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Bižuterija
''Bižuterija'' () is the second studio album by Croatian singer Jelena Rozga. It was released on 15 July 2011, by Hit Records and Tonika Records. As with the singer's previous album '' Oprosti Mala'' (2006), most songs from the album were written by the duo Tonči Huljić and Vjekoslava Huljić. All songs were produced by Remi Kazinoti and saw new collaborations, with Edo Botrić, Pero Kozomara and Robert Pilepić. ''Bižuterija'' was commercially successful in Croatia where it peaked at number one on the Croatian Albums Chart and received a gold certification by the Croatian Phonographic Industry for sales over 15.000 copies. The album was also critically well received by music critics who saw it as a turning point in her career and an evolution of her sound. Rozga received two nominations for the album at the 2011 Porin Awards in the categories for Hit of the Year for the song " Bižuterija" and Best Pop Music Album. She ended up winning the former award which was followed by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bižuterija (song)
"Bižuterija" () is a song by Croatian pop singer Jelena Rozga from her second studio album of the same name '' Bižuterija'' (2011). "Bižuterija" was written by Croatian lyricist and songwriter Vjekoslava Huljić and arranged and produced by Tonči Huljić. "Bižuterija" premiered on Dalbior Petko's show on Croatian broadcasting channel narodni radio in June 2010. It was released as a single through Croatia Records on 11 June 2010. The song had its premiere at the 2010 Split Music Festival after which it quickly became the most-listened song in Croatia and achieved commercial success in the wider Balkan region, particularly in ex-Yugoslav countries. "Bižuterija" was a turning point in the singer's career and her biggest success at the time of its release. An accompanying music video directed by Željko Petreš premiered on the singer's official YouTube channel on 29 November 2010. The video, filmed during a sold-out concert given at Zadar, Croatia on 21 October 2010 during The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jelena Rozga
Jelena Rozga (born 23 August 1977) is a Croatian pop, folk, and electropop singer. Born and raised in Split, Croatia, Rozga was a ballet dancer as a child. She rose to fame in 1996, when she became the lead singer of Magazin, a pop band famous in Croatia. She served as the band's lead singer until 2006, releasing a total of five studio albums. During the ten years, the band released numerous commercially and critically successful singles including "Ginem", "Minut' srca tvog" and "Minus i plus" among others. In 2006, Rozga launched a solo career with the release of her debut studio album '' Oprosti Mala'' (). The album was a major commercial and critical success that established her status as a solo artist. It peaked on top of the Croatian Albums Chart and produced several commercially successful singles, including "Gospe moja" (), "Oprosti mala" (), and "Ne zovi me Marija" (). Rozga's second studio album '' Bižuterija'' (2011; ) produced the eponymous number-one lead single as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Bižuterija Tour
The Bižuterija Tour was the first headlining solo concert tour by Croatian pop singer Jelena Rozga, in support of her second studio album, '' Bižuterija'' (2011). The tour began on 21 October 2010, in Zadar, Croatia, at the Krešimir Ćosić Hall and concluded on 9 November 2012, in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina at the Skenderija. In addition to songs from the album, the set list of The Bižuterija Tour also featured songs from the Magazin era and from Rozga's debut studio album, '' Oprosti Mala'' (2006). The Bižuterija Tour was a critical and a commercial success; critics praised Rozga for her stage presence and energy and all concerts were sold out shortly after being announced. A documentary titled ''Hodam na prstima'' was released in 2011 that includes footage and recordings from concerts of the tour. Background Jelena Rozga's second studio album '' Bižuterija'' was released in January 2011. Several singles which attained regional commercial success were released fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vjekoslava Huljić
Vjekoslava Huljić (; born on 27 March 1963) is a Croatian lyricist, songwriter, novelist, and writer. Born in Duvno and raised in Split, Huljić emerged as a successful lyricist with several hits from the Croatian group Magazin. She is considered to be one of the most productive and successful Croatian writers and lyricists and is most widely known for her collaborations with her husband and musician Tonči Huljić. Her literary work targets both young and old audiences. In the span of her career, Huljić has written more than 600 songs, many of which have become best-selling singles of the respective artists they were written for, primarily Magazin, Jelena Rozga, Doris Dragović, Jole, Minea, Petar Grašo and Danijela Martinović. Her latest works with Lorena, Domenica and Tonči Huljić & Madre Badessa Band, include her writing using loanwords of the Dalmatian language. Biography Huljić was born as Vjekoslava Tolić in 1963 in Duvno to a mother Iva Tolić, from Kolo, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tonči Huljić
Tonči Huljić (; born 29 October 1961) is a Croatian musician, songwriter and music producer. He is best known as the founding member, songwriter and producer of one the most famous Croatian pop music, pop bands, Magazin. During his career spanning more than five decades, Huljić has produced numerous hit singles, both for the group and for numerous solo artists which emerged from his record label. Some of the most prominent music artists who collaborated with him include Jelena Rozga, Doris Dragović, Petar Grašo as well as Maksim Mrvica, Danijela Martinović, Minea (singer), Minea and Joško Čagalj Jole, Jole. In total, Huljić has produced and composed more than 1370 songs. In the 2000s, Huljić also worked on composing instrumental music for his first solo release ''Waterland'' (2006) and briefly ventured in production work for soap operas. As of 2011, Tonči Huljić served as the founder and lead singer of the pop-ethno band called Tonči Huljić & Madre Badessa. He has r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spaladium Arena
