Marija Šerifović
| Marija Šerifović Марија Шерифовић |
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Marija Šerifović (2009)
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Marija Šerifović |
| Born |
November 14, 1984 Kragujevac, SR Serbia, Yugoslavia |
| Genres | Pop, Pop-folk |
| Occupation(s) | Singer |
| Instruments | Vocals |
| Years active | 2003–present |
| Labels | Zvezde Granda |
| Website | Official website |
Marija Šerifović (Serbian: Марија Шерифовић, Serbo-Croatian pronunciation: [mǎrija ʃerǐːfoʋitɕ], born 14 November 1984) is a Serbian singer. She won the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 with the song "Molitva". Šerifović is the daughter of Verica Šerifović, also a notable singer. She was also one of the judges on Eurosong to choose the Irish entry for Eurovision Song Contest 2008 and sang Molitva to close the show. She was also a member of the International Jury in Melodifestivalen 2009, the selection for the Swedish entry to Eurovision Song Contest 2009.
Šerifović was born in Kragujevac in central Serbia, the daughter of Rajko Šerifović, a drummer, and Verica Šerifović, a popular singer. Her father was born in Kragujevac, the son of a Muslim father from Vranje and an Orthodox mother, while her mother was born in Kragujevac, into an Orthodox family. Her mother had four miscarriages before having Marija, and her father left her mother for another woman when she was nine months pregnant with Marija and had a son, Marija's half-brother Danijel, with the other woman in 1985. Marija has described her father as an abusive alcoholic that would regularly beat her mother. Marija also had an older half-brother, Dušan Šerifović, from her father's previous marriage. Dušan died in September 2013, aged 42, following a long illness.
In 2013, Šerifović came out as lesbian.
Marija Šerifović's debut album Naj, Najbolja (English: The Very, Very Best) was released in 2003 and was well received. The biggest hit from the album was the lead single "Znaj da znam" (English: Know That I Know) composed by Darko Dimitrov. In the summer of 2005, she released the single Agonija, which was a cover version of Greek superstar Despina Vandi's "You're Not Here" (Greek: Olo leipeis).
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