Nina Badrić

Nina Badrić
Nina Badrić in September 2007
Background information
Birth name	Nina Badrić
Born	4 July 1972 (1972-07-04)
Origin	Zagreb, Croatia (formerly Yugoslavia)
Genres	R&B, pop, soul
Occupations	Singer, songwriter
Instruments	Vocals
Years active	1995–present
Labels	Croatia Records (1995–2003), Aquarius Records (2003–)

Nina Badrić (pronounced [nîna bâdrit͡ɕ] ; born 4 July 1972) is a Croatian pop singer. Before starting her career in the entertainment industry she used to be a bank teller. She began performing in early 1990s, exploiting the sudden popularity of dance music, but her repertoire gradually became more mainstream. She's also very popular in Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and Slovenia.

She competed in "Dora" - Croatian selection for Eurovision Song Contest 4 times. She won 7th place in 1993 with "Ostavljam te", 10th place in 1994 with "Godine nestvarne", 18th place in 1995 with "Odlaziš zauvijek", and almost won in 2003 with "Čarobno jutro", being a runner-up to Claudia Beni with "Više nisam tvoja". Nina starred in popular Croatian television show Mjenjačnica, where she swapped for a day with a zoo animal guard. Nina Badrić will represent Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 in Baku, Azerbaijan with the song "Nebo".

Discography

Studio albums

• Godine nestvarne (Croatia, 1995)
• Personality (Zg Zoe Music, 1997)
• Unique (Croatia, 1999)
• Nina (Croatia, 2000)
• Ljubav (Aquarius, 2003)
• 07 (Aquarius, 2007)
• NeBo (Aquarius, 2011)

Sources

• http://www.hrt.hr/dora_arhiva/dora2003/biografije/badric.html (Croatian)
• http://eurovoix.com/nina-badric-flying-the-croatian-flag/

External links

• Official website (Croatian)

Preceded by Daria Kinzer with "Celebrate"

0Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest0 2012

Succeeded by