Nina Badrić (pronounced [nîna bâdrit͡ɕ]; born 4 July 1972) is a Croatian pop singer and songwriter. She began performing in the early 1990s, and competed in "Dora" – the Croatian selection for Eurovision Song Contest 4 times.[1] She won 7th place in 1993 with "Ostavljam te", 10th place in 1994 with "Godine nestvarne", 18th place in 1995 with "Odlaziš zauvijek", and second place in 2003 with "Čarobno jutro". Badrić eventually represented Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 in Baku, Azerbaijan with the song "Nebo". She finished 12th in the second semi-final and failed to qualify for the grand final.[2]
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| Born | Nina Badrić 4 July 1972 |
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Bernard Krasnić
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| Years active | 1993–present |
Early life
editNina Badrić was born on July 4, 1972 in Zagreb, and attended primary school "Otokar Keršovani",[3] and started singing in the children's choir Zvjezdice at the age of nine. She spent seven years in the choir, while she began doing backing vocals with performers such as the Parni valjak, Prljavo kazalište and others.[4]
Career
editEarly career
editIn the early 1990s she was discovered by Dino Dvornik who helped develop her career.[5] Later, she had her first major appearance on Crovizija, where she won with the song "Ostavljam te", in collaboration with Rajko Dujmić, Jasenko Houra and her first manager Daniel Koletić.[citation needed] Shortly after that she signed her first professional contract with Croatia Records and in 1995 released her first album Godine nestvarne. However, Nina first achieved major success in duet with singer Emilija Kokić on the song "Ja sam vlak".[6] Badrić released her second album Personality in 1997 with the record label Zg Zoe Music. Nina won two Porins in 1998 for best female vocal performance and best album of pop and classical music.
She has also covered the song "I'm So Excited" by American R&B group the Pointer Sisters, receiving a degree of international recognition most notably in Italy.[7] Due to the international success of the dance version of the song, she released a dance album, Me!, with the record label Dance Factory, on which she sang in English. [8] She also appeared on the song "Gimme Sunshine" by the band Banditos Bonitos.[9]
In 1999 she released the 13 track album Unique, including two versions of the song "Woman in Love" by Barbra Streisand and also a remix of "Po dobru ti me pamti". She collaborated with a number of Croatian musicians, including Boytronic.[10]
2000–present
editWith the single "Nek ti bude kao meni", Nina announced her fourth album, Nina, released in 2000, through the label Croatia Records. It contained twelve songs and was produced by Darko Juranović. It featured the second single "Ako kažeš da me ne voliš" that was supported by a video.[11] In 2003 she released a compilation, Collection, and her fourth studio album Ljubav, consisting of thirteen tracks. The songs "Čarobno jutro" and "Za dobre i loše dane" were released as singles.[12]
On 14 February 2005, Badrić performed at the Dom sportova in Zagreb, in support of the campaign by UNICEF to house abandoned children. The concert was filmed and the same year Badrić released a live album on double CDs, Ljubav za ljubav – Live, released through Aquarius Records.[13] In November 2007, she released her seventh studio album, 07.[citation needed] The album opens with the song "Kralj života mog", which is a duet with Romani diva Ljiljana Petrović-Buttler. The tracklist contains another duet, "Ne dam te nikom" with Montell Jordan. The album was recorded over two years and produced by Steve Sidwell.[14] In November 2011, Nina released the album NeBo.[15]
Badrić represented Croatia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 in Baku, Azerbaijan with the song "Nebo". She performed in the second semi-final and failed to reach the top ten and final cutoff, at 12th place with 42 points.[16]
After the Eurovision Song Contest, Badrić embarked on an arena tour of the region.[citation needed] In 2013, Badrić recorded a duet "Duše su se srele" with Bosnian singer Mirza Šoljanin.[17] In January 2015, she recorded another duet, called "Lozinka za raj", with Serbian singer Željko Vasić.[18]
In 2016, Badrić recorded a song "Želim živjeti", together with Shorty, Ivana Husar, Marija Husar, Palić Sisters, Alan Hržica and band Emanuel in support of an anti-abortion campaign.[19] In July 2016, Badrić performed her song "Dani i godine" at the wedding of Ana Ivanovic and Bastian Schweinsteiger.[20]
