Sinan "Siki" Sakić | |
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Birth name | Sinan Sakić |
Also known as | Siki |
Born |
Loznica, PR Serbia, FPR Yugoslavia |
13 October 1956
Genres | pop-folk, folk |
Occupation(s) | Singer |
Instruments | Trumpet |
Years active | 1978–present |
Website | http://www.sinansakic.net/ |
Sinan "Siki" Sakić (Serbian Cyrillic: Синан Сакић; born 13 October 1956) is a Serbian pop-folk singer. As of 2006, he has released 27 music albums. He is very popular in former Yugoslavia.
He launched his career back in 1978 with the singles "Rastanak kraj reke" and "Sreli smo se mnogo kasno".
In the 1980s, he was a member of the popular Južni Vetar, which also included Dragana Mirković, Mile Kitić, Šemsa Suljaković and Kemal Malovčić.
Sinan Sakić, nicknamed "Siki". He gained his first musical experience from his father who was a musician in the military orchestra.
He is married to Sabina; they married on 29 June 1981. He visited guru Sathya Sai Baba in India every year from 1996 until Baba's death in 2011. He has three sons and one daughter: Alen, Medo, Rašid and Djulka. Medo Sakić is also a singer. Rašid is currently imprisoned for murder charges.