Anthony Cetinski (born 31 May 1969), known professionally as Tony Cetinski, is a Croatian pop singer. Today, he is one of the most popular male singers in

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Biography

Born into a family of musicians in

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(then

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), Cetinski began singing when he was 15 years old with various local groups. He moved from

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in 1991 to start his career, and quickly became one of Croatia's leading pop stars. In 1994 he represented Croatia at the

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with the song "

Nek' ti bude ljubav sva Croatia selected its entry for the 1994 Eurovision Song Contest through the "Dora 1994" contest, which was held on 20 March 1994, organised by the Croatian national broadcaster Hrvatska radiotelevizija (HRT) in Opatija. The winner was Tony Cetins ...

". In 2003 Tony released his eighth studio album "A sada" with 14 tracks: "Blago onom tko te ima", "Moje sve", "Ostani zauvijek", "Sve bih opet", "Rijeka ljubavi", "Daj mi sve", "Zauvijek", "Nebo iznad nas", "Zvijezda", "Sve svoje snove", "Iz dana u dan", "Ti", "Reci da li znaš" and "O sole mio". At the 10th

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in 2006, Cetinski won all three prizes in pop-

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category: HRF Grand Prix – pop-rock, Listener's award and Music Editors award. He also recorded the song "Lagala nas mala" as a duet with the late

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. This song appears on both of

's 2005 albums ''Po tebe'' and the Croatian edition ''Pratim te''. The song was also done as a remix by DeeJay Time. In 2009 Cetinski won the Porin award for best male vocal performance with his song ''"Ako to se zove ljubav"''. Cetinski sold out two concerts in

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the same year with more than 30,000 people attending. In December 2020, Cetinski was announced as one of the 14 finalists for Dora 2021, the national contest in Croatia to select the country's

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entry. He will perform the song "Zapjevaj, sloboda je!" in a duet with Kristijan Rahimovski which was also written by the later.

Personal life

Tony is married to Dubravka Cetinski. He is a devout

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Discography

* 1990 ''Samo srce ne laže'' * 1992 ''Ljubomora I'' * 1993 ''Ljubomora II'' * 1995 ''Ljubav i bol'' * 1996 ''Prah i pepeo'' * 1998 ''A1'' * 2000 ''Triptonyc'' * 2003 ''A sada...'' * 2005 ''Budi uz mene'' * 2008 ''Ako to se zove ljubav'' * 2010 ''Da Capo'' * 2011 ''Best of Tony Cetinski'' * 2012 ''Opet si pobijedila'' * 2018 Kao U Snu

Trivia

* Tony Cetinski starred in the

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TV show ''Mjenjačnica'' (''Exchange Office'') where he swapped for a day with a stone carver. Tony worked as a stone carver at Donji Humac on Brač Island.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cetinski, Tony 1969 births Living people Eurovision Song Contest entrants for Croatia 21st-century Croatian male singers Croatian pop singers Eurovision Song Contest entrants of 1994 People from Pula Hayat Production artists 20th-century Croatian male singers