Jelena Rozga

At 46 years old, Jelena Rozga has this physical status:

Jelena Rozga (born 23 August 1977) is a Croatian pop musician.

Early life

Jelena Rozga was born on August 23, 1977, to mother Marija Rozga, a taylor in Jugoplastika, and father Antonio Rozga in Split, a town in Dalmatia, Croatia. Julija, Rozga's older sister, is the one who hasn't been seen. Rozga, a young and energetic girl, liked to dance and perform in her house. She insisted on becoming a ballet dancer and her parents took her to ballet lessons in the first grade of primary school when she was seven years old. She joined KUD Mozaik under Lepa Smoje, a well-known Croatian choreographer, who was under Lepa Smoje's tutee. She competed in various Yugoslav competitions as a ballet dancer. Rozga was invited to attend the opera house La Scala in Milan at the age of 13. She parents, who could not afford to move abroad, would not allow her to attend. Rozga first enrolled in high school in Split, and after deciding to pursue her passion for dancing, she auditioned to attend the Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb. Her dancing abilities were astonished by the commission's acceptance. She began performing in various localized productions of Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty, and The Nutcracker among others. Rozga later revealed that the ballet lessons she took as a child "shaped me as a woman [and] gave me order, dedication, and discipline in life."

During a live interview with Croatia's television channel Croatian Music Channel, Rozga revealed that even as a ballet dancer in her youth, she had a deep passion for performing and her aspiration for her career, and that, if she were to pursue a career in music, she would join Croatian pop band Magazin, whose lead singer Ljiljana Nikolovska inspired her. Rozga was also a huge fan of the band, whose songs she knew by heart. Rozga was given an award at a singing competition in 1992 for her performance of "Uvenut ru'marin" (English: The Rosemary Will Wither). In 1994, she appeared in Zvuci Jadrana (English: Sounds of the Adriatic), where she was lauded by Zlatna Gospa for her appearance in Magazin's "You Are the Desire of My Life" (English: You Are the Desire of My Life).

Personal life and activism

Rozga's personal life and her partner love affairs are little known about her. During interviews, she has often stated that she prefers to keep her private life private and prefers to concentrate more on her music than in interviews. Stjepan Hauser, the cellist of Croatian band 2Cellos, was Rozga's most public acquaintance. They met in 2015 and got engaged the next year. According to reports, the marriage came to an end after two years. Rozga was diagnosed with hyperthyroidism in 2006, causing her skin problems, excess fatigue, and weight loss. Rozga's illness is accompanied by hormone therapy on a daily basis. Rozga was diagnosed with tachycardia in 2018 and is receiving beta blockers. Rozga reported a stalker to the police in 2020, suing him for following her from August 2019 to September 2020. During interviews, Rozga has repeatedly stated that she never drinks alcohol and protects her skin by not showing it to the sun.

Rozga said it was a personal decision in an interview with T-portal in January 2017. She also expressed support for gender equality and the LGBT group in the same interview. Rozga appeared in Goran Bregovi's concert in Sarajevo, titled Saso Mange, in which funds were donated for the musical education of Roma members of the Roma Roma minority. In April 2017, she participated in Gelem, Gelem - World4Them, a roundtable debate in Zagreb, where the project's objectives were to include the Roma minority in the educational system and safeguarding their human rights. She appeared in Zagreb on March 21, 2016, as part of a World Down Syndrome Day performance.

Rozga has worked with a variety of Croatian and international fashion and cosmetic firms during her career. She began representing the French cosmetic brand Garnier in 9 countries throughout Eastern Europe starting in 2015. She worked with Sberbanke BH's credit department that same year, alongside Bosnian footballer Emir Spahi. She has also worked as an advertiser for Liu Jo, the Italian fashion company ELFS, and car manufacturer SEAT Hrvatska. Rozga has also worked with Max Factor in Croatia, Slovenia, Bosnia, and Herzegovina in 2020.

