Elena Karleuša-Tosić ( Serb. Jelena Karleuša Tošić / енаelena Karleuša Tosiћ ; born August 17, 1978 in Belgrade ) - Serbian pop-folk singer, acting under the pseudonyms JK and Elena Karleuša (Karleusha is her maiden name); TV presenter and fashion designer. One of the most popular singers in Southeast Europe, became famous after the turbo-folk album "Ogledalce" (1995).
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| Full name | Elena Karleusha-Tosic |
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| Years of activity | 1995 - n. at. |
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Content
- 1 Biography
- 1.1 The early years
- 1.2 Musical career
- 1.3 Non-musical activity
- 2 Personal life
- 3 Discography
- 3.1 Studio albums
- 3.2 Video Clips
- 4 notes
- 5 Links
Biography
The early years
She was born on August 17, 1978 [1] in the family of a Serb Dragan (police officer by profession) [2] and Slovena Slovenia. She spent her childhood in Fontana (New Belgrade district). At an early age, dropped out of school, taking up a musical career.
Musical career
In the mid-1990s, Elena began performing at various concerts, becoming famous after the release of her first turbo-folk album “Ogledalce” in 1995. In Serbia and Montenegro, more than 100 thousand of this album was sold. She later switched to pop music. Several of her songs took first place in Serbian radio charts, the lyrics were written by Marina Tutsakovich. In total, Elena recorded nine albums, which were widely sold in the Balkans. The most famous songs of Elena were: Ženite se momci, Ko ovu dramu režira, Zovem se Jelena, Gili, gili, Ludača, Nije ona, nego ja, Još te volim, Manijak ”,“ Samo za tvoje oči ”,“ Moj dragi ”,“ Slatka mala ”,“ Upravo ostavljena ”,“ Ide maca oko tebe ”,“ Nisi u pravu ”,“ Casino ”,“ Tihi ubica ”,“ Testament ” , “Jedna noć i kajanje”, “Baš je dobro biti ja”, “Ko ti to baje”, “ Insomnija ”, “ Muškarac koji mrzi žene ” and “ Nova religija (Plava Šeherezada) ”.
Elena’s first single “Insomnia” was downloaded about one and a half million times from her official site the day before the official premiere in the final episode of the Big Brother reality show. This song is a cover version of the song “Dance Pe Chance” from the movie God created this couple. . On YouTube, the video clip gained 4 million views in two weeks, reaching the third place in the ranking of the most popular videos [3] . The second single “Muškarac koji mrzi žene” was released on January 4, 2011 , and the third single “Nova religija (Plava Šeherezada)” on June 26, 2011 . Since 2007, Elena’s producer is Zoran Birtasevich. The single “Muškarac koji mrzi žene” is plagiarized to the song of the South Korean boy band SHINee Lucifer (2010)
Now Karleusha is working on a new album, the release of which is planned to be released in 2019, this album will include the song “Ostavljam te”, with the participation of the Bulgarian singer Azis [4] .
Music Performance
In 2006, Karleusha released a collection of clothes under the brand name JK Wear [5] , which included a variety of dresses. In 2010, she took part in the show "Big Brother" as a guest star [6] , and soon begins to lead her own column in the newspaper Kurir .
In the same year, rumors appeared that Karleush was going to start a political career [7] [8] and would run for the People’s Assembly from the Democratic Party of Serbia [8] . However, ironically, in the newspaper Kurir, Elena spoke very critically and harshly at the then president Boris Tadic , politicians Chedomir Jovanovic and Ivica Dacic , singers Lepa Brena and Svetlana Razhnatovich [9] . In November 2010, Elena stopped leading the column, according to her, fearing for her own life [10] [11] . Moreover, she was repeatedly criticized for such an attempt to attract attention [12] .
Karleusha supports the LGBT movement in Serbia and is often recognized as a gay icon [13] : the American magazine W mentioned similar status in November 2013. Repeatedly, the yellow press called Karleusha a “transvestite” and “prostitute”: once in 1997 at the Milovan’s Minimax talk show Ilica Minimaksovizija called Zhelko Razhnatovich himself to Karleusha and beat up Minimax [14] .
