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{{Infobox person
| name               = Lepa Brena
| native_name        = Лепа Брена
| native_name_lang   = sh-Cyrl
| image              = BrenaArena.jpg
| image_size         = 230px
| caption            = Brena performing in the [[Belgrade Arena]], 20 October 2011
| birth_name         = Fahreta Jahić
| alias              = Fahreta Živojinović
| birth_date         = {{Birth date and age|1960|10|20|df=y}}
| networth           = 
| birth_place        = [[Tuzla]], [[Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina|PR Bosnia and Herzegovina]], [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]]
| height             = 1.80 m
| death_date         = 
| death_place        = 
| occupation         = {{Flatlist|
* Singer
* actress
* talent manager
* businesswoman
* director
}}
| years_active       = 1980–present
| spouse             = {{Unbulleted list|{{marriage|[[Slobodan Živojinović]]|1991}}}}
| relatives          = [[Aleksandra Prijović]] (stepdaughter-in-law)
| children           = 2
| module             = {{Infobox musical artist |embed=yes
| genre = {{flatlist|
* [[Pop folk]]
* [[turbo-folk]]
}}
| background = solo_singer<!--Mandatory field; do not delete-->
| instrument = {{Flatlist|
* vocals
}}
| label = {{Flatlist|
* [[PGP-RTB]]
* [[Diskoton]]
* [[Grand Production]]
}}
| past_member_of = Slatki Greh
}}
| url = {{Official URL}}
}}
'''Fahreta Živojinović''' ({{nee|'''Jahić'''}}; {{Lang-sh-Cyrl|Фахрета Живојиновић, {{nee|Јахић}}}}; born 20 October 1960), known by her stage name '''Lepa Brena''' ({{Lang-sh-Cyrl|Лепа Брена}}), is a Yugoslav <!-- should be discussed on the talk page and agreed upon prior to any changes --> singer, actress, and businesswoman. With around 40 million sold records, she is regarded as the most commercially successful recording artist from the [[former Yugoslavia]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ovo su najbogatiji slavni s prostora bivše Jugoslavije: Na listi su Merlin, Brega i Brena |url=https://www.klix.ba/magazin/showbiz/ovo-su-najbogatiji-slavni-s-prostora-bivse-jugoslavije-na-listi-su-merlin-brega-i-brena/221015078 |access-date=2024-08-03 |website=www.klix.ba |language=hr}}</ref> Brena is also often credited with creating the [[turbo-folk]] genre with her first two albums ''[[Čačak, Čačak]]'' (1982) and ''[[Mile voli disko]]'' (1982).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://6yka.com/novosti/turbo-folk-poceci-svijet-izisao-ispod-breninog-minica |title=Turbo-Folk Počeci: Svijet Izišao Ispod Breninog Minića |date=7 November 2016 |access-date=31 December 2022 |lang=bs |website=Buka}}</ref>

Lepa Brena grew up in [[Brčko]], [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]], but has lived in [[Belgrade]], Serbia since 1980, where she started her career. Lepa Brena is considered to be a symbol of the former Yugoslavia, due to the fact that she was one of the last popular acts to emerge before the [[breakup of Yugoslavia|breakup of the country]]. She has described herself as being "[[Yugo-nostalgia|Yugo-nostalgic]]".<ref>{{cite web|title=Lepa Brena: Nisam ni Hrvatica ni Srpkinja, ja sam Jugoslavenka! |trans-title=Lepa Brena: I am neither a Croat nor a Serb, I am a Yugoslav! |publisher=[[Index.hr]] |url=https://www.index.hr/magazin/clanak/lepa-brena-nisam-ni-hrvatica-ni-srpkinja-ja-sam-jugoslavenka/412754.aspx |date=8 August 2008}}</ref> Along with her husband, [[Slobodan Živojinović]] and friend, [[Saša Popović]], Brena co-founded and co-owned [[Grand Production]], the biggest record label and production company in the [[Balkans]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Gazdarica "Granda" Zavodi Red: Brena viče, Boba šapuće |url=https://www.kurir.rs/stars/2619763/gazdarica-granda-zavodi-red-brena-vice-boba-sapuce |date=4 January 2017 |website=Kurir.rs}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pulsonline.rs/puls-poznatih/gazdarica-u-poseti-zvezdama-granda-video/6qefwjr |title=Gazdarica u poseti Zvezdama Granda! |website=Puls Online |date=14 September 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.svet.rs/vesti/estrada/brizna-gazdarica-brena-tesila-povredenu-zvezdu-granda-lep-si-i-sa-flasterom |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190213124010/http://www.svet.rs/vesti/estrada/brizna-gazdarica-brena-tesila-povredenu-zvezdu-granda-lep-si-i-sa-flasterom |title=Brižna gazdarica! Brena tešila povređenu Zvezdu Granda: Lep si i sa flasterom |date=6 May 2015 |archive-date=13 February 2019 |website=Svet.rs}}</ref> In 2019, they decided to sell Grand Production for [[Euro|€]]30 million.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://novac.jutarnji.hr/novcanik/lepa-brena-bogatija-za-76-milijuna-eura-nakon-prodaje-udjela-u-grand-produkciji/9637390/ |title=Lepa Brena bogatija za 7,6 milijuna eura nakon prodaje udjela u Grand produkciji |date=20 November 2019 |website=[[Jutarnji.hr]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.novosti.rs/vesti/scena.147.html:831061-Brena-i-Sasa-Popovic-prodali-Grand-Ulozili-milione-u-produkciju-a-evo-za-koliko-su-sada-bogatiji |title=Brena i Saša Popović prodali Grand: Uložili milione u produkciju, a evo za koliko su sada bogatiji! |date=19 November 2019 |website=Novosti.rs}}</ref>

