Milica Todorović ( sr-Cyrl, Милица Тодоровић; born 13 October 1990) is a Serbian singer and actress, who rose to prominence by winning the second season of the
singing competition
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''
Zvezde Granda'' (2005).
Life and career
Todorović was born on 13 October 1990 in
Kruševac
Kruševac ( sr-cyr, Крушевац, , tr, Alacahisar or Kruşevca) is a city and the administrative center of the Rasina District in central Serbia. It is located in the valley of West Morava, on Rasina river. According to the 2011 census, t ...
,
SFR Yugoslavia. After a failed audition process for the first season of ''
Zvezde Granda'', she applied for the series a year later in 2005. Todorović was eventually declared the season two winner, becoming the show's youngest winner to date.
Subsequently, she was signed to
Grand Production, through which she released her first singles "Uporedi me" and "Reci ja".
Todorović also portrayed the character of Azra in the
opera
Opera is a form of theatre in which music is a fundamental component and dramatic roles are taken by singers. Such a "work" (the literal translation of the Italian word "opera") is typically a collaboration between a composer and a libr ...
by
Emir Kusturica
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based on his movie ''
Time of the Gypsies''. The play debuted at the
Opéra Bastille
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,
Paris
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in June 2007. After turning 18, Todorović released her debut album ''Pamitm ja'' in 2009.
She gained further popularity with the songs "Tri čaše" (2013) and "Moje zlato" (2014) featuring
MC Yankoo, whose accompanying music videos have collected over one hundred million views on
YouTube
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. Moreover, with over 160 million views, "Moje zlato" is currently the most viewed music video by a Serbian artist. In 2014, Todorović also competed on the Grand Music Festival with "Konačna odluka", placing as the runner-up.
In August 2017, she collaborated with
Emina Jahović
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on their commercially successful single "Limunada". Same year, she made a cameo performance of the popular Serbian folk song "Jutros mi je ruža procvetala" in the movie ''
An Ordinary Man'', starring
Ben Kingsley
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.
In December 2022, Todorović was announced as the lead female character in the second season of the Serbian television series ''Pevačica''.
Discography
;Studio albums
* ''Pamtim ja'' (2009)
Filmography
Awards and nominations
References
External links
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1990 births
Living people
Serbian folk-pop singers
21st-century Serbian women singers
Grand Production artists
Actors from Kruševac
Musicians from Kruševac
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