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{{short description|Croatian pop and jazz singer (born 1978)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name              = Vesna Pisarović
| image             = 
| caption           = 
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| background        = solo_singer
| birth_name        = Vesna Pisarović
| alias             = 
| birth_date        = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1978|4|9}}
| birth_place       = [[Brčko (city)|Brčko]], [[SR Bosnia and Herzegovina]], [[SFR Yugoslavia]]
| instrument        = Piano, Vocal
| genre             = Pop, [[Teen pop]] 1997–2006<br />[[Jazz]] 2012–present
| occupation        = Singer, songwriter
| years_active      = 1997–present
| associated_acts   = 
| spouse            = {{Marriage|Ozren Pupovac|2009}}
| website           = 
}}
'''Vesna Pisarović''' (born 9 April 1978) is a Croatian pop and jazz singer. 

==Life and career==
===1978–1999: Early life===
Pisarović was born in [[Brčko (city)|Brčko]], [[Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina|SR Bosnia and Herzegovina]], [[SFR Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]] and grew up in [[Požega, Croatia]].<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.jutarnji.hr/naslovnica/vesna-pisarovic-nakon-24-godine-ponovno-u-rodnom-brckom-3392048 | title=Vesna Pisarović nakon 24 godine ponovno u rodnom Brčkom | work=[[Jutarnji list]] |language=hr | date= 8 March 2006| access-date= 21 May 2022}}</ref> Through her mother, she has some [[Germans of Croatia|German]] ancestry.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://foxydigitalis.zone/2025/06/05/between-breath-and-dissonance-with-vesna-pisarovic/|title=Vesna Pisarović's 'Poravna': A New Era for Sevdah Music|date=2025-06-05|access-date=2025-07-31|website=[[Foxy Digitalis]]|last=Rose|first=Brad}}</ref> From her earliest childhood she attended a music school, where she played the flute, sang in choirs and participated in various music contests.<ref>{{cite news |last= Janušić|first= Tamara| url=https://www.vecernji.hr/showbiz/vesna-pisarovic-progovorila-o-braku-i-zivotu-u-inozemstvu-nijemci-nisu-hladni-kako-se-o-njima-misli-1581206| title=Vesna Pisarović progovorila o braku i životu u inozemstvu | work=Večernji list |language=hr | date= 28 April 2022 | access-date= 21 May 2022}}</ref>

In the mid-1990s she moved to [[Zagreb]], Croatia, where she graduated from the [[Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb|Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.slobodnadalmacija.hr/Linija-X/tabid/243/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/128057/Default.aspx | title=Vesna Pisarović: Suprug je podržao moj zaokret prema jazzu | date=30 January 2011 | language=hr | access-date=3 November 2011 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121114025434/http://www.slobodnadalmacija.hr/Linija-X/tabid/243/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/128057/Default.aspx | archive-date=14 November 2012 | url-status=dead | df=dmy-all }}</ref> She began singing in clubs and writing songs. In 1997, while performing at the Croatian festival [[Zadarfest]], she met [[Milana Vlaović]], a journalist and composer.<ref>{{cite news  | url=https://net.hr/hot/zvijezde/vesna-pisarovic-sinoc-je-splicane-bacila-dolje-na-koljena-a-jeste-li-znali-ove-crtice-iz-njezina-zivota-e7347d3a-5dcc-11ec-a631-c6fe6681314e | title=Povratak Vesne Pisarović | work=net.hr |language=hr | date= 15 December 2021| access-date= 21 May 2022}}</ref> Vlaović later started to write songs for Pisarović.<ref>{{cite news  | url=https://www.tportal.hr/showtime/clanak/poznata-spisateljica-otkrila-cije-je-sve-karijere-pomogla-lansirati-20200201 | title=Poznata spisateljica otkrila čije je sve karijere pomogla lansirati | work=tportal.hr |language=hr | date= 1 February 2020| access-date= 21 May 2022}}</ref>

