Nikola Marjanović (singer)

Nikola Marjanović is a Croatian singer-songwriter and voice actor. He was the lead singer for the pop rock bands Sane and Radio Luksemburg.

Nikola Marjanović
Born (1977-12-06) 6 December 1977
Zagreb, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia (today Croatia)
GenresPop
Occupation(s)
  • Singer
  • songwriter
  • composer
  • voice actor
Instrument(s)
  • Vocals
  • double bass
Years active1997–present
LabelsMenart, Rubikon Sound Factory

Early life

Majranović was born in Zagreb in the Yugoslav republic of Croatia.[1] His father, Hrvoje Marjanović, was one of the co-founders of the Croatian country band Plava Trava Zaborava.[2]

Music career

Marjanović co-founded Sane, a pop-rock band from Zagreb, Croatia.[3] The band released two studio albums, Do Not Cover (2013) and About Time (2014).[4] In 2009 the band participated at the semi-final of Dora 2009 with the song "Dečko" but failed to qualify to the final.[5] In 2012, Marjanović joined the band Radio Luksemburg as the lead vocalist.[6] The band released two studio albums, U boji (2011) and 100 metara do sreće (2013).[7] On 21 November 2019 it was announced that Marjanović will compete at the 67th edition of the Zagreb Festival with the song "Vrati mi se ti".[8] He performed the song on 24 January 2020 and finished third, placing behind winner Marko Kutlić and runner-ups Nina Kraljić and Marin Jurić Čivro.[9] Followed by the performance on Zagreb Festival the song peaked at number six in Croatia.[10] On 23 December 2019, Marjanović 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 "Let's Forgive".[11]

Discography

Singles
Title Year Peak chart positions Album
CRO
[12]
"Vrati mi se ti" 2020 4 Non-album singles
"Let's Forgive" —[upper-alpha 1]
"—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released.

Notes
  1. "Let's Forgive" did not enter the HR Top 40, but peaked at number 34 on the regional HR Top 100 (Istra i Primorje) chart.[13]

References
  1. "Nikola Marjanović - Menart". menart.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 4 February 2020.
  2. Drvodelić, Katarina (20 November 2018). "Njegove pjesme sigurno svi znate. Nikola Marjanović u redakciji nam je otpjevao svoje najveće hitove" (in Croatian). Telegram. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
  3. Petrović, Vesna (9 March 2010). "Nikola Marjanović: Sa mnom je na sceni moja bivša, a ne Lana" (in Croatian). Večernji list. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
  4. Devčić, Matej (24 September 2014). ""About Time" – Sane pustili novi album preko YouTubea" (in Croatian). muzika.hr. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
  5. "Predstavljamo Vam... Nikola Marjanović" (in Croatian). eurosong.hr. 6 February 2020. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
  6. Tučkar, Zoran (24 March 2012). "Večer Radio Luksemburga Po Vašem izboru" (in Croatian). muzika.hr. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
  7. "Radio Luksemburg stigao na cilj: Objavljen album "100 metara do sreće"" (in Croatian). Radio Istra. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
  8. "Poznato je tko će nastupiti na 67. Zagrebačkom festivalu" (in Croatian). tportal.hr. 21 November 2019. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
  9. "Marko Kutlić pobjednik 67. Zagrebačkog festivala 2020" (in Croatian). Večernji list. 24 January 2020. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
  10. "HRTop40: Marko Kutlić vlada listom" (in Croatian). top-lista. 27 January 2020. Archived from the original on 27 January 2020. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
  11. Herbert, Emily (23 December 2019). "Croatia: Dora 2020 Finalists Revealed". eurovoix. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
  12. Peak positions in Croatia:
    • For "Vrati mi se ti": "HRTop40 Week 06 2020" (in Croatian). top-lista. 16 February 2020. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
  13. "HR Top 100 10. tjedan 2020 (Istra i Primorje)". top-lista. Archived from the original on 24 January 2020. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
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