Maja Tatić ( sr-cyr, Маја Татић) (born 30 October 1970 in

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) is a Bosnian singer. She represented

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at the 2002 Eurovision Song Contest. At the age of seven, she appeared in a children's contest and started her professional career as a singer when she was 17. Tatić sang in bands such as Monaco, Sonus, and Skitnice. In 1992, Tatić went to the

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, where she entertained the people with her renditions of songs by

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and

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. She performed there for eight years. In 2002, Tatić was chosen to represent

at the

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with a song "

Na jastuku za dvoje Bosnia and Herzegovina was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2002 with the song "" , composed by Dragan Mijatović, with lyrics by Ružica Čavić, and performed by Maja Tatić. The participating broadcaster for Bosnia and Herzegovina, ...

" and took joint 13th place. After that she participated in several festivals around the

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Discography

Albums

* 2004: ''Lagali su me'' * 2008: ''Moja te je dusa poznala''

References

External links

Maja Tatic's official website
* 1970 births Living people Singers from Belgrade 20th-century Serbian women singers 21st-century Serbian women singers Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina Eurovision Song Contest entrants {{serbia-singer-stub