Boris Novković

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Boris Novković (2004)

Boris Novković (born December 25, 1967 in Sarajevo , Yugoslavia ) is a Croatian singer and composer.

biography

Novković was born the son of the composer Đorđe Novković and the music teacher Ozena Novković. Between the ages of 12 and 15, the current singer played football as a member of the junior football club Dinamo Zagreb .

Boris Novković is married to Lucija in his second marriage and lives in Zagreb .

Career

In 1986, at the age of 18, he released his first album called Kuda idu izgubljene djevoke (Tamara) , named after his first hit single, which Boris himself wrote and composed. Both the album, which sold 120,000 copies, and the single became a success and helped the singer achieve his musical breakthrough in what was then Yugoslavia.

Just a year later, Novković's second studio album, Jači od sudbine , was released, produced by Niksa Bratos . The album surpassed the success of its predecessor, with 160,000 copies sold, it is also the singer's most commercially successful album to date. The singles Poster ću sutra and Da te nisam ljubio in particular became a hit.

In 1988 the third album was released with the title Dok svira radio . The single of the same name was successful again.

In 1999 the singer was nominated for the most important Croatian music award Zlatna Ptica in the category of best artist .

In 2002 he won the Kristalna gitara music prize , awarded by Croatia Records , for over 500,000 albums sold between 1986 and 2002.

Eurovision Song Contest

Boris Novković took part several times in both the Yugoslav and later the Croatian preliminary decision ("DORA") for the Eurovision Song Contest .

  1. Participation as a singer 1990: Title "Dajana"
  2. Participation as composer 1991: Title "Marina", singer Tony Cetinski
  3. Participation as singer and composer 1994: Title "Emily"
  4. Participation as singer and composer 1995: Title "Pjesma moja to si ti"
  5. Participation as composer 1996: title "Uvijek ti", singer Erwin
  6. Participation as singer and composer 2000: title "Oprostit čemo sve"
  7. Participation as singer and composer 2002: Title "Elois"
  8. Participation as singer and composer 2005: Title "Vukovi umiru sami"
  9. Participation as composer 2006: title "Moja štikla", singer Severina

In 2005 and 2006 Boris Novković qualified for participation in the international competition, in 2005 he took 4th place in the semifinals and 11th place in the final.

Novković submitted the title "Raduj se" for DORA 2009, but withdrew it from the competition a little later because he could not find a suitable singer. In May 2009 Novković published this title as "Nek se raduje" in a duet with Tony Cetinski.

Discography

year title German translation Remarks
1986 Kuda idu izgubljene djevojke ...
First studio album 		Where lost girls go ... 120,000 copies sold
1987 Jači od sudbine
Second studio album 		Stronger than fate 160,000 copies sold
1988 Dok svira radio
Third studio album 		As long as the radio is playing
1989 Obojeni snovi
Fourth studio album 		Painted dreams
1991 100x
fifth studio album 		100x
1993 Struji struja
Sixth studio album 		Electricity flows
1995 U dobru iu zlu
Seventh studio album 		For better or for worse
the best of
First best of album 		- Best of album for a ten-year career
1997 Sve gubi sjaj bez ljubavi
Eighth studio album 		Without love everything loses its luster
1999 Branim se
Ninth studio album 		I defend myself
2000 Directly
tenth studio album 		Directly
2002 'Ko je kriv
Eleventh studio album 		Who's to blame
2003 The Best Of: 1995-2003
second best-of album 		-
2004 Ostvaren san
Twelfth studio album 		Dream come true Album for the ESC contribution Vukovi umiru sami
2007 Mojih prvih 20 Live
Live album 		My first 20 live Album for the concert for the 20th anniversary
2008 Zapisan u tebi
Thirteenth studio album 		Written in you Released April 18, 2008

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.borisnovkovic-official.com/BIOGRAFIJA.htm
  2. ↑ http://www.borisnovkovic-official.com/ENG_BIOGRAFIJA.htm
personal data
SURNAME Novković, Boris
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Croatian singer and composer
DATE OF BIRTH December 25, 1967
PLACE OF BIRTH Sarajevo