Violeta "Viki" Miljković ( sr-cyr, Виолета "Вики" Миљковић; born 18 December 1974) is a

Serbia Serbia (, ; Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), officially the Republic of Serbia (Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), is a landlocked country in Southeast Europe, Southeastern and Central Europe, situated at the crossroads of the Pannonian Bas ...

n singer and television personality. Born in

Niš Niš (; sr-Cyrl, Ниш, ; names in other languages) is the third largest city in Serbia and the administrative center of the Nišava District. It is located in southern part of Serbia. , the city proper has a population of 183,164, while ...

, she started her recording career in the early nineties and has released ten albums to date. Since 2015, Viki has been a judge and mentor on the televised singing show ''

Zvezde Granda ''Zvezde Granda'' ( sr-Cyrl, Звезде Гранда; "''Grand Stars''") is a Serbian singing competition show, created by Saša Popović. The show has been airing since 2004 on several networks in the western Balkans, and is considered to be ...

''.

Life and career

Born and raised in

, Viki started performing as teenager alongside her brother who played

accordion Accordions (from 19th-century German ''Akkordeon'', from ''Akkord''—"musical chord, concord of sounds") are a family of box-shaped musical instruments of the bellows-driven free-reed aerophone type (producing sound as air flows past a reed ...

. After getting discovered by song-writing duo

Marina Tucaković Marina Tucaković ( sr-Cyrl, Марина Туцаковић; 4 November 1953 – 19 September 2021) was a Serbian lyricist and songwriter. Born and raised in Belgrade, Serbia, Tucaković had a degree from the Economic Faculty at the University ...

and Aleksandar Radulović, she released her debut album, ''Loša sreća'' (''Bad Luck'', 1992), under

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. However, it was only the following year that Viki saw significant commercial success with her second release and breakout hit "Nikom nije lepše nego nama" (''No One Has It Better Than Us''). Her music career peaked in the early

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with albums ''Mariš li'' (''Do You Care'', 2003) and ''Mahi, mahi'' (2005), released through

Grand Production Grand Production ( sr, Гранд продукција) is a Serbian record label and production company predominantly focused on folk performers. The label produces the weekly television show ''Grand Parada'', launched their own cable television ...

. In 2006, Viki held her first solo concert in

Belgrade Belgrade ( , ;, ; Names of European cities in different languages: B, names in other languages) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Serbia, largest city in Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers a ...

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. Since 2015, she has appeared on the televised singing competition ''

'' (''Grand Stars'') as a judge and mentor. In 2022, she had a winning contestant as a mentor with Nermin Handžić in season fifteen. Miljković has been married to accordion player Dragan Tašković "Taške" since 2007, with whom she has a son, Andrej, born in October the same year. It has been noted that Miljković has close friendships with singers

Ceca Ražnatović Svetlana Ražnatović ( Veličković; sr-cyr, Светлана Ражнатовић, ; ; born 14 June 1973), better known by her stage name Ceca ( sr-cyr, Цеца, ), is a Serbian singer and television personality. Often referred to as the "S ...

and

Sanja Đorđević Sanja Đorđević ( sr, Сања Ђорђевић; born 1969) is a Serbian turbo-folk singer best known for her hit-songs "Crveni lak" (2005); "Mutivoda" (1999) and "Svetlo crveno" (2008). Born in 1969 in Pljevlja, she was brought up in Sarajevo ...

, who served as

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s at her wedding. She graduated with a degree in musical arts from the

Faculty of Arts A faculty is a division within a university or college comprising one subject area or a group of related subject areas, possibly also delimited by level (e.g. undergraduate). In American usage such divisions are generally referred to as colleges ...

University of Pristina The University of Pristina ( sq, Universiteti i Prishtinës) is a public university located in Pristina, Kosovo. It is the institution that emerged after the disestablishment of the University of Pristina (1969–99) as a result of the K ...

Discography

;Studio albums * ''Loša sreća'' (1992) * ''Hajde, vodi me odavde'' (1994) * ''Svadbe neće biti'' (1995) * ''Tunel'' (1996) * ''Kud puklo da puklo'' (1997) * ''Okrećem ti leđa, tugo'' (1998) * ''Godine'' (2001) * ''Mariš li'' (2003) * ''Mahi, mahi'' (2005) * ''Ovde se ne plače'' (2009) ;Compilations * ''The best of'' (2011)

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* 1974 births Living people Musicians from Niš Serbian turbo-folk singers 21st-century Serbian women singers Grand Production artists University of Pristina alumni {{Serbia-singer-stub

Life and career

Discography

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