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Lorena Bućan
Lorena Bućan (born 2002) is a Croatian singer and the lead vocalist of Magazin. Bućan rose to fame in 2018 after finishing third on the second season of ''Zvijezde''. She has signed a contract with record label Tonika Records where she primarily collaborates with musician Tonči Huljić. As of 2024, she has released nine singles with the label, including "Tower of Babylon", "Kad si ti u pitanju", "Tihi ocean", "Drowning", "Kako samo mater zna", "Tvoja i gotovo", "Boli", "Jel' moguće" and "Ženska snaga". In November 2024, she replaced Andrea Šušnjara as the lead vocalist of Magazin. On 8 November 2024, they released "Nesvjestica", their first single with Bućan as the lead vocalist. Early life Lorena was born in Split, Croatia in 2002. She grew up in a small town and started singing when she was just 8 years old. Lorena has an older brother and two sisters. Music career 2019–2024: Early solo career On 17 January 2019, Bućan was announced as one of the 16 participants in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Split, Croatia
Split (, ), historically known as Spalato (; ; see #Name, other names), is the List of cities and towns in Croatia, second-largest city of Croatia after the capital Zagreb, the largest city in Dalmatia and the largest city on the Croatian coast. The Split metropolitan area is home to about 330,000 people. It lies on the eastern shore of the Adriatic Sea and is spread over a central peninsula and its surroundings. An intraregional transport hub and popular tourist destination, the city is linked to the List of islands in the Adriatic, Adriatic islands and the Apennine Peninsula. More than 1 million tourists visit it each year. The city was founded as the Greek colonisation, Greek colony of Aspálathos () in the 3rd or 2nd century BCE on the coast of the Illyrians, Illyrian Dalmatae, and in 305 CE, it became the site of Diocletian's Palace, the Palace of the Roman emperor Diocletian. It became a prominent settlement around 650 when it succeeded the ancient capital of the Roman Emp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palmižana
Palmižana is a small uninhabited village and tourist resort on the Croatian island of Sveti Klement (St. Clement) in the Adriatic Sea, located off the Dalmatian coast. Sveti Klement island and Palmižana are geographically located in the Paklinski Islands archipelago and administratively they are part of the Split-Dalmatia County of Croatia. Palmižana has a marina with room for 200 boats, a small shop and a tourist information office. History The name is a misnomer and it comes from the word “''Paklina''”, which is a derivative of pine resin used for filling the gaps between the keel and the boat. The islands offer abundant shelter from any wind direction and were used as ports for merchant and war navies of the ancient Phoenicians, Greeks, Romans, and others. On 23 September 2023, a waterspout was filmed making landfall at Palmižana. Tourism Tourism on Palmižana was established in 1906 by Professor Eugen Meneghello on his 300-year-old estate. He imported exotic plant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Croatian Pop Singers
Croatian may refer to: *Croatia *Croatian language *Croatian people *Croatians (demonym) The demographic characteristics of the population of Croatia are known through censuses, normally conducted in ten-year intervals and analysed by various statistical bureaus since the 1850s. The Croatian Bureau of Statistics has performed this ... See also * * * Croatan (other) * Croatia (other) * Croatoan (other) * Hrvatski (other) * Hrvatsko (other) * Serbo-Croatian (other) {{disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Croatian Pop Musicians
Croatian may refer to: *Croatia *Croatian language *Croatian people *Croatians (demonym) See also * * * Croatan (other) * Croatia (other) * Croatoan (other) * Hrvatski (other) * Hrvatsko (other) * Serbo-Croatian (other) Serbo-Croatian, Croato-Serbian, Serbo-Croat or Croato-Serb, refers to a South Slavic language that is the primary language of Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Montenegro, as well as a minority language in Kosovo Kosovo, officiall ... {{disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
21st-century Croatian Women Singers
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Dora 2020
Croatia was set to be represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 with the song "" written by Ante Pecotić. The song was performed by Damir Kedžo. The Croatian broadcaster Croatian Radiotelevision (HRT) organised the national final to select the Croatian entry for the 2020 contest in Rotterdam, Netherlands. Fourteen entries competed in the national final on 29 February 2020 and "" performed by Damir Kedžo was selected as the winner following the combination of votes from five regional juries and a public televote. Croatia was drawn to compete in the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 12 May 2020. However, the contest was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Background Prior to the 2020 contest, Croatia had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest twenty-five times since its first entry in . The nation's best result in the contest was fourth, which it achieved on two occasions: in 1996 with the song "" performed by Maja Blagdan an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dora 2019
