Vesna Zmijanac

Vesna Zmijanac
Background information
Birth name	Vesna Zmijanac
Born	4 January 1957
Origin	Nikšić, Yugoslavia (present-day Montenegro)
Genres	Folk, turbo folk, pop-folk, pop
Occupation(s)	Musician, actress
Instruments	Vocals, accordion
Years active	1979–present
Labels	PGP-RTB, Komuna, Kamarad, Diskos, ZaM, Grand Production

Vesna Zmijanac (Serbian Cyrillic: Весна Змијанац; Serbian pronunciation: [ʋêsna zmijǎːnats]; born 4 January 1957) is a Serbian folk singer.^[1] She was born in Titograd (Podgorica), the capital of Montenegro.^[2] She worked as a kafana singer.^[3]

She released 13 albums, multiple singles and several compilation albums. Her singing career started back in 1979 with the single "Hvala ti za sve" (English: Thank You For Everything), and after that came a few popular singles and her first studio album in 1981. In addition to her singing career appeared in several TV series and movies such as "Sok Od Šljiva", "Kamiondžije 2", and "Kamiondžije Ponovo Voze."^[4] She is a mother of RNB singer Nikolija.

Discography

Singles

• Hvala ti za sve (Thank You For Everything) (1979)
• Ti nisi čovek koji zna da voli (You're Not a Man Who Knows How to Love) (1979)
• Ostavljena žena (Abandoned Woman) (1979)
• Pođi sa mnom il' ostani s njom (Come with Me or Stay with Her) (1979)
• Vetar duva oko kuće (The Wind is Blowing Around the House) (1981)
• Ko nam se u ljubav meša (Who's Interfering in Our Love?) (1981)
• Uveli mi rumeni obrazi (My Rosy Cheeks Have Withered) (1981)
• Poznati me nikad neće (He'll Never Know Me) (1983)

Albums

• Ljubi me, ljubi, lepoto moja (Kiss Me, Kiss Me, My Beauty) (1982)
• Ti mali (You Little One) (1983)
• Šta će meni šminka? (Why Do I Need Make-Up?) (1983)
• Zar bi me lako drugome dao (Would You Easily Give Me to Another?) (1985)
• Dođi što pre (Come as Soon as You Can) (1986)
• Jedan si ti (You Are the Only) (1987)
• Istina (Truth) (1988)
• Svatovi (Nuptials) (1990)
• Ako me umiriš sad (If You Calm Me Now) (1992)
• Idem preko zemlje Srbije (Going Over the Land of Serbia) (1994)
• Malo po malo (Little by Little) (1995)
• Posle svega, dobro sam (After All, I'm Alright) (1997)
• Šta ostane kad padnu haljine (What's Left When the Clothes Fall) (2003)
• Pevajte mi pesme (Sing Songs to Me) (2011)

Compilations

• Najveći hitovi (1989)
• Nezaboravni hitovi
• Poselo Beograda 202 uzivo Kompilacija (1987)
• Cd Kompilacija (1990)
• Sve Vesnine tuge i radosti (1997)

TV Shows

• Show Vesne Zmijanac (1987)
• Istina Show Vesne Zmijanac (1989)
• Reality show Farma (2016)

Books

• Kad zamirisu jorgovani (autobiografska knjiga, 2000)

Filmography

• Sok Od Šljiva (1981)
• Kamiondžije 2 (1983); TV series
• Kamiondžije opet voze (1984)
• Novogodišnja prica (1994); TV movie

References

1. "Vesna Zmijanac: UMREĆU pevajući!". Velika srpska folk zvezda Vesna Zmijanac
2. http://www.pulsonline.rs/licna-karta/162/vesna-zmijanac. Missing or empty |title= (help)
3. http://www.pressonline.rs/zabava/dzet-set/139660/zivotna-ispovest-vesne-zmijanac-meni-je-zao-svih-vas.html. Missing or empty |title= (help)