==Early life==
Born into a [[Bosniaks|Bosnian Muslim]] family<ref name="novosti-2014">{{cite news|title=Lepa Brena: Ne stidim se muslimanskog porekla|url=http://www.novosti.rs/vesti/spektakl.147.html:481139-Lepa-Brena-Ne-stidim-se-muslimanskog-porekla}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Turbo-folk Music and Cultural Representations of National Identity in Former Yugoslavia|publisher=Music|year=2016|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_iqrCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA29|page=29|isbn=9781317006077}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=A Concise History of Bosnia|publisher=Cambridge University Press|year=2015|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=I2UbCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA117|page=117|isbn=9781316395295}}</ref> in the outskirts of [[Tuzla]], [[Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina|PR Bosnia and Herzegovina]], she grew up in [[Brčko]] as the youngest child of Abid Jahić ({{circa|1928}} – 22 October 2010) and Ifeta ({{Nee|Smajlović}}; 15 April 1934 – 21 November 2014) alongside her sister Faketa and brother Faruk.<ref name="majka">{{cite web|url=http://www.blic.rs/Zabava/Vesti/513239/Lepa-Brena-Majka-je-od-mene-napravila-licnost-kakva-sam-danas|title=Lepa Brena: Majka je od mene napravila ličnost kakva sam danas|publisher=Blic|date=22 November 2014|access-date=26 December 2014}}</ref> Both of her parents are originally from villages near [[Srebrenik]]; her father was born in [[Ježinac]] and her maternal family hailed from [[Ćehaje]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pressing.ba/kultura/show/lepa-brena-u-svom-srebreniku-podr%C5%BEala-mirza-selimovi%C4%87a-pred-30000-gledalaca|title=Lepa Brena u svom Srebreniku podržala Mirzu Selimovića pred 30.000 gledalaca|publisher=Pressing|date=27 August 2014|access-date=26 December 2014}}</ref> At the start of the [[Bosnian War]] in 1992, her sister Faketa emigrated to Canada, where she lives today,<ref>{{cite web|title=Povratak u detinjstvo|publisher=Story|date=30 June 2012|access-date=4 January 2015|url=http://www.story.rs/vesti/svet-poznatih/23707-lepa-brena-povratak-u-detinjstvo.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150104100823/http://www.story.rs/vesti/svet-poznatih/23707-lepa-brena-povratak-u-detinjstvo.html|archive-date=4 January 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kurir.rs/paparaco-fahreta-i-faketa-u-setnji-clanak-265164|title=Fahreta i Faketa u šetnji|publisher=Kurir|date=8 June 2012|access-date=4 January 2015}}</ref> while Brena stayed in [[Belgrade]] where she had been living since 1980.

Her first performance for an audience was in the fifth grade at a local festival, singing a [[Kemal Monteno]] song named "Sviraj mi o njoj". She later reflected, "It was the only time in my life that I've ever experienced stage fright."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pulsonline.rs/licna-karta/163/fahreta-zivojinovic-lepa-brena|title=Lična Karta|publisher=Puls|year=2006|access-date=4 January 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141220193235/http://www.pulsonline.rs/licna-karta/163/fahreta-zivojinovic-lepa-brena|archive-date=20 December 2014}}</ref> Afterwards, she started performing regularly at dance parties in Brčko.

While a guest on a Croatian television show in March 2014, she was asked if she had been ashamed of having a Muslim background, to which she replied: "Why would I be ashamed? I was and stay what I am. Today I am Fahreta. I am proud of my parents and roots". She said of her stage name, that ''Brena'' was given to her by her basketball coach Vlado, while the epithet ''Lepa'' ({{Literal translation|beautiful|pretty}}) was given to her by showman [[Minimaks]].<ref name="novosti-2014"/>

==Career==

===1980–1983: Slatki Greh and career beginnings===
In early 1980, at the age of 19, Fahreta began singing with a band called Lira Show when the group's original singer Spasa left the band because her husband, a boxer, did not want his wife to be a singer.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.telegraf.rs/jetset/880141-sasa-popovic-brena-je-licila-na-trafo-stanicu-na-pocetku-karijere-foto|title=Brena je ličila na trafo-stanicu na početku karijere|publisher=Telegraf|date=17 November 2013|access-date=4 January 2015}}</ref> [[Saša Popović]], the band's frontman, was initially opposed to the idea that Fahreta should be the band's new singer, but later changed his opinion. She subsequently moved to [[Novi Sad]] and then to Belgrade. Brena's first performance with Lira Show occurred on 6 April 1980 in the hotel Turist in [[Bačka Palanka]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.novosti.rs/vesti/spektakl.147.html:348617-Lepa-Brena-Slava-stigla-preko-noci|title=Slava stigla preko noći|publisher=Novosti|date=10 October 2011|access-date=4 January 2015}}</ref> Lira Show changed their name to Slatki Greh (''Sweet Sin'') in 1981. Brena and Slatki Greh premiered their first studio album, ''[[Čačak, Čačak]]'', on 3 February 1982. The album was written mostly by Milutin Popović-Zahar, and the career-manager was [[Vladimir Cvetković]].

Since her career began in 1980, she has become arguably the most popular singer of the former [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]], and a top-selling female recording artist with more than 40 million records sold.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vreme.com/cms/view.php?id=1016658|title=Brena, bre|publisher=Vreme|date=27 October 2011|access-date=7 May 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.story.rs/profili/lepa-brena |title=Lepa Brena biografija |publisher=Story |access-date=7 May 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120503000903/http://www.story.rs/profili/lepa-brena |archive-date= 3 May 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.blic.rs/Vesti/Drustvo/21919/Vlasnici-muzike-i-stranih-priznanja|title=Vlasnici muzike i stranih priznanja|publisher=Blic|date=3 December 2007|access-date=7 May 2012}}</ref>
The same year Lepa Brena and Slatki Greh appeared in the first part of Yugoslav classic comedy film ''[[A Tight Spot]]'' with popular comedian [[Nikola Simić (actor)|Nikola Simić]] and actress [[Ružica Sokić]], which raised their status and brought them almost instant fame. They would again team up with songwriter Milutin Popović-Zahar for their second studio album ''[[Mile voli disko]]'' (''Mile Loves Disco''), released 18 November 1982. In addition to the title song, the album had a couple of other hit songs: "Duge noge" ("Long Legs") and "Dama iz Londona" ("London Lady").

