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Dragana Mirković

January 01, 1970

Dragana Mirković (Serbian Cyrillic: Драгана Мирковић, pronounced [drǎɡana mǐːrkɔ̝v̞it͡ɕ]; born 18 January 1968) is a Serbian pop-folk singer and entrepreneur. She rose to prominence in the eighties as a member of the popular collective Južni Vetar. Today, Mirković is recognised as one of the best-selling artists from the former Yugoslavia. Alongside her husband, she also founded a satellite music channel called DM SAT.

Dragana Mirković
Драгана Мирковић
Mirković in 2015
Background information
Birth nameDragana Mirković
Born (1968-01-18) 18 January 1968 (age 56)
Kasidol, SR Serbia, Yugoslavia
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Singer
  • businesswoman
Instrument(s)
  • Vocals
Years active1984–present
Labels
Websitewww.dragana.at
Spouse
Toni Bijelić
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(m. 2000; div. 2024)​
Children2

Life and career edit

Early life edit

Mirković was born on 18 January 1968, in Kasidol, a village near Požarevac, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia.[1] The youngest of two children, she grew up in the same household as her parents, grandparents and sister Dušica.[2] Mirković has described her upbringing as "Yugoslav", noting the peaceful co-existence between Slavs of different faiths at the time.[3] A musical influence in her youth was her grandfather, Dragutin, who played the accordion.[4] At the age of five, she learned to sing the Bosnian folk song "Djevojka sokolu zulum učinila". Mirković recalled that she cried because of the events portrayed in the song.[4] As a child, she began singing as a soloist in elementary school performances and competitions.[1] Later, she would sing at various celebrations in Kasidol, which caught the attention of record executives.[1]

1984–1991: Early success and Južni vetar edit

When she was 14, executives at the Diskos record label approached Mirković's parents with the idea of having her record a song in their studio. The result was Imam dečka nemirnog, which was released as a full studio album in 1984.[1] Her second studio album Umiljato oko moje was released in 1985 and sold 250,000 copies.[1] In the mid-1980s, Mirković began her collaboration with the music band Južni Vetar,[3] composed of Miodrag Ilić as the bass guitarist, Sava Bojić lead guitarist and Perica Zdravković for keyboard.[5] Spasi me samoće, which was released in 1986, was her first studio album with the group and sold over 400,000 copies. In addition to Mirković, the musical formation utilized other singers from Bosnia and Serbia and received widespread support from Yugoslavs, as folk music became the best-selling genre of the 1980s.[3] She went on to record four more albums with Južni Vetar: Ruže cvetaju samo u pesmama (1987), Najlepši par (1988), Simpatija (1989) and Pomisli želju (1990). The single "Simpatija" (Crush) became a major commercial success.[6]

1990s: Solo success edit

In 1991, Mirković released her eighth studio album (and third solo project), Dobra devojka, which featured two major hit singles: "Umreću zbog tebe" and "Kazi mi sunce moje". The album was followed by Dolaze nam bolji dani in 1992, which featured multiple hit songs, "Umirem majko", "Pitaju me u mom kraju", "Da, da, da", and "O, da li znaš". Mirković's tenth studio album, Do poslednjeg daha, was released in 1993, which featured numerous hit singles, such as "Do poslednjeg daha", “Bas tebe volim ja”, "Bicu njegova", “and "Vetrovi tuge". In 1994, she released her eleventh studio album, Nije tebi do mene, which included multiple hit singles such as, "Nisam ni metar od tebe", "Varala bih, varala" and "Opojni su zumbuli". The same year, Mirković starred in the feature film, Slatko od snova, playing the role of a girl who works in a fast food restaurant and dreams of becoming a famous singer.[7]

