Anastasija Gudelj (; sr-cyr, Анастасија Гудељ, ; born 25 May 1998), professionally known simply as Anastasija, is a Serbian singer and model. She is the daughter of Ceca and

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. Anastasija pursued her music career with the release of her debut single "Savršen par" in July 2018.

Early life

Ražnatović was born on 25 May 1998 in

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. She is the daughter of singer Svetlana "Ceca" Ražnatović and career criminal, politician and the founder of the paramilitary formation

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Željko "Arkan" Ražnatović. When she was less than two years old, she lost her father, after he was assassinated on 15 January 2000. Ražnatović has an older brother, Veljko, and seven half-siblings from her father's previous relationships. After graduating from high school, she attended business school.

Career

In 2016, Anastasija began modeling for the fur coat brand Inverno Caldo. Pictures of her from the campaign were featured in an article in the February 2018 issue of the British ''Vogue''. In July 2018, Ražnatović made her recording debut by releasing the single "Savršen par" (''Perfect Pairing'') under her mother's record label Ceca Music. Anastasija herself wrote the song alongside

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. As of January 2023, its music video has accumulated over 68 million views on

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. Her next single, titled "Rane" (''Wounds''), was released in March the following year. It managed to surpass the success of the previous release, collecting million views during the first nine hours and 88 million views overall. During the 2020, Ražnatović released three singles: "Heroina" (''Heroine''), "Volim te" (''I Love You'') and "Promašena" (''Missed''). A year later on 25 May, she released the singles "Gotovo" (''Over'') and "Izvini" (''Sorry''). Subsequently, "Ubica" (''Killer'') was released in January 2022. In July that year, Anastasija also collaborated with Serbian recording artist MC Stojan on the single "Otkaz" (''Dismissal''). In October 2022, Anastasija began appearing alongside her family on the

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show ''Ceca Show: Ceca i deca'' broadcast on Blic TV.

Personal life

In March 2022, Ražnatović began dating Serbian footballer

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. In August 2023, Ražnatović and Gudelj married in a secret ceremony at

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. In June 2022, she reached one million followers on

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, becoming the sixth most followed person in Serbia. She is part of the Ražnatović family which is a part of the Ceklin clan of

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Discography

Singles

Awards and nominations

External links

References

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