Claudia Beni

Claudia Beni (* 30th May 1986 in Opatija , SR Croatia , SFR Yugoslavia ), better known as Claudia , is a Croatian pop - singer with Russian and Croatian roots.

Career

Claudia was initially a member of the Croatian band Teens (the band released three albums which together sold over 30,000 copies in Croatia alone), with which they celebrated success in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina , Montenegro and Slovenia .

When the band broke up, Claudia started a solo career and released her first solo album Claudia in 2002 . With songs like Tako hrabar da me ostaviš (German: So brave that you leave me) (Award at the Split -Festival 2001), Ili ona ili ja (German: you or me) ( Zagrebfest 2001) and Led (German. : Eis) ( Hrvatski Radijski Festival 2002 ) drew the young singer's attention in Croatia .

Her debut album, Claudia, in the pop style, sold over 10,000 copies in Croatia and was therefore awarded silver .

However, Beni made her final breakthrough as a singer when she represented Croatia at the 48th Eurovision Song Contest 2003 with the song Više nisam tvoja (I can't be your lover) ( Eng .: I am no longer yours). She reached the 15th place.

After that, the singer switched her record company from Hit Records to Menart Records . Claudia also began recording her second album Čista kao Suza , which was released in the 1st quarter of 2004. From Beni's second studio album, the song U noći punog mjeseca (English: On the night of the full moon) became a hit in Croatia.

In 2006 Claudia Beni applied again for the Eurovision Song Contest at the Croatian preliminary decision, the Dora . However, she was unable to convince with her song Samo ti mi ostani (German: just stay with me) and failed in the preliminary round.

At the end of 2006, the singer went back to the studio to work on songs for a third studio album. After Beni's record company initially announced the album for mid-2007, the release was postponed for unknown reasons and later canceled.

In 2008 she withdrew from the public and the Croatian music scene and worked as a hairdresser in her hometown of Opatija. In the mid-2010s she returned to the music scene as a singer for the local group Koktelsi. She is now the owner of the Beni Caffé in Matulji , which she took over from her father. She is married and has twins.

Discography

Albums

• 2002: Claudia
• 2004: Čista kao Suza (German: pure as a tear)

Singles

Note: In Croatia it is rather uncommon to publish maxi CDs. The songs listed here with an accompanying music video are therefore used to promote the respective album and were released as a radio single

From Claudia :

• Led (German: ice)
• Tako hrabar da me ostaviš ( Eng .: So brave that you leave me)
• Ili ona ili ja (dt .: you or me)
• [ Hrvatice vas vole ² (Eng .: The Croatians love you)]
• Više nisam tvoja ³ ( Eng .: I am no longer yours)

From Čista kao Suza :

• Bolesna (German: sick)
• U noći punog mjeseca (German: On the night of the full moon)
• Kada ne ljubiš me (German: If you don't kiss me)
• Čista kao Suza ( Eng .: pure as a tear)
• Da si barem ovdje ( Eng .: If you were at least here)

From Dora 2006 (album for the Croatian preliminary decision):

• Samo ti mi ostani (German: only you stay with me)

Note :

• ² With Ivana Banfić - song for the soccer world championship 2002 in South Korea and Japan

• ³ Winner song at the Dora 2003 (Croatian preliminary decision for the Eurovision Song Contest )

Web links

• Claudia Beni in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Croatia: Claudia at eurovision.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Teens. Retrieved May 27, 2020 . 
2. ↑ O da, ovo je ona: Bila je velika hrvatska zvijezda, a danas radi nešto sasvim drugačije i izgleda sretno. Retrieved May 27, 2020 (Croatian). 
3. ↑ Beni Caffe. Retrieved May 27, 2020 . 
4. ↑ Claudia Beni microphone zamijenila kuhačom: 'Nakon glazbe kava mi je druga ljubav u životu'. Retrieved May 27, 2020 (English).