Mirković released four more albums in the 1990s: Plači, zemljo (1995), which featured the hit singles, "I u dobru i u zlu", "Vrati mi se ti", "Uzeo si moja jutra" and "Divlja devojka", Nema promene (1996), with hit singles, "Dušu si mi opio", "To nije tvoja stvar" and "Oči pune tuge", and Kojom gorom (1997), with songs like "Poslednje veče", "Dolina kestenova", and the title track. Her final release of the 1990s was, U godini (1999), a collaborative album with Zlaja Band. After the release of her seventeenth studio album, Sama, which featured the hit singles, "Svatovi", and the title track, she went on a four-year hiatus. In 2001, Mirković performed live at the Vienna Künstlerhaus as part of a contemporary art exhibition, with many of those in attendance being Yugoslav migrant workers.[8][9]

2004–2017: Return edit

In 2004, Mirković returned with her seventeenth studio album, Trag u vremenu. The comeback album featured multiple hit singles, including "Tamo gde je milo moje", "Evo dobro sam", "Zašto zoro svanjavaš" and "Preživeću". In 2006, she released her eighteenth studio album, Luče moje , featuring the hit singles "Pečat na usnama", "Na kraju", "Sudbina" and "Luce moje". In 2008, she released Eksplozija, which featured the singles, "Laste", "Zemljo okreni se", "Sve bih dala da si tu", and "Život moj".

In 2011, she released three new songs and a remake of an old song of hers. "Drugovi", "Srce moje" and "Jedini", were all released to critical acclaim. The remake of her 1991 song, "Umreću zbog tebe" was well received. The four songs, along with sixteen new ones, were featured on her twentieth studio album, 20, which was released in 2012.[10] In 2014, Mirković released a duet with José Feliciano titled "Please Don't Go Away".[11] The same year, she held a concert at Štark Arena in front of 20,000 fans to celebrate the 30th anniversary of her music career.[12] In 2017, she released her twenty-first studio album, Od milion jedan.[13]

On 22 March 2024, she performed at the Morača center in Podgorica where she received a standing ovation from the audience. Her concert was described as a "spectacle".[14]

Tours edit

In 2023, Mirković and her husband, Toni Bijelić, were greeted by actor Jean-Claude Van Damme upon their arrival in Hollywood, CA and were accompanied by Ukrainian actress Marina Mazepa, ahead of her US tour, which commenced in Phoenix, AZ.[15][16]

Other ventures edit

 
Mirković (middle) with her husband and friend, 29 January 2015.

In 2005, Mirković and her husband Toni Bijelić founded DM SAT, a satellite music video channel.[17][18]

Mirković held a humanitarian concert in Zenica, Bosnia on 7 November 2012 in the Arena Zenica.[19] The concert, called "Dragana and Friends for Zenica", also featured singers Hanka Paldum, Boban Rajović, Halid Muslimović, and the band Plavi orkestar.[20] The concert raised around €26,500 (about $36,500 US dollars) for the People's Kitchen. The following month, Serbian tabloids claimed that "local politicians" in Zenica had taken €7,500 of the money to pay for renting out the arena, and another €11,500 for the sound system, leaving only about €7,500 of the money to charity. The tabloids claimed that the majority of the money went for the politicians' personal use.[21] During the concert, Mirković and Hanka Paldum first publicly sang their duet "Kad nas vide zagrljene" (When They See Us Embrace). The song officially premiered one year later on 26 November 2013, when the music video was released.[22] The song was featured prominently in Serbian and Bosnian media.[23][24][25]

On 19 December 2013, Mirković, along with Lepa Brena, Severina, Haris Džinović, Aca Lukas and Jelena Karleuša, was a guest at a humanitarian concert by Goran Bregović at the Olympic Hall Juan Antonio Samaranch in the Bosnian capital city Sarajevo for the Roma in Bosnia and Herzegovina.[26]

Personal life edit

During the 1990s Mirković married Serbian politician Zoran Bašanović. The wedding was done secretly in a chapel in Las Vegas and was not legally recognized. Later, after the couple separated, Mirković moved to Vienna, Austria.[27]

In 1999, Mirković married Austrian-Croatian[28] businessman Toni Bijelić. They have two children together, Marko and Manuela.[29] On 27 March 2024, she announced via press release that she filed documents for divorce from her husband whom she had been married to for 24 years and revealed they had not been living together for a few years. She also spoke about her divorce to 24sata and RTV Pink Television where she openly discussed that the process was one of the hardest things in her life emotionally she had to go through.[30][31][32]

