Vladimir Vlado Janevski ( mk, Владимир Владо Јаневски ) is a popular Macedonian singer. He was

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's first

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contestant, finishing 19th in Birmingham at the

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with the song "

Ne Zori, Zoro Vlado Janevski represented Macedonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998 after winning the national final selection with the song "Ne zori, zoro", which made altogether a country debut at the Eurovision Song Contest. Before Eurovision Skop ...

Biography

Vlado Janevski was born on 27 November 1960 in

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, resided most of his adult years in Čair and as of 2021 moved to Gevgelija. He majored in English language and literature at the university of Ss. Cyril and Methodius. He is fluent in English, German, Italian and Russian. He plays the guitar, piano and drums. He was a member of the popular bands Tost Sendvich (1976) and Bon-Ton (1986) as a drummer, and Fotomodel (1989) and Lastovica (1992) as a singer. Vlado Janevski performing in concert at VIP Arena, Skopje 2019

Vlado Janevski performing in concert at VIP Arena, Skopje 2019

He has participated in a number of festivals in Macedonia and other

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countries. He participated in Jugovizija in

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in 1992 and also had revival participations in

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on Slavjanski Bazar in 1994, 1995 and 1996. In Macedonia, he took part in Interfest in 1994 where he got the grand prize, and on Makfest where got the second prize and the first in 1995. He took place in the first Skopje Fest 1998 with the song "

" and won the contest which allowed him to represent Macedonia for the first time in the

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. Vlado Janevski is under an exclusive recording contract with Croatia Records as of 2019.

Eurovision 1998

Vlado won the Skopje Fest in 1998 and he went to

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where Macedonia debuted in the

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. The song

finished in 19th place and failed to qualify Macedonia for the

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Songwriting

Ever since the beginning of his solo career Vlado has been writing most of the music and all the lyrics for his songs. Even though he has often been referred to as "the most romantic songwriter and lyricist in the history of macedonian popular music" he described himself as "a mere scribbler of love songs". The secret of his long-lasting success with the wide audience probably lies in the mystic beauty of his ballads combined with the sensuality of his velvety baritone voice.

Discography

Albums

* Parče Duša (1993) * Se Najdobro (1996) * Daleku E Neboto (1996) * Ima Nešto Posilno Od Se (2002) * Vakov Ili Takov (2004) * Povtorno Se Zaljubuvam Vo Tebe (2006)

Singles

*1998:

*2007: Zemjo makedonska *2011: Bulki *2012: Pjer *2014: E, ama jas te sakam tebe *2016: Ajde vodi me *2017: Posledna zabluda *2018: Glaven grad na tagata *2019: Otkako si negova *2020: Nedostasuvaš *2020: Ljubi,ljubi *2021: Bez tebe ne me biva *2022: Nenormalen

References

http://www.vladojanevski.mk