Seka Aleksić

Infobox Musical artist
Name = Svetlana Seka Aleksić|


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Background = solo_singer
Birth_name = Svetlana Aleksić
Born = birth date and age|1981|4|23
Zvornik, Bosnia and Herzegovina, then SFR Yugoslavia
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Genre = Turbo-Folk, Pop-Folk
Occupation = Singer
Years_active = 2002–present
Label = Grand Production
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URL = [http://www.sekaaleksic.com/ www.sekaaleksic.com]

Svetlana "Seka" Aleksić (Serbian Cyrillic: Светлана "Сека" Алексић) is a famous turbo-folk star born on April 23, 1981 in Zvornik, Bosnia and Herzegovina, then Yugoslavia. She recorded all of her music albums in Serbia, but she is also popular in all Ex-Yugoslavian countries. She is performing all over Europe, mostly in cities with Serbian diaspora as her most numerous fans. She holds only Bosnian citizenship. [cite web |url=http://www.cafe.ba/muzika/4177_Seka-Aleksic-kaznjena-zbog-krsenja-hrvatskog-Zakona-o-strancima.html |title=Seka Aleksić kažnjena zbog kršenja hrvatskog Zakona o strancima |accessdate=2008-08-08 |publisher=Cafe.ba |date=2008-03-28]

Biography

Seka Aleksić was born to a Bosnian Serb father, Milorad and a Bosniak mother, Ibrima. She was raised with her younger brother, Nedžad (Nećko). [cite web |url=http://www.ilustrovana.com/2006/2469/2.htm |title=Seks je presudan za ljubav |accessdate=2008-08-08 |work=Ilustrovana Politika |date=2006-05-13 |first=Draško |last=Aćimović] Her father worked as a machinist and her mother was an employee at the Drina football club. Her parents later divorced and she continued living with her mother. When the war broke out, Seka and her family moved to Banja Koviljača, Serbia and later Šabac. She started out singing Ceca's songs in cafés before she became famous. She moved to Switzerland for 2 years to boost her career in clubs and discotheques. After Switzerland she moved to Bijeljina and performed at a festival in Cuprija, where she also found her future husband. However, after a short while, Seka and her husband divorced, but soon after she found a new boyfriend and manager, Zoran. At the beginning, as a folk-diaspora singer, she had difficulty finding gigs around the EU countries, especially Sweden, because of her Serbian background. Nowadays, because of her popularity, Seka can be seen in many major EU cities.

Seka also had an important role in the Serbian movie "We Are Not Angels 3" (Serbian: Ми нисмо анђели 3, "Mi Nismo Anđeli 3") as "Smokvica", the girlfriend of a Turbo-folk star. The role first went to Croatian singer Severina but she declined due to scheduling conflicts.

Since the 2002 Music Festival in the small town of Ćuprija Serbia, which was her first major public appearance as singer, she has continued living and working in Serbia together with her well-known Serbian manager/producer Zoran Kovačević and her Chihuahua "Cezar". After her first public appearances people saw her as new, modern Serbian turbo-folk icon. Nowadays she's the first most popular singer on the Balkan.

Seka has her own clothing line, called "Rich Bitch", released at the same time as her third album Dođi i uzmi me. Her second clothing line is called "Queen" after her fourth album Kraljica which was released in the Fall of 2007.She broke up with her boyfriend and manager of 5 years - Zoran. Seka and Zoran have both confirmed in interviews that this it true, but that he will continue to be her manager and friend. Seka has found a new boyfriend and has recently moved out of her previous home in Sremska Mitrovica, and bought herself a new flat in Belgrade, which she is now busy redecorating. [cite web |url=http://sekaaleksic.com/info/info1.htm |title=Rich Bitch online |accessdate=2008-08-08]

Discography

* "Idealno tvoja" (2002) (Perfectly yours)
* "Balkan" (2003) (Balkan)
* "Dođi i uzmi me" (2005) (Come and take me)
* "Kraljica" (2007) (The queen)

External links

* [http://www.sekaaleksic.com Official Site]
* [http://www.sekasuperstar.com Seka Fan Site]
* [http://www.sekaaleksic2007.com Seka Aleksic web about new CD 2007]
* [http://turbofolk.blogger.ba/ TURBOFOLK NEWS]
* [http://folkshowbiz.bloger.hr/ FOLK PORTAL!]

References