Luka Nižetić
Luka Nižetić (born 12 August 1983) is a Croatian singer. His debut album Premijera was recorded in 2006. He is best known for his hits "Ponekad poželim" ("Sometimes I wish") and "Proljeće" ("Springtime").
Luka Nižetić | |
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| Born | 12 August 1983 Split, SR Croatia, Yugoslavia |
| Genres | Pop, rock |
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| Years active | 2001–present |
| Labels | Menart Records |
Biography
Luka Nižetić was born in Split, Croatia, as the second child of Tamara and Milo Nižetić. Together with his sister Petra, he grew up in Mertojak, part of Split. His parents noticed Luka's great interest in music at a young age. Consequently, they sent him to nuns for his early music education. A nun, called Cecilia, taught Luka to play the piano. When he was about 11 years old, music professor Mišo Linić started giving Luka lessons in singing and gave him basic knowledge in composing. The opera diva Sanja Erceg–Vrekalo taught him in singing technique. When Luka was about seventeen years old, he composed his first song "Ludi grad" (Oh Crazy Town). The composer Zdenko Runjić included this song in his music festival MHJ 2001. To everybody's surprise, the young singer won three Silver Seagulls as 2nd prize by the expert jury.
2004 was a stellar year for Nižetić. He signed a contract with Menart Records, and published his first album Premijera which included the singles "Ne krivi me" (Don't Blame Me), "Tebi pjevam" (I'm singing to you), "Ponekad poželim" (Sometimes I wish), "Proljeće" (Springtime) and "Meni trebaš ti" (I need you). After his second performance in the song competition Dora in 2005, where he presented his own song "Proljeće" (Springtime), Luka Nižetić became a well known music personality in Croatia. There followed his nomination for the discographic prize Porin (Croatian equivalent of Grammy) in the category [debutant of the year] as well as a performance in Osijek. Later, Luka reached success in the Croatian Radio Festival in 2006 singing together with Lana Jurčević the hit song "Prava ljubav" (True love); it soon reached the top of almost all Croatian music lists.
In Light Music Festival, Split 2006, he presented the song "More" (The Sea) for which he won the Golden Sail. After the first final evening of the festival, the audience placed him first and in the superfinale, the audience placed him third overall.
On February 16, 2019, Nižetić took part in Dora 2019, the Croatian preselection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2019, with the song “Brutalero”, written by Branimir Mihaljević.[1] He performed eighth and finished third with 13 out of 24 available points, placing behind winner Roko Blažević and runner-up Lorena Bućan.[2]
Discography
Albums
- Premijera (2005)
- Slobodno dišem (2007)
- Na tren i zavijek (2008)
- Kad zasvira... (2012)
- Ljubav je mukte (2018)
Singles
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album |
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| "Ne krivi me" | 2004 | — | Premijera |
| "Tebi pjevam" | — | ||
| "Ponekad poželim" | — | ||
| "Proljeće" | 2005 | — | |
| "Meni trebaš ti" | — | Non-album single | |
| "Prava ljubav" (with Lana Jurčević) | 2006 | — | Slobodno dišem |
| "More" | — | ||
| "Pusti me u san" | 2007 | — | |
| "Samo mi reci da" | — | ||
| "Na tren i zauvijek" | 2008 | — | Na tren i zauvijek |
| "Ako uzmeš ljubav vrati" | — | ||
| "Di si ti Mare" | — | ||
| "Zapleši sa mnom" | 2009 | — | |
| "Za loše vijesti nemamo vremena" | — | ||
| "Otkad ljubim te" | 2010 | — | Non-album single |
| "Tamo gdje me srce vuče" | 2011 | — | Kad zasvira... |
| "Kad zasvira orkestar" | — | ||
| "Jugo" | 2012 | 21 | |
| "Nisu godine" | — | ||
| "U snovima" | 2013 | 3 | |
| "Vječno" | 7 | Ljubav je mukte | |
| "Upomoć" | 2014 | 32 | |
| "Od najgorih najbolji" (with Lana Jurčević) | 2015 | 13 | |
| "Amsterdam" | 8 | ||
| "Mate Misho" | 18 | ||
| "Ljubav je mukte" | 2016 | 18 | |
| "Malo fjaka, malo party" | 25 | ||
| "Kad tuga umiri proljeće" (with Tamburaši za dušu) | 27 | ||
| "Ne ne ne da da da" | 2017 | 11 | |
| "Lagano" | 21 | ||
| "Voli me kao kiša" | 9 | ||
| "Radim što želim" | 2018 | 25 | Non-album singles |
| "Brutalero" | 2019 | 11 | |
| "Ludilo brale" (with Rene Bitorajac & Miroslav Škoro) | 5 | ||
| "Život je let" | 2020 | 11 | |
| "Ae" (with Klapa Kampanel) | 4 | ||
| "Ka more je život" | 11 | ||
Filmography
- Zvjezdice - since 2014.
