Nina Kraljić (; born 4 April 1992) is a Croatian singer-songwriter and voice actress. She is known for winning

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of '' The Voice – Najljepši glas Hrvatske'' and for being a finalist in the

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with the song "

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". Kraljić is the winner of the Croatian Porin award for Croatia's best new act of 2016. Her debut album '' Samo'' was released on September 30, 2016.

Life and career

Early life and career

Nina Kraljić was born in

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on 4 April 1992 to Željko and Irena Kraljić. She has a younger sister Tena. Kraljić's first TV appearance was in 2009 when she entered the Croatian version of ''

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''. She placed tenth in the final stage of the competition. When Kraljić was 14, she left her family to develop her musical expression. She studied

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at a music academy and

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at the Faculty of Philosophy in

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. She is openly

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2015–present: ''Samo''

Kraljić competed in the first season of Croatian version of '' The Voice – Najljepši glas Hrvatske''. During her participation she performed the song " Beneath Your Beautiful", "Što te nema", and the

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song "

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". Her voice was also recognized by

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, who mentored her to victory, with Kraljić receiving roughly 1 million votes in the final round. She later released her debut single "Zaljuljali smo svijet" (''We Swung the World'') in June 2015, a modern ballad with ethnic elements. On 24 February 2016, it was announced by Hrvatska radiotelevizija that Kraljić would represent

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in the

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. On 9 March 2016, she released her 2016 contest song "

". On 17 March 2016, Kraljić won the prestigious Croatian music award Porin for the Best Upcoming Artist in Croatia for 2015. She led Croatia to the Eurovision Song Contest final after for the first time after seven years, coming tenth in the first semi-final with 133 points, and 23rd in the grand final with 73 points. Her debut album '' Samo'' (''Only'') was released on 30 September 2016. Kraljić presented herself as a songwriter with two songs "Lullaby" and "Lay You Down" in English. On 19 August 2016, she announced a collaboration with the Croatian composer Matija Dedić on the song "Što te nema" (''Why Are You Not Here'') also featured on the album. In December 2020, Kraljić was announced as one of the fourteen finalists of

Dora 2021 Croatia participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 with the song " Tick-Tock" written by Branimir Mihaljević, Max Cinnamon and Tihana Buklijaš Bakić. The song was performed by Albina. The Croatian broadcaster Croatian Radiotelevision (H ...

. She performed the song "Rijeka" (''River'') which she co-wrote together with Hana Librenjak and Miki Solus and ended up in second place behind Albina with " Tick-Tock". Kraljić also had some technical difficulties during her performance in Dora 2021 and deleted some of her social media profiles.

Filmography

Film

Television

Discography

Studio albums

Singles

References

External links

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