Artistry edit

Musical style edit

Mirković is known for her "oriental" style of turbo folk. Her performance is often sentimental— resulting with songs in which the theme of female suffering in romantic relationships is prominent.[33][34]

Movie edit

Dragana Mirković acted in a movie Slatko od snova directed by Vladimir Živković and written by Aleksandar Barišić and Srđan Dragojević. The story is about a young girl (played by Dragana Mirković) who works at McDonald's and dreams of fame on the show. Delivering orders, she meets the king of show business who is also the owner of the Dream Factory, which will give her the opportunity to realize her dream. On the way to success, the spirit of Elvis Presley, who, being a Serb (his name was Veselin Prislić), comes to his homeland to taste something of the warmth of his homeland, even after his death. Presley's ghost becomes the girl's main ally.

Legacy edit

Mirković is seen as one of the most popular Serbian folk singers, particularly in the turbo folk genre,[35][36] as well as being one of the most successful recording artists from the former Yugoslavia. She has received the title "The Madonna or Lady Gaga of Serbia".[11]

Discography edit

Studio albums
Other

References edit

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Sources edit

  • Čvoro, Uroš (2014). Turbo-folk Music and Cultural Representations of National Identity in Former Yugoslavia. Ashgate Publishing Ltd. ISBN 978-1-47242-036-7.

External links edit

 
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  • Dragana Mirković o počecima, 40 godina dugoj karijeri, fanovima - (Poželi pesmu, Happy TV). Music 381. 30 March 2024. Retrieved 31 March 2024.

