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Tijana Dapčević (2014)
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Background information | |
Native name | Тијана Тодевска Дапчевиќ |
Birth name | Tijana Todevska |
Born |
Skopje, SR Macedonia, SFR Yugoslavia |
3 February 1976
Origin | Macedonia |
Genres | Pop |
Occupation(s) | Singer |
Instruments | Vocal, cello |
Years active | 1999–present |
Associated acts | Esma and Lozano |
Website | tijanadapcevic |
Tijana Dapčević (Macedonian: Тијана Дапчевиќ, Serbian: Тијана Дапчевић, Serbian pronunciation: [tǐjana dâptʃeʋitɕ], née Todevska, born 3 February 1976) also known as simply Tijana, is a Macedonian pop singer performing mainly in Serbia. She speaks Macedonian, Serbian, English, and Italian.
Tijana Todevska (Тијана Тодевска) was born in Skopje, at the time part of SFR Yugoslavia, to a Macedonian father Velko Todevski, a music teacher, and Serbian mother Biljana, an opera singer. Her parents studied in Sarajevo, where they met. She has a younger sister Tamara, and is married to Milan Dapčević, a Serbian businessman.
One of her hit songs is Sve je isto, samo njega nema ("Everything is the same, only he is not here"), he being former Yugoslav president Josip Broz Tito. The track has parts of the song in all of the former Yugoslavia's languages; Serbian, Bosnian, Croatian, Slovene, and Macedonian.
She won the "Sunčane skale" festival in Herceg Novi in 2002 with the song Negativ composed by Darko Dimitrov, included on her second studio album with the same title. She has also won first place on the "Serbian Radio Festival-Feras" in 2006 with the song Julijana.
At the 2006 Evropesma ("Eurosong", Serbia and Montenegro's Eurovision candidate), Tijana was placed in 8th place receiving 27 points with the song Greh ("Sin"). The song was included on her next album Žute minute, which was released in the summer of 2007.