|
===[[Druids: Animalkin]]===
{{not verified|biographical article|date=March 2007}}
{{REMOVE THIS TEMPLATE WHEN CLOSING THIS AfD|}}
:{{la|Druids: Animalkin}} – <includeonly>([[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Druids: Animalkin|View AfD]])</includeonly><noinclude>([[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2007 July 2#{{anchorencode:Druids: Animalkin}}|View log]])</noinclude>
{{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject Musicians -->
No references cited, can't find any hint that this game even exists. Probable hoax. [[User:Tim!|Tim!]] 18:32, 2 July 2007 (UTC)
| Name = Svetlana Ražnatović
| Img = Ceca2006.PNG
| Img_capt =
| Img_size =
| Landscape =
| Background = solo_singer
| Birth_name = Svetlana Veličković
| Alias = Ceca
| Born = [[June 14]], [[1973]]
| Died =
| Origin = <small>{{flagicon|Serbia}} [[Žitorađa]], [[Serbia]], then [[Yugoslavia]]</small>
| Genre = [[Turbo-folk]], [[Pop music|Pop]]
| Occupation = singer
| Years_active = [[1988]]-present
| Label =
| Associated_acts =
| URL = [http://www.ceca-online.com/cms/ ceca-online.com]
}}
*'''Strong Delete:''' as hoax. The only Google hits for this game ''or'' the alleged company that made it is this article. [[User:RGTraynor|'''<span style="background:Blue;color:Cyan"> RGTraynor </span>''']] 19:53, 2 July 2007 (UTC)
'''Svetlana 'Ceca' Ražnatović''', née '''Veličković''', also known as '''Ceca''' ([[Serbian language|Serbian]] [[Cyrillic]]: Светлана Цеца Ражнатовић, born on [[June 14]], [[1973]], in [[Prokuplje]], [[Yugoslavia]], now [[Serbia]]) is a very popular and successful singer from the [[Balkans]].
She is one of the highest paid artists in the [[Balkan]] music industry. She began her career as a [[folk]] and [[turbo folk]] singer but has evolved into a style that resembles [[Music of Serbia|Serbian]] modern folk-pop-dance music, mostly a mixture of [[Eastern European]], [[Latin]] and [[Oriental]] styles. She is also popular among the [[expatriate]] [[Balkan]] population living in [[Western Europe]].
== Early career ==
Ceca began singing at the age of 9 in her hometown of [[Žitorađa]]. She gratuated from Veterinarian high school.
She entered showbusiness in [[1988]], at the age of 14, performing at the [[Ilidža]] Music Festival in [[Sarajevo]]. Her song ''Cvetak zanovetak'' (''Nagging flower'') received acclaim . Ceca was mentored by Dobrivoje Doca Ivanković, a composer and producer of folk music, who launched many careers in the [[1970s]] and [[1980s]] (most notably, [[Šaban Šaulić]]).
Her first two albums (''Cvetak zanovetak'' 1988, ''Ludo srce'' 1989) were made in Serbian folk music style with some songs having a more modern production (''Lepotan'', ''Volim te'').
''To Miki to'', her third album, was a major hit in the former [[Yugoslavia]]. With 350,000 copies sold, she became the best-selling artist of the [[Radio Television of Serbia|Belgrade TV]]'s record label PGP-RTB and third best-selling female folk artist in Yugoslavia. She continued in the same direction with her next album, ''Babaroga'' (1991) including a music video comprised of footage from her 18th birthday gala event (''Hej vršnjaci'').
== Success ==
[[Image:Ceca turbo-folk1.jpg|thumb|Ceca]]
[[Image:Ceca turbo-folk2.jpg|thumb|Ceca]]
She continued to work with Futa and Marina Tucaković and later with Tucaković's young [[protégé]] Aleksandar Milić Mili whom she continues to work with today. Her next three albums, ''Sta je to u tvojim venama/Kukavica'' (1993),''Ja još spavam u tvojoj majici'' (1994) and ''Fatalna ljubav'' (1995), which sported one of her biggest hits to date, ''Beograd'' (''Belgrade''), broadened her popularity. With a more modern production of music, music videos, and an evolving style, her popularity has grown, as demonstrated by her 1996 album ''Emotivna luda.'' ''Maskarada'',her 1997 album was moderately success . The song ''Nevaljala'' from that album became the number one hit in Serbia for 17 consecutive weeks which was a record for any Serbian song in 1997. Her recording schedule has since become erratic because of the birth of her two children, Anastasija and Veljko, and having to deal with family tragedy (see Controversies below). ''Maskarada'' (1997), ''Ceca 2000'' (1999), ''Decenija'' (2001), ''Gore od ljubavi'' (2004), ''Idealno loša'' (2006).
