Manu (singer)
ManuElla | |
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 ManuElla in 2016 | |
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| Birth name | Manuella Brečko[1] |
| Born | 31 January 1989 Celje, SR Slovenia, SFR Yugoslavia |
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| Years active | 2011–present |
| Labels | RockatownMusicGroup |
| Website | https://www.manuellaofficial.com |
Manuella Brečko (born 31 January 1989), better known as ManuElla, is a Slovenian singer, songwriter and music producer. She represented Slovenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 with the song "Blue and Red.[2]
Life and career
Manuella was born in Celje, present day Slovenia. At the age of 6, she started to play accordion. When she was 9, she started to play piano and with the age of 12, she started to play bass-guitar and formed a band, with whom she began to perform at different events for six years. At the age of 16, she performed on the National television in the second season of Bitke talentov. In 2011 she competed in Misija Evrovizija and placed in the Semi-final.
In 2012, Brechko graduated from music production at the University of Electrical Engineering, Ljubljana.
On 5 January 2016, she was announced as one of the ten competing artists in EMA 2016, with the song "Blue and Red".[3] In the final, held on 27 February, she was declared the winner.[2]
Brechko represented Slovenia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 performing during the second semi-final held on May 12, 2016 in Stockholm, Sweden.
In December 2016 she moved to Stockholm, as one of the most influential music countries in the world, to forge an international career
Discography
Singles
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album |
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| "Il futuro" | 2013 | — | |
| "V tvojem ognju (Inferno)" | — | ||
| "Zadnji ples" | — | ||
| "Barve" | — | ||
| "Silent Night" | 2014 | — | |
| "Blue and Red" | 2016 | 1 | |
| "Salvation" | 2017 | — | |
| "The Sound" | 2018 | ||
| "—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released. | |||
References
- ^ http://www.rtvslo.si/misijaevrovizija/izkaznica/id/33
- ^ a b "It's ManuElla for Slovenia!". eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. 27 February 2016. Retrieved 27 February 2016.
- ^ "Znana imena nastopajočih na izboru EMA 2016" (in Slovenian). RTVSLO. 5 January 2016. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
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