Lepa Brena

Lepa Brena
Лепа Брена
Brena performing in the Belgrade Arena, 20 October 2011
Born
Fahreta Jahić

(1960-10-20) 20 October 1960 (age 64)
Tuzla, PR Bosnia and Herzegovina, FPR Yugoslavia
Other namesFahreta Živojinović
Occupations
  • Singer
  • actress
  • talent manager
  • businesswoman
  • director
Years active1980–present
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Spouse
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    (m. 1991)​
Children2
RelativesAleksandra Prijović (stepdaughter-in-law)
Musical career
Genres
Instrument
  • vocals
Labels
Formerly ofSlatki Greh

Fahreta Živojinović (née Jahić; Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic: Фахрета Живојиновић, née Јахић; born 20 October 1960), known by her stage name Lepa Brena (Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic: Лепа Брена), is a Yugoslav singer, actress, and businesswoman. With around 40 million sold records, she is regarded as the commercially most successful recording artist from the former Yugoslavia.[1] Brena is also often credited with creating the turbo-folk genre with her first two albums Čačak, Čačak (1982) and Mile voli disko (1982).[2]

Lepa Brena grew up in Brčko, Bosnia and Herzegovina, but has lived in Belgrade, Serbia since 1980, where she started her career. Lepa Brena is considered to be a symbol of the former Yugoslavia, due to the fact that she was one of the last popular acts to emerge before the breakup of the country. She has described herself as being "Yugo-nostalgic".[3] Along with her husband, Slobodan Živojinović and friend, Saša Popović, Brena co-founded and co-owned Grand Production, the biggest record label and production company in the Balkans.[4][5][6] In 2019, they decided to sell Grand Production for €30 million.[7][8]

  1. ^ "Ovo su najbogatiji slavni s prostora bivše Jugoslavije: Na listi su Merlin, Brega i Brena". www.klix.ba (in Croatian). Retrieved 3 August 2024.
  2. ^ "Turbo-Folk Počeci: Svijet Izišao Ispod Breninog Minića". Buka (in Bosnian). 7 November 2016. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
  3. ^ "Lepa Brena: Nisam ni Hrvatica ni Srpkinja, ja sam Jugoslavenka!" [Lepa Brena: I am neither a Croat nor a Serb, I am a Yugoslav!]. Index.hr. 8 August 2008.
  4. ^ "Gazdarica "Granda" Zavodi Red: Brena viče, Boba šapuće". Kurir.rs. 4 January 2017.
  5. ^ "Gazdarica u poseti Zvezdama Granda!". Puls Online. 14 September 2016.
  6. ^ "Brižna gazdarica! Brena tešila povređenu Zvezdu Granda: Lep si i sa flasterom". Svet.rs. 6 May 2015. Archived from the original on 13 February 2019.
  7. ^ "Lepa Brena bogatija za 7,6 milijuna eura nakon prodaje udjela u Grand produkciji". Jutarnji.hr. 20 November 2019.
  8. ^ "Brena i Saša Popović prodali Grand: Uložili milione u produkciju, a evo za koliko su sada bogatiji!". Novosti.rs. 19 November 2019.