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Elis Lovrić
BornPula, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia
OriginRabac, Croatia
GenresContemporary folk
Occupations
  • Singer
  • actress
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • guitar
  • piano
Years active1995–present
LabelsAkcent Studio
Websiteelislovric.com

Elis Lovrić is a Croatian contemporary folk singer-songwriter and actress. In early 2017 she released her debut studio album, Merika.[1]

Most of her songs have lyrics in Labinjonska cakavica, a subdialect of the Chakavian dialect, i.e. Northern Chakavian dialect spoken in eastern Istria around the town of Labin.[2]

Early life

Lovrić was born in Pula, and grew up in Rabac, in the Yugoslav republic of Croatia.[3]

Career

2017–2019: Merika and Dora 2019

Titled Merika, Lovrić's third album is a contemporary folk record containing Istrian scale songs and ballads.[4] The album was released on 13 May 2017, by Akcent Studio.[5] The Portuguese-language version of the album, titled O canto da Istria, was released in September 2018.[6]

In late 2017, Lovrić started working on her fourth studio album.[7] Her song "Sretno ti bilo" was released in June 2018 and was later performed at the 58th Split Festival.[8] On 17 January 2019, Lovrić was announced as one of the 16 participants in Dora 2019, the national contest in Croatia to select the country's Eurovision Song Contest 2019 entry, with the song "All I Really Want".[9] She finished the competition as seventh with a total of eight points.[10] On 25 January 2019, HIA reported that Lovrić's fourth studio album would be released during the second quarter of 2020.[11]

2020–present: Zagreb Festival and Dora 2020

On 21 November 2019 it was announced that Lovrić will compete at the 67th edition of the Zagreb Festival with the song "Vidim da si tu".[12] On 23 December 2019, Lovrić was announced as one of the 16 participants in Dora 2020, the national contest in Croatia to select the country's Eurovision Song Contest 2020 entry, with the song "Jušto".[13] She finished the competition as 13th with a total of twelve points.[14]

Discography

Studio albums

  • Simple Girl (1995)
  • My Land (2007)
  • Merika / O canto da Istria (2017)

Singles

Title Year Peak chart positions Album
CRO
"Merika" 2017 — Merika
"Sretno ti bilo" 2018 — Non-album singles
"All I Really Want" 2019 —[A]
"Od kad te poznon" —[B]
"Vidim da si tu" 2020 —
"Jušto" —[C]
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Filmography

Films starred

  • Ovdje nema nesretnih turista (1988)
  • Jerusalemski sindrom (2004)

Awards and nominations

Year Association Category Nominee / work Result Ref.
2018 Istriana Award Singer of the Year Elis Lovrić Won [18]
2019 Music Pub Singer-songwriter of the Year Elis Lovrić Won [19]

Notes

  1. ^ "All I Really Want" did not enter the HR Top 40, but peaked at number 27 on the regional HR Top 100 (Istra i Primorje) chart.[15]
  2. ^ "Od kad te poznon" did not enter the HR Top 40, but peaked at number 50 on the regional HR Top 100 (Istra i Primorje) chart.[16]
  3. ^ "Jušto" did not enter the HR Top 40, but peaked at number 58 on the regional HR Top 100 (Istra i Primorje) chart.[17]

References

  1. ^ "Ca je to "IstraMerika"? i tko je Elis Lovrić?". Novi list (in Croatian). 22 January 2018. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  2. ^ "Elis Lovrić predstavila album u Zagrebu". Jutarnji list (in Croatian). 29 January 2018. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  3. ^ Hribar, Svjetlana (19 July 2017). ""Pronašla sam svoj put": Bili smo kod glumice, pjevačice i pjesnikinje Elis Lovrić". Novi list (in Croatian). Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  4. ^ "Elis Lovrić predstavlja knjigu Kanat od mora i CD Merika". Regional Express (in Croatian). 28 November 2017. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
  5. ^ "Merika by Elis Lovrić". Amazon Music. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
  6. ^ "Elis Lovrić u Brazilu predstavila svoje impresivno djelo O canto da Istria". mixer.hr (in Croatian). 11 September 2018. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
  7. ^ "Elis Lovrić na turneji u Brazilu gdje predstavlja album na portugalskom jeziku". Music Box (in Croatian). 29 August 2018. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
  8. ^ Begić, Vanesa (22 June 2018). ""Sretno ti bilo" Elis Lovrić na Splitskom festivalu". Glas Istre (in Croatian). Retrieved 1 February 2019.
  9. ^ Farren, Neil (17 January 2019). "Croatia: Dora 2019 Participants Revealed". eurovoix. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
  10. ^ Herbert, Emily (20 February 2019). "Croatia: Full Dora 2019 Televoting Results Revealed". eurovoix. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
  11. ^ Makovička, Emil (25 January 2019). "Elis Lovrić usudila se sanjati "Doru"". HIA (in Croatian). Retrieved 1 February 2019.
  12. ^ "Poznato je tko će nastupiti na 67. Zagrebačkom festivalu" (in Croatian). tportal.hr. 21 November 2019. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
  13. ^ Herbert, Emily (23 December 2019). "Croatia: Dora 2020 Finalists Revealed". eurovoix. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
  14. ^ Farren, Neil (29 February 2020). "Croatia: Damir Kedžo to Eurovision". eurovoix. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  15. ^ "HR Top 100 15. tjedan 2019 (Istra i Primorje)". top-lista. Archived from the original on 29 April 2019. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
  16. ^ "HR Top 100 37. tjedan 2019 (Istra i Primorje)". top-lista. Archived from the original on 15 March 2020. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
  17. ^ "HR Top 100 10. tjedan 2020 (Istra i Primorje)". top-lista. Archived from the original on 24 January 2020. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
  18. ^ Begić, Vanesa (14 December 2018). "Dodijeljene Istriane u sedam kategorija". Glas Istre (in Croatian). Retrieved 6 February 2019.
  19. ^ Grošić, Ognjen (14 January 2020). "Na HRA2 dodijeljene glazbene nagrade Music Pub". Hrvatska radiotelevizija (in Croatian). Retrieved 25 January 2020.
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