In 1983, Lepa Brena and Slatki Greh ended their collaboration with Milutin Popović-Zahar and Vladimir Cvetković. That same year Lepa Brena and Slatki Greh participated in ''[[Jugovizija]]'', the [[Yugoslavia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1983|Yugoslav selection]] for the [[Eurovision Song Contest 1983|Eurovision Song Contest]], with the song "Sitnije, Cile, sitnije". The song was released on an extended play of [[Sitnije, Cile, sitnije|the same name]], along with another song. Their appearance on ''Jugovizija'' caused controversy, since the competition was traditionally dominated exclusively by pop artists, and Lepa Brena belonged to a drastically different music genre, which was [[folk-pop]], or also called ''[[Turbo-folk|novokomponovana muzika]]''. Although they did not qualify for the prestigious European competition, Lepa Brena and Slatki Greh gained even more popularity.

===1984–1990: ''Bato, Bato'' and ''Hajde da se volimo''===
1984 saw Brena and her band begin a cooperation with a new manager and producer, Raka Đokić. ''[[Bato, Bato]]'' (''Brother, Brother''), their third album, was released the same year. A new provocative image was accompanied by a new musical style, different from the one fostered by Popović. Later that year, they held a concert in neighboring [[Socialist Republic of Romania|Romania]], at the stadium in [[Timișoara]] to an audience of 65 000, what was at time among the most successful concerts of a Yugoslav musician outside their home country.

Lepa Brena established a cooperation with Serbian [[Serbian folk music|folk]] star [[Miroslav Ilić]] and recorded a collaborative extended play ''[[Jedan dan života]]'' (''One Day of Life'', 1985), which featured four songs, including a romantic duet called "Jedan dan života", and the song "Živela Jugoslavija" (''Long Live Yugoslavia''), which was received with a mixed response. The latter song was in line with Brena's only official political stance: an uncompromising [[Yugoslavism|support of a united Yugoslavia]], with her becoming a symbol of this view.

Their next three albums—''[[Pile moje]]'' (''My Little One'', 1984), ''[[Voli me, voli]]'' (''Love Me, Love'', 1986) and ''[[Uske pantalone]]'' (''Tight Trousers'', 1986)—would propel her to the throne of the Yugoslav music scene. By the end of 1986, Lepa Brena had become the star of Belgrade social jet-set, and the most popular public figure in Yugoslavia.

Brena's manager Raka Đokić came up with the idea that [[Hajde da se volimo (album)|her seventh studio album]] should be followed by a film in which she would play the lead role. This idea was successfully implemented in 1987 when the motion picture ''[[Hajde da se volimo (film series)|Hajde da se volimo]]'' (''Let's Love Each Other'') was filmed. The film shared the name with the album. Many then-popular Yugoslav actors co-starred in the film, including [[Dragomir Bojanić|Dragomir "Gidra" Bojanić]], [[Mima Karadžić|Milutin "Mima" Karadžić]], [[Bata Živojinović|Velimir "Bata" Živojinović]], [[Milan Štrljić]], etc.<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0180728/ IMDB]</ref> 

Based on the success of the original, [[Hajde da se volimo (film series)|''Hajde da se volimo: Još jednom'']] (''Let's Love Each Other: Again)'' got produced and premiered in 1989''.'' On the premiere of the film, Brena met her now husband, [[Slobodan Živojinović]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Zbog Bobe Ne Bismo Završili Snimanje Filma! Ovako su se upoznali Lepa Brena i Boba |url=https://mondo.ba/Magazin/Showtime/a1187507/Kako-su-se-upoznali-Brena-i-Boba.html |access-date=2024-08-03 |website=Mondo Bosna |language=en-US}}</ref> The movie was followed by the album ''[[Četiri godine]]'' (''Four Years''). It was released on 1 October 1989, and contained the song "Jugoslovenka" (''[[Yugoslavs|Yugoslav]] Woman'') with Montenegrin vocalist [[Daniel (Montenegrin singer)|Danijel Popović]], Croatian vocalist [[Vlado Kalember]] and Bosnian vocalist [[Alen Islamović]]. The music video for the pop song "Čuvala me mama" (''Mum Protected Me'') was filmed on the [[List of islands of Croatia|Croatian island]] [[Lopud]].

After even more success, [[Hajde da se volimo (film series)|''Hajde da se volimo: Udaje se Lepa Brena'']] (''Let's Love Each Other: Lepa Brena Is Getting Married)'' got released, making it a [[trilogy]]. It was followed by the studio album ''Boli me uvo za sve'' (''I Don't Care About Anything''). ''Boli me uvo za sve'' also had multiple hit songs including "Čik pogodi" (''Take a Guess''), "Biće belaja" (''There Will Be Trouble''), "Tamba lamba", and the title track. 

Lepa Brena and Slatki Greh held more than 350 concerts yearly,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dodirnime.com/domacifilmovi/hajde-da-se-volimo-1-1987/|title=Hajde da se volimo 1 (1987) - domaći film|publisher=Dodirnime|date=30 March 2011|access-date=7 May 2012|archive-date=29 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029202039/http://www.dodirnime.com/domacifilmovi/hajde-da-se-volimo-1-1987/|url-status=dead}}</ref> and would often hold two concerts in one day. They set a record by holding thirty-one concerts consecutively at [[Dom Sindikata]], and seventeen concerts consecutively at the [[Sava Centar]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.svet.rs/vesti/estrada/lepa-brena-ja-sam-obicna-zena-koja-oko-sebe-ne-stvara-nikakvu-medijsku-pompu|title=Lepa Brena: Ja sam obična žena koja oko sebe ne stvara nikakvu medijsku pompu|publisher=Svet|date=14 July 2011|access-date=7 May 2012|archive-date=27 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170827043307/http://www.svet.rs/vesti/estrada/lepa-brena-ja-sam-obicna-zena-koja-oko-sebe-ne-stvara-nikakvu-medijsku-pompu|url-status=dead}}</ref> On 24 July 1990, Brena landed with a helicopter at [[Vasil Levski National Stadium]] in [[Sofia]], [[People's Republic of Bulgaria|Bulgaria]], and held a concert with an audience of 122 000 people.<ref>{{Cite news |date=25 July 2023 |title=Koncert pred 120.000 ljudi: Prije 33 godine Lepa Brena je ušla u anale |url=https://avaz.ba/showbiz/muzika/845693/koncert-pred-120-000-ljudi-prije-33-godine-lepa-brena-je-usla-u-anale}}</ref> While she was in Bulgaria in July 1990, she met with the Bulgarian mystic [[Baba Vanga]].