January 01, 1970
dragana, mirković, serbian, cyrillic, Драгана, Мирковић, pronounced, drǎɡana, mǐːrkɔ, born, january, 1968, serbian, folk, singer, entrepreneur, rose, prominence, eighties, member, popular, collective, južni, vetar, today, mirković, recognised, best, selling, a. Dragana Mirkovic Serbian Cyrillic Dragana Mirkoviћ pronounced drǎɡana mǐːrkɔ v it ɕ born 18 January 1968 is a Serbian pop folk singer and entrepreneur She rose to prominence in the eighties as a member of the popular collective Juzni Vetar Today Mirkovic is recognised as one of the best selling artists from the former Yugoslavia Alongside her husband she also founded a satellite music channel called DM SAT Dragana MirkovicDragana MirkoviћMirkovic in 2015Background informationBirth nameDragana MirkovicBorn 1968 01 18 18 January 1968 age 56 Kasidol SR Serbia YugoslaviaGenresFolk turbo folkOccupation s SingerbusinesswomanInstrument s VocalsYears active1984 presentLabelsDiskos PGP RTB Juzni Vetar Grand City Komuna Vujin ZmexWebsitewww wbr dragana wbr atSpouseToni Bijelic m 2000 div 2024 wbr Children2 Contents 1 Life and career 1 1 Early life 1 2 1984 1991 Early success and Juzni vetar 1 3 1990s Solo success 1 4 2004 2017 Return 2 Tours 3 Other ventures 4 Personal life 5 Artistry 5 1 Musical style 5 2 Movie 6 Legacy 7 Discography 8 References 8 1 Sources 9 External linksLife and career editEarly life edit Mirkovic was born on 18 January 1968 in Kasidol a village near Pozarevac SR Serbia SFR Yugoslavia 1 The youngest of two children she grew up in the same household as her parents grandparents and sister Dusica 2 Mirkovic has described her upbringing as Yugoslav noting the peaceful co existence between Slavs of different faiths at the time 3 A musical influence in her youth was her grandfather Dragutin who played the accordion 4 At the age of five she learned to sing the Bosnian folk song Djevojka sokolu zulum ucinila Mirkovic recalled that she cried because of the events portrayed in the song 4 As a child she began singing as a soloist in elementary school performances and competitions 1 Later she would sing at various celebrations in Kasidol which caught the attention of record executives 1 1984 1991 Early success and Juzni vetar edit When she was 14 executives at the Diskos record label approached Mirkovic s parents with the idea of having her record a song in their studio The result was Imam decka nemirnog which was released as a full studio album in 1984 1 Her second studio album Umiljato oko moje was released in 1985 and sold 250 000 copies 1 In the mid 1980s Mirkovic began her collaboration with the music band Juzni Vetar 3 composed of Miodrag Ilic as the bass guitarist Sava Bojic lead guitarist and Perica Zdravkovic for keyboard 5 Spasi me samoce which was released in 1986 was her first studio album with the group and sold over 400 000 copies In addition to Mirkovic the musical formation utilized other singers from Bosnia and Serbia and received widespread support from Yugoslavs as folk music became the best selling genre of the 1980s 3 She went on to record four more albums with Juzni Vetar Ruze cvetaju samo u pesmama 1987 Najlepsi par 1988 Simpatija 1989 and Pomisli zelju 1990 The single Simpatija Crush became a major commercial success 6 1990s Solo success edit In 1991 Mirkovic released her eighth studio album and third solo project Dobra devojka which featured two major hit singles Umrecu zbog tebe and Kazi mi sunce moje The album was followed by Dolaze nam bolji dani in 1992 which featured multiple hit songs Umirem majko Pitaju me u mom kraju Da da da and O da li znas Mirkovic s tenth studio album Do poslednjeg daha was released in 1993 which featured numerous hit singles such as Do poslednjeg daha Bas tebe volim ja Bicu njegova and Vetrovi tuge In 1994 she released her eleventh studio album Nije tebi do mene which included multiple hit singles such as Nisam ni metar od tebe Varala bih varala and Opojni su zumbuli The same year Mirkovic starred in the feature film Slatko od snova playing the role of a girl who works in a fast food restaurant and dreams of becoming a famous singer 7 Mirkovic released four more albums in the 1990s Placi zemljo 1995 which featured the hit singles I u dobru i u zlu Vrati mi se ti Uzeo si moja jutra and Divlja devojka Nema promene 