Personal life
editShe married Bernard Krasnić in 2006; they divorced in 2012.[21] During the campaign for the 2007 Croatian parliamentary election, Badrić performed at a number of fundraising events for the Croatian Democratic Union.[22][23][24] She is a devout Roman Catholic.[25][26] She often makes pilgrimages to Lourdes, Medjugorje and Šurkovac.[27][28]
Discography
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Studio albums
edit| Title | Details | Peak chart positions |
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| CRO | ||
| Godine nestvarne |
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| Personality |
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| Me! |
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| Unique |
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| Nina |
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| Ljubav |
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| 07 |
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| NeBo |
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1 |
Singles
edit| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||||||||||||||
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| CRO [31] | |||||||||||||||||||||
| "Ako odeš ti" | 1998 | 1 | Personality | ||||||||||||||||||
| "Na kraj svijeta" | 1999 | 1 | Unique | ||||||||||||||||||
| "Tko si ti" | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| "Nije mi svejedno" | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| "Nek ti bude kao meni" | 2000 | 2 | Nina | ||||||||||||||||||
| "Ako kažeš da me ne voliš" | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| "Ostavljam ti sve" | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| "Pomiluj ljubav moju" | 2001 | 5 | Non-album single | ||||||||||||||||||
| "Čarobno jutro" | 2003 | 1 | Ljubav | ||||||||||||||||||
| "Za dobre i loše dane" | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| "Takvi kao ti" | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| "Moja ljubav" | 2004 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| "Da se opet tebi vratim" | 2007 | 2 | 07 | ||||||||||||||||||
| "Dodiri od stakla" | 2008 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| "Ne mogu ti reći što je tuga" s Harijem | 2009 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| "Ne dam te nikom" | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| "Znam te ja" | 2010 | 2 | NeBo | ||||||||||||||||||
| "Moje oči pune ljubavi" | 2011 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| "Dat će nam Bog" | 2012 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| "Neopisivo" | 2013 | 1 | Non-album single | ||||||||||||||||||
| "Čeznja" | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| "Dan D" | 2014 | 19 | |||||||||||||||||||
| "Vjetrenjače" | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| "Cipele" | 2015 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
| "Dani i godine" | 2016 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| "Vrati me" | 2017 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| "Mijenja se vrijeme" | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| "Rekao si" | 2018 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| "Volim te, volim" | 2019 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| "Ja još uvijek imam istu želju" | 2021 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| "Pamtim" | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| "Nemoj" with Petar Grašo | 2023 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| "#onokad" | 2024 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
| "Kako si" | 16 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| "Moji ljudi" | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||||||||||
English
edit| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | |
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| CRO [32] |
IT [32] | |||
| I'm So Excited | 1998 | 1 | 4 | Me! |
Tours
edit- NeBo Tour (2012–2013)
- Moji Ljudi Tour (2024–ongoing)
See also
editNotes
edit- ^ Top of the Shops was launched in 2002 but a partial archive is only available from 2006 onwards.[30]
References
edit- ^ "Nina Badrić prisjetila se početaka karijere i svoje prve naslovnice" (in Croatian). Gloria.hr. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
- ^ "Nina Badrić predstavlja Hrvatsku na Eurosongu" (in Croatian). Index.hr. 10 January 2012. Retrieved 26 December 2014.
- ^ "ŠOKIRAT ĆE VAS koliko su (ne)obrazovani hrvatski pjevači! Mnogi se nisu pomaknuli od osnovne škole". Dnevno.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 5 December 2016.