===1991–1999: ''Ja nemam drugi dom'' and Grand Production===
[[File:lepa brena.jpg|thumb|Brena in 2007]]
Brena and Slatki Greh released their second-to-last album together, ''Zaljubiška'' ({{Abbr|ct.|close translation}} ''Lovelysh''), in 1991.

In December 1993, after two-year hiatus, Brena premiered her first solo album ''Ja nemam drugi dom'' (''I Have No Other Home''), and held a famous "concert in the rain" on 13 June 1994 at Belgrade's [[Tašmajdan Sports and Recreation Center|Tašmajdan Sports Centre]] which was attended by 35 000 people.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jednajebrena.com/biografija/biografija-lepe-brene4.htm|title=Lepa Brena official website|publisher=JednaJeBrena|access-date=7 May 2012|archive-date=10 September 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120910020547/http://www.jednajebrena.com/biografija/biografija-lepe-brene4.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> After that, she recorded two more solo albums: ''[[Kazna Božija]]'' (''God's Punishment'', 1994) and ''[[Luda za tobom]]'' (''Crazy Over You'', 1996). In the mid-90s she had many popular songs; 

* "Kazna Božija"
* "Luda za tobom"
* "Sve mi dobro ide osim ljubavi" (''I'm Good at Everything But Love'')
* "Izdajice" (''Traitor)''
* "Moj se dragi Englez pravi" (''My Man's Acting an Englishman'')
* "I da odem iza leđa bogu" (''Even If I Go Behind God's Back'')
* "Ja nemam drugi dom"
* "Dva dana" (''Two Days'')
* "Ti si moj greh" (''You Are My Sin''), among others.

The music video for "Ti si moj greh" had an [[ancient Egypt]]ian theme, with Brena dressed as a [[pharaoh]].

Song "Luda za tobom" is Serbian version song "Astatos" by Pasxalis Terzis from Greece. That song is released in 1994. Shortly after Lepa Brena's version, versions of the same song were released in Bulgaria in 1999 (Kamelia – Luda po tebe) and a year later in Poland (Diana – Pójdę za tobą), with the greatest similarities between all versions of the same song being found in the chorus. Later, "Luda za tobom" was adapted in other countries, such as Romania.

Brena became co-founder of the Serbian record label [[Grand Production]] in December 1998.

===2000–2016: ''Pomračenje sunca'', hiatus===
After her marriage in 1991, when she briefly moved to the United States, she ceased cooperation with Slatki Greh. However, in 2000 they recorded another album together ''[[Pomračenje sunca]]'' (''[[Solar Eclipse]]''), their last album to date. After eight years of absence from the music business, Lepa Brena returned with ''[[Uđi slobodno...]]'' (''Feel Free to Enter...'', 2008)<ref>{{cite web|author=M. Majstorović|url=http://www.pressonline.rs/sr/vesti/dzet_set_svet/story/52970/POVRATAK+LEPE+BRENE.html|title=Povratak Lepe Brene|publisher=Pressonline.rs|date=22 December 2010|access-date=7 May 2012|archive-date=29 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029202123/http://www.pressonline.rs/sr/vesti/dzet_set_svet/story/52970/POVRATAK+LEPE+BRENE.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> and ''[[Začarani krug]]'' (''Vicious Circle'', 2011). Both albums were major successes.

Beginning in 2012, Brena started recording sessions for two studio albums. The first, ''[[Izvorne i novokomponovane narodne pesme]]'' (''Original and Newly Composed Folk Songs'') was released in December 2013. She dedicated the album to her ailing mother Ifeta, who sang [[Balkan folk music|folk]] songs to her when she was a child. Ifeta died the following year.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.alo.rs/v-i-p/estrada/lepa-brena-objavila-novi-album-poslusajte-sve-pesme-video/41167|title=Lepa Brena objavila novi album! Poslušajte sve pesme!|publisher=Alo|date=23 December 2013|access-date=29 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131224185708/http://www.alo.rs/v-i-p/estrada/lepa-brena-objavila-novi-album-poslusajte-sve-pesme-video/41167|archive-date=24 December 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In the month after that album's release, Brena premiered two other songs: "Ljubav čuvam za kraj" (''I'm Keeping Love For the End'')<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kurir-info.rs/lepa-brena-najavila-novu-pesmu-i-odala-tajne-clanak-1155869|title=Lepa Brena najavila novu pesmu i odala tajne!|publisher=Kurir-info|date=27 December 2013|access-date=29 December 2013|archive-date=6 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140206184535/http://www.kurir-info.rs/lepa-brena-najavila-novu-pesmu-i-odala-tajne-clanak-1155869|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.alo.rs/v-i-p/estrada/pogledajte-breninu-novu-frizuru-foto/41517|title=Pogledajte Breninu novu frizuru!|publisher=Alo|date=26 December 2013|access-date=29 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150226182902/http://www.alo.rs/v-i-p/estrada/pogledajte-breninu-novu-frizuru-foto/41517|archive-date=26 February 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kurir-info.rs/novogodisnji-hit-poslusajte-novu-pesmu-lepe-brene-clanak-1156475|title=Novogodišnji Hit: Poslušajte novu pesmu Lepe Brene|publisher=Kurir-info|date=28 December 2013|access-date=29 December 2013|archive-date=9 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140209114727/http://www.kurir-info.rs/novogodisnji-hit-poslusajte-novu-pesmu-lepe-brene-clanak-1156475|url-status=dead}}</ref> on 28 December 2013 and "Zaljubljeni veruju u sve" (''Those in Love Believe in Everything''), with lyrics written by [[Hari Varešanović]], on 12 January 2014.

