Ana Nikolić

Ana Nikolić (Serbian Cyrillic: Ана Николић; pronounced [âna nǐkolit͡ɕ]; born 27 September 1978) is a Serbian singer.

Ana Nikolić
Ана Николић
Born (1978-09-27) 27 September 1978
Paraćin, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Genres
Occupation(s)Singer
InstrumentsVocals
Years active2003–present
LabelsCity Records
Associated acts

Life and career

Ana Nikolić was born on September 27, 1978 in Jagodina, but grew up in Paraćin.[1] After graduating from grammar school, Nikolić moved to Belgrade where she attended secondary polytechnic school, studying design.[1] In 1998, she lost her father, which according to Nikolić, stimulated her to become more independent and to start performing professionally.[1] She states Greek singer Sakis Rouvas as an important musical influence.[1]

Nikolić rose to prominence in 2003 on the music festival called Beovizija with her entry "Januar" (January), finishing in 7th place.[2] Subsequently in August, she released her debut album through City Records, on which she began working with the likes of Marina Tucaković and Aleksandar Milić Mili. In 2006, Nikolić returned to Beovizija with "Roamle, romali", finishing as the runner-up. With the song and her sophomore album, Devojka od čokolade (Girl Out Of Chocolate), which was released the same year, she gained more significant popularity and embarked on her first tour.[2] Her third body of work, Mafia Caffe, was released July 2010 to commercial success as well.[2]

In the summer of 2013, she released Milion dolara (Million Dollars) with several stand out hits, such as the title track featuring rapper Nikolija and "Đavo" (Devil).[3] Nikolic's fifth album, Labilna (Labile), was released in May 2016. Produced by Rasta and Coby, it saw significant departure from her previous work to a more urban sound.[4] While working on Labilna, Nikolić started dating Rasta, whom she eventually got married to in July that year.[5] The couple went on to appear as judges on the fifth season of Serbian spin-off of the Got Talent franchise.[6] They also collaborated on "Slučajnost" (Coincidence), which was released in June 2017 and was later included to Rasta's album titled Indigo.[7] On August 3, Nikolić gave birth to daughter Tara and later that year separated from Rasta.[8][9] After the pregnancy, she decided to take a break from music to focus on motherhood and her body image issue regarding a significant and highly publicized weight gain.[10][11]

In February 2020, Nikolić returned to public life by releasing "Bilo je lepo" (It Was Nice) followed by six other music videos, which were all supposed to be a part of the album titled Klinika (The Clinic).[12] However, the album was eventually scrapped due to COVID-19 pandemic.

Discography
Studio albums

See also

References
  1. "Ana Nikolic - Gostovanje - Ami G Show". YouTube (in Serbian). 16 December 2008. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  2. "Ana Nikolić – biografija: Karijera puna HITOVA, skandali u privatnom životu i ŠOK transformacije". objektuv.rs (in Serbian). 10 October 2020. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  3. "Ana Nikolić i Nikolija snimaju spot za 'Milion dolara'". tracara.rs (in Serbian). 6 July 2013. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  4. "Album Labilna Ana Nikolić posvetila sebi". novosti.rs (in Serbian). 28 April 2016. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  5. "Neverovatno! Ana Nikolić se udala za 11 godina mlađeg Rastu". Blic.rs (in Serbian).
  6. "Počinje Ja imam talenat! Ana izazvala žiri, a evo šta će morati da urade". pink.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  7. ""Kao sve je to slučajnost", uskoro će dobiti dete, a ovako su Ana Nikolić i Rasta iznenadili fanove pre dolaska bebe". telegraf.rs (in Serbian).
  8. "Mama i beba otišle kući, pogledajte kako Ana Nikolić izgleda posle porođaja" (in Serbian). Retrieved 7 August 2017.
  9. "Odredili visinu alimentacije za ćerku, Ana i Rasta se razvode!" (in Serbian). Blic.rs. 2018.
  10. "Ana Nikolić: Smršala sam 20 kilograma, idem dalje!". tracara.rs (in Serbian).
  11. Stoisavljević, L. (9 March 2021). "Ana Nikolić kroz foto vremeplov: Od 50 do 105 kila, pa nazad". nova.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  12. Lisisnac, N. (25 September 2020). "Totalni hit! Džej Lo na početku novog spota ista kao Ana Nikolić u "Bilo je lepo"". telegraf.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 31 January 2022.
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