She has refused many contracts offered by various European musical companies citing lack of time. She has sold over 10 million copies, mainly in Balkan countries.
Ceca's popularity over the last 16 years has earned her the nickname "Queen of the Balkans."
==Nevaljala==
Ceca's 1997 hit song ''Nevaljala'' was the only song in the history of Serbian pop charts to rank number one for 17 consecutive weeks . This song was the cover song of her 1997 album Maskarada. The album sold close to 400,000 copies in the first two weeks of its release.
== Concerts ==
Ceca prefers concerts to tours presumably to avoid fatigue . Some of the more important ones are:
* 1993 - [[Tašmajdan Sports Centre|Tašmajdan]] stadium; 12,000 attendants (notable as her first big triumph . She sang her major hit at the time song Kukavica 7 times)
* 1994 - [[Pionir Hall|Hala Pionir]] 12,000 attendants
* 1995 - [[Pionir Hall|Hala Pionir]] 15,000 attendants
* June 2002 - [[Marakana]] stadium of the soccer team [[Crvena Zvezda]]; one of the biggest concerts till date in [[Serbia]], estimated 100,000 attendants
* 2002 - [[Borac Banja Luka|Borac]] stadium in [[Banja Luka]], [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]]; 30,000 attendants
* 2005 - [[Tivoli Hall]], [[Ljubljana]], [[Slovenia]]; 10,000 attendants
* 2005 - National football stadium in [[Skopje]], [[Republic of Macedonia|Macedonia]]; 45,000 attendants
* [[January 13]], [[2006]] - a free concert in [[Niš]] as a part of the Serbian Orthodox [[New Year]]'s celebration; est. 80,000 attendants (people also came from Macedonia, [[Bulgaria]], [[Montenegro]])
* [[June 17]], [[2006]] - [[Ušće (Belgrade) ]], [[Belgrade]]; over 150,000 attendants on this spectacular concert
* [[September 14]], [[2006]] - [[Vasil Levski National Stadium]], [[Sofia]], [[Bulgaria]]; estimated 15,000
attendants
* [[October 4]], [[2006]] - [[Jagodina]] ; 30,000 attendants
* [[January 13]], [[2007]] - Serbian Orthodox New Year's celebration in Belgrade, a day-long event organized by [[Democratic Party of Serbia|DSS]]-[[New Serbia|NS]] coalition, with performers such as [[Riblja čorba]], [[Negative]], [[Eyesburn]], [[Rambo Amadeus]], and Ceca as the marquee star, performing from 10:40pm until 12.05am in front of an estimated crowd of 350,000. Among many other public figures, present in the audience were the Serbian [[Prime Minister|PM]] [[Vojislav Koštunica]], Capital Investment Minister [[Velimir Ilić]], poet [[Matija Bećković]], [[Sanda Rašković-Ivić]].
===Bruka===
Ceca's other song which came close to breaking the 17 week number one spot was her 2001 hit ''Bruka'' which was number one on the [[FR Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]]n pop charts for 15 consecutive weeks. This song was part of her album ''Decenija'' released in 2001. The popularity of the song surged due to the fact that it was released in late November before the festive season and preceded many artists winter releases. The song was a hit and regained the number one spot at all major national musical charts at home and abroad. ''Bruka'' maintained its number one streak for 15 consecutive weeks. In [[Croatia]], the song was taken off the air after a 4-week run partly due to objections from several [[Croatian]] singers at that time who felt that a foreign song should not be competing for domestic charts. Nevertheless, ''Bruka'' continued to be a major hit among [[Croatian]] fans. In [[Bosnia and Herzegovina|Bosnia]], however, the song was well received. ''Bruka'' is considered by many Serbian music critics to be one of the biggest hits of 2001. The reason for its success, many music critics state, is partly due to the fact that the song was an amalgamation of [[Eastern European]] folk traditions which plays itself out to [[dance]] beats.
