Edita Aradinović ( sr-cyr, Едита Арадиновић, ; born 30 June 1993), often simply known as Edita, is a Serbian singer. She rose to fame as the lead vocalist of the

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girl band Ministarke in 2013, before pursuing a solo career five years later.

Life and career

Aradinović was born and raised in

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(modern-day Serbia) into a

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family. Her father Isa hails from

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while her mother Florija hails from

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. Her maternal grandfather moved to Belgrade in the late 1950s. She has noted

as her mother tongue. Her older sister Indira Aradinović, better known as Indy, is also a well-known

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singer. Her maternal grandmother had a twin sister, who was the mother of icons of Serbian

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, Đole and Gagi Đogani. Edita developed a passion for music through Serbian turbo-folk and also American

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, citing

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and

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as her biggest influences. Following an unsuccessful audition for the televised singing competition ''

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'', Edita released her debut song "Overila" (''Checked'') in 2012, which was notable for the guest appearance of

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's half-brother, Robin Mebarak, in the music video. She then became a lead singer of the girl group Ministarke in 2013. The group broke through after releasing duets "Poplava" (''Flood'') with

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, "Uno momento" (''One Moment'') with Severina and "Zver" (''Beast'') with

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. In 2015, Ministarke released their debut album titled ''Kiseonik'' (''Oxygen''). In 2017, Edita appeared on the fourth season of the reality talent show '' Tvoje lice zvuči poznato'', finishing in the third place. She would release three more singles with Ministarke—"Moje jedino" (''My Only One''; a Dajana Penezić cover), "Zauzeto" (''Engaged'') and "Tutto completo" (''No Vacancy'')—before leaving the band to pursue a solo career at the beginning of the following year. While announcing her departure and before embarking on a solo career, she revealed that she underwent three

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surgeries. She joined IDJTunes and released a duet with Aco Pejović, titled "Blud i nemoral" (''Fornication and Immorality''), on 10 October 2018. On 7 May 2019 she released her solo single "Magnum", followed up by "Životinje" (''Animals'') on 30 July. In October, she returned for the fifth season of ''Tvoje lice zvuči poznato''. Her imitation of Greek singer

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in the first episode caught attention of Foureira herself, who praised it on

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. Edita finished her 2019 by releasing a collaboration with Sunaj Ibraimović, a cover of "Jugoslovenka" ('' Yugoslav Girl'') by

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. In August 2020, she released a cover of "Kokuzna vremena" (''Broke Times'') by

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as part of ''Zvezde pevaju zvezde Xtra'' project by Radio S. On 23 September, Serbian singer Marina Visković released her new single "Ljubi me tu" (''Kiss Me Here''), entirely written by Aradinović. On 14 April 2022, Aradinović announced her debut solo studio album, titled ''08'', and released the lead single "Egomanija" (''

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'') a day later. In June 2022, she revealed she had undergone a vocal cord surgery that significantly changed her vocal

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Discography

Singles

As lead artist

As featured artist

Songwriting credits

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Aradinovic, Edita 1993 births Living people Singers from Belgrade 21st-century Serbian women singers Serbian turbo-folk singers Serbian pop singers Serbian mezzo-sopranos Albanians in Serbia Serbian Muslims