Neda Ukraden ( sr-Cyrl, Неда Украден; born 16 August 1950) is a Serbian-Croatian singer. Her professional career stretches back to 1967 and has collectively released thirty

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. With collective sales of over five million records, Ukraden is recognised as one of the most successful artists from

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Personal life

Ukraden was born in Glavina Donja, a village near the small Croatian town of

Imotski Imotski () is a small town on the northeastern side of the Biokovo massif in the Dalmatian Hinterland of southern Croatia, near the border with Bosnia and Herzegovina. The town has a generally mild Mediterranean climate which makes it a popular ...

, to ethnic Serbian parents Anđelija (1924–2018) and Dušan Ukraden (1927–1997). She lived in Imotski with her grandparents until the age of two when she relocated to

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, in eastern

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. When she was in elementary school, her family moved to

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where she lived until 1992 when the

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broke out. When the war started, Neda moved to

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.Neda Ukraden biografija
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, Austria. Respecting the wishes of her father, she attended the

University of Sarajevo The University of Sarajevo (Bosnian language, Bosnian, Croatian language, Croatian and Serbian language, Serbian: ''Univerzitet u Sarajevu'' / Sveučilište u Sarajevu / Универзитет у Сарајеву) is a List of universities in Bo ...

where she successfully completed degrees in

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, and the

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. It was only at age 17 that she started singing. Ukraden was married to director Milan Bilbija and together they had a daughter named Jelena. Bilbija died on 30 January 2013 in Montenegro. Ukraden did not attend his funeral.

Discography

7" singles

*''Sve što moje srce zna / Ako me trebaš'' (1969) *''Je l' to taj / Tri djevojke'' (1973) *''Pjesma Maršalu Titu / A.V.N.O.J.'' (1975) *''Srdce u srcu / Mezarje'' (1975) *''Što si nano udala me rano / Sretan dan'' (1975) *''Novi Robinzoni / Do posljednje kapi života'' (1975) *''Ja još pamtim samo tvoje ime / Neka suze kažu mili'' (1976) *''Ej, da mi je naći / Večera'' (1976) *''Ja i ti / 8 dana'' (1976) *''Ne dam ga, ne dam / Dragana je mala na livadu zvala'' (1977) *''Požuri mi dragane / Šalvare'' (1977) *''Hajde bolan ne luduj / Što su polju cvijetovi'' (1977) *''Pisma ljubavi / Ljubav me čudno dira'' (1978) *''Vjeruj mi dušo moja / Alčak'' (1978) *''Što si bliže meni / Kad sam bila cvijeće u Japanu'' (1979) *''Još te volim / Šeherzada'' (1979) *''Umrie ljeto / Ljubavi, ljubavi'' (1981) *''Oženjen je / Sve što se odgađa, to se ne događa'' (1981) *''Ne budi me noćas / Za tri dana prođe svako čudo'' (1982) *''Doviđenja, zaboravi ne / Ne vjeruj'' (1983) *''Zora je'' (1985) *''Boli, boli / Sretno ti bilo, sine'' (1988)

Studio albums

*''Srce u srcu'' (1975) *''Ko me to od nekud doziva'' (1976) *''Nedine najljepše pjesme'' (1977) *''Neda'' (1978) *''Neda'' (1979) *''Čuje se glas'' (1981) *''To mora da je ljubav'' (1982) *''Oči tvoje govore'' (1984) *''Hoću tebe'' (1985) *''Šaj, šaj'' (1986) *''10 Hitova'' (1986) *''Došlo doba da se rastajemo'' (1987) *''Posluži nas srećo'' (1988) *''Ponoć je'' (1988) *''Dobro došli'' (1989) *''Poslije nas'' (1990) *''Nek živi muzika'' (1992) *''Jorgovan'' (1993) *''Između ljubavi i mržnje'' (1995) *''Ljubav žedna'' (1996) *''Nova Neda'' (2001) *''Život sam promjenila'' (2002) *''Ljubomora'' (2004) *''Za sva vremena'' (2004) *''Oduži mi se poljupcima'' (2006) *''Da se nađemo na pola puta'' (2009) *''Radujte se prijatelji'' (2010) *''Biti svoja'' (2012) *''Terapija'' (2016) *''Jednom kad ovo prođe'' (2021)

References

External links

Official websiteDiscography at Discogs
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ukraden, Neda 1950 births Living people People from Imotski Serbs of Croatia Yugoslav women singers 20th-century Serbian women singers 21st-century Serbian women singers 20th-century Croatian women singers 21st-century Croatian women singers Serbian folk-pop singers Croatian folk-pop singers Grand Production artists BN Music artists Bosnia and Herzegovina emigrants to Serbia University of Sarajevo alumni