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Career

When Rozga was 18 years old, her mother, Danijela Martinovi, the group's lead singer at the time, contacted group leader Toni Hulji, informing him of her daughter's interest in auditioning for the organization. Hulji's mother gave her a snapshot of her daughter and home cassettes with audio recordings of her home performances. Even before hearing her sing, Hulji decided to hire Rozga based on how "powerful" and unusual her surname sounded. Rozga auditioned for five minutes in Split, including "Opusti se" (English: Relaxation) and "Zlato ljubavi" (English: My Dear Love). Toni Hulji was performing on "Aha" with his wife, Vjekoslava Hulji, shortly after she heard her sing. It was the first song Rozga had ever heard. Rozga stopped ballet school and embarked on her musical career in the company Magazin, which was subsequently. In 1996, she appeared on "Aha" on Dora, the Croatian song competition for Eurovision, where she came second. She appeared as a ballerina and gave a dance choreography for the show.

She signed a Tonika Records contract in August the same year, effectively replacing Danijela Martinovi as the country's lead singer. "Suze Biserne," the band's first song to perform at the 1996 Melodije hrvatskog Jadrana festival, was also recorded by the band. The song quickly became popular among fans of the band and the 1996 Melodije hrvatskog Jadrana festival was lauded as the year's most performed song. Magazin released their first album together with Rozga in 1996, as well as their twelfth overall studio album Nebo boje moje ljubavi. The album was a huge commercial success, receiving a gold medal in Croatia. It produced several hit songs, including "Suze Biserne," "Opijum" and "Minut' srca tvog," as well as "Nebo moje ljubavi" and "Samo navika," as well as "Samo navika." Magazin performed "Opijum" in 1997, finishing seventh in the United States. Several months after, the band appeared at the Melodijama Hrvatskog Jadrana (MHJ), where they performed the song "Ime mi spominje." Rozga, Da si ti ja's second studio album was released in 1998; it was a commercial success in former Yugoslavia, with the group receiving a platinum medal in Croatia and Slovenia. "Gutljaj vina," "Ginem," "Na sve," and "Idi ne budi ljude" were among the album's most popular singles, including "Gutljaj vina," "Ginem," "Woo sve" and "Idi budi ljude." However, music critics were still not raving over the songs' "easy" and simple lyrics.

Magazin performed "Kasno je" in 1999, and the MHJ '99 performed "Ako poludim" in Dora, as well as "Mega poludim" in that performance. Minus i plus, the band's third album with Rozga, was released in 2000 and included "Je l' nje," "Nemam snage da se pomirim" and "Ako poludim" as a result of commercially successful singles. At the 2000 Dora Festival, the band performed "Hrvatska rapsodija" from the album and then "Nemam se pomirim" at the Runjiev Festival. Several singles, including the eponymous song, "Ko me zove," were released on S druge mjeseca's fourth studio album. The last was performed at the MHJ's 02: "Ne vjerujem sebi, ne vjerujem sebi." The band appeared at the 2002 festival Zlatne Slavonije for the first time. The song "Hajde, kako" was also performed.

Paa was the last album Magazin published in Rozga. It featured hits like "Ne ti se," "Troi u ne blizu," "Kad bi bio blizu," "Da li ne volim," and "Slatko, ljuto, kiselo" and "Slatko, ljuto." The band performed "Kad bi bio blizu" at the 2003 Radijski festival and "Da li zna volim" at the Split Festival in support of the album. The band appeared at the Split Music Festival in 2004 with the song "Ne ti se" and performed at the Zlatne ice Slavonije festival with the song "esto." The band placed second in the Dominia 2005 with the biblical-themed song "Nazaret." Rozga left the band in 2006 after being the lead singer for ten years. Toni Hulji, the band's founder, continued to perform.

Rozga recorded and released her debut solo album Oprosti Mala in 2006; the album debuted at number one on the Croatian Albums Chart, with a commercial success. At the 2006 Dora national festival, she appeared on the album's title song starring Magazin. "Oprosti mala," "Ne znam dobro to mi je"), "Ja znam nam "to mi je," "Sve se meni da," "Ne znam dobro to je"), "Gospe moja," Oprosti Mala" and "Gospe moja" were among Oprosti Mala's six singles, including "Oprosti mala," "Ne znam dobro Rozga performed in the Dora national song festival with "Ne zovi me Marija", which came in 6th place. At the 2007 Split Festival, Rozga performed "Gospe moja," where the song also received the Grand Prix award.