Spaladium Arena is a multi-purpose indoor arena located in Split, Croatia. It was opened in December 2008, and hosted the following month's World Men's Handball Championship in 2009. , Spaladium Arena had been closed for more than a year over the inability of its operators to cover the maintenance costs. It was reopened for a Severina concert in December 2013. As of 2020, the arena was largely out of use. In 2022 it was announced that the Arena will be sold due to maintenance costs. The formal reason for the closure of the Arena is the blocking of the Sportski grad TPN d.o.o. company's account by the City of Split in June 2022, in the amount of tens of millions of kunas due to unpaid utility fees and other charges. As of 2024, the Arena is closed and still waiting for a potential buyer. History Spaladium Arena was opened in December 2008, for the purpose of Croatia's hosting of the World Men's Handball Championship in 2009 together with Arena Zagreb in Zagreb and Gradski vrt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oprosti Mala
''Oprosti Mala'' is the debut studio album by Croatian pop singer Jelena Rozga. The album was released through the record label Croatia Records in 2006. It included songs written and arranged by several musicians and songwriters, among which Tonči Huljić, Đorđe Novković, Vjekoslava Huljić, Željko Pavičić and Remi Kazinoti, the last of whom is also the main producer of the album. The first edition of ''Oprosti Mala'' includes ten songs, including three remixes. The re-edition of the album, released in 2007, contains two new songs, "Nemam" and "Gospe moja". Six singles were released from the album: "Oprosti Mala", "Ne Zovi Me Marija, "Ja Znam Dobro Što Mi Je", "Sve Se Meni Čini Da", "Nemam" and "Gospe Moja". The last song received that Grand Prix Award at the Split Festival. The album was critically and commercially successful, peaking at the top of the Croatian Albums Chart. To promote the album, Rozga performed many of the songs live. Background From 1996 to 2006, Ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Krešimir Ćosić Hall
The Krešimir Ćosić Hall () is a multi-purpose indoor sports arena located in Zadar, Croatia. The arena is home to the KK Zadar basketball club and also hosts concerts, conventions and other sporting, business and entertainment events. From October 2008, its official name became Krešimir Ćosić Hall, named after the Croatian basketball player Krešimir Ćosić. Former name of the arena was Sportski centar Višnjik (). The arena's nickname is "Peka", coming from peka (cookware), peka, a traditional Dalmatian cookware. For several months during 2008, it was the largest indoor arena in Croatia, and now it is the third largest. Events The arena was used as one of the venues during the 2009 World Men's Handball Champio ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Narodni Radio
bravo! is a Croatian radio station broadcast nationally. Founded as Narodni radio, it was the most listened-to radio station in the country in 2014. , it was one of three radio stations with national concessions, along with Otvoreni Radio and Croatian Catholic Radio. Before 15 November 2022, the station played only Croatian music. On that day it rebranded to bravo! and it now plays foreign music too. Awards *2013 Porin Award as a "Friend of Croatian Music" See also * List of radio stations in Croatia References External linksbravo! radio {{coord missing, Croatia Radio stations in Croatia Radio stations established in 1997 1997 establishments in Croatia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bajaga I Instruktori
Bajaga i Instruktori (Serbian Cyrillic: Бајага и Инструктори; trans. ''Bajaga and the Instructors'') are a Serbian and Yugoslav rock band formed in Belgrade in 1984. Founded and led by vocalist, guitarist and principal composer and lyricist Momčilo Bajagić "Bajaga", the group is one of the most notable acts of the Yugoslav rock scene. The band was formed while Bajagić was still a guitarist for the highly popular band Riblja Čorba, originally to promote Bajagić's side project '' Pozitivna geografija''. The success of the album and the promotional tour led to the continuation of the band's activity. Bajaga i Instruktori's following releases, '' Sa druge strane jastuka'' (1985), '' Jahači magle'' (1986) and '' Prodavnica tajni'' (1988), brought a plethora of hit songs, placing the band at the top of the Yugoslav rock scene, alongside other mega-selling bands like Riblja Čorba and Bijelo Dugme. The band's work and Bajagić's often poetic lyrics were als ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Music Download
A music download is the digital transfer of music via the Internet into a device capable of decoding and playing it, such as a personal computer, portable media player, MP3 player or smartphone. This term encompasses both legal downloads and downloads of copyrighted material without permission or legal payment. Music downloads are typically encoded with modified discrete cosine transform (MDCT) audio data compression, particularly the Advanced Audio Coding (AAC) format used by iTunes as well as the MP3 audio coding format. According to a Nielsen report, downloadable music accounted for 55.9 percent of all music sales in the US in 2012."All music sales" refers to albums plus track equivalent albums. A track equivalent album equates to 10 tracks. By the beginning of 2011, Apple's iTunes Store alone made 1.1 billion of revenue in the first quarter of its fiscal year. According to the RIAA, music downloads peaked at 43% of industry revenue in the US in 2012, and has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dora 2007
Croatia was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 with the song "", written by Dado Topić, and performed by the band Dragonfly featuring Dado Topić. The Croatian participating broadcaster, (HRT), organised the national final ''Dora 2007'' to select its entry for the contest. Thirty-two entries competed in the national final which consisted of three shows: two semi-finals and a final. Eight entries qualified from each semi-final on 1 and 2 March 2007 to compete in the final on 3 March 2007. In the final, "" performed by Dragonfly featuring Dado Topić was selected as the winner following the combination of votes from a five-member jury panel and a public televote. Croatia competed in the semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 10 May 2007. Performing during the show in position 13, "Vjerujem u ljubav" was not announced among the top 10 entries of the semi-final and therefore did not qualify to compete in the final. This marked the first time that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