== Controversies and criticism ==
In 1995 Ceca married [[Arkan|Željko Ražnatović Arkan]], leader of the [[paramilitary]] forces ''[[Serbian Volunteer Guard|Arkan's Tigers]]'' and one of the most influential criminals in Belgrade in 90's. For some people in Serbia, Arkan was a hero, for others he was just a villain. His marriage to Ceca was celebrated on TV, in papers, and in estrada-circles as a "Serbian fairytale." Arkan was assassinated on [[January 15]], [[2000]] in Belgrade, Ceca was left together with their two children. Despite having been shot in the head, he was still alive but later died in her arms in the back of the car driving them to the ER. After 18 months of mourning, she made her first public appearance in a TV interview. " One part of me died that day...I will always love him, and only him, I'm sure of that...," she said. Ceca never allows anyone to talk badly about Arkan in her presence. To this day, she is officially single and has stated that she has not had any sex over the last seven years.
Ceca was arrested in March 2003, and detained for four months accused of helping the [[Zemun]] clan to assassinate Serbia's prime minister [[Zoran Đinđić]] and for illegal weapon possession. She was later cleared of all charges.
At the moment, she is being prosecuted for illegal financial transactions in her football club [[FK Obilic]].
She is accused by [[Dejan Milenković]] Bagzi on tryal for assassination of Zoran Đinđić that she was implicated in a plan to kidnapp Željko Mitrović (owner of [[RTV Pink]]). As a result Ceca is banned from TV Pink.{{Fact|date=April 2007}}
Ceca's popularity in [[Croatia]] and especially [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]] (Ceca is not aired on any major stations besides in the [[Republika Srpska]] entity), also caused certain controversies. She has been attacked by many Bosnian and Croatian public figures because of her involvement with Arkan and has even been called a war criminal herself. She has said in public that she loves and greets all of her fans, but that she will never perform in either [[Zagreb]] or [[Sarajevo]].
== Other activities ==
=== Acting ===
At the age of 17, Ceca was cast in the role of [[Koštana]], a beautiful gipsy singer and dancer, in [[Stojan Stojčić]]'s directorial effort of ''[[Nečista krv]]'' ( Impure blood ), a movie based on the works of Serbian playwright and novelist [[Borisav Stanković]]. Even though she had acted along [[Rade Šerbedžija]], [[Ljuba Tadić]] and so on, she felt that her role was unimportant and therefore asked for her scenes to be removed because of "low quality." The troubled production took years to complete and received poor critical reception upon its release in 1996.
=== Football ===
She inherited the football club [[FK Obilić|''Obilić'']] from her deceased husband becoming its president. She often appeared at matches in fur coats and imposed strict monetary punishments on players who performed poorly as Obilić, former champion of Yugoslavia, was sinking on the rankings table.
When [[Miljan Miljanić]] stepped down from his presidential post at the [[Football Association of Yugoslavia]] in September 2001, the press openly cheered Ceca's election for the post campaigning that they would have ''the most beautiful president''. However, former Crvena Zvezda player, [[Dragan Stojković|Dragan Stojković Piksi]] was elected to the post.
=== Politics ===
Ceca was appointed the honorary president of the [[Party of Serbian Unity]] (SSJ) formed by her late husband, the notorious war criminal [[Željko Ražnatović]] (Arkan). She has not been politically engaged and claims to have only accepted the position in honor of her deceased husband. After clashing with the president of the party, [[Borislav Pelević]], on many issues, Ceca withdrew herself from politics completely.
On the night of 17th March 2004, Ceca and [[Kristijan Golubović]] ([[Serbian mafia|Serb mafioso]] and close associate of Arkan) gathered demonstrators in front of the government building in Belgrade to speak of the situation in Kosovo and the burning of more than 300 [[Serbian Orthodox Church|Serbian Orthodox churches]] in [[Kosovo]]. Serbian hooligans in turn destroyed the Bajrakli Mosque in Belgrade and the Agina-Mosque in [[Niš]].