On 19 December 2013, Brena, along with [[Dragana Mirković]], [[Severina (singer)|Severina]], [[Jelena Rozga]], [[Haris Džinović]], [[Aca Lukas]] and [[Jelena Karleuša]], was a guest at a humanitarian concert by [[Goran Bregović]] at the [[Zetra Olympic Hall, Sarajevo|Zetra Olympic Hall]] in the Bosnian capital city [[Sarajevo]] for the [[Romani people in Bosnia and Herzegovina|Roma in Bosnia and Herzegovina]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.svetplus.com/vesti/35615/lepa-brena-gost-na-koncertu-gorana-bregovica:-zajedno-pevaju-za-rome-(foto)|title=Lepa Brena gost na koncertu Gorana Bregovića: Zajedno pevaju za Rome|publisher=Svetplus|date=17 December 2013|access-date=29 December 2013}}</ref> Brena arrived in Sarajevo two days before the concert so that she could enjoy the city with friends before the concert.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.svetplus.com/vesti/35709/lepa-brena-u-duhu-orijenta:-odusevila-sarajevsku-publiku-(foto)|title=Lepa Brena u duhu Orijenta: Oduševila sarajevsku publiku!|publisher=Svetplus|date=20 December 2013|access-date=29 December 2013}}</ref> She said in an interview: "[[Siege of Sarajevo|Sarajevo has suffered]] and survived so much, I'm really glad to see positive people and happiness in this city".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.blic.rs/Zabava/Vesti/429432/Lepa-Brena-Drago-mi-je-kada-vidim-srecu-u-Sarejevu|title=Drago mi je kada vidim sreću u Sarajevu|publisher=Blic|date=23 December 2013|access-date=29 December 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131230235549/http://www.blic.rs/Zabava/Vesti/429432/Lepa-Brena-Drago-mi-je-kada-vidim-srecu-u-Sarejevu|archive-date=30 December 2013}}</ref>

Lepa Brena and [[Steven Seagal]] were the stars of Belgrade 2016 New Year party, an event held at [[Nikola Pašić Square]] in front of the [[National Assembly (Serbia)|Serbian National Assembly]], and attended by 60 000 people.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.telegraf.rs/english/1935021-serbian-singer-lepa-brena-and-steven-seagal-made-an-awesome-party-for-the-people-in-belgrade-and-led-them-into-new-year-foto-video|title=Serbian singer Lepa Brena and Steven Seagal made an awesome party for the people in Belgrade and led them into New Year!|publisher=[[Kurir]]|date=5 January 2016|access-date=17 April 2016}}</ref>

=== 2017–2022: Comeback, World Tour, Lady B ===
In December 2017, Brena published two new songs "[[Zar je važno da l' se peva ili pjeva (song)|Zar je važno da l' se peva ili pjeva]]" (''Does It Matter Whether It's Sung'' (in [[Ijekavian]]) ''or Sung'' (in [[Ekavian]])) and "[[Boliš i ne prolaziš]]" (''You Hurt and You Don't Heal'') as teasers for her new album.

In support of her new album, she organised a world tour. The tour [[Zar je važno da l' se peva ili pjeva... World Tour]] started on 11 November 2017 in [[Vienna]], [[Austria]], at the [[Richard Lugner|Lugner City]].

During the first European leg of her world tour, her album ''[[Zar je važno dal se peva ili pjeva]]'' was released on 1 March 2018, and it became a major hit in the [[Balkans]].

After four legs of her World Tour, she announced a break because she wanted to be in Serbia, when her stepson Filip Živojinović and his wife [[Aleksandra Prijović]] get a baby.

Two months after the pause, she continued the World Tour. A year after, she postponed all of her Tour concerts because of the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].

The tour ended on 28 October 2022 in [[Cleveland]].

One month afterwards, she teased her new socks brand, Lady B. She stated that it's a "brand for a woman from the 21st century". It went for sale a few weeks later, with sales growing more and more.

=== 2023–2024: Aleksandra Prijović concerts, BiH tour ===
Brena and [[Senidah]] were part of the first [[Red Bull GmbH|Red Bull]] SoundClash in Belgrade. They performed together in June.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-02-27 |title=Red Bull SoundClash / Lepa Brena vs Senidah - Budi deo događaja godine! |url=https://www.redbull.com/rs-sr/red-bull-soundclash-lepa-brena-vs-senidah |access-date=2024-08-03 |website=Red Bull |language=sr}}</ref>

On 30 September, Brena was a guest at Aleksandra Prijović's second concert in [[Štark Arena]]. Their emotional moments together went viral on social media, and Aleksandra thanked Brena for treating her as her own child.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-09-30 |title=Aleksandra Prijović zavladala Arenom: Lepa Brena i Lexington bend podigli publiku na noge |url=https://pressmediabih.com/magazin/2023/30/09/aleksandra-prijovic-zavladala-arenom-lepa-brena-i-lexington-bend-podigli-publiku-na-noge/ |access-date=2024-08-03 |website=PressMedia |language=hr}}</ref>

Brena performed with Aleksandra again, but this time with Jelena Rozga on 3 December in [[Arena Zagreb]]. Before the concert, she announced that she would be having a concert there, too, in December the next year. The tickets sold under 24 hours, and as for today there are four concerts announced there.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Video – Pogledajte što su Lepa Brena i Prija zajedno pjevale u Areni: 'Uvijek ste mi kao mama' {{!}} 24sata |url=https://www.24sata.hr/show/video-pogledajte-sto-su-lepa-brena-i-prija-zajedno-pjevale-u-areni-uvijek-ste-mi-kao-mama-950863?24sata_ref=article-feed-video |access-date=2024-08-03 |website=www.24sata.hr}}</ref>

