Anabela (singer) facts for kids
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Анабела
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| Birth name | Anabela Bukva |
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| Born | 26 January 1975 Goražde, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia |
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| Instruments | Vocal |
| Years active | 1993–present |
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Anabela Atijas (born Bukva on January 26, 1975), known simply as Anabela, is a singer and dancer from Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia. She began her music journey in 1993 as a member of the popular group Funky G. In 2009, she started her own solo career.
She has released one studio album called Igra sudbine (2010) and many successful songs. One of her biggest hits was "Beograd" in 2011, which she recorded with Elitni Odredi and DJ Shone.
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Early Life and Moving to Belgrade
Anabela Bukva was born in Goražde, which was part of Yugoslavia at the time. Her father was Ahmed Bukva and her mother was Jadranka Polutak. Her parents divorced when she was young. Anabela chose to live with her father, and they were very close.
She loved music from an early age. Her father often played the guitar for her, and they would sing together. She grew up with her father's two half-brothers, who she saw as her own brothers. Anabela was a tomboy and practiced karate.
After finishing primary school in Goražde, Anabela moved to Sarajevo at age 13 for high school. She studied foreign languages there. She lived in Sarajevo for two years, moving many times. She also has two younger half-sisters from her father's side.
In late 1990, Anabela traveled to Switzerland with her boyfriend. Soon after, her home country, Yugoslavia, began to break apart, and wars started. Her boyfriend returned to Bosnia, but sadly, he was one of the first victims of the war.
Anabela could not go back to Bosnia because the borders were closed. She had no family in Switzerland, so she decided to move to Belgrade, Serbia.
In Belgrade, she found a job as a secretary. She also saw an advertisement for the Đogani Dance School and decided to take dance classes. There, she met Gazmen "Gagi" Đogani, a dance instructor. They quickly fell in love and spent hours creating dance routines to popular Western songs.
Music Career
Becoming a Star with Funky G (1993–2009)
Gagi decided to form a music group in 1993. A singer named Nenad Knežević Knez suggested that Anabela should be the main singer. Gagi agreed and asked Anabela to join his new group, Funky G.
Even though she liked the idea, Anabela was not sure at first. But they recorded a music video for their first song, Samo u snu. After this, Anabela moved to Sweden to live with her mother and go to school.
While she was in Sweden, Gagi kept calling her. He told her how successful their song was becoming in Serbia. He begged her to come back to perform at a big concert. Anabela was still unsure until she saw a news report on CNN. The report showed Belgrade's nightlife, and she heard her song playing in several nightclubs.
Finally, Anabela believed Gagi and returned to Serbia. She was surprised by how famous she had become in Belgrade. People started to connect Funky G with her. To improve her singing, Anabela took vocal lessons.
After their second album in 1995, Anabela became pregnant. She and Gagi saved money to buy their own apartment. Their first daughter, Luna, was born in 1996. Later, she had another daughter named Nina.
Solo Success (2009–Present)
Anabela and Gagi's marriage ended in April 2009. After that, Anabela left Funky G to start her own solo music career.
In September 2009, she released her first solo song, Moj dragi. Soon after, in October 2009, she released a duet called Sto ratova with Mia Borisavljević. In early 2010, Anabela joined the reality show Big Brother to promote her solo work. She finished in second place.
On July 21, 2010, Anabela released her first solo album, Igra sudbine. It was very popular and sold 50,000 copies.
After her successful start, Anabela continued to release new songs. In 2011, she released "Ne zovi me," "Paparazzi" (with Mirko Gavrić), and "Beograd." The song "Beograd," featuring Elitni Odredi and DJ Shone, became a huge hit across the Balkans. It has been viewed over 50 million times on YouTube.
In 2012, Anabela performed at the Grand Festival with her song Lutka bez ruku. She also worked with Mirko Gavrić and Zile on the song Ljubi, ljubi. That same year, she married businessman Andrej Atijas. They had a daughter named Blankica Atijas in May 2013. They divorced in 2019 but remained good friends.
After Blankica was born, Anabela released the song Lujke moje. In 2014, she performed at the Pink Music Festival with her song Muzej promašenih ljubavi.
In September 2015, Anabela joined the reality show Farma. She left after 7 days due to illness. She then released the hit song Noćna patrola. She also released two duets: Preventiva with Boban Rajović and U mraku with Đuka Đuranović.
In 2016, she released Emotivo labilna and collaborated with the group Luna on Bidermajer. In 2017, she won first place at the MakFest festival in Macedonia with Zoran Iliev for their song Od utro do večer. She also released the single Zabranjeno.
In 2018, Anabela briefly reunited with Funky G for the song Vila veštica. In 2020, she participated in the reality show Zadruga and finished in 4th place. From 2020 to 2023, she released more singles, including Ples sa vukovima, Ja sve, ti ne (with Nenad Dimitrović), and U januaru.
Anabela has citizenship in both Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia.
Discography
Studio albums
- with Funky G
- Samo u snu (1994)
- Mi smo tu (1995)
- Budi tu (1996)
- Hej, ti (1997)
- Supersonic (1998)
- Tebi (1999)
- Dođe mi da… (2000)
- Napraviću lom (2001)
- Napravi se lud (2002)
- Nedodirljiva (2005)
- Osmi smrtni greh (2007)
- Kafana na Balkanu (2008)
- solo
- Igra sudbine (2010)
Non-album singles
- DJ pumpaj! (feat. MC Stojan) (2010)
- Paparazzi (feat. Mirko Gavrić) (2011)
- Ne zovi me (2011)
- Beograd (feat. DJ Shone & Elitni Odredi) (2011)
- Lutka bez ruku (2012)
- Ljubi, ljubi (feat. Mirko Gavrić & Zile) (2012)
- Lujke moje (2013)
- Muzej promašenih ljubavi (2014)
- Ljubav zna (feat. MC Knele & DJ Matejo) (2014)
- U mraku (feat. Đuka Đuranović) (2015)
- Preventiva (feat. Boban Rajović) (2015)
- Noćna patrola (2015)
- Bidermajer (feat. Grupa Luna) (2016)
- Emotivno labilna (2016)
- Zabranjeno (2017)
- Od utro do večer (feat. Zoran Iliev) (2017)
- Ples sa vukovima (2020)
- Ja sve, ti ne (feat. Necone) (2022)
- U januaru (2023)
See also
In Spanish: Anabela Đogani para niños
