Rada Manojlović

Rada Manojlović
Manojlović pictured auditioning for Zvezde Granda in 2007
Born Radmila Manojlović
(1985-08-25) 25 August 1985
Požarevac, SFR Yugoslavia
Occupation
  • singer
Years active 2003–present
Musical career
Genres
Instruments
  • vocals
Labels
Associated acts

Radmila "Rada" Manojlović (Serbian Cyrillic: Радмила "Рада" Манојловић, pronounced [ˌrǎdmila ˌrǎːda maˈnǒːjloʋit͜ɕ]; born 25 August 1985) is a Serbian pop-folk singer. She became famous after competing in the 2007 season of the televised singing competition Zvezde Granda. Her first studio album was released in 2009.

Life and career

Early life

Radmila Manojlović was born 25 August 1985 in Požarevac, Serbia and raised in the nearby village Četereže.[1][2] She was one of two children—a two daughters—born to Rade Manojlović and his wife Mirjana.[3] Her half-brother from first marriage is Nenad, who is also a singer, while her younger sister is Marija. Their mother Mirjana (1964–2004) died of cervical cancer in 2004, at age 40, when Rada was 19.

Career

At age 18, Manojlović auditioned for the first season of the televised singing contest Zvezde Granda but failed to pass the first round of auditions.[4] She auditioned again in 2007 and made it to the grand finale.[5] Manojlović was signed to the record label Grand Production and released her first studio album Deset ispod nule in 2009.

Discography

  • Ćao bezobrazni (2003)
  • Deset ispod nule (2009)
  • Marakana (2011)
Awards
Preceded by
Lepa Brena		 Serbian Oscar Of Popularity
The Female Folk Singer of the Year
2010 [6]		 Succeeded by
TBD

References

  1. ↑ "RADA MANOJLOVIĆ PONOSNA: Ovo je moje moje moje selo". Kurir. 25 July 2014. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
  2. ↑ "Radmila Manojlović biografija – Biografija Rade Manojlović". Nove Zvezde Granda. 20 May 2011. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
  3. ↑ "Moja mama je bila najzgodnija žena u selu". Kurir. 15 November 2014. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
  4. ↑ "NE LIČE NA SEBE: Prepoznajete li ove zvezde Granda". Telegraf. 4 February 2014. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
  5. ↑ "Pogledaje kako su izgledale Rada Manojlović i Katarina Živković na prvim audicijama za Zvezde Granda". Blic. 4 February 2014. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
  6. ↑ "Ceci Kitić Oskar za ličnost godine". Press. 2 February 2011. Retrieved 14 March 2011.
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