musicians from Kosovska Mitrovica
Kosovska Mitrovica
Kosovska Mitrovica , is a city and municipality in northern Kosovo. It is the administrative centre of the homonymous district....
.
In 1997 Snežana Mišković announced her retirement. Compilation album Kada gužva prođe (When the Rush Is Over) was released in 1998. In 2000 she made a brief comeback only to record live album Nostalgija (Nostalgia), which featured covers of songs by Parni Valjak
Parni Valjak
Parni valjak 1975 is a Croatian and former Yugoslav rock band. They were one of the top acts of the former Yugoslav Rock scene, and currently one of the top rock-and-roll bands in Croatia.-Biography:Parni valjak was founded in 1975...
, Indexi
Indexi
Indexi was a Bosnian rock band popular in the former Yugoslavia. It formed in 1962 in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia, and disbanded in 2001 when singer Davorin Popović died...
, Kerber
Kerber
Kerber is a Serbian and former Yugoslav hard rock band from Niš.-1980s:The original members of Kerber were Goran Šepa "Gale" , Tomislav Nikolić , Branislav "Bane" Božinović , Zoran Stamenković and Zoran Madić . In 1981, formerly known as Top Kerber (Serbian Cyrillic: Кербер; trans. Cerberus) is a...
, Smak
Smak
Smak is a Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band. The group reached the peak of popularity in the 1970s when it was one of the top acts of the former Yugoslav rock scene...
, Atomsko Sklonište
Atomsko sklonište
Atomsko sklonište is a Croatian and former Yugoslav hard rock band, formed in Pula in 1977. The band is known primarily for its strong anti-war lyrics.-1977-1987:...
, Oliver Mandić
Oliver Mandic
Oliver Mandić is a Serbian pop musician, composer, and producer - very prominent and popular throughout the 1980s.-Early biography:...
, Bijelo Dugme
Bijelo dugme
Bijelo dugme was a highly influential former Yugoslav rock band, based in Sarajevo. Active between 1974 and 1989, it is widely considered to have been the most popular band ever to exist in former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and one of the most important acts of the Yugoslav rock...
, D' Boys
D' Boys
-1982 - 1985:The band was formed in 1982, consisting of two musicians: Peđa D'Boy and Miško Mihajlovski, who reportedly "played the drum machine" and percussion...
and others. Song "Pesme uspomena", written by Zoran Lesendrić for the movie Shadows of Memories, was also released on the album.
In 2005, after many years she spent away from the public, Viktorija appeared at Beovizija
Beovizija
Beovizija was a music festival established in 2003. Since 2007 it was the national selection for Serbia's representative at the Eurovision Song Contest. Beovizija was organised and broadcast live each year by RTS1, on RTRS in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and internationally on Eurovision.tv and RTS SAT...
music festival performing song "Kaži, sestro" and won sixth place. In 2009 she became one of the contestants in the first season of the Serbian edition of the reality show The Farm
The Farm (TV series)
The Farm is a reality TV show created by Swedish producer Strix. Sold to more than 40 countries, The Farm is one of their most popular formats, including Survivor, The Bar or Fame Factory. In some countries the series is produced by Endemol, in association with Strix.Like Big Brother format, The...
.
Legacy
The album Spavaćeš sam was polled in 1998 as 49th on the list of 100 greatest Yugoslav popular music albums in the book YU 100: najbolji albumi jugoslovenske rok i pop muzikeYU 100: najbolji albumi jugoslovenske rok i pop muzike
YU 100: najbolji albumi jugoslovenske rok i pop muzike is a book by Duško Antonić and Danilo Štrbac...
(YU 100: The Best albums of Yugoslav pop and rock music).
Studio albums
- Spavaćeš sam (1988)
- Ja verujem (1991)
- Ja znam da je tebi krivo (1995)