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Željko Joksimović

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Also known as Zeljko Joksimovic

Serbian singer-songwriter

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Željko Joksimović is a Serbian singer, composer, songwriter, and film score composer born in Belgrade on April 20, 1972. He has been active in the music industry since 1999 and resides in Belgrade. His musical work spans pop and folk-pop genres, and he performs on the accordion and with his voice. Joksimović is a citizen of Serbia and has held citizenship in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, and Serbia and Montenegro. He speaks Serbian, English, French, and Greek.

Joksimović has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest in 2004 and 2012. He is signed to City Records and is married to Jovana Janković. His professional output includes five recorded works.

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Serbia
Active from
1972
balkanethniceurovisionlanemojemontenegro

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
30,656
Total plays
795,886

Tags

serbianbalkanpopEurovisionfolk

Željko Joksimović (Serbian: Жељко Јоксимовић, born April 20, 1972 in Belgrade) is one of the most popular singers and composers of Serbia, but is also well-known in Europe. He represented Serbia & Montenegro in the 2004 Eurovision Song Contest with the song “Lane moje”, which finished 2nd behind Ukrainian singer Ruslana. The years of growing up and education bond him with Valjevo, a place from where he went to test himself in the world of music, and where he always returned as a winner. <a href

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Key facts

Born
( 1972-04-20 ) 20 April 1972 (age 54) , Belgrade , SR Serbia , SFR Yugoslavia
Occupations
Singer-songwriter composer instrumentalist
Years active
1997–present
Spouse
Jovana Janković ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2012 ) ​
Genres
Pop-folk Balkan ballad
Instruments
Vocal accordion piano guitar drums
Labels
City Minacord

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Encyclopedic overview

Željko Joksimović (Serbian Cyrillic: Жељко Јоксимовић, pronounced [ʒěːʎko jǒksimovitɕ] ; born 20 April 1972) is a Serbian singer-songwriter, composer, multi-instrumentalist and producer. He plays 12 different musical instruments including accordion, piano, guitar and drums.

Joksimović has been successful composing for other artists throughout the Balkans. He has written five ballads that have represented their respective countries at the Eurovision Song Contest: "Lane moje", "Lejla", "Oro", "Nije ljubav stvar" and "Adio". He also composes music for films, television series, and theater shows. He represented Serbia and Montenegro in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004 with the song "Lane moje", placing second. He also represented Serbia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 with the song "Nije ljubav stvar", placing third.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Željko Joksimović” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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