In 2024, she announced her Bosnia and Herzegovina tour [[Imam pesmu da vam pevam Tour|Imam pesmu da vam pevam]] (''I Have a Song to Sing to You''), where she is looking forward traveling her home country. The same year, Lepa Brena covered the November issue of ''[[Vogue Adria]]'', becoming the first musician to appear on the cover.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-11-08 |title=The eighth edition of Vogue Adria has arrived - Hajde da se volimo |url=https://vogueadria.com/the-eighth-edition-of-vogue-adria-has-arrived-hajde-da-se-volimo/ |access-date=2024-11-15 |website=Vogue Adria |language=en}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Her wedding to Serbian tennis star [[Slobodan Živojinović]] on 7 December 1991 was a media event throughout Yugoslavia. The lavish ceremony took place at Belgrade's [[Crowne Plaza Belgrade|InterContinental Hotel]]. The level of interest in the event was such that Brena's manager Raka Đokić released a [[VHS tape]] of the wedding. Their public relationship has been providing steady fodder for various tabloid publications ever since. Upon marriage, Brena became the stepmother to Živojinović's son Filip, born on 19 August 1985. Brena and Živojinović's first child together, a son named Stefan, was born in [[New York City]] on 21 May 1992. Their second son Viktor was born 30 March 1998. On 6 March 2019, Brena became a step-grandmother after Filip's wife [[Aleksandra Prijović]] gave birth to their first child together, son Aleksandar.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://slobodnadalmacija.hr/scena/showbiz/lepa-brena-postala-baka-posinak-i-nevjesta-sinu-ce-dati-popularno-ime-medu-estradnjacima-592223 |title=Lepa Brena postala baka: posinak i nevjesta sinu će dati popularno ime među estradnjacima |author=L. M. |website=[[Slobodna Dalmacija]] |lang=hr |date=2019-03-06 |accessdate=2023-08-27}}</ref>

Brena broke her leg in a skiing accident in November 1992, and it took six months for her to heal.<ref name="http"/> Her manager and producer Raka Đokić died suddenly on 30 October 1993.<ref name="http">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J32gRBPjwYw |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/J32gRBPjwYw| archive-date=2021-12-12 |url-status=live|title=Lepa Brena u Centralnom Dnevniku 2 dio|publisher=YouTube|date=May 2009|access-date=15 November 2012}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.svet.rs/novi-broj/intervju/lepa-brena-desavalo-se-da-puknem-i-kazem-ovo-je-kraj-ne-mogu-vise-ali-izbrojim-do-deset-i-nis|title=Dešavalo Se Da Puknem I Kažem Ovo Je Kraj, Ne Mogu Više, Ali Izbrojim Do Deset I Ništa Od Razvoda!|publisher=Svet|date=16 February 2010|access-date=15 November 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029202454/http://www.svet.rs/novi-broj/intervju/lepa-brena-desavalo-se-da-puknem-i-kazem-ovo-je-kraj-ne-mogu-vise-ali-izbrojim-do-deset-i-nis|archive-date=29 October 2013}}</ref>

On 23 November 2000, the couple's elder son Stefan was kidnapped by members of the [[Zemun clan|Zemun mafia]]. After they paid a ransom of 2,500 000 [[Deutsche Mark]]s in cash, he was released, having been held for five days.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vreme.com/arhiva_html/518/30.html|title=Prokletstvo uspeha|publisher=Vreme|date=7 December 2000|access-date=7 May 2012|archive-date=16 January 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120116095918/http://www.vreme.com/arhiva_html/518/30.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> She has resided in Belgrade since 1980 and currently lives there with her husband, while their sons are studying in the United States.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.novosti.rs/vesti/scena.147.html:507208-Lepa-Brena-ispratila-sina-na-studije|title=Lepa Brena ispratila sina na studije|publisher=Novosti|date=25 August 2014|access-date=26 December 2014}}</ref> In a 2014 interview, she stated that she was still healing from the trauma of the kidnapping incident.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dnevnik.hr/showbuzz/inmagazin/lepa-brena-otkrila-kako-ju-je-otmica-djeteta-trajno-razbolila---317759.html|title=Otmica djeteta trajno ju je razboljela!|publisher=Dnevnik|date=2 January 2014|access-date=3 January 2014}}</ref>

After the debacle and family drama, she went on hiatus once again, lasting eight years, living between Belgrade and [[Miami]], [[Florida]] with her family. Brena and her husband have a home in [[Coconut Creek, Florida]], where they lived during the [[1999 NATO bombing of Yugoslavia]], although Brena visited [[Serbia and Montenegro|Yugoslavia]] during the bombing and took part on one of the public morale-raising concerts on Belgrade's [[Republic Square (Belgrade)|Republic Square]].{{Citation needed|date=May 2021}} She also has an apartment in [[Monte Carlo]] and another townhouse in [[Fisher Island, Florida]]. In 2010, Brena and her husband purchased a five-bedroom villa with an in-ground heated pool on one of Miami's islands at a cost of $1.6 million.{{Citation needed|date=May 2021}}

In October 2010, her father, Abid Jahić, was severely injured when a bus hit him as he walked in the town of [[Brčko]]. He was transported to a hospital in [[Tuzla]], where he died on 22 October 2010 aged 82. He was buried in a [[Muslim funeral]] three days after his death. Brena, her two siblings and mother, along with other family members and citizens of Brčko attended the funeral.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kurir-info.rs/lepa-brena-sahranila-oca-u-brckom-clanak-55153|title=Lepa Brena sahranila oca u Brčkom|publisher=Kurir|date=26 October 2010|access-date=2 March 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130719042956/http://www.kurir-info.rs/lepa-brena-sahranila-oca-u-brckom-clanak-55153|archive-date=19 July 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> She later regarded the months after her father's death as the emotionally most difficult time of her life. Her mother Ifeta died 21 November 2014, aged 80. She was buried in a Muslim funeral in Brčko next to her husband.

