Sakib "Šako" Polumenta (born 27 March 1968) is a Montenegrin pop-folk singer popular throughout the former Yugoslav republics.
Šako Polumenta | |
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 Polumenta performing in 2010s | |
| Background information | |
| Born | 27 March 1968 Bijelo Polje, SR Montenegro, SFR Yugoslavia |
| Genres | Pop-folk, Folk |
| Occupation | Singer |
| Years active | 1993–present |
| Labels | Gold Music (2002–present) |
Personal and early life
editPolumenta was born into a Bosniak family in Bijelo Polje, a municipality of northern Montenegro (then part of Yugoslavia).
He is married with Vesna, whom he has been in a relationship for 15 years (as of 2013).[1]
He has a daughter, Rijalda (b. 1989), who married in 2012.[2]
He is the paternal uncle of well-known singer Dado Polumenta, whose career he helped launch.
At early stage of his career he used to sing in Serbian Ekavian dialect which was uncommon for his homeland Montenegro but that made him gain wide popularity.
Career
editHe began his career in 1993. He has several housings in Podgorica, Belgrade, Ulcinj. He is often singing in the Belgrade splav (river boat) "River".[citation needed] He is known for combining pop music with traditional Balkan musical styles. [3]
Šakib becomes more famous after sex scandal where he had relationship with younger woman where media researched that she was 16 years old, at that time. It was a huge scandal where he almost lost his career as a pedophile.[4] Later on he was published in Serbian and Montenegrin media as very sloppy singer when his rented apartment was left with garbage in front of his doors for 4 days. He began insulting his neighbours for that, but later on he cleaned the building and garbage.[5]
Discography
edit- Studio albums
- Ej, sudbino (1993)
- Skitnica (1995)
- Hej, ženo (1997)
- Aman, aman (1999)
- Od ljubavi oslepeo (2000)
- Dišem za tebe (2002)
- Uvijek blizu (2004)
- Karta za budućnost (2006)
- Sanjao sam san... (2008)
- Heroj... (2011)
- Sve je samo tren (2015)
- As featured artist
- Gde god pođem tebi idem (2006) with Stoja on her album, Metak
References
edit- ^ Aleksandar Radić (2013-01-22). "POMIRENJE: Šako Polumenta se vratio ženi! - Kurir". Kurir-info.rs. Retrieved 2015-04-09.
- ^ "Čestitamo: Šako Polumenta udao ćerku! | svet". Svet.rs. 2012-07-29. Retrieved 2015-04-09.
- ^ Dwek, Joel (2021-11-15). "MONTENEGRO: Eh Kad Bi Ti - Šako Polumenta". 200worldalbums.com. Retrieved 2024-07-02.
- ^ Danijel Rakočević (2017-05-04). "Šako Polumenta posle poziva maloletnici za seks: Da nisam lep i zgodan, ne bih se snimao". Kurir.rs. Retrieved 2017-05-04.
- ^ S.M. (2021-08-15). "Haos ispred stana Šaka Polumente u Budvi: Komšije se požalile pevaču na đubre, on ih izvređao! Isplivale šok prepiske! Foto+Video". Kurir.rs. Retrieved 2021-08-15.
External links
edit- Šako Polumenta discography at Discogs
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