Nada Polić (; born 6 September 1959), better known as Ana Bekuta ( sr-Cyrl, Ана Бекута), is a Serbian singer.
Life and career
Polić was born on 6 September 1959, in
Priboj
Priboj ( sr-Cyrl, Прибој, ) is a town and municipality located in the Zlatibor District of southwestern Serbia. The population of the town is 13,172, while the population of the municipality is 23,514.
Geography
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and raised in the village of
Banja. She began her music career in 1974 by competing on the music festival Prvi glas Priboja (''The First Voice of Priboj''), where she finished as the runner-up.
In the following years, Polić started singing professionally as a hotel lounge singer.
Under the stage name Ana Bekuta, she made her recording debut in 1985 with the release of her first album under
PGP-RTB
PGP-RTB ( sh-Cyrl, Продукција грамофонских плоча Радио телевизије Београд, translit=Produkcija gramofonskih ploča Radio televizije Beograd ) was a major state-owned record label and chain record ...
.
Over the years she has collectively released twenty one studio albums. In 2011, Bekuta began performing annually at the
Belgrade
Belgrade is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Serbia, largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers and at the crossroads of the Pannonian Basin, Pannonian Plain and the Balkan Peninsula. T ...
's
Sava Centar
Sava Centar ( sr-cyr, Сава центар) is an international congress, cultural and business center of various multi-functional activities located in Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It is the largest audience hall in the country and the enti ...
. For her work in
folk music
Folk music is a music genre that includes #Traditional folk music, traditional folk music and the Contemporary folk music, contemporary genre that evolved from the former during the 20th-century folk revival. Some types of folk music may be ca ...
, she has received numerous accolades, including the Charter of the Cultural and Educational Community in 2015 and the National Music Artist of Serbia award from the Union of the Music Artists of Serbia (SEMUS) in 2020.
In addition to her singing career, in 2014 Bekuta became a judge and later a mentor on the
singing competition show ''
Zvezde Granda
''Zvezde Granda'' ( sr-Cyrl, Звезде Гранда; "''Grand Stars''") is a Serbian singing competition show, created by Saša Popović and produced by Grand Production. The show began airing in 2004 on RTV Pink. ''Zvezde Granda'' made its ...
''.
Personal life
At the age of 17, Polić became a mother to a son, named Igor. She was in a relationship with Serbian politician
Milutin Mrkonjić
Milutin Mrkonjić ( sr-Cyrl, Милутин Мркоњић; ; 23 May 1942 – 27 November 2021) was a Serbian politician. He co-founded the Socialist Party of Serbia, together with Slobodan Milošević.
Education and career
Mrkonjić was born i ...
from 2012 until his death in 2021.
Discography
;Studio albums
* ''Ti si mene varao'' (1985)
* ''Ti mi trebaš'' (1986)
* ''Samo ti'' (1987)
* ''Uvek postoji nada'' (1988)
* ''Kako mi je pitaš sad'' (1989)
* ''Tu sam ruku da ti pružim'' (1990)
* ''Pitaš kako živim'' (1993)
* ''Taj život moj'' (1995)
* ''Opet imam razloga da živim'' (1996)
* ''Sve je bolje od samoće'' (1998)
* ''Kriv si samo ti'' (1999)
* ''Svirajte mi onu pesmu'' (2001)
* ''Dve suze'' (2003)
* ''Brojanica'' (2005)
* ''Manite se ljudi'' (2006)
* ''Blago meni'' (2009)
* ''Hvala ljubavi'' (2013)
* ''Ime sreće'' (2018)
* ''Grešila sam'' (2023)
* ''I za vas, koji niste smeli'' (2023)
See also
*
Music of Serbia
Music of Serbia represents the musical heritage of Serbia, both historical and modern. It has a variety of traditional music styles, which are part of the wider Balkan musical tradition, with its own distinctive sound and characteristics.
Musi ...
*
Serbian folk music
Serbian may refer to:
* Pertaining to Serbia in Southeast Europe; in particular
** Serbs, a South Slavic ethnic group native to the Balkans
** Serbian language
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References
External links
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20th-century Serbian women singers
Serbian folk-pop singers
Serbian folk singers
People from Priboj
21st-century Serbian women singers
Yugoslav women singers
1959 births
Living people
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