Maja Tatić

Maja Tatić
Birth name Maja Tatić
Born (1970-10-30) 30 October 1970
Origin Belgrade, Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Genres pop music
Years active 1987 to present
Associated acts Monaco, Sonus and Skitnice
Website http://www.majatatic.net

Maja Tatić (Serbian Cyrillic: Маја Татић) (born 30 October 1970 in Belgrade, Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia) is a Bosnian singer. She is most notable for representing Bosnia and Herzegovina at the 2002 Eurovision Song Contest.[1][2]

At the age of seven, she won a children's song contest. She studied guitar in a primary music school, and started her professional career as a singer when she was 17. Tatić sang in bands such as Monaco, Sonus, and Skitnice.

In 1992, Tatić went to the Canary Islands, where she entertained the people with her renditions of songs by ABBA, Tina Turner and Shania Twain. She performed there for eight years.

In 2002, Tatić was chosen to represent Bosnia and Herzegovina at the Eurovision Song Contest with a song "Na jastuku za dvoje". After that she participated in several festivals around the Balkans. As of this writing, Tatić is preparing her first solo album.

References

  1. Bohlman, Philip V. (2004). The music of European nationalism. Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO. p. 2. ISBN 978-1-57607-270-7. Retrieved 6 February 2011.
  2. "Eurovision Song Contest 2002". European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 6 February 2011.
Preceded by
Nino Pršeš
with Hano
Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Eurovision Song Contest
2002
Succeeded by
Mija Martina
with Ne brini
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