Milan Stanković

Milan Stanković
Milan Stanković in Oslo
Background information
Birth name	Milan Stanković
Also known as	Miki, Plavi čuperak
Born	(1987-09-09) September 9, 1987 Obrenovac, Yugoslavia
Origin	Serbia
Genres	Pop, Folk
Occupation	Singer
Years active	2007–present
Labels	Grand Production

Milan Stanković (Serbian Cyrillic: Милан Станковић, born in Obrenovac, September 9th, 1987) is a Serbian pop-folk singer. Milan started his career in 2007, by taking part in "Zvezde Granda" (a televised singing contest), where he finished in 4th place and became the favourite of the audience (SMS votes put him in the first place in 12 out of 14 contest shows). He made it to the finale and attracted significant media attention. In the same year, his singles appeared on the Zvezde Granda compilation CD (circulation of 100,000 copies).

In May 2009, Milan released his debut album, Solo, which inlcuded 9 tracks (Solo, Face, Nepristojna ponuda, Nepopravljivo, Još uvek, Hajde vodi me sa sobom, Ja ću da ti čuvam leđa, Opet će se rode vratiti, Ovo je priča o nama).

Eurovision 2010

Milan competed in Tri Pa Jedan Za Oslo, the serbian national final for Eurovision Song Contest 2010. He won the competition and represented Serbia with the song "Ovo je Balkan" (This is the Balkans), a song written by the famous Serbian composer Goran Bregović. The lyrics of "Ovo Je Balkan" were penned by Marina Tucaković & Ljiljana Jorgovanović. The Spanish version entitled Balkañeros (English: Cool Balkans) was released on April 11th 2010. Serbia sends Milan Stanković to the Eurovision Song Contest. Milan appeared 7th on the eurovision stage in the 1st semi final in May, 10th 2011. He made it to final and he appeared on the 8th place. Milan finished in the 13th place with 72 points.

Career

After Eurovision, Milan returned to Serbia, where he was rumored to have come into conflict with Sasa Popovic (the director of his record label, Grand Production). Milan disappeared from the music scene. More than a year later, Milan made his come-back with the release of his song "PERJE" on June, 1rst 2011 (Milan was the composer). In October 2011, Milan said that he resolved his dispute with Grand Production and cancelled his contract with the label.

On October 27th 2011, Milan announced his European Tour. The first stop: JIL CLUB in Zurich, Switzerland. On the 24th of February 2012, Milan released his new song "MAMA" which, according to Milan, was a dedication to his mother, Milena. The composers of "MAMA" were N. Arezina, M. Peruncic, M. Stankovic. The lyrics were written by V. Bilanovic and the arrangement was by Atelje Trag. Two years later, Milan prepared a surprise for his fans, the "Krasivas". On his birthday, September 9th 2013, Milan released the official music video for his new song "Od Mene Se Odvikavaj". Milan and Marina Tucaković (one of the songwriters of Ovo Je Balkan) colaborated one more time for Od Mene Se Odvikavaj. The music and the arrangement was by Damir Handanovic. For the video, Milan was the director and the srylist. Earlier that year, Milan and Radmila Manojlović broke up. According to rumours, Milan sang this song for his former girlfriend. As Milan said in one of his interviews, he didn't sing Od Mene Se Odvikavaj for Radmila and that Marina was the one who wrote the lyrics. He also said that "Od Mene Se Odvikavaj" is a song for those who truly loved. On April, 16th 2014, Milan competed in "Pink Music Festival" with his new song, "Luda Ženo" (=Crazy Woman). He appeared in the 19th place and he left the contest with 2 prizes. Again, Marina Tucaković wrote the lyrics. The music and the arrangement was by Damir Handanovic.

Discography

Albums

• Solo (2009)

Singles

• Ovo je Balkan (2010)
• Balkañeros (2010)
• PERJE (2011)
• MAMA (2012)
• Od Mene Se Odvikavaj (2013)
• Luda Ženo (2014)