Croatia was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 with the song "The Dream" written by Jacques Houdek, Andrea Čubrić and Charlie Mason. The song was performed by Roko. Songwriter Jacques Houdek represented Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 with the song " My Friend" where he placed thirteenth in the grand final of the competition. The Croatian broadcaster Croatian Radiotelevision (HRT) organised the national final ''Dora 2019'' to select the Croatian entry for the 2019 contest in Tel Aviv, Israel. Sixteen entries competed in the national final on 16 February 2019 and "The Dream" performed by Roko was selected as the winner following the combination of votes from ten regional juries and a public televote. Croatia was drawn to compete in the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 16 May 2019. Performing during the show in position 10, "The Dream" was not announced among the top 10 entries of the second semi-final and therefore d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billboard (magazine)
''Billboard'' (stylized in letter case, lowercase since 2013) is an American music and entertainment magazine published weekly by Penske Media Corporation. The magazine provides music charts, news, video, opinion, reviews, events and styles related to the music industry. Its Billboard charts, music charts include the Billboard Hot 100, Hot 100, the Billboard 200, 200, and the Billboard Global 200, Global 200, tracking the most popular albums and songs in various music genres. It also hosts events, owns a publishing firm and operates several television shows. ''Billboard'' was founded in 1894 by William Donaldson and James Hennegan as a trade publication for bill posters. Donaldson acquired Hennegan's interest in 1900 for $500. In the early years of the 20th century, it covered the entertainment industry, such as circuses, fairs and burlesque shows, and also created a mail service for travelling entertainers. ''Billboard'' began focusing more on the music industry as the jukebox ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Croatia Songs
Croatia Songs is a record chart in Croatia for songs, compiled by ''Billboard (magazine), Billboard'' since February 2022. The chart is updated every Tuesday on ''Billboard''s website. The chart was announced on 14 February 2022 as part of ''Billboard''s Hits of the World chart collection. The first number-one song on the chart was "Behute" by Senidah on the issue dated 19 February 2022. The longest charting number-one song is currently "Mamma mia" by Grše, having spent 17 weeks at the top of the chart. The current number-one song on the chart is "Tec-9" by Jala Brat and Buba Corelli. Methodology The chart tracks songs' performance from Friday to Thursday. Chart rankings are based on a weighted formula incorporating official-only streams on both subscription and ad-supported tiers of leading audio and video music services, plus download sales from top music retailers within the territory. All data are provided by MRC Data. List of number-one songs Reception All the song ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doris Dragović
Dorotea Budimir (; born 16 April 1961), better known as Doris Dragović () or simply Doris, is a Croatian singer who has represented Yugoslavia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1986 with the song " Željo moja", finishing 11th with 49 points, and Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999 with the song " Marija Magdalena", finishing fourth with 118 points. Career Dorotea Dragović was born in Split, Croatia, then part of Yugoslavia, and had an interest in singing since her childhood. She cites Arsen Dedić, Gabi Novak and Tereza Kesovija as her biggest influences and childhood idols. She came to regional prominence in the early 1980s as a member of musical group More, and began her solo career in 1986. The same year, she represented Yugoslavia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1986 in Bergen with the song " Željo moja", and finished 11th with 49 points.See Yugoslavia in the Eurovision Song Contest Dragović has since been one of the most famous pop singers in Yugoslavia, later ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Croatian Radiotelevision
''Hrvatska radiotelevizija'' ( HRT), or Croatian Radiotelevision, is a Croatian public broadcasting company. It operates several radio and television channels, over a domestic transmitter network as well as satellite. HRT is divided into three joint companies – Croatian Radio (), Croatian Television () and Music Production (), which includes three orchestras (Symphony, Jazz, and Tamburitza) and a choir. The founder of HRT is the Republic of Croatia which exercises its founder's rights through the Croatian Government. Croatian Radio (then Radio Zagreb) was founded on 15 May 1926. This date is considered the date on which HRT was founded. Television Zagreb (today Croatian Television) began broadcasting on 7 September 1956. By the law enacted by the Croatian Parliament on 29 June 1990, Radio Television Zagreb was renamed to Croatian Radiotelevision. HRT operates as a provider of public broadcasting services, and Croatia provides independent funding by the Croatian Broadcastin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