===2000–2002: Breakthrough and the Eurovision Song Contest===
In 2002 Vesna Pisarović won the annual [[HRT Dora|Dora]] festival, the event that determines Croatia's entry for the [[Eurovision Song Contest]].<ref>{{cite news  | url=https://www.index.hr/magazin/clanak/iza-hitova-vesne-pisarovic-stoji-ova-zena-svuda-smo-nailazile-na-otpor/2360481.aspx | title=Iza hitova Vesne Pisarović stoji ova žena: "Svuda smo nailazile na otpor" | work=Index |language=hr | date= 30 April 2022| access-date= 21 May 2022}}</ref>  Her song "[[Everything I Want]]" placed 11th in the [[Eurovision Song Contest 2002]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Bohlman|first=Philip V.|title=The music of European nationalism|year=2004|publisher=ABC-CLIO|location=Santa Barbara, Calif.|isbn=978-1-57607-270-7|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fkQf7k2OaDcC&q=the+eurovision+song+contest+2002&pg=PA2|access-date=6 February 2011|page=2}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Eurovision Song Contest 2002|url=http://www.eurovision.tv/page/history/by-year/contest?event=316|publisher=European Broadcasting Union|access-date=6 February 2011}}</ref> She wrote the song "In the Disco" for the Bosnian vocalist [[Deen (singer)|Deen]], which represented [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]] at the [[Eurovision Song Contest 2004]].<ref>{{cite news  | url=https://radiosarajevo.ba/magazin/showbiz/deen-podsjetio-ove-sedmice-18-godina-od-pjesme-in-the-disco/449901 | title=Deen podsjetio: Ove sedmice 18 godina od pjesme In The Disco | work=Radio Sarajevo |language=bs | date= 10 March 2022| access-date= 21 May 2022}}</ref>

===2016–2019: ''Naša velika pjesmarica'' and ''Petit Standard''===
Pisarović's eighth studio and third jazz album, ''[[Petit Standard]]'', was released in March 2019 through the German jazz label [[Jazzwerkstatt]].<ref name="petit">{{cite news | url=https://ravnododna.com/vesna-pisarovic-kad-mi-se-plasticni-nokat-zabio-u-vrata-ormara-zapitala-sam-se-neke-stvari/ | title=Vesna Pisarović: Kad mi se plastični nokat zabio u vrata ormara, zapitala sam se neke stvari… | work=ravnododna |language=hr | date=6 March 2019 | access-date= 5 October 2019}}</ref> She embarked on her Petit Standard Tour later in July.<ref name="petittour">{{cite news | url=https://www.pdv.com.hr/hr/novosti/ljetna-turneja-pjesmarice-vesne-pisarovic | title=Ljetna turneja 'Pjesmarice' Vesne Pisarović | work=pdv.com.hr |language=hr | access-date= 5 October 2019}}</ref>

