Nina Kraljić

Nina Kraljić
Kraljić performing in 2015
Born	Nina Kraljić (1992-04-04) 4 April 1992 (age 25) Lipovljani, Croatia
Residence	Zagreb, Croatia
Occupation	Singer voice actress songwriter composer
Musical career
Genres	World Music Ethnic Celtic New-age Ambient Music Neofolk
Instruments	Vocals piano
Years active	2015–present, 2009
Labels	Universal Music Group
Associated acts	Jacques Houdek

Nina Kraljić (Croatian pronunciation: [ˌnîna ˈkrǎːʎit͜ɕ], born 4 April 1992) is a Croatian singer-songwriter and voice actress. She is known for winning season one of The Voice – Najljepši glas Hrvatske and for being a finalist in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 with the song "Lighthouse". Nina is the winner of the Croatian award for Croatia's best new act of 2016. Her debut album "Samo" was released on 30 September 2016.

Nina Kraljić was born in Lipovljani, Croatia on 4 April 1992 to Željko and Irena Kraljić. She has an 8-year-old younger sister Tena. Her first TV appearance was in 2009 when she entered the Croatian version of Got Talent. She placed tenth in the final stage of the competition. When Nina was 14, she left her family to develop her musical expression. She studied opera in music academy and Croatian Studies at the Faculty of Philosophy in .

Kraljić competed in the first season of Croatian version of The Voice – Najljepši glas Hrvatske. During her participation she performed the song "Beneath Your Beautiful", "Što te nema" and the Macedonian folk song "Zajdi, zajdi, jasno sonce". Her voice was also recognized by Jacques Houdek, who mentored her to victory, with Kraljić receiving roughly 1 million votes in the final round. She later released her debut single "Zaljuljali smo svijet" in June 2015, a modern ballad with an ethnic background.

On 24 February 2016 it was announced by HRT that Kraljić would represent Croatia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 in , Sweden. On 9 March 2016, Kraljić released her 2016 contest song "Lighthouse".