Anthony Cetinski (born 31 May 1969) is a Croatian pop singer.

Biography

Born into a family of musicians in

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(then

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), Cetinski began singing when he was 15 years old with various local groups. He moved from

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in 1991 to start his career, and quickly became one of Croatia's leading pop stars. In 1994, he represented

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at the

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with the song " Nek' ti bude ljubav sva". At the 10th

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in 2006, Cetinski won all three prizes in

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category: HRF Grand Prix – pop-rock, Listener's award and Music Editors award. He also recorded the song "Lagala nas mala" as a duet with Macedonian singer

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. This song appears on both of Proeski's 2005 albums, '' Po tebe'' and its Croatian edition ''Pratim te''. The song was also remixed by DeeJay Time. In 2009, Cetinski won the Porin award for best male vocal performance with his song "Ako to se zove ljubav". Cetinski sold out two concerts in

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the same year with more than 30,000 people attending.

Personal life

Tony is married to Dubravka. He is a devout

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Discography

* ''Samo srce ne laže'' (1990) * ''Ljubomora I'' (1992) * ''Ljubomora II'' (1993) * ''Ljubav i bol'' (1995) * ''Prah i pepeo'' (1996) * ''A1'' (1998) * ''Triptonyc'' (2000) * ''A sada...'' (2003) * ''Budi uz mene'' (2005) * ''Ako to se zove ljubav'' (2008) * ''Da Capo'' (2010) * ''Best of Tony Cetinski'' (2011) * ''Opet si pobijedila'' (2012) * ''Kao u snu'' (2018)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cetinski, Tony 1969 births Living people 21st-century Croatian male singers Croatian pop singers People from Pula Hayat Production artists 20th-century Croatian male singers Eurovision Song Contest entrants