Ana Stanić ( sr-cyr, Ана Станић; born 8 December 1975) is a Serbian pop singer, songwriter, composer, and film producer.

Career

Music

In 1994, she became the singer in

dance-pop Dance-pop is a popular music subgenre that originated in the late 1970s to early 1980s. It is generally uptempo music intended for nightclubs with the intention of being danceable but also suitable for contemporary hit radio. Developing from a ...

duo

Moby Dick ''Moby-Dick; or, The Whale'' is an 1851 novel by American writer Herman Melville. The book is the sailor Ishmael's narrative of the obsessive quest of Ahab, captain of the whaling ship ''Pequod'', for revenge against Moby Dick, the giant whit ...

. They recorded three albums, which sold in over 300,000 copies in

FR Yugoslavia Serbia and Montenegro ( sr, Cрбија и Црна Гора, translit=Srbija i Crna Gora) was a country in Southeast Europe located in the Balkans that existed from 1992 to 2006, following the breakup A relationship breakup, breakup, or ...

. They also had one sold-out concert in

Sava Centar Sava Centar ( sr, Сава центар) is an international congress, cultural and business centre of various multi-functional activities located in Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It is the largest audience hall in the country and entire forme ...

Belgrade Belgrade ( , ;, ; Names of European cities in different languages: B, names in other languages) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Serbia, largest city in Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers a ...

. As a member of duo, she wrote some of their most successful songs, like "Nostalgija" and "Nema nas više". Ana Stanić's family is part of the

Vasojevići The Vasojevići ( sh, Васојевићи, ) is a historical highland tribe (''pleme'') and region of Montenegro, in the area of the Brda. It is the largest of the historical tribes, occupying the area between Lijeva Rijeka in the South up to ...

clan A clan is a group of people united by actual or perceived kinship and descent. Even if lineage details are unknown, clans may claim descent from founding member or apical ancestor. Clans, in indigenous societies, tend to be endogamous, meaning ...

. In 1998, Ana Stanić left Moby Dick, and started her successful solo career. First solo appearance happened on Budva Festival when she performed a song "Molila sam anđele", which she wrote together with Ivana Pavlović who later formed band Negative. She recorded six studio albums: '' Metar iznad asfalta'' (1998), ''Ana Stanić'' (1999), '' Vidim te kad'' (1999), '' Tri'' (2000), '' U ogledalu'' (2004), '' Sudar'' (2008) and ''Priča za pamćenje'' (2015). One of her fans is Serbian politician

Božidar Đelić Božidar Đelić ( sr-cyr, Божидар Ђелић, ; born 1 April 1965) is a Serbian economist and former politician. A longtime member of the Democratic Party, he was highly positioned in politics of Serbia after the overthrow of Slobodan ...

. He appeared on her presentation of ''Sudar'' in June 2008.Ana Stanić – sudar na krovu Doma vojske :: Mondo

Charity work

Ana has been the ambassador for Dance4Life, an international organisation that rises awareness in

AIDS Human immunodeficiency virus infection and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) is a spectrum of conditions caused by infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), a retrovirus. Following initial infection an individual m ...

prevention. She is current ambassador for MODS, child organisation in Serbia

Producing

In 1994, Stanić attended Academy of Dramatic Arts in Belgrade, class for film and TV production. She graduated in 2008. Stanić produced the 2001 Serbian film '' Absolute 100'', directed by

Srdan Golubović Srdan Golubović ( sr-cyr, Срдан Голубовић; born August 24, 1972) is a Serbian film director. Biography Golubović's father was a film director Predrag Golubović. His first feature film '' Absolute 100'' participated in main prog ...

. The film earned eight awards. She also had cameo appearance in few movies. She produced all of her numerous video clips, as well as some of her tv shows.

Solo discography

*'' Metar iznad asfalta'' **Year: 1998 **Label:

PGP RTS PGP-RTS ( sr, Produkcija gramofonskih ploča Radio televizije Srbije) is a major record label based in Belgrade, Serbia. It is a successor of PGP-RTB which was established in 1959 in Belgrade, then capital of Socialist Republic of Serbia and So ...

*''Ana Stanić'' **Year: 1999 **Label: Automatic Records *'' Vidim te kad'' **Year: 1999 **Label: PGP RTS *'' Tri'' **Year: 2002 **Label: PGP RTS *'' U ogledalu'' **Year: 2004 **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'') ...

*'' Sudar'' **Year: 2008 **Label: PGP RTS *'' Priča Za Pamćenje'' **Year: 2015 **Label: Mascom Records

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Stanic, Ana 1975 births Living people Musicians from Niš Serbian composers 21st-century Serbian women singers Serbian film producers Serbian pop singers Serbian rock singers Serbian singer-songwriters 20th-century Serbian women singers