=== Charity ===
Ceca is the president of the "Third Child" humanitarian fund. Its purpose is to increase the birthrate in Serbia and to help families who already have three or more children. She has held several humanitarian concerts raising money for food, clothing, and sundries to benefit the Serbs in [[Kosovo]], after the [[2004 unrest in Kosovo|violent unrest in Kosovo]] in March, 2004.
== Discography (studio albums) ==
*''[[Cvetak Zanovetak]]'' (1988)
*''[[Ludo srce]]'' (1989)
*''[[To Miki]]'' (1990)
*''[[Babaroga (album)|Babaroga]]'' (1991)
*''[[Šta je to u tvojim venama]]'' (1993)
*''[[Ja još spavam u tvojoj majici]]'' (1994)
*''[[Fatalna ljubav]]'' (1995)
*''[[Emotivna luda]]'' (1996)
*''[[Maskarada]]'' (1997)
*''[[Ceca 2000]]'' (1999)
*''[[Decenija]]'' (2001)
*''[[Gore od ljubavi]]'' (2004)
*''[[London MIX]]'' (2005)
*''[[Idealno loša]]'' (2006)
== Facts ==
* On [[July 29]], [[2006]], she was a guest on a music event in [[Ohrid Lake]], [[Republic of Macedonia|Macedonia]]. She sang only three songs from her new album ''[[Idealno loša]]'' - [http://youtube.com/watch?v=3NfzVR9a4Dc "Lepi grome moj"], [http://youtube.com/watch?v=ATIaXPd_hQc&search=srbija "Pile"], and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKF7aCOFGuY "Manta manta"] and was reportedly paid € 50,000.
* She has dedicated the song [http://youtube.com/watch?v=ATIaXPd_hQc&search=srbija "Pile"] to her late husband (''"and my heart is a baby chick, wet, yellow and small, that once fell asleep next to an eagle..."'').
* She is considered as one of the best performers of [[traditional]] [[Music of Serbia|Serbian]] [[folk]] songs.
* She is 173 centimeters (5 ft 8 inches) in height.
* Her nicknames include "Ceca Nacionale", "The Goddess" (''Boginja'') and "Ceki."
* The [[United States]], [[Canada]] and [[Australia]] have all refused to issue her a visa because of her connections to the Serbian crime underworld.
* In 2006 Serbian [[Big Brother (TV series)|Big Brother]], running on [[B92]] TV network, contestants are forbidden to mention her name, and when one girl from a house wanted to hear her song, Big Brother refused to play Ceca's music.
* On her concerts she regulary sings the Macedonian folk song " Zajdi, zajdi" and "Đurđevdan" - ( Serbian translation of Gipsy folk song [[ Ederlezi (song) ]]. )
* Press usually referes to her as the : " Icon of Serbian folk ", " Folk diva "...
== External links ==
*[http://www.ceca-online.com Ceca´s official fan-site]
*[http://fotogalerija.cecaplanet.com Official photogallery of Ceca Raznatovic]
*[http://observer.guardian.co.uk/print/0,3858,4828557-110648,00.html Two part interview] in the [[United ]]
*[http://forum.burek.co.yu/index.php/topic,38868.0.html Ceca Raznatovic Lyrics]
*[http://forum.burek.co.yu/index.php/topic,43506.0.html Unofficial Gallery]
{{DEFAULTSORT:Rasnatovic, Svetlana Ceca}}
[[Category:Serbian musicians|Raznatovic, Svetlana Ceca]]
[[Category:Serbian singers|Raznatovic, Svetlana Ceca]]
[[Category:1973 births|Raznatovic, Svetlana Ceca]]
[[Category:Living people|Raznatovic, Svetlana Ceca]]
[[Category:People from Belgrade|Raznatovic, Svetlana Ceca]]
[[bg:Цеца Ражнатович]]
[[de:Svetlana Ražnatović]]
[[es:Svetlana Raznatovic]]
[[fr:Ceca]]
[[hr:Svetlana Ražnatović - Ceca]]
[[no:Svetlana Ražnatović]]
[[pl:Ceca]]
[[sq:Ceca]]
[[sr:Светлана Ражнатовић]]
[[sh:Svetlana Ceca Ražnatović]]
[[sv:Svetlana Ražnatović]]
| 