Brena was hospitalized on 27 July 2012 when she complained of pain and was diagnosed as having [[venous thrombosis]], a blood clot. She remained in the hospital for three days, then was released. A similar incident had occurred in October 2004 when a blood clot in her hand was removed.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.svetplus.com/vesti.asp?vid=19502|title=Lepa Brena završila u bolnici zbog tromba|publisher=SvetPlus|date=31 July 2012|access-date=31 July 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.smedia.rs/zabava/vest/29796/Pevacica-Lepa-Brena-Bolnica-Tromb-Lepa-Brena-zavrsila-u-bolnici.html|title=Lepa Brena Završila u Bolnici!|publisher=Smedia|date=31 July 2012|access-date=31 July 2012}}</ref> In August 2012, she was forced to cancel three months of scheduled concerts to deal with further complications with her illness.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.svetplus.com/vesti.asp?vid=20245|title=Lepa Brena tri meseca ne sme da nastupa|publisher=SvetPlus|date=29 August 2012|access-date=13 September 2012}}</ref>

She was again hospitalized on 25 July 2014 while at holiday in the Croatian resort of [[Novi Vinodolski]] where she fell down the stairs and broke both arms.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rts.rs/page/magazine/sr/story/471/Svet+poznatih/1657618/Lepa+Brena+slomila+obe+ruke.html|title=Lepa Brena slomila obe ruke|publisher=Radio Televizija Srbije|date=25 July 2014|access-date=26 December 2014}}</ref> She was hospitalized for five days and spent her month-long recovery at a local hotel.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jutarnji.hr/lepa-brena-izasla-iz-bolnice--isplakala-sam-se-kao-nikad-u-zivotu-ovih-dana--izasla-je-sva-bol-iz-mene-/1209939/|title=Lepa Brena Izašla Iz Bolnice 'Isplakala sam se kao nikad u životu. Izašla je sva bol iz mene'|publisher=Jutarnji|date=30 July 2014|access-date=26 December 2014}}</ref> On 2 January 2015, Brena fell down the stairs again during a family vacation at [[Zlatibor]], Serbia, and hurt her wrist.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.blic.rs/Zabava/Vesti/523884/Lepa-Brena-opet-polomila-ruku|title=Lepa Brena: Pala sam jer nisam htela da ispustim šoljicu za kafu|publisher=Blic|date=2 January 2015|access-date=3 January 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150103020122/http://www.blic.rs/Zabava/Vesti/523884/Lepa-Brena-opet-polomila-ruku|archive-date=3 January 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.telegraf.rs/jetset/1376631-lepa-brena-opet-slomila-ruku-na-zlatiboru|title=Lepa Brena opet slomila ruku na Zlatiboru!|publisher=Telegraf|date=2 January 2015|access-date=3 January 2015}}</ref> Unlike the previous incident, this injury did not require surgery.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.24sata.hr/strane-zvijezde/bas-je-nece-lepa-brena-pala-niz-stepenice-slomila-je-lakat-400701|title=Baš je neće... Lepa Brena pala niz stepenice, slomila je lakat|publisher=24 sata|date=2 January 2015|access-date=3 January 2015}}</ref> However, because of this, she stayed hospitalized in Belgrade and rescheduled upcoming performances in the Bosnian towns of [[Živinice]] and [[Travnik]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vesti-online.com/Scena/Estrada/460609/Lepa-Brena-opet-polomila-ruku|title=Lepa Brena opet polomila ruku|publisher=Vesti|date=2 January 2015|access-date=3 January 2015}}</ref>

==Controversy==

During the late 1980s and early 1990s, ethnic tensions which started rising in Yugoslavia and eventually led to country's [[breakup of Yugoslavia|breakup]], made Lepa Brena become one of main tabloid targets at the time. Some Bosniaks viewed her as a traitor as she was a Bosniak who sang and spoke with an [[Ekavian]] accent (which is predominantly spoken in [[Serbia]]) and she married Serbian [[Slobodan Živojinović]]. Several tabloids claimed that she had converted from [[Islam in Bosnia and Herzegovina|Islam]] to [[Serbian Orthodoxy]] and that she had changed her name from Fahreta to Jelena. She intensely denied these allegations. In socialist Yugoslavia, religions in general were an unpopular topic, and people acknowledged the religion to which belonged in relation to its family roots, but were overwhelmingly non-practitioners. In that sense, being a Yugoslav icon, Lepa Brena never publicly spoke about her religious beliefs beyond stating that she had grown up being [[Sunni Muslim]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dk_onaSn0fg |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/Dk_onaSn0fg| archive-date=2021-12-12 |url-status=live|title=Lepa Brena u Centralnom Dnevniku 1 dio|publisher=YouTube|date=May 2009|access-date=12 June 2013}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

In 2009, numerous [[Bosniaks]] and [[Croats]] protested when her concerts in [[Sarajevo]] on 30 May and in [[Zagreb]] on 13 June were announced. The reason behind the protests were pictures allegedly shot in 1993 during the [[Bosnian War]] in which she appears wearing the uniform of the [[Army of Republika Srpska]] in the besieged town of [[Brčko (town)|Brčko]], where she grew up. In the pictures, taken and published by one Serbian magazine, she appears giving support to [[Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina|Bosnian Serb]] soldiers, which were at that time involved in intense fighting against [[Croats of Bosnia and Herzegovina|Croatian]] and Bosniak forces in [[Posavina]] front. Croatian and Bosnian protesters called her a "traitor" and a "{{Lang|sh|[[Chetnik (pejorative)|četnikuša]]}}". The concerts went ahead as scheduled with no incidents. Brena then denied all of the allegations explaining that the uniform was a costume she used for the music video of her song "Tamba lamba" in ''[[Hajde da se volimo 3|Hajde da se volimo: Udajemo Lepu Brenu]]''. She also explained that she went to Brčko to save her parents because she got a message that they would be killed.<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5KMdtwR6Ds |title=Nedjeljom u 2 - Lepa Brena, 2009. |date=2019-06-05 |last=Hrvatska radiotelevizija |access-date=2024-08-03 |via=YouTube}}</ref><ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dk_onaSn0fg |title=Lepa Brena u Centralnom Dnevniku 1 dio |date=2009-05-25 |last=Bosanalu |access-date=2024-08-03 |via=YouTube}}</ref><ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J32gRBPjwYw |title=Lepa Brena u Centralnom Dnevniku 2 dio |date=2009-05-25 |last=Bosanalu |access-date=2024-08-03 |via=YouTube}}</ref>

