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Željko Joksimović is a male singer, composer, songwriter, and film score composer born in Belgrade in 1972. He holds citizenship in Serbia, the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, and Serbia and Montenegro. His musical career began in 1999, and he performs in the pop music and folk-pop genres. He is affiliated with the record label City Records and resides in Belgrade.
Joksimović has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest in 2004 and 2012. He plays the accordion and uses his voice as an instrument. He speaks Serbian, English, French, and Greek, with Serbian as his native language. His name in his native language is Жељко Јоксимовић. His work is associated with tags including Serbian, Balkan, pop, and Eurovision styles.
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Serbia
- Active from
- 1972
Discography
- Amajlija1999
- Vreteno2001
- 1112002
- Koncert2003
- Leđa O Leđa2003
- The Best Of Željko Joksimović2003
- Lane Moje2004
- I Live My Life For You2005
- Ima Nešto U Tom Što Me Nećeš2005
- Ивкова Слава - Музика Из Филма2005
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 30,656
- Total plays
- 795,886
Tags
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
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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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Željko
- Family name
- Joksimović
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Serbia
- Place of birth
- Belgrade
- Spouse
- Jovana Janković
- Occupation
- film score composer
- Languages spoken
- Russian
- Native language
- Serbian
- Participant in
- Eurovision Song Contest 2004
- Genre
- folk-pop
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- City Records
- Official website
- zeljkojoksimovic.rs
- Image
- Željko Joksimović (Eurovision Song Contest 2012) 5 (cropped).jpg
- Residence
- Belgrade
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- Commons category
- Željko Joksimović
- date of birth
- 1972-04-20
- name in native language
- Жељко Јоксимовић
- start of work period
- 1999-00-00
- social media followers
- 434000
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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.
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