Petar Grašo (born 19 March 1976) is a Croatian pop singer and songwriter. Born in

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to basketball player Zoran Grašo, he rose to prominence when

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performed one of his first songs "Boginja" on the Dora contest in 1995. Since then, he has collaborated greatly with Dragojević, and has also worked with

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. In 1996, he won the Zadarfest music festival in

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with his song "Trebam nekoga", which promulgated him to wide fame. He placed second in Dora 1997, Croatia's qualifying competition for Eurovision Song Contest 1997. Today, he is one of the most popular male pop singers in

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, and is also well known in

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, and

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. Grašo co-wrote the lyrics to the song "Metak sa posvetom" with

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for Lepa Brena's 2011 album ''

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'', and composed the music himself. His songs "Volim i postojim" (1997) and "Ko nam brani?" (1999) are credited with helping the public cope with the

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. In February 2022, he married Hana Huljić.

Discography

Albums

*''Mjesec iznad oblaka'' (1997) *''Utorak'' (1999) *''Šporke riči'' (2003) *''Best of Petar Grašo Uvertira 1995. – 2005.'' (2007)

Singles

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Graso, Petar 1976 births Living people 21st-century Croatian male singers Croatian pop singers Musicians from Split, Croatia 20th-century Croatian male singers