Ivana Selakov ( sr-cyr, Ивана Селаков, ; born 8 November 1978) is a Serbian singer. She was a member of the girlband

Beauty Queens Beauty Queens are a Serbian girlband, formed in Helsinki, Finland, in May 2007, after Marija Šerifović's victory in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007. The girls sang the backing vocals, and became very popular. They also reached third place at ...

, which was formed by gathering backing vocalists of

Marija Šerifović Marija Šerifović ( sr-cyr, Марија Шерифовић, ; born 14 November 1984) is a Serbian singer. Born in Kragujevac as the daughter of Verica Šerifović, she rose to prominence in 2003 with her debut album ''Naj, Najbolja''. Šerifo ...

after victory in the

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. During her career, she received numerous awards in Serbia – best singer, best song, best album, best duet and others.

Biography

Selakov was born in Belgrade, on 8 November 1978. She grew up in

Sombor Sombor ( sr-Cyrl, Сомбор, ; hu, Zombor; rue, Зомбор, Zombor) is a city and the administrative center of the West Bačka District in the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. The city has a total population of 47,623 (), while i ...

where she was introduced to the world of music. She finished Lower Music School, participated in numerous singing competitions, performed at jazz and rock 'n' roll clubs. In 1997, she started studying

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in Belgrade, but very soon she devoted herself to music. After biology, Ivana started studying "Recording and designing of the sound". She has appeared as a soloist at several festivals—Radio Festival,

Beovizija 2006 Serbia and Montenegro originally planned to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest 2006. The union of public broadcasters of Serbia and Montenegro, Udruženje javnih radija i televizija (UJRT) organised the national final ''Evropesma-Europjesm ...

, etc. She did vocal back-up for many popular artists, she has more than 2000 back vocals did for other singer and bands. Since 2007, she has been publishing her records under Serbian label and production company

Grand Production Grand Production ( sr, Гранд продукција) is a Serbian record label and production company predominantly focused on folk performers. The label produces the weekly television show ''Grand Parada'', launched their own cable television ...

. In 2016 she was acting judge in children's singing show "Neki novi klinci".

Beauty Queens

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Discography

Albums

Sreća (2010)

# Uradi mi to # Ako je do mene (duet sa Darkom Radovanovićem) # Srce gubitnik # Otplovimo # Uteha # Briga me # Sad odlazi # Moje je ime sreća # Nek na tvoju dušu ide sve

Probijam led (2012)

# Tuga k`o i svaka druga # Daleko si (feat. Aca Lukas) # Probijam led (feat. DJ Shone) # Pobediću bol # Jastuci # Naše malo slavlje # Igraj dok postojiš (feat. DJ Shone/Sha) # Mesec dana # Između redova # Heroj # Probijam led (RMX by DJ Shone)

S.O.S (2016)

# Samačka # Agonija # Polovna # Omaklo mi se (duet sa Acom Lukasom) # Grad grad # Tek sad # Bolujem godinama # SOS # Ljubav u doba kokaina (duet sa Acom Lukasom) # Godine i laži # Nema plana (feat. Sha)

Singles

* Pet na jedan (2007) Beauty Queens * Protiv srca (2007) Beauty Queens * Zavet (2008) Beauty Queens * Moje odbrane

External links

Beauty Queens Official Site

Ivana Selakov Interview

Official website
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Selakova, Ivana 1978 births Living people Musicians from Sombor Singers from Belgrade 21st-century Serbian women singers Grand Production artists