Branka Sovrlić (born 1957 in Mostar,[1][2][3] Yugoslavia) is a Bosnian/Serbian folk singer.[1][4][5]
Early life and education
editSovrlić's father served in the military,[2][3] and during Sovrlić's childhood, the family moved first to Skopje,[2][3] then to Niš, Serbia,[1][2][3] when she was ten.[3] She learned martial arts while attending high school in Niš.[2][3] She later lived in Belgrade.[1]
Career
editSovrlić began her musical career in 1984,[3] when she performed at the MESAM (International Music Fair) in Belgrade, singing Trebaš mi, "I need you". She also released her first album, Treba mi (I need), that year.[1][5] She has recorded more than 15 albums.[2][5][6] Her most notable hits are Bilo bi dobro (It would be good),[7][8] A tebe nema (And you are gone),[5][7][9] Lido Lido Lidija,[5][7][9] and Nemoj da me moliš šta ti je (Don't ask me what's wrong with you).[5][10] She also performed at the Belgrade International Music Fair in 1990 (with Lagao si, "You lied"), and in 1996 (with Volim te, "I love you"). As well as her singing, she was known for her long blonde hair and provocative dress style.[3] In October 2011, she performed at the "Volim devedesete" (I love the Nineties) concert at the Štark Arena.[3][4] Sovrlić is also a skilled interpreter of sevdalinka.[3]
Personal life
editShe has been married to restaurateur and former music producer Sadik Pašić Paja since 1984.[1][3][4] Since the mid-2000s, they lived between Belgrade, Serbia and Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, where they run two restaurants.[1][2][3][4]
Discography
edit- 1984 - Treba mi (I need)[1][5]
- 1985 - Mazo moja
- 1986 - 100 godina (100 years)
- 1987 - I bez tebe živeti mogu (I can live without you)
- 1989 - Dođi još jednom (Come again)
- 1990 - Ti se ni boga ne bojiš (You are not afraid of god)
- 1991 - Ludo srce (Crazy heart)
- 1993 - Najdraži moj (My beloved)
- 1994 - Mazo mazo[7]
- 1995 - Medu moj, šečeru (Honey and sugar)
- 1996 - Tebe nema (You're gone)
- 1998 - Crna vila (The black fairy)
- 2002 - Osveta (Revenge)
- 2005 - Opasna žena (Dangerous woman)
- 2011 - Urnebes[2]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g h Devečerski, Ksenija (18 September 2016). "Jel se sećate: Branka Sovrlić (Do you remember: Branka Sovrlic)". Puls Online (in Serbian). Retrieved 27 September 2019.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Žuta štampa Branka Sovrlić: I sada bih mogla nositi miniće (Yellow press Branka Sovrlic: Even today I could wear miniskirts)". balkaniyum.tv (in Bosnian). Dnevni avaz. 30 May 2011. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Branka Sovrlić Biografija". Poznate ličnosti (in Serbian). 2019. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
- ^ a b c d "DEVEDESETIH JE BILA VELIKA ZAVODNICA (She was a great seductress in the nineties)". Blic (in Serbian). 19 December 2018. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Branka Sovrlić: NE KRIJEM SVOJE GODINE, ne trebaju mi filteri da bih bila lepa (I DON'T HIDE MY AGE, I don't need filters to be beautiful)". Srbija Danas (in Serbian). 28 April 2017. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
- ^ Vlajic, Slobodan (October 2007). "Za mene još postoji stara Juga". Balkan Media (in Serbian). Archived from the original on 18 October 2007. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
- ^ a b c d "GODINAMA JE NIKO NIJE VIDEO". Pink TV (in Serbian). 20 May 2017. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
- ^ Eric D. Gordy (1 November 2010). Culture of Power in Serbia: Nationalism and the Destruction of Alternatives. Penn State Press. pp. 134–. ISBN 978-0-271-04368-5.
- ^ a b "Branki Sovrlić su svojevremeno rekli "ovde više ne možeš da praviš koncerte" jer je nastajao pravi haos! (Branka Sovrlić once said "you can no longer do concerts here" because there was real chaos!)". Prva (in Serbian). 12 May 2019. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
The singer known for her hits Lido, Lido, Lidija, A tebe nema, Branka Sovrlić appeared in "150 minutes" where she revealed that she was recording new songs and that she had just released the ballad Ti si mene prestao da voliš (You stopped loving me), with Dejan Pantelic.
- ^ Branka Sovrlić Ne izlazim iz mode, by Vesna Tasić, Balkan Media (2007) (in Serbian)