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''Začarani krug'' is the sixteenth studio album by pop-folk singer
Lepa Brena Fahreta Živojinović (; ; born 20 October 1960), known by her stage name Lepa Brena (), is a folk singer, actress, and businesswoman. She is the best-selling female recording artist from the former Yugoslavia. Lepa Brena grew up in Brčko, Bosni ...
. It was released in presale on 20 July 2011 and for regular sale on 20 August 2011 through the record label
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 ...
. The record was primarily produced by
Željko Joksimović Željko Joksimović ( sr-Cyrl, Жељко Јоксимовић, ; born 20 April 1972) is a Serbian vocalist, composer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer. He plays 12 different musical instruments including accordion, piano, guitar ...
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Kiki Lesendrić Zoran "Kiki" Lesendrić ( sr-Cyrl, Зоран "Кики" Лесендрић) is a Serbian rock musician, most notable as the founding member of the rock band Piloti. Early career With Piloti he released a number of albums in the former Yugo ...
, Atelje Trag,
Nikša Bratoš Nikša Bratoš (born 17 August 1959 in Travnik, Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, PR Bosnia and Herzegovina, FPR Yugoslavia) is a Bosnian musician. He is known for having played in bands Valentino and Crvena jabuka. He has worked on so ...
and Dejan Abadić.


Release

Brena first announced on May 27, 2011 that her sixteenth album would be titled Začarani krug and released on July 20, 2011. The album's lead single, "Metak sa posvetom", was released three days later. On June 7, Brena released a second single "Biber". On July 15, Brena released a third single "Ne bih ja bila ja" and promote in show Veče sa Ivanom Ivanovićem. All three videos were directed by
Dejan Milićević Dejan Milićević ( sr-cyr, Дејан Милићевић, ), is a Serbian music video director and fashion photographer that has directed many music videos for many famous ex-Yugoslav musicians. He has also photographed many models, some of whi ...
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Background

Brena wanted the new album to have a specific Balkan sound. That's why she gathered a team of 7 authors from all parts the Balkans and started preparing for the new album. ''"The new album "Začarani krug" is a true Balkan concept. I wanted on this album to make a true Balkan concept and I succeeded in that. I am extremely pleased with the new album and I hope that I will soon share this opinion with the public. said Lepa Brena at a press conference, at which her were presented new songs."'' The authors of the new Brena's songs are:
Petar Grašo Petar Grašo (born 19 March 1976) is a Croatian pop singer and songwriter. Born in Split to basketball player Zoran Grašo, he rose to prominence when Oliver Dragojević performed one of his first songs "Boginja" on the Dora contest in 1995. Si ...
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Antonija Šola Antonija Šola (; born 5 June 1979) is a Croatian musician, singer-songwriter, lyricist, actress and music producer. She is known for playing a main role of " Tina Bauer-Fijan" in first Croatian soap opera Zabranjena ljubav (2004-2008). In addi ...
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Željko Joksimović Željko Joksimović ( sr-Cyrl, Жељко Јоксимовић, ; born 20 April 1972) is a Serbian vocalist, composer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer. He plays 12 different musical instruments including accordion, piano, guitar ...
, Pera Zdravkovic,
Hari Mata Hari Hari Mata Hari is a Bosnian pop band. Hari Mata Hari is the stage name for the singer Hari Varešanović. The group originated from the city of Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The group has performed over 1,000 concerts and sol ...
,
Kiki Lesendrić Zoran "Kiki" Lesendrić ( sr-Cyrl, Зоран "Кики" Лесендрић) is a Serbian rock musician, most notable as the founding member of the rock band Piloti. Early career With Piloti he released a number of albums in the former Yugo ...
, Dragan Brajović Braja,
Vladimir Graić Vladimir Graić ( sr, Владимир Граић, born 19 February 1968) is a Serbian composer of popular, film and television music. Among other pieces, he composed the song Molitva, performed by Marija Šerifović, which won the 2007 Eurovision ...
, Aleksandar Perišić Romario and a group of arranger " Atelje Trag". Lepa Brena signed the contract with the Deputy General Director of the company
Lukoil The PJSC Lukoil Oil Company ( stylized as LUKOIL or ЛУКОЙЛ in Cyrillic script) is a Russian multinational energy corporation headquartered in Moscow, specializing in the business of extraction, production, transport, and sale of petrol ...
Constantin Polovtsev in ... Lepa Brena signed a cooperation agreement with Lukoils's Managing Director Konstantin Polovcev, expressing satisfaction with cooperation with one of the most successful oil companies, which is "a blend of beautiful, smart and useful". It was agreed that the album will be sold at 180 Lukoil Pumps stores, with a benefit card, which will enable customers to buy cheaper fuel.


Promotion

On July 14, 2011 Brena announced concert in
Belgrade Arena Belgrade ( , ;, ; names in other languages) is the capital and largest city in Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers and the crossroads of the Pannonian Plain and the Balkan Peninsula. Nearly 1,166,763 mill ...
and promised that she going on a big world tour. ''"We will make Brena's big concert in the Belgrade Arena on October 20, when she is also her birthday. It will be a real spectacle after so many years. And then all major cities from Skopje to Ljubljana will be operating."'' said the organizer of the concert, Bane Obradović.


Track listing


Personnel


Crew

*Accordion – Željko Joksimović, Vladimir Milenković *Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar – Nikša Bratoš, Petar Trumbetaš, Vasilije Stanković, Miro Asotić, Srđan Marković *Backing Vocals – Dragan Brnas, Ivana Čabraja, Jadranka Krištof, Vladimir Pavelić, Ivana Peters *Bass – Miroslav Tovirac *Bouzouki – Petar Trumpetaš, Srđan Marković *Engineer – Siniša Kokerić, Boris Gavrilović, Perica Kaluđerović *Flute, Flute ife– Nebojša Brdarić *Kaval, duduk – Nebojša Brdarić *Keyboards – Perica Kaluđerović, Predrag Milanović, Kiki Lesendrić, Nikola Miljković *Percussion – Željko Joksimović, Zoran Kiki Čaušević *Photography By – Nebojša Babić *Producer – Nikša Bratoš, Željko Joksimović, Perica Zdravković, Hari Varešanović, Dejan Abadić, Kiki Lesendrić, Atelje Trag *Drums – Željko Joksimović, Petar Radmilović, Zoran Kiki Čaušević *Piano – Željko Joksimović, Perica Kaluđerović *Violin – Tijana Milošević *Saxophone, Trombone – Oliver Ereš *Trumpet – Antonio Geček *Lute argija– Srđan Marković


Music videos

* Metak sa posvetom (Dejan Milićević / Zoran Shurbevski / Veljko Spasić) * Ne bih ja bila ja (Dejan Milićević / Zoran Shurbevski) * Briši me (Dejan Milićević / Zoran Shurbevski / Boško Jakovljević) * Uradi to (Dejan Milićević / Zoran Shurbevski / Veljko Spasić) * Stakleno zvono (Dejan Milićević / Nena Ilić, Zoran Shurbevski / Zoran Shurbevski, Aleksandar Kaprish) * Biber (Dejan Milićević / Nena Ilić, Zoran Shurbevski / Aleksandar Kaprish)


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Zacarani Krug 2011 albums Lepa Brena albums Grand Production albums