1996 with hit singles Dusu si mi opio To nije tvoja stvar and Oci pune tuge and Kojom gorom 1997 with songs like Poslednje vece Dolina kestenova and the title track Her final release of the 1990s was U godini 1999 a collaborative album with Zlaja Band After the release of her seventeenth studio album Sama which featured the hit singles Svatovi and the title track she went on a four year hiatus In 2001 Mirkovic performed live at the Vienna Kunstlerhaus as part of a contemporary art exhibition with many of those in attendance being Yugoslav migrant workers 8 9 2004 2017 Return edit In 2004 Mirkovic returned with her seventeenth studio album Trag u vremenu The comeback album featured multiple hit singles including Tamo gde je milo moje Evo dobro sam Zasto zoro svanjavas and Prezivecu In 2006 she released her eighteenth studio album Luce moje featuring the hit singles Pecat na usnama Na kraju Sudbina and Luce moje In 2008 she released Eksplozija which featured the singles Laste Zemljo okreni se Sve bih dala da si tu and Zivot moj In 2011 she released three new songs and a remake of an old song of hers Drugovi Srce moje and Jedini were all released to critical acclaim The remake of her 1991 song Umrecu zbog tebe was well received The four songs along with sixteen new ones were featured on her twentieth studio album 20 which was released in 2012 10 In 2014 Mirkovic released a duet with Jose Feliciano titled Please Don t Go Away 11 The same year she held a concert at Stark Arena in front of 20 000 fans to celebrate the 30th anniversary of her music career 12 In 2017 she released her twenty first studio album Od milion jedan 13 On 22 March 2024 she performed at the Moraca center in Podgorica where she received a standing ovation from the audience Her concert was described as a spectacle 14 Tours editIn 2023 Mirkovic and her husband Toni Bijelic were greeted by actor Jean Claude Van Damme upon their arrival in Hollywood CA and were accompanied by Ukrainian actress Marina Mazepa ahead of her US tour which commenced in Phoenix AZ 15 16 Other ventures edit nbsp Mirkovic middle with her husband and friend 29 January 2015 In 2005 Mirkovic and her husband Toni Bijelic founded DM SAT a satellite music video channel 17 18 Mirkovic held a humanitarian concert in Zenica Bosnia on 7 November 2012 in the Arena Zenica 19 The concert called Dragana and Friends for Zenica also featured singers Hanka Paldum Boban Rajovic Halid Muslimovic and the band Plavi orkestar 20 The concert raised around 26 500 about 36 500 US dollars for the People s Kitchen The following month Serbian tabloids claimed that local politicians in Zenica had taken 7 500 of the money to pay for renting out the arena and another 11 500 for the sound system leaving only about 7 500 of the money to charity The tabloids claimed that the majority of the money went for the politicians personal use 21 During the concert Mirkovic and Hanka Paldum first publicly sang their duet Kad nas vide zagrljene When They See Us Embrace The song officially premiered one year later on 26 November 2013 when the music video was released 22 The song was featured prominently in Serbian and Bosnian media 23 24 25 On 19 December 2013 Mirkovic along with Lepa Brena Severina Haris Dzinovic Aca Lukas and Jelena Karleusa was a guest at a humanitarian concert by Goran Bregovic at the Olympic Hall Juan Antonio Samaranch in the Bosnian capital city Sarajevo for the Roma in Bosnia and Herzegovina 26 Personal life editDuring the 1990s Mirkovic married Serbian politician Zoran Basanovic The wedding was done secretly in a chapel in Las Vegas and was not legally recognized Later after the couple separated Mirkovic moved to Vienna Austria 27 In 1999 Mirkovic married Austrian Croatian 28 businessman Toni Bijelic They have two children together Marko and Manuela 29 On 27 March 2024 she announced via press release that she filed documents for divorce from her husband whom she had been married to for 24 years and revealed they had not been living together for a few years She also spoke about her divorce to 24sata and RTV Pink Television where she openly discussed that the process was one of the hardest things in her life emotionally she had to go through 30 31 32 Artistry editMusical style edit Mirkovic is known for her oriental style of