''Život uživo'' ( en, Life in person) is the debut studio album by Bosnian pop star

Maya Berović Maja "Maya" Berović (; born 8 July 1987) is a Bosnian- Serbian singer. Born in Ilijaš, she debuted in 2007 with the album '' Život uživo'', featuring her first hit "Džin i limunada". It was followed by '' Crno zlato'' (2008) and ''Maya'' ( ...

. It was released August 2007 through the record label

Grand Production Grand Production ( sr, Гранд продукција) is a Serbian record label and production company predominantly focused on folk performers. The label produces the weekly television show ''Grand Parada'', launched their own cable television ...

Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sh, / , ), abbreviated BiH () or B&H, sometimes called Bosnia–Herzegovina and often known informally as Bosnia, is a country at the crossroads of south and southeast Europe, located in the Balkans. Bosnia and H ...

and

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Background

Aged 19 in 2006, Maya signed with the Belgrade-based record label

, co-owned by

Lepa Brena Fahreta Živojinović (; ; born 20 October 1960), known by her stage name Lepa Brena (), is a folk singer, actress, and businesswoman. She is the best-selling female recording artist from the former Yugoslavia. Lepa Brena grew up in Brčko, Bosni ...

and Saša Popović, and teamed up with ''Grand's'' main songwriter

Marina Tucaković Marina Tucaković ( sr-Cyrl, Марина Туцаковић; 4 November 1953 – 19 September 2021) was a Serbian lyricist and songwriter. Born and raised in Belgrade, Serbia, Tucaković had a degree from the Economic Faculty at the University ...

and composer and musician Aleksandar Milić as the producer. Not long after the album's release, Berović parted ways with Grand Production. In 2015 she explained that she and Grand director Saša Popović had differing ideas and that she is happy with her current label

City Records City Records (full legal name in Serbian: Предузеће за издавачко-пропагандну делатност City Records д.о.о. Београд/''Preduzeće za izdavačko-propagandnu delatnost City Records d.o.o. Beograd'') ...

Singles

"Džin i limunada" ( en, Gin and Lemonade) was the album's only single and served as Maya's debut single. It was premiered shortly before the official release of ''Life in person'' in August 2007.

Track listing

Personnel

Instruments

*Igor Malešević – drum programming *Petar Trumbetaš – guitar, bouzouki *Goran Radinović – keyboards *Zoran Kiki Caušević – percussion

Production and recording

*Dejan Vučković – mixing *Aleksandar Milić – arrangement *Goran Radinović – programming

References

2008 debut albums Maya Berović albums Grand Production albums {{2000s-folk-album-stub