Anđela Ignjatović (Serbian Cyrillic: Анђела Игњатовић; born 19 May 2001), professionally known as Breskvica (Serbian Cyrillic: Бресквица, pronounced [brêskvitsa], lit. 'Little Peach'), is a Serbian singer. She debuted in 2019 with the single "Utopia" and subsequently rose to further popularity by collaborating with her then-boyfriend, Voyage. Following their breakup, Breskvica pursued a solo career with the single "Srećan put" in 2021. She is known for performing both urban and folk-influenced popular music.
Breskvica Бресквица | |
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| Birth name | Anđela Ignjatović |
| Born | 19 May 2001 Belgrade, Serbia, FR Yugoslavia |
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| Years active | 2019–present |
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| Partner | Voyage (2018–2021) |
Life and career
editIgnjatović was born on 19 May 2001 in Belgrade.[1] She plays the piano and guitar.[2] She holds dual Serbian and Croatian citizenships.[citation needed]
Breskvica made her recording debut with the single "Utopia", released on August 29, 2019 under Generacija Zed. She rose to prominence by collaborating with her then-boyfriend, Voyage, between 2019 and 2021.[3] The couple also won the YouTube Star Award at the 2020 Music Awards Ceremony.[4]
Following their breakup, Breskvica released her first solo single, "Srećan put", in July 2021.[5] She continued releasing commercially successful standalone singles in the following years, including her pop-folk collaboration "Sava i Dunav" (2022) with Henny, which would become one of her biggest hits with over 80 million views on YouTube. Her duet with Teodora Džehverović, titled "Drift", peaked atop of the Billboard Croatia Songs chart in March 2023.[6] In June 2023, Breskvica headlined the Belgrade Music Week Festival.[7] For a portion of her performance she went away from her usual image to sing popular traditional Serbian folk songs while dressed up in the national costume.[8]
Breskvica competed in Serbia's national selection festival for the Eurovision Song Contest 2024, called Pesma za Evroviziju '24, with the song "Gnezdo orlovo".[9] She finished as the runner-up by coming first in the televote with over 45,000 votes and 7th in the jury vote.[10] Breskvica's ethnically infused entry and performance saw overwhelming support from the nationalists and traditionalists, who also heavily disapproved the winner, Teya Dora, and her song "Ramonda", despite it also carrying patriotic motives.[11] In May 2024, it was announced that Breskvica would perform at her first solo concert at the Tašmajdan Center in Belgrade on 6 September.[12] However, when asked about it in July, she stated that the concert was a "disinformation", despite the fact that there had been promotional billboards and that the tickets had been on sale. Subsequently, it was announced by the organizers that the concert was officially cancelled and that the purchased tickets would be refunded.[13]
Personal life
editIgnjatović was in a relationship with fellow musician Voyage. The couple broke up in January 2021 after two years of dating.[14] In July 2021, it was revealed that Ignjatović started dating Nemanja Stanisavljević who works as a policeman and a bodyguard.[15][16]
Discography
editSingles
editAs lead artist
edit| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||
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| AUT [17] |
AUT Billb. [18] |
CRO Billb. [19] | |||
| "Utopia" | 2019 | — | * | * | Non-album singles |
| "Koraci u noći" (with Vuk Mob and Voyage) |
— | ||||
| "C'est la vie" (with Voyage) |
2020 | — | |||
| "Pancir" (with Voyage featuring Tanja Savić) |
— | ||||
| "Anđele" (with Voyage) |
— | ||||
| "Beli grad" (with Voyage) |
2021 | — | |||
| "Srećan put" | — | ||||
| "Maska" | 2022 | — | |||
| "Loša" | — | — | 11 | ||
| "Mazohista" | — | — | — | ||
| "Lutka" | — | — | 6 | ||
| "Leptir" | — | — | — | ||
| "Balkanska" | — | — | — | ||
| "Sava i Dunav" (with Henny) |
29 | 22 | 3 | ||
| "Loš" | — | — | 14 | ||
| "Sa anđelima" | 2023 | — | — | — | |
| "Bad Boy" | — | — | — | ||
| "Drift" (with Teodora) |
— | — | 1 | ||
| "Ko to tamo" (with Henny) |
33 | — | 2 | ||
| "Do gole kože" | — | — | 2 | ||
| "Vidi se" | — | — | — | ||
| "Kume moj" | — | — | — | ||
| "Gnezdo orlovo" | 2024 | — | — | 13 | |
| "Čini" | — | — | 6 | ||
| "Olovo" (with Sloba Radanović and Dejan Petrović) |
— | — | — | Vreme besramnih | |
| "Alo gde si ti" (with THCF) |
— | — | 12 | Non-album single | |
| "Na njenim rukama" | — | — | 15 | Generacija Zed 2024 | |
| "—" denotes a single that did not chart in that territory. "*" denotes a single that was released before the chart's launch. | |||||
As featured artist
edit| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUT [17] |
AUT Billb. [18] |
CRO Billb. [19] | |||
| "Vrati me" (Voyage featuring Breskvica) |
2019 | — | * | * | Non-album singles |
| "Budi tu" (Voyage featuring Breskvica) |
— | ||||
| "Dam" (Voyage featuring Breskvica) |
2020 | — | |||
| "Bezimena" (Voyage featuring Breskvica) |
— | ||||
| "Život si moj" (MC Stojan featuring Breskvica) |
2022 | — | 3 | ||
| "Tu tu tu" (Devito featuring Breskvica) |
2023 | 21 | 16 | 1 | Plava krv |
| "—" denotes a single that did not chart in that territory. "*" denotes a single that was released before the chart's launch. | |||||
References
edit- ^ "Breskvica se pohvalila kako joj je Voyage ulepšao dan" (in Serbian). IDJ Videos. 20 May 2020. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
- ^ "Danas o Breskvici svi pričaju, a evo kako je ona nekad izgledala" (in Serbian). Alo.rs. 18 August 2021. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
- ^ "Oni su trenutno najpopularnijipar na muzičkoj sceni" (in Montenegrin). Mondo. 16 October 2019. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
- ^ "ZAVRŠEN MAC 2020: Golden MAC otišao u ruke Senide, a pogledajte koji izvođači su sve dobili prestižne nagrade na najvećem regionalnom muzičkom događaju!". Pink.rs (in Serbian). 27 January 2020. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
- ^ Dejanović, M. (3 July 2021). "Breskvica svojom prvom pesmom srušila internet". Nova.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 10 May 2023.
