Darko Filipović (

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: Дарко Филиповић; born 21 February 1981) is a

turbo-folk Turbo-folk is a subgenre of contemporary South Slavs, South Slavic pop music that initially developed in Serbia during the 1990s as a fusion of techno and folk music, folk. The term was an invention of the Montenegro, Montenegrin singer Rambo ...

singer born in

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, south

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, who became famous after becoming a finalist in the first season of the music 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 ...

in 2004. Filipović grew up in

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, and lived there until 2003, when he moved to Belgrade. Before competing in Zvezde Granda, Filipović was singing at typical Serbian night clubs on water called "Splavovi". His success in the competition Zvezde Granda gave him a lot of fame and attention from people from former

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. His most famous song is his debut single "Ona Ona". Filipović is currently signed with the record label

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Discography

Albums

*''Darko Filipović'' (Grand Production; 2004) *''Darko Filipović'' (Grand Production; 2007)

Singles

* ''Ljuljaju se splavovi'' (2006) * ''Sad znam'' (2008 )

References

External links

* Living people Serbian turbo-folk singers Grand Production artists 1981 births {{Serbia-singer-stub