Rozga described the change from Magazin to a solo career as a challenging and challenging period that caused a lot of anxiety and health issues during interviewing. When some of her first concerts were attended by small audiences, she confessed that she was unaware of all the roles and freedoms that a solo career would bring along. Hulji also revealed that the initial period of transition involved searching for the sounds that the audience aspires for of Rozga, and that finding her music took almost four years.

Rozga's career quickly progressed, particularly in 2008, where she was rewarded with the Grand Prix at the Split Music Festival for having the most popular song from the previous year's festival's version of "Gospe moja." Daj ta da, a girl from Croatia, has since released a single "Daj ta da" which has topped charts in Croatia and other neighboring countries. In 2009, the song was also voted for being the most played track from last year's festival edition. In 2008, two other singles, "Djevica" and "Oiljak," were among others released. Rozga performed on "Svega ima, al' bi jo" in the category of pop-folk music on Hrvatski Radijski Festival in 2009. Rozga performed with "Rodit ti ti sina" at the 2009 Split Festival, and she took the Grand Prix for the third year in a row (Rodit ti ni sina) in 2010. The year came to an end with the appearance of "Nevjeran do groba," a duet with Miligram and "Ostavit svitlo," a duet with Klapa Iskon.

In May 2010, she collaborated with eljko Samardi on the song "Ima nade" and the accompanying music video was shot in Split by eljko Petres. "Biuterija" became Croatia's most played song of the summer and a number one single in both Croatia and the whole Balkans in 2010. The song is considered a turning point in her career, as it gained a lot of a following. The song's audio and official music video for the song have more than 35 million views on YouTube as of 2020. Rozga's second studio album Biuterija sold over 15,000 copies within a month of its debut in 2011, gaining a Gold medal from the Croatian Phonographic Association. "Karantena," "Ona ili ja," and "Rodit ti 'er sina" were among the album's hit singles, including the album's title tune "Rodit 'er sina." Rozga began the Bizga Tour in all major cities in Croatia, starting with a concert held in Zadar on October 27th. In her hometown of Split, Rozga became the first female artist to sell all the tickets at the Spaladium Arena (with a capacity of over 12,000) on Tuesday 11 February 2011. She appeared at the Cibona hall in Zagreb several months later during another sold-out performance.

At the 18th ceremony that year, Rozga received a Porin award (Croatia's equivalent of the Grammys) in the category Hit of the Year. The award caused controversies because it gained the most votes by the audience, but many Croatian musicians and commentators dismissed it. She worked with the rap group Connection on the album "Dalmatinka," which was a summer hit. She appeared on "Razma" at the Split Festival in 2011 and took home another grand prix for receiving the most votes from the audience in the summer. Rozga dressed as a bride and elope from her wedding after a brief chat with a priest, according to her official YouTube channel, as of 2021, it has more than 16 million views. She released her double-CD Best of compilation by the end of 2011. The album's first disc features the best hits of her solo career and her second disc, her best hits in the years with Magazin (1996–2006). Rozga's first solo performance at the Sava Center in Belgrade in November, and the band Bajaga i instruktori's live 2011 tour took place in Croatia's capital.

Rozga, along with a music video directed by Darko Drinovac on March 3, 2012, released "Zanemari" on March 3, 2012. She performed "Solo igra" at the 2012 Split Festival, which earned her the Srebrni galeb award i.e. Audience choice ranked second in the second place. Rozga's summer song "Dobitna kombinacija" was also released by the actress. She produced music videos for both singles and singles in Sarajevo under the direction of GOTIVA Sarajevo. The music video, which was released on September 27, 2012, combined all songs into one, resulting in the creation of a short film with an overarching theme. Rozga became Croatia's first singer and neighboring countries to attempt such a feat. Rozga released "Nirvana" on March 26, 2013, as well as a accompanying music video that saw her perform a choreography supported by two male dancers. The band, which attracted a lot of media and newspaper coverage, has had a huge success in all former Yugoslav countries. The music video for the song is Rozga's second most watched on Rozga's YouTube channel as of 2021, with 36.5 million views. "Obovamp" was released in the summer, and "Cirkus" was released in November, 2013. The songs reached their highest positions on the Croatian Singles Chart at number 5 and 2, respectively.

