Fahreta Živojinović, known by her stage name Lepa Brena, is a Yugoslav singer, actress, and businesswoman. With around 40 million sold records, she is regarded as the commercially most successful recording artist from the former Yugoslavia. Brena is also often credited with creating the turbo-folk genre with her first two albums Čačak, Čačak (1982) and Mile voli disko (1982).
Silvana Bajraktarević, known professionally as Silvana Armenulić, was a Bosnian singer-songwriter and actress and one of the most prominent commercial folk music and traditional sevdalinka singers in Yugoslavia. She is called the "Queen of Sevdalinka". Her life was cut short when she died in a car crash at the age of 37, but she continues to be well regarded in the region and she is recognized for her unique singing style and voice. Armenulić's song "Šta će mi život", written by her friend and contemporary Toma Zdravković, is one of the best-selling singles from the former Yugoslavia.
Lazar "Laza" Ristovski is a Serbian retired actor, director, producer and writer. He has appeared on stage about 4,000 times, and starred in over 40 films, TV series and TV dramas, mostly in lead roles. He briefly served as a member of the National Assembly from 1 August 2022 until his resignation on 9 August 2022.
Milutin "Mima" Karadžić is a Montenegrin actor, producer and, occasionally, a singer.
Lepa Brena is a compilation album released by Yugoslav pop-folk singer Lepa Brena in 2003. Even though her albums date back to 1981, many of the songs on this album are remastered and several are even rerecorded, so the versions are totally different from their originals.
Nema Problema is a 1984 Yugoslav comedy genre film and the first movie with folk music singer Lepa Brena in the main role. After this movie the film series Hajde da se volimo was begun. The director of the movie is Mića Milošević and the writer was Sinisa Pavic. It was released on 29 October 1984.
Emir Hadžihafizbegović is a Bosnian actor. Often regarded as one of the best actors from Bosnia and Herzegovina, he has appeared in over fifty films, including When Father Was Away on Business (1985), Remake (2003), Fuse (2003), Days and Hours (2004), The Border Post (2006), Grbavica (2006), Armin (2007), Vegetarian Cannibal (2012) and Quo Vadis, Aida? (2020).
Bato, Bato is the third studio album by Yugoslav pop-folk singer Lepa Brena and her band Slatki Greh. It was released 5 January 1984 through the record label PGP-RTB and with over a million copies sold it is one of the best-selling albums in the history of Yugoslavia and made Lepa Brena a superstar outside of her home-country, especially in Bulgaria and Romania.
Hajde da se volimo is the seventh studio album by Yugoslavian pop-folk singer Lepa Brena and her band Slatki Greh. It was released 24 October 1987 through the record label Diskoton.
Sofija Milošević is a Serbian fashion model. She worked for Serbian fashion designers and brands Diesel and Jeremy Scott in Milan and New York.
Yugoslavs in Serbia refers to a community in Serbia that view themselves as Yugoslavs with no other ethnic self-identification. Additionally, there are also Serbs, Croats, Montenegrins, Bosniaks and people of other ethnicities in Serbia who identify themselves as Yugoslavs. However, the latter group does not consider itself to be part of a Yugoslav nation, which is the way the first group identifies itself. People declaring themselves as Yugoslavs are concentrated in multicultural Vojvodina and Belgrade, where slightly over 80% of all Yugoslavs in Serbia are found.
Pile moje is the fourth studio album by Yugoslav pop-folk singer Lepa Brena and her band Slatki Greh. It was released 17 November 1984 through the record label PGP-RTB.
Mirsada Bajraktarević, known professionally as Mirjana Bajraktarević, was a Bosnian sevdalinka singer and songwriter. She was the sister of Silvana Armenulić and Dina Bajraktarević. Mirjana and Silvana died in a car crash.
Lepa Brena & Slatki Greh is a compilation album by Yugoslav pop-folk singer Lepa Brena and her band Slatki Greh. It was released in 1990.
The Uđi slobodno Tour was a tour by Serbian singer Lepa Brena, and was staged in support of her fifteenth studio album, Uđi slobodno... (2008). Comprising 47 shows, the tour visited Europe and Australia. It began on November 1, 2008, in Zürich, Switzerland, at the Club Grodoonia and concluded on May 28, 2011, in Düsseldorf, Germany at Club Ambis. This was Brena's returnee tour. For the first time in 20 years she performed in Zagreb, Sarajevo, Banja Luka, Ljubljana and Mostar. It was officially announced in April 2008, with dates for Balkan venues revealed.
The Začarani krug Tour was a tour by Serbian singer Lepa Brena, and was staged in support of her sixteenth studio album, Začarani krug (2011). Comprising 104 shows, the tour visited Europe and North America. It began on October 20, 2011, in Belgrade, Serbia, at the Kombank Arena and concluded on September 29, 2017, in London, England at Troxy. During the tour she held the biggest concert of her career. The concert in Prilep was attended by more than 200,000 people. It was officially announced in May 2011, with dates for Balkan venues revealed. The tour was also included some festival concerts.
Radoslav (Lale) Pavlović is a Serbian writer. Pavlovic authored numerous theatre plays and film/TV scripts popular with the audience and acclaimed by the critics. He is best known for his theatre plays Šovinistička farsa, performed more than a thousand times across ex-Yugoslavia, Mala, and Moja Draga performed for hundreds of times in Belgrade theaters, as well as movies Balkan Rules (1997), Living like the rest of us (1983), Hajde da se volimo 3 (1990) featuring ex-Yugoslavia mega-star Lepa Brena, and TV series Moj Rodjak sa Sela (2008) scoring record viewership of over 3 million viewers per episode.
Zar je važno da l' se peva ili pjeva... World Tour is the fifth headlining concert tour by Serbian singer Lepa Brena, in support of her eighteenth studio album, Zar je važno dal se peva ili pjeva (2018). The tour is set to begin on 11 November 2017, in Vienna, Austria, at the Lugner City. The tour was also included some festival concerts.
Lepa Brena: Godine Slatkog greha is a 2017 documentary film about Yugoslav singer Lepa Brena. The film documents the events since the beginning of Brena's career in 1982 until the breakup of Yugoslavia in 1991.
"Zar je važno da l' se peva ili pjeva" is a song recorded by singer Lepa Brena, released on November 28, 2017 by Grand Production as the lead single from her eighteenth studio album Zar je važno dal se peva ili pjeva (2018). The song and music was written by Dragan Brajović Braja. "Zar je važno da l' se peva ili pjeva" is a folk and pop song, with lyrics Brena used to convey to those from the republics of the former Yugoslavia that hate is unnecessary. The song received excellent reviews from music critics. The music video was directed by Haris Dubica.
