Severina (singer)

Not to be confused with Séverine (singer).

Severina
Severina performing in 2008
Born
Severina Vučković

(1972-04-21) 21 April 1972 (age 52)
Split, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia
Other namesSeverina Kojić
Occupations
  • Singer-songwriter
  • actress
Years active1989–present
Spouse
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(m. 2015; div. 2021)​
PartnerMilan Popović (2010–2012)
Children1
Musical career
Genres
InstrumentVocals
Labels
Websiteseverina.com

Severina Vučković (born 21 April 1972), better known mononymously as Severina, is a Croatian singer-songwriter and actress. In 2006, the Croatian weekly Nacional listed her among the 100 most influential Croats, calling her "the only bona fide Croatian celebrity".[1]

She represented Croatia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2006, held in Athens, Greece, with the song "Moja štikla", finishing 12th.[2]

She won the award "Zlatna ptica" for the best selling artist of the decade in Croatia.[3] In 2015, she was the most searched person on Google in Croatia and Slovenia.[4] She is considered one of the most popular people in Croatia and Croatia's pop-culture, and one of the most popular musicians on Balkan region, having collaborated with numerous artists like: Jala Brat, Ministarke, Azis, Marina Tucaković, Saša Matić, Miligram, Petar Grašo, Kemal Monteno, Željko Bebek, Crvena Jabuka, Goran Bregović, Boris Novković, Lana Jurčević, Danijela Martinović and many others. She wrote many of her songs including: Ostavljena, Da si Moj, Ja samo pjevam, Ajde ajde zlato moje, Mili Moj, Pogled ispod Obrva, Djevojka sa Sela, Ante, Ko me tjero, Adam i Seva, Parfem and many others. She is the only person in Croatia to accumulate more than 1 billion views on her YouTube channel.[5]

  1. ^ "100 najutjecajnijih Hrvata". Nacional (in Croatian). No. 548. 15 May 2006. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
  2. ^ "Jutarnji list - Eurosong: Severina i "Moja štikla" na 13. mjestu". www.jutarnji.hr (in Croatian). 20 May 2006. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
  3. ^ "SEVERINA DANAS SLAVI 44. ROĐENDAN: Podsjetimo se SVIH stvari zbog kojih je slavna". net.hr (in Croatian). 21 April 2016. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
  4. ^ "See the Most Googled Person in Each Country in 2015". Time. 22 December 2015. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
  5. ^ "Severina YouTube channel". YouTube.