Tijana Dapčević (née Todevska; Macedonian: Тијана Дапчевиќ, née Тодевска, Serbian Cyrillic: Тијана Дапчевић, née Тодевска, pronounced [tǐjana dâptʃeʋitɕ]; born 3 February 1976) is a Macedonian and Serbian singer.
Tijana Dapčević | |
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| Тијана Дапчевиќ | |
.jpg) Dapčević in 2014 | |
| Born | Tijana Todevska 3 February 1976 |
| Other names | Tijana |
| Citizenship |
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| Occupation | Singer |
| Years active | 1999–present |
| Spouse |
Milan Dapčević (m. 2001) |
| Children | 1 |
| Relatives | Tamara Todevska (sister) |
| Musical career | |
| Genres | Pop |
| Website | tijanadapcevic |
Early life
editTodevska was born in Skopje, at the time part of SFR Yugoslavia, to a Macedonian father Velko Todevski, a music teacher and a Bosnian Serb mother Brana, an opera singer. Her parents studied in Sarajevo, where they met. She has a younger sister Tamara, and is married to Milan Dapčević, a Serbian businessman.
Career
editOne of her hit songs is "Sve je isto, samo njega nema" (Everything Is the Same, Only He Is Gone), "he" being former President of Yugoslavia Josip Broz Tito.
She won the Sunčane Skale Festival in Herceg Novi in 2002 with the song "Negativ" (Negative), composed by Darko Dimitrov and included on her eponymous second studio album. She has also won first place on the Serbian Radio Festival-Feras in 2006 with the song "Julijana" (Juliana).
In 2004, Dapčević provided vocals for "Kiša" (Rain), a song by Serbian rapper Dalibor Andonov Gru. Andonov and Dapčević recorded it as a rendition of the track "Kiša", which was originally released on Andonov's 2003 album Beograd (Belgrade). In contrast to the original song, which included solely elements of hip hop, the 2004 rework included motives previously seen in Dapčević's earlier work, dedicated more to pop music.[1]
At the 2006 Evropesma, Tijana was placed in eighth place receiving 27 points with the song "Greh" (Sin). The song was included on her next album Žute minute, which was released in the summer of 2007.
On 28 August 2013, Tijana Dapčević was selected by Macedonian Radio Television to represent Macedonia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 in Denmark.[2] Dapčević competed in the second semi-final of the competition on 8 May 2014 with the song "To the Sky".[3] Dapčević placed 13th in the second semi-final with 33 points and did not progress to the final. Tijana's younger sister Tamara has participated in Eurovision Song Contest 2008 and 2019, and was a backing vocalist for Tijana in 2014.[4]
Covers
editSome of her songs have been covered in numerous other languages, such as "Sve je isto, samo njega nema" in Polish as Natasza Urbańska's "Mała" (2009) and "Pogrešan čovek" in Croatian as Lidija Bačić's "Krivi čovjek" (2014).
Discography
edit- Kao da... (2001)
- Negativ (2002)
- Zemlja mojih snova (2004)
- Žuta minuta (2007)
- Muzika (2010)
References
edit
- ^ "Gru's Discogs". www.discogs.com.
- ^ Jiandani, Sanjay (28 August 2013). "FYR Macedonia: Tijana Dapcevic selected for Eurovision 2014". ESCToday. Retrieved 28 August 2013.
- ^ Omelyanchuk, Olena (22 February 2014). "F.Y.R. Macedonia: Tijana goes to the sky". Eurovision.tv. Retrieved 22 February 2014.
- ^ "Tijana Macedonia Interview". www.wiwibloggs.com. 11 April 2014.
Sources
edit- "Biografija: Tijana Dapčević". Story.
- Tijana Dapčević, BN Televizija, archived from the original on 13 April 2017