- ^ "Životopis Nine Badrić" (in Croatian). Životopis.hr. Archived from the original on 26 December 2014. Retrieved 26 December 2014.
- ^ "Nina Badrić: Dino Dvornik mi je rekao - pivaj!". Dnevnik.hr (in Croatian). 3 October 2010. Retrieved 5 December 2016.
- ^ "Nina Badrić govori za ZagrebKult" (in Croatian). ZagrebKult.com. 2 October 2012. Archived from the original on 26 December 2014. Retrieved 26 December 2014.
- ^ "Nina Badrić – Personality (1997)". Discogs.com. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
- ^ "Me! by Nina". 5 November 1998.
- ^ "Gimme Sunshine by Banditos Bonitos feat. Nina".
- ^ "Badrić's album Unique from 1999" (in Croatian). Diskografija.com. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
- ^ "Album Nina (2000)". Discogs.com. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
- ^ "NinaBadrić's album Ljubav (2003)". Discogs.com. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
- ^ "Nina Badrić predstavila DVD Ljubav za ljubav – Live iz Doma Sportova" (in Croatian). Jutarnji list. 6 March 2006. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
- ^ "Sedam je moj sretan broj" (in Croatian). Gloria.hr. 26 December 2007. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
- ^ "Nina Badrić nakon četiri godine stanke izdala novi album "Nebo"" (in Croatian). Večernji list. 2 December 2011. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
- ^ "Nina Badrić bez finala Eurosonga" (in Croatian). MojTV.hr. 24 May 2012. Retrieved 26 December 2014.
- ^ "Pogledajte spot za duet "Duše su se srele"" (in Bosnian). 24sata.info. Archived from the original on 30 October 2017. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
- ^ "Nina je bila jedini izbor mladom pjevaču iz Srbije!" (in Croatian). Dnevnik.hr. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
- ^ "'ZATEČEN SAM GOVOROM MRŽNJE, U OVOME NARODU NEMA PUNO SLOBODE GOVORA' Pjevači pjesme 'Želim živjeti' tvrde da ne pjevaju protiv abortusa" (in Croatian). Jutarnji list. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
- ^ "NINA UKRALA SHOW Zasjenila vjenčanje Ane i Bastiana". Dnevnik.hr. 14 July 2016. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
- ^ "Nina se ipak razvodi" (in Croatian). Dnevnik.hr. 20 November 2012. Retrieved 26 December 2014.
- ^ "Nina Badrić: Od HDZ-a sam tražila 5000 eura, pa su me poslali u Carinu kod Barišića". Slobodna Dalmacija (in Croatian). Retrieved 26 January 2017.
- ^ "Galerija: Nina Badrić: HDZ mi je nastupe platio preko Hrvatskog dragovoljca – Stranica 1". Večernji.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 26 January 2017.
- ^ "Mišo Kovač pjevao za HDZ za 80000 eura, Nina Badrić za 30000" (in Croatian). Večernji list. 31 January 2011. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
- ^ "Nina Badrić, sestre Husar, Alan Hržica, zvijezde kojima je Isus važniji od crvenog tepiha" (in Croatian). Dnevnik.hr. 10 July 2014. Retrieved 26 December 2014.
- ^ "Naše zvijezde kojima je duhovnost promijenila život" (in Croatian). tportal.hr. 25 October 2015. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
- ^ "Mirna i spokojna Nina Badrić u Međugorju: 'Ne možeš u ovom životu nositi sve sam'" (in Croatian). RTL. hr. 20 April 2016. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
- ^ "Poruka Nine Badrić iz francuskog svetišta Lourdesa" (in Croatian). tportal.hr. 26 May 2015. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
- ^
- For 07: "Top Of The Shops 48. tjedan 2007".
- For NeBo: "Top Of The Shops 48. tjedan 2011".
- ^ "Top of the Shops – Info" (in Croatian). hdu-toplista. Archived from the original on 2 September 2017. Retrieved 17 April 2025.