- ^ Šumanović, A. (11 April 2023). "Billboard Hrvatska: Jala i Buba "skinuti s trona" nakon pet uzastopnih tjedana". Muzika.hr (in Serbian). Retrieved 28 July 2024.
- ^ "Ovog vikenda svi su bili na Ušću: Peti po redu Belgrade Music Week festival okupio najveće zvezde". Nova.rs (in Serbian). 26 June 2023. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
- ^ "Grmelo je "Veseli se Srpski rode": Breskvica u narodnoj nošnji iznenadila pesmom na Music week-u". Telegraf (in Serbian). 26 June 2023. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
- ^ N. J. (25 January 2024). "Poslušajte svih 28 pesama koje će se boriti za odlazak na Evroviziju 2024: Evo ko se već ističe". Telegraf.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 28 July 2024.
- ^ Gajić, J. (3 March 2024). "Prvo oglašavanje Breskvice nakon što je "oduvala" po glasovima publike: Nekome se posebno obratila". Telegraf.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 28 July 2024.
- ^ Roknić, A. (10 March 2024). "Evrovizi(ja) ili smrt". Danas (in Serbian). Retrieved 28 July 2024.
- ^ Panatojović, D. (7 May 2024). "Breskvica zakazala koncert na Tašmajdanu". K1info.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 28 July 2024.
- ^ Mikić, I. (6 July 2024). "Breskvica zakazala koncert na Tašu, a sada kaže da je to dezinformacija". Blic (in Serbian). Retrieved 28 July 2024.
- ^ Lj. T. (9 January 2021). "Raskinuli Vojaž i Breskvica! Jedan potez ih razotkrio, usledio haos na društvenim mrežama". Blic.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 15 October 2022.
- ^ "Breskvica uslikana s novim dečkom: Nabildovan je i opasan, nimalo ne liči na Vojaža! (Foto)". Ekskluziva.ba (in Bosnian). 9 July 2021. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
- ^ "PRVI PAPARACO SNIMCI BRESKVICE I NJENOG ZGODNOG DEČKA POLICAJCA! Pevačica se ne odvaja od NJEGA, a u ovom izdanju su UHVAĆENI". Kurir.rs (in Serbian). 9 September 2022. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
- ^ a b Peak positions in Austria:
- "Discographie Henny & Breskvica". Austrian Charts (in Austrian German). Retrieved 5 January 2023.
- "Discographie Breskvica". Austrian Charts (in Austrian German). Retrieved 11 June 2023.
- ^ a b Peak positions in Austria:
- For "Sava i Dunav": "Austria Songs (Week of January 28, 2023)". Billboard. 24 April 2022. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
- For "Tu tu tu": "Austria Songs (Week of June 9, 2023)". Billboard. 6 June 2022. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
- ^ a b Peak positions in Croatia:
- For "Život si moj": "Croatia Songs (Week of February 19, 2022)". Billboard. 15 February 2022. Archived from the original on 17 February 2022. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
- For "Loša": "Croatia Songs (Week of April 23, 2022)". Billboard. 19 April 2022. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
- For "Lutka": "Croatia Songs (Week of July 23, 2022)". Billboard. 19 July 2022. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
- For "Sava i Dunav": "Croatia Songs (Week of December 17, 2022)". Billboard. 13 December 2022. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
- For "Loš": "Croatia Songs (Week of January 14, 2023)". Billboard. 10 January 2023. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
- For "Drift": "Croatia Songs (Week of April 15, 2023)". Billboard. 11 April 2023. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
- For "Tu tu tu": "Croatia Songs (Week of June 9, 2023)". Billboard. 6 June 2023. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
- For "Ko to tamo": "Croatia Songs (Week of July 15, 2023)". Billboard. 11 July 2023. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
- For "Do gole kože": "Croatia Songs (Week of November 18, 2023)". Billboard. 14 November 2023. Retrieved 15 November 2023.
- For "Gnezdo orlovo": "Croatia Songs (Week of March 16, 2024)". Billboard. 12 March 2024. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
- For "Čini": "Croatia Songs (Week of April 20, 2024)". Billboard. 16 April 2024. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
- For "Alo gde si ti": "Croatia Songs (Week of May 11, 2024)". Billboard. 7 May 2024. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
- For "Na njenim rukama": "Croatia Songs (Week of June 15, 2024)". Billboard. 11 June 2024. Retrieved 11 June 2024.