Rozga launched "Prsti zaplete" in collaboration with I. Brnas and Pero Kozomara, as a result of Klapa Ri in the beginning of 2014. Rozga's "Okus mentola" became a hit single on March 14, 2014, and the singer's YouTube channel has over 25 million views as of 2020. She released the song "ivot je udo," written by the pair Hulji, as well as a music video directed by Darko Radusin, the same summer. On the soundtrack of the famous television show Kud puklo da puklo, the song "Odo' ja" was released on November 6, 2014. Rozga released "Tsunami," a single that became one of her biggest hits in a matter of time, on December 9, 2014. The song was watched more than 400,000 times on YouTube within 24 hours of its unveiling, becoming the most watched video by the singer in a day. The song has over 47 million views on YouTube, making it Rozga's most watched video on the website as of 2021. "Kraljica" and "Otrov" were released on June 21 and November 27 on November 21, respectively. Rozga released "Udajem se" as a single on February 16, 2016, following a short absence from new music. The song "Nasljednik" was released as a summer single on July 15, 2016. This was followed by the unveiling of the ballad "Pismo-Glava" on December 8, 2016, and the turbo folk album "Moderna" on December 16, 2016, as well as accompanying music videos directed by Darko Drinovac and Dario Radusin respectively.

Rozga's third studio album Moderna ena was released on Croatia Records on December 16, 2016, six years since the debut of her previous album. The album was released in a dual-disc format: the first disc contained 6 new songs and five previously released singles, and the second disc contained her older songs from 2011 to 2014. Moderna Ena's debut in the first week of its debut, and it remained at the top of the Croatian Albums Chart for 11 weeks and 17 weeks after its introduction. The album was awarded a gold medal and sold over 5,000 copies just three months after it was released. In 2017, the album became Croatia's best-selling record of the year. At the 2017 Porin Awards, it was named for the Best Pop Album. The 2017 Porin Awards were announced on March 17, 2017. Through Dallas Records on December 16, 2016, the song "Prava Koke" for the musical Matilda's soundtrack was released.

On March 16, 2017, Sazo Lazi s song "ileti" was released as the third single from the album and arranged by Aca Krsmanovi. Around 210,000 views in one day and more than 600,000 views in a week. Rozga's last single from the album, "Ne pijem, ne puim," was released on April 11, 2017, as well as a music video directed by Dario Radusin and inspired by Robert Palmer's "Addicted to Love." Two new songs were released in June and July, along with Robert Pilepi's "Rodjena sam," written by Robert Pilepi and arranged by Pero Kozomara, and the turbo-infused "Svjetla neona," written by the Hulji pair in July. Rozga performed "Prsten na sto" at the Lisinski theater on November 13, 2017, together with Montenegrin singer Sergej etkovi.

Following a tour in Australia, Rozga released "Najbolji dan," written by Toni and Vjekoslava Hulji, as well as a music video directed by Sandra Mihaljevi on March 27th. Rozga appeared on Narodni radio on May 29, 2018 where she appeared on "Opijum" and "S druge strane mjeseca" as a result of more than 18 million times as of 2022. Rozga's first single, "Uzmem koliko mi da" written by the pair Hulji, and a music video shot in Istria by Dario Radusin appeared on July 20th, the same year.

Rozga released another song named "Ostani" written by Serbian singer-songwriter Emina Jahovi and produced by Macedonian producer Darko Dimitrov in September. Due to a change in the singer's image and sound, the album and its accompanying music video gained a lot of media attention. The song received 350,000 views in the first 24 hours of its unveiling, becoming the second most watched music video by the singer within the first day after "Tsunami" had 400,000 views in a day. Rozga unveiled a ballad titled "Moje Prolje" written by Jahovi and produced by Darko Dimitrov on January 29, 2019. The artist appeared on the same day at the 2019 Music Awards Ceremony (MAC) show in Belgrade that she attended. The song's music video, starring an emotional Rozga singing the song and wandering in a snowy forest supervised by Dario Radusin, was released the same day. In a week, it had 2 million views on YouTube and received a lot of applause from her fanbase.