==Discography==
===Studio albums===
{{div col}}
*''[[Čačak, Čačak]]'' (1982)
*''[[Mile voli disko]]'' (1982)
*''[[Bato, Bato]]'' (1984)
*''[[Pile moje]]'' (1984)
*''[[Voli me, voli]]'' (1986)
*''[[Uske pantalone]]'' (1986)
*''[[Hajde da se volimo (album)|Hajde da se volimo]]'' (1987)
*''[[Četiri godine]]'' (1989)
*''Boli me uvo za sve'' (1990)
*''Zaljubiška'' (1991)
*''Ja nemam drugi dom'' (1993)
*''Kazna Božija'' (1994)
*''Luda za tobom'' (1996)
*''[[Pomračenje sunca]]'' (2000)
*''[[Uđi slobodno...]]'' (2008)
*''[[Začarani krug]]'' (2011)
*''[[Izvorne i novokomponovane narodne pesme]]'' (2013)
*''[[Zar je važno dal se peva ili pjeva]]'' (2018){{div col end}}

===Extended plays===
*''[[Sitnije, Cile, sitnije]]'' (1983)
*''[[Jedan dan života]]'' (with [[Miroslav Ilić]], 1985)

===Compilations===
*''Lepa Brena & Slatki Greh'' (1990)
*''[[Lepa Brena (The Best of – Dupli CD)]]'' (2003)
*''[[Lepa Brena (HITOVI – 6 CD-a)]]'' (2016)

==Filmography==

===Film===
*''[[Tesna koža]]'' (1982)
*''[[Nema problema (1984 film)|Nema problema]]'' (1984)
*''Kamiondžije ponovo voze'' (1984)
*''[[Hajde da se volimo (film)|Hajde da se volimo]]'' (1987)
*[[Hajde da se volimo 2|''Hajde da se volimo 2: Još jednom'']] (1989)
*''[[Hajde da se volimo 3|Hajde da se volimo 3: Udaje se Lepa Brena]]'' (1990)

===Documentary===
*''Posao snova'' (2005)<ref>{{cite web |last=Čulig |first=Lana |date=23 Feb 2006 |title=Film koji razotkriva tamnu stranu narodnjaka |url=https://www.vecernji.hr/amp/film-koji-razotkriva-tamnu-stranu-narodnjaka-816012 |website=Večernji.hr}}</ref>
*''[[Lepa Brena: Godine Slatkog greha]]'' (2017)

===Television===
*''Në orët e vona'' (1982)
*''[[Jugovizija]]'' (1983)
*''Kamiondžije 2'' (1983)
*''[[Jugovizija]]'' (1986)
*''Obraz uz obraz: Novogodišnji special'' (1991) {{Mdash}} TV film
*''Novogodišnji show program sa Lepom Brenom'' (2002)
*''[[Kursadžije]]'' (2007) {{Mdash}} TV show; one episode role
*''Mahalaši'' (2009) {{Mdash}} Bosnian TV series; special guest star
*''Damin Gambit'' (2014) {{Mdash}} Croatian TV talkshow at Hrvatska radiotelevizija
*''Veče sa Lepom Brenom'' (2014) {{Mdash}} TV show
*''Exkluziv'' (2014) {{Mdash}} Serbian TV show at TV Prva; premiered 1 December 2014 entitled "O smrti majke Ifete"
*''Paparazzi'' (2017) {{Mdash}} Bulgarian TV show

==Tours and concerts==

===Tours===
*Great Yugoslav Tour (1983)
*Great Yugoslav Tour '84 (1984)
*[[Uđi slobodno Tour]] (2008–11)
*[[Začarani krug Tour]] (2011–17)
*[[Zar je važno da l' se peva ili pjeva... World Tour]] (2017–22)
*[[Imam pesmu da vam pevam Tour]] (2024-26)

===Residency concerts===
*Lepa Brena Live at Dom sindikata (1987)

==In popular culture==
*Dark Scene Records released in 2009 ''Dark Tribute to Lepa Brena'', an electronic/rock album where 20 different artists interpret 20 of her songs.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/release/9148913-Various-Dark-Tribute-to-Lepa-Brena|title = Various - Dark Tribute to Lepa Brena|website = [[Discogs]]| date=19 July 2009 }}</ref>
*''Lepa Brena Project'', a [[Musical theatre]] show that is scheduled to perform in [[Boston]] (18 Dec), [[Toronto]] (21 Dec), and [[Chicago]] (22 Dec) 2024 is a [[Jukebox musical]] of Serbian production, where 5 Lepa Brenas represent different social-policital themes of past [[Yugoslavia]]n life.<ref>{{cite web |title=Lepa Brena Project |url=https://backstage54.com/lepa-brena-project/ |website=Backstage54 |access-date=7 December 2024}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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{{s-ttl|title= Serbian Oscar of Popularity<br>''The Female Folk Singer of the Year''	
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[[Category:Lepa Brena| ]]
[[Category:1960 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Musicians from Tuzla]]
[[Category:People from Brčko District]]
[[Category:Yugoslav women singers]]
[[Category:Bosnia and Herzegovina turbo-folk singers]]
[[Category:Bosnia and Herzegovina folk-pop singers]]
[[Category:21st-century Bosnia and Herzegovina women singers]]
[[Category:20th-century Bosnia and Herzegovina women singers]]
[[Category:Serbian turbo-folk singers]]
[[Category:Serbian folk-pop singers]]
[[Category:21st-century Serbian women singers]]
[[Category:20th-century Serbian women singers]]
[[Category:Grand Production artists]]
[[Category:Bosnia and Herzegovina emigrants to Serbia]]