Goran Karan (born 2 April 1964) is a

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n vocalist. He specializes in songs influenced by

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n folk music and is known for his powerful and refined

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voice. Karan's collaboration with composer

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led to some of his most acclaimed work, which won him several awards.

Biography

Karan was the lead singer of Croatian rock group Big Blue, before becoming a solo artist in 1997. In 2000 he represented Croatia at

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, after winning the Croatian pre-selection Dora. In the Eurovision Song Contest, he ended up in the ninth place with his song " Ostani" ("Stay"). In 2005 he was one of the judges in ''Hrvatski idol'', Croatian version of

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. Karan's song "Ružo moja bila" won the 2005 Split Festival song competition, as well as 2005 Sunčane skale festival in

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. In summer 2007, deeply moved by the

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fire tragedy, in which 13 volunteer firemen perished, composed in the spur of the moment the song "Ovo nije kraj" ("This Is Not the End"), gathered under the name Split Star a group of famous singers (

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, Tedi Spalato,

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) from the

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area, that performed it with him in a music video, all of this in less than fifteen day

Albums

* ''Kao da te ne volim'' (''Like I Don't Love You'') - 1999 * ''Vagabundo'' (''Vagabund'') - 2000 * ''Ahoj!'' (''Ahoy!'') - 2003 * ''Od srca do usana'' (''From Heart to the Lips'') - 2005 * ''Zlatna kolekcija'' (''Golden Collection'') - 2005 * ''Dite Ljubavi'' (''Child of Love'') - 2008

References

External links

*
www.gorankaran.hr
(Official site) *
gorankaran.atspace.com
(Fan site) 1964 births Living people Eurovision Song Contest entrants for Croatia Eurovision Song Contest entrants of 2000 Singers from Belgrade Croats of Serbia Musicians from Split, Croatia Croatian tenors Croatian pop singers 20th-century Croatian male singers Indexi Award winners Hayat Production artists 21st-century Croatian male singers {{Europe-tv-bio-stub