- ^ Peak positions in Croatia:
- For "I'm so excited": "HR TOP 20 Week 5 1998". Archived from the original on 10 June 2007.
- For "Ako odeš ti": "HR TOP 20 23.3.1998". Archived from the original on 10 June 2007.
- For "Na kraj svijeta": "HR TOP 20 8.6.1999". Archived from the original on 7 September 2003.
- For "Tko si ti": "HR TOP 20 17.8.1999". Archived from the original on 25 November 2003.
- For "Nije mi svejedno": "HR TOP 20 23.11.1999". Archived from the original on 21 December 2001.
- For "Nek ti bude kao meni": "HR TOP 20 12.9.2000". Archived from the original on 10 June 2007.
- For "Ako kažeš da me ne voliš": "HR TOP 20 16.1.2001". Archived from the original on 10 June 2007.
- For "Ostavljam ti sve": "HR TOP 20 5.6.2001". Archived from the original on 10 June 2007.
- For "Pomiluj ljubav moju": "HR TOP 20 25.10.2001". Archived from the original on 10 June 2007.
- For "Čarobno jutro": "HR TOP 20 13.5.2003". Archived from the original on 18 February 2004.
- For "Za dobre i loše dane": "HR TOP 20 9.9.2003". Archived from the original on 30 September 2003.
- For "Takvi kao ti": "HR TOP 20 25.11.2003". Archived from the original on 28 April 2004.
- For "Moja ljubav": "HR TOP 20 4.5.2004". Archived from the original on 4 June 2004.
- For "Da se opet tebi vratim": "HR TOP 20 6. tjedan 2008". Archived from the original on 13 February 2008.
- For "Dodiri od stakla": "HR TOP 20 2. tjedan 2009". Archived from the original on 16 January 2009.
- For "Ne mogu ti reći što je tuga": "HR TOP 20 18. tjedan 2009". Archived from the original on 5 May 2009.
- For "Znam te ja": "HR TOP 20 14. tjedan 2010". Archived from the original on 21 July 2011.
- For "Dat će nam Bog": "HR TOP 20 17.1.2012".
- For "Neopisivo": "HR TOP 40 Week 4 2013" (PDF).
- For "Čežnja": "HR TOP 40 Week 23 2013" (PDF).
- For "Dan D": "HR TOP 40 Week 31 2014" (PDF).
- For "Vjetrenjače": "HR TOP 40 Week 39 2014" (PDF).
- For "Cipele": "HR TOP 40 Week 48 2015".
- For "Dani i godine" "HR TOP 40 Week 23 2016". Retrieved 1 July 2024.
- For "Vrati me" "HR TOP 40 Week 13 2017". Retrieved 1 July 2024.
- For "Mijenja se vrijeme" "HR TOP 40 Week 48 2017". Retrieved 1 July 2024.
- For "Rekao si" "HR TOP 40 Week 39 2018". Retrieved 1 July 2024.
- For "Volim te, volim" "HR TOP 40 Week 27 2019". Retrieved 14 July 2024.
- For "Ja još uvijek imam istu želju": "HR TOP 40 Week 28 2021" (in Croatian). top-lista. Archived from the original on 24 July 2021. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
- For "Pamtim": "HR TOP 40 Week 50 2021" (in Croatian). top-lista. Archived from the original on 20 December 2021. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
- For "Nemoj": "HR TOP 40 Week 27 2023" (in Croatian). top-lista. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
- For "#onokad" "HR TOP 40 Week 28 2024". Retrieved 14 July 2024.
- For "Kako si" "HR TOP 40 Week 29 2024".
- For "Moji ljudi" "HR TOP 40 Week 42 2024".
- ^ a b Peak positions in Italy:
- For "I'm so excited": "Top National Sellers" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 16, no. 1–3. 16 January 1999. p. 9. Retrieved 18 April 2025.
External links
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- Nina Badrić discography at Discogs