References
- Farren, Neil (17 January 2019). "Croatia: Dora 2019 Participants Revealed". eurovoix. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
- Herbert, Emily (20 February 2019). "Croatia: Full Dora 2019 Televoting Results Revealed". eurovoix. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
- Peak positions in Croatia:
- For "U snovima": "HR TOP 40 Week 8 2013" (PDF) (in Croatian). ihg.hr. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 July 2017. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
- For "Jugo": "HR TOP 40 Week 11 2013" (PDF) (in Croatian). ihg.hr. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 July 2017. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
- For "Vječno": "HR TOP 40 Week 22 2013" (PDF) (in Croatian). ihg.hr. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 July 2017. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
- For "Upomoć": "HR TOP 40 Week 30 2014" (PDF) (in Croatian). ihg.hr. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 July 2017. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
- For "Od najgorih najbolji": "HR TOP 40 Week 17 2015" (PDF) (in Croatian). ihg.hr. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 September 2016. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
- For "Amsterdam": "HR TOP 40 Week 30 2015" (in Croatian). top-lista. Archived from the original on 16 April 2016. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
- For "Mate Misho": "HR TOP 40 Week 56 2015" (in Croatian). top-lista. Archived from the original on 16 April 2016. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
- For "Ljubav je mukte": "HR TOP 40 Week 14 2016" (in Croatian). top-lista. Archived from the original on 14 April 2016. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
- For "Malo fjaka malo party": "HR TOP 40 Week 28 2016" (in Croatian). top-lista. Archived from the original on 15 August 2016. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
- For "Kad tuga umiri proljeće": "HR TOP 40 Week 50 2016" (in Croatian). top-lista. Archived from the original on 28 April 2017. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
- For "Ne ne ne da da da": "HR TOP 40 Week 14 2017" (in Croatian). top-lista. Archived from the original on 8 April 2017. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
- For "Lagano": "HR TOP 40 Week 23 2017" (in Croatian). top-lista. Archived from the original on 21 June 2017. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
- For "Voli me kao kiša": "HR TOP 40 Week 43 2017" (in Croatian). top-lista. Archived from the original on 21 June 2017. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
- For "Radim što želim": "HR TOP 40 Week 26 2018" (in Croatian). top-lista. Archived from the original on 5 July 2018. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
- For "Brutalero": "HR TOP 40 Week 9 2019" (in Croatian). top-lista. Archived from the original on 6 March 2019. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
- For "Ludilo brale": "HR TOP 40 Week 32 2019" (in Croatian). top-lista. Archived from the original on 7 August 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
- For "Život je let": "HR TOP 40 Week 13 2020" (in Croatian). top-lista. Archived from the original on 21 October 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
- For "Ae": "HR TOP 40 Week 23 2020" (in Croatian). top-lista. Archived from the original on 29 September 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
- For "Ka more je život": "HR TOP 40 Week 50 2020" (in Croatian). top-lista. Archived from the original on 28 December 2020. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
- "Luka Nižetić". menart.hr (in Croatian). Menart Records. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
External links
- Official website (in Croatian)
- Official blog (in Croatian)
| Preceded by Zrinka Cvitešić & Nicolas Quesnoit |
Ples sa zvijezdama winner Season 2 (2007 with Mirjana Žutić) |
Succeeded by Mario Valentić & Ana Herceg |
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