turbo folk Her performance is often sentimental resulting with songs in which the theme of female suffering in romantic relationships is prominent 33 34 Movie edit Dragana Mirkovic acted in a movie Slatko od snova directed by Vladimir Zivkovic and written by Aleksandar Barisic and Srđan Dragojevic The story is about a young girl played by Dragana Mirkovic who works at McDonald s and dreams of fame on the show Delivering orders she meets the king of show business who is also the owner of the Dream Factory which will give her the opportunity to realize her dream On the way to success the spirit of Elvis Presley who being a Serb his name was Veselin Prislic comes to his homeland to taste something of the warmth of his homeland even after his death Presley s ghost becomes the girl s main ally Legacy editMirkovic is seen as one of the most popular Serbian folk singers particularly in the turbo folk genre 35 36 as well as being one of the most successful recording artists from the former Yugoslavia She has received the title The Madonna or Lady Gaga of Serbia 11 Discography editStudio albums Imam decka nemirnog 1984 Umiljato oko moje 1985 Spasi me samoce 1986 Ruze cvetaju samo u pesmama 1987 Najlepsi par 1988 Simpatija 1989 Pomisli zelju 1990 Dobra devojka 1991 Dolaze nam bolji dani 1992 Do poslednjeg daha 1993 Nije tebi do mene 1994 Placi zemljo 1995 Nema promene 1996 Kojom gorom 1997 U godini 1999 Sama 2000 Trag u vremenu 2004 Luce moje 2006 Eksplozija 2008 20 2012 Od milion jedan 2017 Other Slatko Od Snova 1994 Zauvek 2003 References edit a b c d e Dragana Mirkovic Biografija org in Serbian Biografija 2 February 2019 Dragana Mirkovic nts live NTS Radio 26 January 2017 Archived from the original on 3 July 2020 a b c Archer Rory 2019 Nationalism and the agency of musical performers in Serbia in the 1990s A discussion with Dragana Mirkovic PDF Contemporary Southeastern Europe 2 6 Centre for Southeast European Studies 14 15 doi 10 25364 02 6 2019 2 2 a b Rođendan Luceta iz Kasidola Odrasla na selu do druge godine bila u bolnici i udala se za cetvrtog coveka u svom zivotu Birthay of Luceta from Kasidole She Grew Up in Village Until Her Second Year She Was at the Hospital and She Got Married to the Fourth Man in Her Life Blic 18 January 2017 Rasmussen Ljeka V 2013 Newly Composed Folk Music of Yugoslavia Routledge p 139 ISBN 978 1 13671 644 7 Cvoro 2014 p 51 Zivotna prica Dragane Mirkovic Tesko detinjstvo devojcurka iz Kasidola slucajni susret sa Tonijem promenio joj zivot The Life Story of Dragana Mirkovic The Difficult Childhood of the Girl from Kasidol Her Accidental Meetup with Toni Changed Her Life Kurir rs 18 January 2021 Retrieved 30 March 2024 Ingram Susan 2003 Ports of Call Central European and North American Culture s in Motion Peter Lang pp 223 226 ISBN 978 3 63150 696 7 Cvoro 2014 p 117 Obecala Dragana Mirkovic Moj novi album izlazi u septembru She Promised Dragana Mirkovic My New Album Comes Out in September Folkoteka com in Serbian Archived from the original on 4 October 2013 Retrieved 26 August 2012 a b Graff Gary 3 July 2014 Jose Feliciano Records New Single With The Madonna or Lady Gaga of Serbia Billboard Retrieved 31 March 2024 Dragana Mirkovic koncertom u Areni obelezila 30 godina karijere Dragana Mirkovic Marks 30 Years of Career with a Concert at the Arena Blic rs in Serbian 3 October 2014 Retrieved 31 March 2024 G M 4 January 2017 Stigao je novi album Dragane Mirkovic Od milion jedan The New Album by Dragana Mirkovic Is Here Od milion jedan Hello magazin in Serbian Retrieved 31 March 2024 Cakic Dusan 22 March 2024 Podgorica u Transu Dragana Mirkovic spektaklom otvorila Moracu posle tri decenije Foto Podgorica in Trance Dragana Mirkovic Opened Moraca with Spectacle after Three Decenia Photo Novosti rs in Serbian Retrieved 31 March 2024 Savic Marijana 2 February 2023 Dragana Mirkovic stigla u Holivud Ovako ju je docekao njen prijatelj Zan Klod van Dam Foto Dragana Mirkovic Arrived to Hollywood This Is How She Was Received by her Friend Jean Claude Van Damme Nova rs in Serbian Retrieved 31 March 2024 Dacic A 3 February 2023 Ovo Ce Se Dugo Prepricavati Dragana pokorila Njujork This Will Be Retold for a Long Time Dragana Conquers New York in Serbian Grand Nova Retrieved 31 March 2024 Anastasakis Othon Bennett Adam Madden David