Nina Badrić (; born 4 July 1972) is a Croatian pop singer and songwriter. She began performing in the early 1990s, and competed in "
Dora" – the Croatian selection for
Eurovision Song Contest
The Eurovision Song Contest (), sometimes abbreviated to ESC and often known simply as Eurovision, is an international songwriting competition organised annually by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), featuring participants representing pr ...
4 times. She won 7th place in 1993 with "Ostavljam te", 10th place in 1994 with "Godine nestvarne", 18th place in 1995 with "Odlaziš zauvijek", and second place in 2003 with "Čarobno jutro". Badrić eventually represented
Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012
Croatia participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 with the song "Nebo" written and performed by Nina Badrić, who was selected internally by the Croatian broadcaster Croatian Radiotelevision (HRT) on 10 January 2012 to represent Croatia at ...
in Baku, Azerbaijan with the song "
Nebo". She finished 12th in the second semi-final and failed to qualify for the grand final.
Early life
Badrić attended primary school "Otokar Keršovani", and started singing in the children's choir ''Zvjezdice'' at the age of nine. She spent seven years in the choir, while she began doing backing vocals with performers such as the
Parni valjak
Parni Valjak (; "steamroller") is a Croatian and former Yugoslav rock band. They were one of the top acts of the former Yugoslav rock scene, and one of the top rock bands in Croatia.
Biography
Parni Valjak was founded in 1975 in Zagreb. Unl ...
,
Prljavo kazalište and others.
Career
Early career
In the early 1990s she was discovered by
Dino Dvornik
Dino Dvornik (; 20 August 1964 – 7 September 2008) was a Croatian singer-songwriter, music producer, actor and reality television star known as "the Croatian king of funk".
Biography
Early life
A son of renowned actor Boris Dvornik and mothe ...
who helped develop her career. Later, she had her first major appearance on 'Crovizija', where she won with the song "Ostavljam te", in collaboration with
Rajko Dujmić
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He composed the winner entry of Eurovision Song Contest 1989, " Rock me", along with Ste ...
, Jesenko Houra and her first manager Daniel Koletić. Shortly after that she signed her first professional contract with
Croatia Records
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and in 1995 released her first album ''Godine nestvarne''. However, Nina made first major success in duet with singer
Emilija Kokić
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and the song "Ja sam vlak".
Badrić released her second album ''Personality'' in 1997, the record label Top Zoe Music. Nina won two
Porins
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for best female vocal performance and best album of pop and classical music. She has also finished the song "
I'm So Excited" by American R&B group
The Pointer Sisters
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, bringing a degree of international recognition. In 1999 she released the 13 track album ''Unique'', including two versions of the song, "Woman in Love" and also a remix of "Po dobru ti me pamti". She collaborated with a number of Croatian musicians, including
Boytronic
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.
2000–present
With the single "Nek ti bude kao meni", Nina announced her fourth album, ''Nina'', released in 2000, through the label Croatia Records. It contained twelve songs and was produced by
Darko Juranović
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He is also one of the founding members of the production teaPlayOne a mem ...
It featured the second single "Ako kažeš da me ne voliš" that was supported by a video. In 2003 she released a compilation, ''Collection'', and her fourth studio album ''Ljubav'', consisting of thirteen tracks. The songs "Čarobno jutro" and "Za dobre i loše dane" were released as singles.
On 14 February 2005, Badrić performed at the
Dom sportova
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in Zagreb, in support of the campaign by
UNICEF
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to house abandoned children. The concert was filmed and the same year Badrić released live album on double CD, ''Ljubav za ljubav – Live'', released through the Aquarius Records. In November 2007, she released her seventh studio album, ''07.'' The album opens with the song "Kralj života mog", which isa duet with Roma diva
Ljiljana Petrović-Buttler. The material contains another duet with
Montell Jordan
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in the song "Do not give this to anyone". The album was recorded over two years and produced by
Steve Sidwell. In November 2011 Nina released the album ''Nebo''.
Badrić represented Croatia at the
Eurovision Song Contest 2012
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in
Baku
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,
Azerbaijan
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with the song "Nebo" (Heaven). She performed in the second semi-final and failed to reach the top ten and final cutoff, at 12th place with 42 points.
After the Eurovision Song Contest Badrić embarked on an arena tour of the region. In 2013 Badrić recorded a duet "Duše su se srele" with Bosnian singer
Mirza Šoljanin. In January 2015, she recorded another duet, called "Lozinka za raj", with Serbian singer Željko Vasić. In 2016 Badrić recorded a song "Želim živjeti" (I want to live) together with
Shorty
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, Ivana Husar, Marija Husar, Palić Sisters, Alan Hržica and band Emanuel in support of an
anti-abortion
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campaign. In July 2016 Badrić performed her song "Dani i godine" at the wedding of
Ana Ivanovic
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and
Bastian Schweinsteiger
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.
Personal life
She married Bernard Krasnić in 2006; they divorced in 2012. During campaign for the
2007 parliamentary election, Badrić performed at a number fundraising events for the
Croatian Democratic Union
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. She is a devout
Roman Catholic
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.
She often makes pilgrimages to
Lourdes
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,
Međugorje
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and Šurkovac.
Discography
;Studio albums:
*''
Godine nestvarne
''Godine nestvarne'' is the first studio album by Croatian recording artist Nina Badrić, released in 1995 by Croatia Records.
Track listing
References
External links
*
Nina Badrić albums
1995 albums
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, 1995)
*''Personality'' (Zg Zoe Music, 1997)
*''Unique'' (Croatia, 1999)
*''
Nina Nina may refer to:
* Nina (name), a feminine given name and surname
Acronyms
*National Iraqi News Agency, a news service in Iraq
* Norwegian Institute for Nature Research, on the campus of Norwegian University of Science and Technology
*No income, ...
'' (Croatia, 2000)
*''Ljubav'' (Aquarius, 2003)
*''
07'' (Aquarius, 2007)
*''
NeBo'' (Aquarius, 2011)
Singles
See also
*
List of contraltos in non-classical music
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*
Popular music in Croatia
References
External links
*
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1972 births
Living people
Musicians from Zagreb
21st-century Croatian women singers
20th-century Croatian women singers
Croatian pop singers
Eurovision Song Contest entrants for Croatia
Eurovision Song Contest entrants of 2012
Hayat Production artists
Croatian voice actresses