Electra Elite ( sr-cyr, Електра Елит, Elektra Elit) is a Serbian singer and sex worker.

Early and personal life

Assigned male at birth, Elite was born and raised in

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, modern-day

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, in a

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family. She graduated from the 4th

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Gymnasium and the College of Hotel Management. She relocated to Switzerland in early 2000s. There, she continued her education, studying

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. Upon graduation, she worked in her field for seven years in Switzerland. She and her wife at the time had two children, daughter Diva (b. 2001) and son Oskar (b. 2005). Elite and her wife divorced in 2007, when she began her transition. She had full support of her former wife, children, mother and brother. In 2007, Elite began a relationship with a Spanish model who introduced her to the world of

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. She claims that majority of her customers are

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. Elite got married in

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to athlete and businessman Nenad Vujanović in October 2021, making it her second marriage.

Career

Elite began her music career in September 2020 under the

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Electra, when she released her debut single "Lepa sam" (''I'm Pretty''), a collaboration with Serbian singer-songwriter Angellina, written by

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and

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. Elite and Angellina got in touch via their joint photographer Đorđe Bukvić and Angellina, who intended to release the song by herself, liked Elite's story and decided to collaborate with her. Elite's " electro deep" vocals, how she dubbed them, were heavily edited due to the depth of her voice. The single was well received by other Serbian singers, such as

Dara Bubamara Radojka Adžić ( sr-cyr, Радојка Аџић; born 21 May 1976), better known as Dara Bubamara ( sr-Cyrl, Дара Бубамара, lit=Dara the Ladybug), is a Serbian singer from Novi Sad. Early life Radojka Adžić was born on 21 May 197 ...

, Ceca and

Ana Nikolić Ana Nikolić ( sr-Cyrl, Ана Николић; ; born 27 September 1978) is a Serbian singer. Born in Jagodina and raised in Paraćin, she rose to prominence at the Beovizija 2003 music festival with the song "Januar". Nikolić has released six ...

. By the end of September, she promoted the single by performing during Angellina's set at the Belgrade Music Week. In October 2020, Elite was featured on the cover of Serbian LGBT magazine '' Optimist''. In an interview for the magazine, she spoke about her desire to use her popularity as a platform to help

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in Serbia. In November 2020, she released her sophomore single "Bebe bebe" (''Baby Baby''), written and produced by Serbian rapper Nucci and producer Popov. She continued her work with Nucci and Popov, and released "Da se gazimo" (''To Crush Each Other'') in May 2021.

Discography

Singles

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Elite, Electra Date of birth missing (living people) Living people 21st-century Serbian women singers People from Knin Serbs of Croatia Serbian expatriates in Switzerland Serbian pop singers Serbian turbo-folk singers LGBT singers from Serbia Transgender women musicians Transgender sex workers Serbian sex workers Year of birth missing (living people) Women in electronic music