Damir "Dado" Polumenta (born 29 August 1982) is a Montenegrin pop-folk recording artist.

Life and career

Polumenta was born into a Muslim family in

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, in northern

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. His uncle

Šako Polumenta Sakib "Šako" Polumenta (born 27 March 1961) is a Montenegrin pop-folk singer popular throughout the former Yugoslavia, Yugoslav republics. Personal and early life Polumenta was born into a Bosniaks of Montenegro, Bosniak family in Bijelo Polje, ...

is also a singer. In 2008 they released a duet single "Ljepša od noći" (''More Beautiful Than Night'') on Šako's album '' Sanjao sam san...''. His first album, ''

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'', released in 2001 through the label Best Records, found little success. However, after a hiatus, Dado became prominent in the Balkans music industry after the release of his second album '' 100 stepeni'' (2005) under the label

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. In due course, he left Grand Production and, through his uncle, signed with Gold Music and recorded '' Volim te...'' (2007). On 26 June 2008, Dado released a single, a ballad titled "Moja srno", which was performed in the "Vogošća Festival 2008" in

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. Polumenta's fourth studio album '' Zauvijek tvoj'' was released 15 December 2008. Polumenta released his fifth studio album '' Buntovnik'' (''Rebel'') on 18 November 2010 under

, his second project with the label.

Personal life

Polumenta has a son named Dorijan with

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n model Anamarija Kikoš, with whom he lived for three years. She was his unmarried partner at the time but they broke up shortly after the child was born. Polumenta is a practicing

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. His wedding to his first wife Selma Mekić in her hometown

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on 12 December 2012 was in accordance with the Islamic faith. They divorced in June 2013. Polumeta had a daughter, Alea Polumenta on 25 October 2017 with his fiancé Ivona Ivković.

Discography

Albums

*''

'' (2001) *'' 100 stepeni'' (2005) *'' Volim te...'' (2007) *'' Zauvijek tvoj'' (2008) *'' Buntovnik'' (2010) *''

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'' (2011) *''Ne dam ja na tebe'' (2013)

Singles

*"Revolucija" feat. DJ Denial X and MC Mickelly (2014) *"Gužva je u gradu" (2014) *"Premija" with

Nikolija Nikolija Jovanović ( sr-cyr, Николија Јовановић; born 19 October 1989) is a Serbian singer. Born to folk singer Vesna Zmijanac, Jovanović was born in Zagreb and raised in Belgrade. Nikolija debuted in 2013 with the single "Ća ...

(2014) *"Za tebe uvjek biću tu, s kraja svjeta ja ću doći" (2015) *"Ovisan sam o njoj" (2015) *"Balkan" with Rasta (2015)

References

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