Šako Polumenta facts for kids
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Šako Polumenta
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Polumenta performing in 2010s
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Born | Bijelo Polje, SR Montenegro, SFR Yugoslavia |
27 March 1968
Genres | Pop-folk, Folk |
Occupation(s) | Singer |
Years active | 1993–present |
Labels | Gold Music (2002–present) |
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Sakib "Šako" Polumenta (born on March 27, 1968) is a singer from Montenegro. He sings Pop-folk music and is very popular in the countries that used to be part of Yugoslavia.
About Šako Polumenta
Šako Polumenta was born in Bijelo Polje, a town in northern Montenegro. At that time, Montenegro was part of a country called Yugoslavia. His family is Bosniak.
Šako is married to Vesna. They have been together for many years. He also has a daughter named Rijalda, who was born in 1989.
Šako Polumenta is the uncle of another famous singer, Dado Polumenta. Šako helped his nephew start his music career.
Šako Polumenta's Music Career
Šako Polumenta started his music career in 1993. He is known for mixing pop music with traditional Balkan music styles. This makes his songs unique and popular.
Early in his career, he sang in a special Serbian dialect called Ekavian. This was not common for singers from Montenegro, but it helped him become widely known.
He often performs in Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. He sometimes sings on a special type of river boat called a splav.
Šako Polumenta's Albums
Šako Polumenta has released many studio albums throughout his career. Here are some of them:
- Studio albums
- Ej, sudbino (1993)
- Skitnica (1995)
- Hej, ženo (1997)
- Aman, aman (1999)
- Od ljubavi oslepeo (2000)
- Dišem za tebe (2002)
- Uvijek blizu (2004)
- Karta za budućnost (2006)
- Sanjao sam san... (2008)
- Heroj... (2011)
- Sve je samo tren (2015)
He has also worked with other artists. For example, he was featured on a song called Gde god pođem tebi idem in 2006. This song was on the album Metak by the singer Stoja.