Jelena Karleuša

Jelena Karleuša Tošić ( Serbian: Јелена Карлеуша Тошић; born 17 August 1978), professionally known under her maiden name  Jelena Karleuša and initials  JK, is a  Serbian  pop  singer, and former  columnist. She rose to fame with her debut  turbo-folk album  Ogledalce (1995), and has since been a popular Serbian female singer. She is married to football player  Duško Tošić, with whom she has two daughters. ==Early and personal life[edit] ==

Jelena Karleuša was born on 17 August 1978 to Serbian father Dragan, a senior police officer, and a of mixed Slovene and Serbian ethnicity mother Divna. Her maternal grandfather was from Ptuj, Slovenia and her maternal grandmother from Doboj, Bosnia. She was born and raised in Fontana, Novi Beograd, Belgrade, Yugoslavia (in modern-day Serbia), but did not finish college. In 2004, Karleuša married Bojan Karić, the son of Serbian businessman Sreten Karić. They divorced after two months.

In 2008, Karleuša married Serbian football player Duško Tošić, who plays for Red Star Belgrade. On 7 September 2008, she gave birth to their first daughter, Atina, named after the Greekgoddess Athena. Their second daughter, Nika, was born on 7 September 2009, and named after the Greek goddess of victory Nika. ==Musical career[edit] ==

She began her singing career as a turbo folk singer in the mid-90s and gained popularity with her debut album, Ogledalce (Mirror, 1995), selling more than 100,000 copies in Serbia and Montenegro. Later, she started singing pop music exclusively. She has since had several #1 hits, most of which were written by Marina Tucaković. Jelena has released nine studio albums, which charted in Serbia, Montenegro and neighboring countries such as Croatia, Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria and Greece. Her biggest hits are: "Ženite se momci" (Get Married Boys), "Ko ovu dramu režira" (Who Is Directing This Drama?), "Zovem se Jelena" (I Am Called Jelena), "Gili, gili" (Tickle, Tickle), "Ludača" (Crazy Woman), "Nije ona, nego ja" (It's Not Her, It's Me), "Još te volim" (I Still Love You), "Manijak" (Maniac), "Samo za tvoje oči" (For Your Eyes Only), "Moj dragi" (My Dear), "Slatka mala" (Sweet Girl), "Ide maca oko tebe" (The Kitty Walks Around You), "Nisi u pravu" (You're Not Correct), "Casino", "Tihi ubica" (Silent Killer), "Testament" (Will), "Jedna noć i kajanje" (One Night and Regret), "Baš je dobro biti ja" (It's Really Good Being Me), "Ko ti to baje" (Who Is Charming You), "Insomnia", "Muškarac koji mrzi žene" (A Man Who Hates Women), "Nova religija" (New Religion), "Krimi rad" (Criminal Work, featuring Teča), "So" (Salt, featuring Nesh), "Sodoma & Gomora" (Sodom and Gomorrah), "Pucaj u ljubav (Ne vredi)" (Shoot in the Love (Not Worth It)) and "Savršen zločin" (Perfect Crime).

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:1.5em;">Karleuša's single, "Insomnia", featuring Mirza Hamzić, (a copy of the Indian song "Dance Pe Chance") was downloaded 1.5 million times from her website, just a day after its official premiere on the final night of the reality show Big Brother. "Insomnia" became the third most viewed video on YouTube, with over 4 million viewers for two weeks. Karleuša's second single, "Muškarac koji mrzi žene" (A Man Who Hates Women), was released on 4 January 2011. Her third single "Nova religija (Plava Šeherezada)" (New Religion (Blonde Scheherazade)) was premiered on 26 June 2011. During the performance she belly danced and painted herself in light brown color.

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:1.5em;">After released album Diva Jelena Karleuša is on 16 April 2013 appeared as a guest at the song Ferrari with Teča and Nesh. ==Other activities<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;">[edit] ==

<p style="line-height:1.5em;">In 2006, Karleuša launched her own fashion brand, named JK Wear. The collection included dresses and other accessories. In 2010, she was guest star on the reality show Big Brother All Stars VP for two days. The same year, it was rumoured Karleuša would start her political career, as she openly supported the ideas of Zoran Đinđić and Čedomir Jovanović.

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:1.5em;">In 2010, Karleuša began writing her own column for the Serbian newspaper Kurir, in which she criticized and mentioned Serbian celebrities such as politicians Boris Tadić, Čedomir Jovanović and Ivica Dačić, and singers Lepa Brena andSvetlana Ražnatović. She stopped writing it in November 2010 as she was "afraid for her own security". Her column drew criticism, with some people stating she was just trying to draw attention. Jelena was giving public support to gays when she was on the cover of many ex-YU gossip magazines, and on the cover of Greek gossip magazine ΕΓΩ Weekly. Jelena's manager is Zoran Birtašević since 2007. ==Discography<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;">[edit] ==

==Awards and nominations<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;">[edit] ==
 * Studio albums
 * Ogledalce (1995)
 * Ženite se momci (1996)
 * Veštice, vile (1997)
 * Jelena Karleuša (1998)
 * Gili, gili (1999)
 * Ludača (2001)
 * Samo za tvoje oči (2002)
 * Magija (2005)
 * JK Revolution (2008)
 * Diva (2012)
 * Compilation albums
 * The Diamond Collection (2009)
 * As featured artist
 * Ferrari (released 16 April 2013) with Teča & Nesh
 * Krimi rad 2 (to be released September 2013) with Teča & Nesh
 * Videography
 * Ogledalce (1995)
 * Najbolja drugarice (1995)
 * Ženite se momci (1996)
 * Sad smo stranci postali (1996)
 * Preživeću (with Dejan Miličević) (1998)
 * Gili gili (1999)
 * Ludača (2001)
 * Samo za tvoje oči (2002)
 * Manijak (2003)
 * Slatka mala (2005)
 * Upravo ostavljena (2006)
 * Tihi ubica (2008)
 * Mani se (with Gale) (2009)
 * Insomnia (Dark version) (2010)
 * Insomnia (Light version) (2010)
 * Muškarac koji mrzi žene (2011)
 * Krimi rad (2012)
 * So (2012)
 * DVD
 * All about diva (2010)
 * Viva la Diva (2013)