===2020–present: Upcoming tenth studio album===
On 5 October 2019 in an interview with [[Narodni radio]] Pisarović revealed that she has been working on her upcoming pop album since 2006.<ref name="newalbum">{{cite news | url=https://narodni.hr/index.php/2019/10/04/vesna-pisarovic-za-narodni-o-odlasku-iz-hrvatske-osjecala-sam-se-skuceno/ | title=Vesna Pisarović za Narodni o odlasku iz Hrvatske | work=Narodni radio | language=hr | date=4 October 2019 | access-date=5 October 2019 | archive-date=20 April 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210420050300/https://narodni.hr/index.php/2019/10/04/vesna-pisarovic-za-narodni-o-odlasku-iz-hrvatske-osjecala-sam-se-skuceno/ | url-status=dead }}</ref>
Since then she has written over 30 songs.<ref name="30songs">{{cite news | url=https://ezadar.rtl.hr/zabava/3576379/nevjerojatno-glazbeno-izdanje-vesne-pisarovic-u-dnevnom-boravku/ | title=Nevjerojatno glazbeno izdanje Vesne Pisarović u dnevnom boravku! | work=eZadar |language=hr | date= 4 October 2019 | access-date= 5 October 2019}}</ref> The recording process for the album started in early 2020.<ref name="comeback">{{cite news | url=https://www.zagreb.info/ritam-grad/vesna-pisarovic-najavila-povratak-na-scenu-poslusajte-njezinu-obradu-legendarnog-hita/233184 | title=Vesna Pisarović najavila povratak na scenu | work=zagreb.info|language=hr | date= 4 October 2019 | access-date= 5 October 2019}}</ref> On 13 February 2021, Pisarović performed a medley during the show program at [[Dora 2021]].<ref>{{cite news | url=https://magazin.hrt.hr/zabava/vesna-pisarovic-odusevila-pojavom-na-dori-2021-644787 | title= Vesna Pisarović oduševila pojavom na Dori 2021.| work=Hrvatska radiotelevizija |language=hr | date= 15 February 2021 | access-date= 3 April 2022}}</ref> In August 2021 in an interview with [[Slobodna Dalmacija]], Pisarović revealed how she has "two thousand music sheets of new music" that she has written in the past few years. She also noted how the album is in the works but not yet ready to be announced.<ref>{{cite news |last= Matić|first= Anita | url=https://slobodnadalmacija.hr/mozaik/showbiz/vesna-pisarovic-najavljuje-veliki-povratak-u-pop-vode-a-sprema-i-novi-album-u-kojoj-je-fazi-dvije-tisuce-ispisanih-kajdanki-sto-tisuca-skica-1118371 | title=Vesna Pisarović najavljuje veliki povratak u pop vode, a sprema i novi album | work=Slobodna Dalmacija |language=hr | date= 7 August 2021 | access-date= 3 April 2022}}</ref> Pisarović's major comeback concert with her mainstream repertoire was supposed to be held in 2020 but was rescheduled multiple times because of the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref>{{cite news | url=https://dnevnik.hr/showbuzz/clubzone/odgodjen-koncert-vesne-pisarovic-u-zagrebu---597123.html | title=Zbog koronavirusa i novonastale situacije odgođen je i koncert Vesne Pisarović u Domu sportova! | work=Dnevnik.hr |language=hr | date= 11 March 2020 | access-date= 3 April 2022}}</ref> In early 2022 the concert was confirmed to be held at the [[Dom Sportova]] in [[Zagreb]] on 29 April 2022.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.gloria.hr/gl/zivot/preporuke/veliki-povratak-vesne-pisarovic-napokon-koncert-u-domu-sportova-probudi-mi-ljubav-15178448 | title=Veliki povratak Vesne Pisarović: Napokon koncert u Domu Sportova | work=Gloria |language=hr | date= 1 April 2022 | access-date= 3 April 2022}}</ref> In May 2022, Pisarović released a remixed version of "Neka ljudi govore" with newly recorded vocals.<ref>{{cite news  | url=https://www.zadarskilist.hr/clanci/17052022/vesna-pisarovic-objavila-ovo-izdanje-pjesme-neka-ljudi-govore | title=Vesna Pisarović objavila ovo izdanje pjesme "Neka ljudi govore" | work=Zadarski list |language=hr | date= 17 May 2022| access-date= 21 May 2022}}</ref> In June 2024, Pisarović announced that the lead single from her upcoming ninth studio album will be released on 1 September 2024.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.index.hr/magazin/clanak/vesna-pisarovic-o-ovisnostima-svi-smo-nesto-probali/2574297.aspx | title=Vesna Pisarović o ovisnostima: Svi smo nešto probali | work=Index |language=hr | date= 16 June 2024| access-date= 12 July 2024}}</ref> A month later, in July 2024, [[Bravo! (Croatian radio station)|Bravo!]] announced her headlining concert at the [[Arena Zagreb]] on 26 April 2025.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.24sata.hr/show/vesna-pisarovic-najavila-je-prvi-koncert-u-zagrebackoj-areni-cak-mi-zvuci-i-malo-nestvarno-993649| title=Vesna Pisarović najavila je prvi koncert u zagrebačkoj Areni! | work=24Sata  |language=hr | date= 10 July 2024| access-date= 12 July 2024}}</ref>

==Discography==
{{Main|Vesna Pisarović discography}}
*''Da znaš'' (2000)
*''Za tebe stvorena'' (2001)
*''Kao da je vrijeme...'' (2002)
*''Pjesma mi je sve'' (2003)
*''Peti'' (2005)
*''[[With Suspicious Minds]]'' (2012)
*''[[Naša velika pjesmarica]]'' (2016)
*''[[Petit Standard]]'' (2019)
*''[[Poravna (album)|Poravna]]'' (2025)

==Awards and nominations==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Association
! Category
! Nominee / work
! Result
! class="unsortable" | {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
| 2018
| rowspan="1"| [[Porin (music award)|Porin]]
| Parlour Album of the Year
| ''[[Naša velika pjesmarica]]''
| {{nominated}}
| <ref name="porin2017">{{cite web|url=https://www.pdv.com.hr/hr/novosti/vesna-pisarovic-i-kozmodrum-nominirani-za-nagradu-porin|title=Vesna Pisarović i Kozmodrum nominirani za nagradu Porin|publisher= pdv.com.hr|date= 15 January 2018|language=hr|access-date=5 October 2019}}</ref>
|-
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{Allmusic|id=mn0003176603}}
*{{Discogs artist|Vesna Pisarović}}

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| before=[[Vanna (singer)|Vanna]]<br />with ''[[Strings of My Heart]]''
| title=[[Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest]]
| years=2002
| after=[[Claudia Beni]]<br />with ''[[Više nisam tvoja]]''
}}
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[[Category:1978 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:People from Brčko District]]
[[Category:Croats of Bosnia and Herzegovina]]
[[Category:21st-century Croatian women singers]]
[[Category:Croatian pop singers]]
[[Category:Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb alumni]]
[[Category:Eurovision Song Contest entrants]]
[[Category:Croatian people of German descent]]
[[Category:Bosnia and Herzegovina people of German descent]]