Jadranka Barjaktarović (
Montenegrin Cyrillic
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: Јадранка Барјактаровић; born 11 October 1981) is a
Montenegrin singer. During 2020 and 2021, she had several controversial performances that were met with numerous condemnations and criticisms in
Serbia
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Republika Srpska
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and a part of the
Montenegrin public.
Life and career
She was born in the town of
Berane
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where she grew up and completed primary and secondary education.
In 2005 she took third place in the second season of the music competition
Zvezde Granda.
Two years later, she won the first prize at the festival in
Cetinje
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with the song "Tvoja noć i moja zora" (Your night and my dawn).
In 2009 her label
Grand Production
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was released Jadranka's first album entitled "" (I am your blood). On the mentioned album, in addition to six songs, there were also the songs "Laka" (Easy) and "Neotporna" (Irresistible), but also the song "Tvoja noć i moja zora". The song "Laka" was singled out, a single from 2005 that stood out and is considered one of her best songs.
Controversies
In September 2020, Barjaktarović came to the public's attention after she sang a song by the Serbian singer
Mitar Mirić at a performance in
Podgorica
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, "Ne može nam niko ništa" (Nobody can do anything to us), with reworked title and lyrics "Ne može nam niko ništa, jači smo od Srbije" (Nobody can do anything to us, we are stronger than Serbia).
After the performance, a large number of singers and media from Montenegro and Serbia condemned her performance.
In June 2021, she performed a song "Sude mi" by
Miroslav Škoro and
Marko Perković Thompson which glorifies Croatian war general
Ante Gotovina
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.
Discography
Albums
* ' (2009)
Singles
* ''Lude godine'' (2011)
* ''Boli me'' (2011)
* ''Dupla s čemerom'' (2012)
* ''Fatalna'' (duet with Sha) (2012)
* ''Prsten'' (2013)
* ''Deja vu'' (2013)
* ''Mambo'' (2014)
* ''Vrijeme da se volimo'' (2014)
* ''Biser Crne Gore'' (2014)
* ''Očajna'' (2015)
* ''Idemo na more'' (duet with Rubini) (2015)
* ''Kad ljubav zaplače'' (2016)
* ''Zbog tebe'' (duet with Bane Ivić) (2016)
* ''Luzeru'' (2017)
* ''Pile moje'' (duet with Dijamanti bend) (2018)
* ''Urgentni centar'' (2018)
* ''Crna Gora je moj dom'' (2021)
Festivals
* 2007. Festival Cetinje - Tvoja noć i moja zora - first prize
* 2008.
Grand Festival - Kad tela su vrela
* 2010.
Grand Festival - Moj živote, moja tugo
* 2012.
Grand Festival - Dupla s čemerom
* 2014.
Grand Festival - Linija nadanja
* 2015. - Očajna
References
External links
*
1981 births
Living people
People from Berane
21st-century Montenegrin women singers
Grand Production artists
Montenegrin folk singers
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