Nika Turković

Nika Turković
Nika Turković
Born	7 June 1995; Zagreb, Croatia
Genres	Pop
Occupation(s)	singer
Instruments	Vocals, piano
Years active	2004–present

Nika Turković (born 7 June 1995 in Zagreb, Croatia) is a Croatian singer. She is best known for representing Croatia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2004 with the song "Hej mali". She placed third.[1]

Biography

Turković was born on 7 June 1995 in Zagreb, the capital of Croatia. Her mother Gordana Turković, is a dentist, and her father Petar Turković, is a psychologist and also technical director of the Croatian nanbudo federation and Founder of the "Gradec" Nanbudo Club of Zagreb, the first nanbudo club to be organised in Croatia in 1978.[2] She also lives with her sister Kiara and her maternal grandmother Biserka. She is fluent in English, Spanish, Italian, and Slovene in addition to her native Croatian.[3]

Career

In 2004, Turković was chosen to represent Croatia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2004 held in Lillehammer, Norway. She placed third in the competition.[1] In 2006, she released her debut album, titled Alien.[4] Her live performances include joining Dina Rizvić for some songs in the opening concert of the 2014 Labin Jazz Festival.[5]

Personal life

Turković is in a relationship with Croatian singer Matija Cvek.[6]

Discography

Albums

Alien (2006)

Singles

Title	Year	Peak chart positions	Album
Title	Year	CRO [7]	Album
"Hej mali"	2004	—	Alien
"U mraku"	2019	18	Non-album singles
"Raj"	2020	—
"Gledaj me"		30
"Boje"		—

References

"Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2004".
"NBDK Gradec", Croatian Nanbudo Federation. Retrieved 2 August 2014 (in Croatian).
Nika Turković singing "Il mondo que vorrei" in French, Italian and Spanish at the 15th state competition.
Nika Turković singing "Alien" with Tony Cetinski
"Labin Jazz Festival: Dina Rizvić oduševila", Glas Istre, 4 July 2014 (in Croatian)
"Matija Cvek: Njena je zadnja riječ". Story (in Croatian). 11 November 2018. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
Peak positions in Croatia:
- For "U mraku": "HR TOP 40 Week 41 2019" (in Croatian). toplista. Archived from the original on 14 October 2019. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
- For "Gledaj me": "HR TOP 40 Week 28 2020" (in Croatian). toplista. Archived from the original on 13 August 2020. Retrieved 14 November 2020.

Preceded by Dino Jelusić with "Ti si moja prva ljubav"	Croatia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2004	Succeeded by Lorena Jelusić with "Rock Baby"

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[JESC-1] "Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2004".

[2] "NBDK Gradec", Croatian Nanbudo Federation. Retrieved 2 August 2014 (in Croatian).

[3] Nika Turković singing "Il mondo que vorrei" in French, Italian and Spanish at the 15th state competition.

[4] Nika Turković singing "Alien" with Tony Cetinski

[5] "Labin Jazz Festival: Dina Rizvić oduševila", Glas Istre, 4 July 2014 (in Croatian)

[6] "Matija Cvek: Njena je zadnja riječ". Story (in Croatian). 11 November 2018. Retrieved 23 May 2019.

[CRO-7] Peak positions in Croatia:
For "U mraku": "HR TOP 40 Week 41 2019" (in Croatian). toplista. Archived from the original on 14 October 2019. Retrieved 14 October 2019.

For "Gledaj me": "HR TOP 40 Week 28 2020" (in Croatian). toplista. Archived from the original on 13 August 2020. Retrieved 14 November 2020.

[8] For "U mraku": "HR TOP 40 Week 41 2019" (in Croatian). toplista. Archived from the original on 14 October 2019. Retrieved 14 October 2019.

[9] For "Gledaj me": "HR TOP 40 Week 28 2020" (in Croatian). toplista. Archived from the original on 13 August 2020. Retrieved 14 November 2020.