Rozga performed on "Sveto Pismo" on January 28, 2020, which she also appeared at the 2020 MAC Awards Show. Toni and Vjekoslava Hulji composed the song, and Darko Dimitrov and Serbian singer eljko Joksimovi orchestrated the performance. Rozga on the Macedonian Golden Ladybug of Popularity awards show, where she received the award for Most Popular Regional Singer of the Month. "Sveto Pismo" and a medley of "Cirkus," "Ne pijem, ne pu"," and "Dani su bez broja" were also on the program. Rozga performed seven weekly mini live concerts on Instagram Live and YouTube, beginning on April 12th, 2020, and concluding on May 17th, 2020, when she performed acoustic covers of her songs from her living room.

Rozga revealed in late 2019 that she was working on an acoustic album that would feature 17 acoustic reworks of her songs on magazin. The album was inspired by her acoustic coverage on narodni Radio's live event. The album was supposed to be released sometime in 2020, but Rozga revealed that its release will be postponed until 2021 because she scrapped the project and started from scratch. Rozga presented a cover of Croatian singer Ilan Kabiljo's "Kad nema ljubavi" as part of the series New Sound of the 90s on November 12, 2020. At the 2020 Golden Studio Awards, she appeared onstage as part of a medley with "Sveto pismo" and a cover of Oliver Dragojevi's "Najibi oni te gubi" earlier this year. Rozga appeared on Narodni radio's Christmas Living Room on December 7, 2020, where she provided an acoustic interpretation of Petar Grao's "Fritula." Rozga appeared on the 9th anniversary of the HEP Opskrba on December 8, 2020, where she had an interview and performed acoustic versions of five songs. Rozga hosted an online live concert on Instagram on December 25th, accompanied by Milan Terze and Karlo Dotur on guitar.

Rozga's collaboration on "Suze Biserne" with Toni Hulji and Madre Badessa band on April 16th, 2021, Croatia Records, as a commemoration of 25 years of playing in the music industry. Hulji planned and revealed that a proposal for a music video for the rework exists. At the 2021 MAC Awards show, Rozga performed a medley of Nata Bekvalac's songs and rearranged versions of "Cirkus" and "Minut' srca tvog." Rozga was on tour in numerous cities in Croatia, Serbia, North Macedonia, and Slovenia during the summer of 2021. "Ti i Ja," a Rozga and Samati joint effort on Rozga and Saa Mati's studio album Dva ivota, was released on December 15, 2021, as well as an accompanying music video. Rozga appeared on the Ami G show in Belgrade on January 18, 2022, where she spoke about several of her hit songs, performed several of her hit songs, and performed a duet with Mati. Rozga appeared at narodni Living Room acoustic on May 19th, 2022, "Ne pijem," "Solo igra" and "Ginem" as a result of her medley "Ne moje ne puim" and "Ginem" was performed by her husband. She did a brief interview during which she revealed a concert at the Fusion World Music Festival on July 20,2022 and one at the Zagreb Arena on December 172022, the first one on her regional tour, named the Rozga Tour. The tour will visit other major cities in the area, including Split, Belgrade, Skopje, Sarajevo, Sarajevo, and Ljubljana.

Rozga announced on September 15, 2022, that Minut Srca Mog would be the title of the acoustic album, referring to her 1996 eponymous single. Matija Cvek and Sr. Sekulovi's first acoustic cover of the song "Zar je ljubav spala na to" was released on the same day as a music video. The single was a hit on the HR Top 40, the country's airplay chart, where it reached the top 40 for the week ending 29 August 2022. During an interview, the singer admitted that only the opening song with Cvek was rearranged musically, while the majority of the album songs were performed and performed live with the addition of strings, French harmonicas, and Mediterranean mandolins. "Grizem," a song from Rozga's second studio album Bizga (2011), was released as the album's second single on the album on October 21, 2022, as well as a vids video directed by Dario Radusin.

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