Merdzanovic Adis 2020 The Legacy of Yugoslavia Politics Economics and Society in the Modern Balkans Bloomsbury Publishing p 71 ISBN 978 1 78831 799 3 Kovac Tanja 21 March 2020 Dragana Mirkovic poslodavac za primer Brinite za porodice za posao ne brinite Dragana Mirkovic An Exemplary Employer Take Care of Family Do Not Worry About Your Job Story rs in Serbian Retrieved 31 March 2024 Dragana Mirkovic U Zenici Najavila Humanitarni Koncert Dragana i prijatelji za Zenicu Dragana Mirkovic in Zenica Announced Humanitarian Concert Dragana and Friends for Zenica in Serbian Cazin 17 September 2012 Archived from the original on 1 January 2014 Retrieved 31 December 2013 Dragana Mirkovic odrzala koncert u Areni Zenica Zenit 8 November 2012 Retrieved 2 September 2015 permanent dead link Draganu Mirkovic prevarili u Zenici Dragana Mirkovic Scammed in Zenica in Serbian Kurir info 29 December 2012 Retrieved 31 December 2013 Dragana Mirkovic i Hanka Paldum snimile duet Dragana Mirkovic and Hanka Paldum Recorded a Duet in Serbian Telegraf 27 November 2013 Retrieved 31 December 2013 Premijerno Jos jedan novi spot Dragane Mirkovic Duet sa Hankom Paldum Kad nas vide zagrljene Exclusive One More New Video by Dragana Mirkovic A Collaboration with Hanka Paldum When They See Us Embrace in Serbian Svetplus 27 November 2013 Retrieved 31 December 2013 Hanka Paldum i Dragana Mirkovic zagrljene na Starom mostu u Mostaru Hanka Paldum and Dragana Mirkovic In Each Other s Embrace on the Old Bridge in Mostar in Serbian Haber 27 November 2013 Archived from the original on 1 July 2014 Retrieved 31 December 2013 Dragana Mirkovic i Hanka Paldum snimile duet Dragana Mirkovic and Hanka Paldum Recorded a Duo Pressonline 27 November 2013 Archived from the original on 3 April 2019 Retrieved 31 December 2013 Lepa Brena gost na koncertu Gorana Bregovica Zajedno pevaju za Rome Lepa Brena A Guest On Goran Bregovic s Concert They Sing Together for the Roma in Serbian Svetplus 17 December 2013 Retrieved 29 December 2013 Zbog Bivseg Muza Otisla Iz Srbije Because of her ex husband she left Serbia blic rs 31 March 2024 Retrieved April 19 2024 To sto je on Hrvat Evo kako Dragana Mirkovic prica o Tonijevom poreklu Him being Croatian Dragana talking about Toni s heritage telegraf rs 31 March 2024 Retrieved April 19 2024 Dragana je Tonija upoznala u Becu a ovako izgleda njihova ljubavna prica Dragana Met Tony in Vienna This Is What Their Love Story Looks Like Vesti online in Serbian 15 September 2020 Retrieved 31 March 2024 Srpskata peјachka Dragana Mirkoviќ se razveduva Serbian Singer Dragana Mirkovic Is Getting Divorced Muzika24 mk in Macedonian 27 March 2024 Retrieved 30 March 2024 Ekskluzivno Dragana Mirkovic Mogla sam se udati za bogatasa ali to me nije privlacilo Excklusive Dragana Mirkovic I Could Have Married A Rich Man But that Did Not Attract Me 24sata in Serbian 28 March 2023 Retrieved 30 March 2024 EKSKLUZIVno Dragana Mirkovic o razvodu od Tonija Nikad mi nije bilo teze Exclusive Dragana Mirkovic About Her Divorce from Tony I Never Had a More Difficult Time RTV Pink Official 27 March 2023 Retrieved 30 March 2024 Buchanan Donna A 2007 Balkan Popular Culture and the Ottoman Ecumene Music Image and Regional Political Discourse Scarecrow Press p 69 ISBN 978 0 81086 677 5 Beissinger Margaret Radulescu Speranta Giurchescu Anca 2016 Manele in Romania Cultural Expression and Social Meaning in Balkan Popular Music Rowman amp Littlefield p 119 ISBN 978 1 44226 708 4 Reilly Maura Nochlin Linda 2007 Global Feminisms New Directions in Contemporary Art Merrell Publishers Ltd p 161 ISBN 978 1 85894 390 9 Zivkovic Marko 2011 Serbian Dreambook National Imaginary in the Time of Milosevic Indiana University Press p 115 ISBN 978 0 25322 306 7 Sources edit Cvoro Uros 2014 Turbo folk Music and Cultural Representations of National Identity in Former Yugoslavia Ashgate Publishing Ltd ISBN 978 1 47242 036 7 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Dragana Mirkovic DMSAT Official fan page DM Official website Dragana Mirkovic Sve sam riskirala Nije me sramota sad reci da nemam novca Dragana Mirkovic I Risked It All I Am Noth Ashamed Now to Say that I Have No Money 24sata News 31 March 2024 Retrieved 31 March 2024 Dragana Mirkovic o pocecima 40 godina 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