Official website (https://www.dinomerlin.com/)
OverviewAI-generated
Dino Merlin is a Bosnian singer, composer, songwriter, and poet. Born Edin Dervišhalidović in Sarajevo in 1962, he holds Bosnian citizenship and resides in his birth city. His musical career began in 1983, spanning genres such as pop rock, pop music, and folk-pop. He performs using the guitar and his voice, and his native languages include Serbo-Croatian and Bosnian.
Merlin has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1999 and 2011. He is affiliated with record labels including Croatia Records, Menart Records, City Records, and Jugodisk. His work is associated with tags such as Bosnian, Balkan, and pop. He follows Islam and has two children.
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Active from
- 1962
Discography
- Moja Bogda Sna1993
- Svjedok1993
- Fotografija1995
- Live1999
- Sredinom2000
- The Best of Dino Merlin2001
- Burek2004
- Live Koševo 20042005
- The Platinum Collection - 39 Hitova2006
- Ispočetka2009
Member of
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 50,359
- Total plays
- 1,763,612
Tags
Edin Dervišhalidović (born 12 September 1962) more commonly known as Dino Merlin, is a Bosnian singer/songwriter and musician. He is popular in his native Bosnia and Herzegovina, and is also popular in the other countries of the former Yugoslavia, such as: Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro, Macedonia, Slovenia and Turkey. He was born in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. In 2011, he was chosen internally to be the representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Eurovision Song Contest, held in Düssel
Key facts
- Born
- Edin Dervišhalidović , ( 1962-09-12 ) 12 September 1962 (age 63) , Sarajevo , PR Bosnia and Herzegovina , FPR Yugoslavia
- Spouse
- Amela Dervišhalidović ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1980 )
- Genres
- Pop-rock , ethno-pop , pop , disco , world
- Occupations
- Musician, singer-songwriter, record producer
- Instruments
- Vocals, guitar, bass, keyboards
- Years active
- 1983–present
- Labels
- Magaza, Croatia Records
- Website
- dinomerlin .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
Dino Merlin - Dino Merlin Official Website
Dino Merlin je najpoznatiji bosanskohercegovački kantautor i jedna od najvećih i najpopularnijih muzičkih zvijezda u ovom dijelu svijeta.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Place of birth
- Sarajevo
- Occupation
- poet
- Languages spoken
- Bosnian
- Native language
- Bosnian
- Religion
- Islam
- Participant in
- Eurovision Song Contest 2011
- Genre
- pop rock
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Jugodisk
- Official website
- www.dinomerlin.com
- Image
- Dino Merlin (2011).jpg
- Number of children
- 2
- Residence
- Sarajevo
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- Commons category
- Dino Merlin
- date of birth
- 1962-09-12
- birth name
- Edin Dervišhalidović / Един Дервишхалидовић
- name in native language
- Dino Merlin / Дино Мерлин
- start of work period
- 1983-00-00
- social media followers
- 734000
- Serbo-Croatian preferred project code
- bs
Sources (3)
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Encyclopedic overview
Edin Dervišhalidović (born 12 September 1962), known professionally as Dino Merlin, is a Bosnian singer-songwriter and record producer. Nicknamed "The Wizard" (Bosnian: Čarobnjak), he is widely regarded as one of the most prominent and commercially successful artists to have emerged from the former Yugoslavia.
Born in Sarajevo in 1962, Dino founded and led the band Merlin, one of the best-selling rock groups in Southeast Europe. Deemed a cultural icon, he has released over a dozen chart-topping albums, embarked on numerous record-breaking tours, received numerous accolades, including the prestigious Sixth of April Sarajevo Award, and authored the national anthem of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina. He is celebrated for his distinctive voice, charismatic stage presence, and poetic songwriting.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Dino Merlin” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.