Personal life
In 2004, she married Boyan Karic, the son of the famous businessman Sreten Karic, but divorced two months later. Since 2008, married to Dusko Tosic , a Serbian football player [5] [15] . On September 7, 2008 , her daughter Atina was born; on September 7, 2009 , her second daughter Nick was born.
Discography
Studio Albums
- Ogledalce (1995)
- Ženite se momci (1996)
- Veštice, vile (1997)
- Jelena Karleuša (1998)
- Gili, Gili (1999)
- Ludača (2001)
- Samo za tvoje oči (2002)
- Magija (2005)
- JK Revolution (2008)
- The Diamond Collection (2009)
- Diva (2012)
Video
- Ogledalce (1995) ( Ogledalce )
- Najbolja drugarice (1995) ( Ogledalce )
- Ženite se momci (1996) ( Ženite se momci )
- Sad smo stranci postali (1996) ( Ženite se momci )
- Preživeću (feat. Dejan Miličević) (1998)
- Gili gili (1999) ( Gili gili )
- Ludača (2001) ( Za Svoje Godine )
- Samo za tvoje oči (2002) ( Samo za tvoje oči )
- Manijak (2003) ( Samo za tvoje oči )
- Slatka mala (2005) ( Magija )
- Upravo ostavljena (2006) ( Magija )
- Tihi ubica (2008) ( JK Revolution )
- Mani se (feat. Gale) (2009)
- Insomnia (2010)
- Muškarac koji mrzi žene (2011)
- Krimi rad (2012) ( Diva )
- So (2012) ( Diva )
Notes
- ↑ Maloljetnik se zbog ljubavi prema Jeleni Karleuši isjekao skalperom , Nezavisne Novine (April 7, 2010). Date of treatment October 23, 2010.
- ↑ Tarlac, Goran. Turbo Folk Politics (Neopr.) // Balkan Reconstruction Report. - CEEOL , 2003 .-- April 15. - ISSN 1214-1615 .
- ↑ JK "Insomnia" ruši rekorde , Tračara.com (January 4, 2010). Date of treatment November 17, 2010.
- ↑ Jelena Karleuša snima duet sa najvećom bugarskom zvezdom - tracara.com
- ↑ 1 2 Official Biography Archived May 22, 2013 on Wayback Machine of Jelena Karleuša
- ↑ JK u kući Velikog Brata snimila spotove , Tračara.com (May 3, 2010). Date of treatment November 17, 2010.
- ↑ Jelena Karleuša u epizodi stoka i drugi , Tračara.com (October 22, 2010). Date of treatment November 17, 2010.
- ↑ 1 2 Jelena Karleuša ulazi u politiku? , Tračara.com (October 20, 2010). Date of treatment November 17, 2010.
- ↑ Učiteljica Karleuša se oprostila od estradnih đaka , Tračara.com (November 8, 2010). Date of treatment November 17, 2010.
- ↑ JK prestaje sa pisanjem kolumne? , Tračara.com (November 1, 2010). Date of treatment November 17, 2010.
- ↑ Karleuša napisala poslednju kolumnu , Tračara.com (November 4, 2010). Date of treatment November 17, 2010.
- ↑ JK u svojoj kolumni: Ovakva sam od osiromašenog uranijuma , Tračara.com (October 26, 2010). Date of treatment November 17, 2010.
- ↑ Jelena Karleuša: Muž mi je Srbin, budala, homofob. Zato se i borim da gay ljudi slobodno šeću . Jutarnji (October 17, 2010). Date of treatment December 26, 2014.
- ↑ KARLEUŠA: Arkan je zbog mene lupio šamar Minimaksu! . Telegraf (February 11, 2013). Date of treatment December 26, 2014.
- ↑ Jelena Karleusa - die Frau von Dusko Tosic Archived September 9, 2011 on Wayback Machine
Links
- - official website of Elena Karleusha
- Official blog