Svetlana 'Ceca' Ra?natovi? (née Veli?kovi?), also known as Ceca (Serbian Cyrillic: ???????? ???? ??????????) was born on June 14, 1973, in Prokuplje, Yugoslavia (now Serbia). Ceca is a very popular, and successful Serbian pop folk singer in the Balkan countries.Her Success has made her one of the highest paid artists in the Balkan music industry. Ceca began her career as a folk and turbo folk singer but her style has evolved to resemble the Serbian modern folk-pop-dance music, and is mostly a mixture of Eastern European, Latin and Oriental styles. Ceca is also popular among the expatriate Balkan population living in Western Europe.
Early career
Ceca began singing at the age of 9 in her hometown of ?itora?a, and entered showbusiness in 1988, at the age of 14, when she performed at the Ilid?a Music Festival in Sarajevo. Her song Cvetak zanovetak (Nagging flower) was very well received. Ceca was mentored by Dobrivoje Doca Ivankovi?, a composer and producer of folk music, who launche
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