Alen Vitasović (born 5 July 1968) is a Croatian pop singer and songwriter. Born in Pula, many of his songs are about his native Istria and mostly written in Chakavian dialect.
Alen Vitasović | |
|---|---|
| Born | 5 July 1968 |
| Occupation | Singer |
| Years active | 1990s–present |
| Awards | |
Vitasović began his music career early, learning how to play the harmonica at the age of five, and by twelve he was singing in bands, mainly in the tourist regions around Istria. After finishing music school in Pula, where he learned to play the piano and saxophone, he continued to play in bands across Croatia and Slovenia, until he was discovered while working at Radio HR Pula in the early 1990s. In 1993, Vitasović released his first single and continued to tour all over Croatia, making a name for himself.
Vitasović continued with his success, winning numerous festivals and awards throughout Croatia. In 1995, he was nominated for five Porin music awards, and was also the winner of the festivals in Split, Zadar, Pula, Vodice, and Korčula. In 1997, he was awarded the Order of Danica Hrvatska "Marko Marulić" (Red Danice hrvatske s likom Marka Marulića) by the President of Croatia for his contribution to Croatian music and culture.[1]
Vitasović has collaborated with various music acts, including Crvena jabuka, Hari Rončević, Lisa Hunt, and Marko Perković.
On 27 March 2023, it was announced that Vitasović would participate at Melodije Istre i Kvarnera 2023 with the song "On ni doša".[2] The song was released on 16 June 2023, with its subsequent music video being released, a few days later, on 21 June 2023.[3]
Discography
editAlbums
edit- 1994 – Gušti su gušti
- 1995 – Svi festivali
- 1997 – Come va?
- 2000 – Ja ne gren
- 2003 – Grih
- 2003 – Tone i pretelji
Singles
edit| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CRO [4] | |||||||||||||||||||||
| "Da se ne zatare" | 2020 | — | Non-album singles | ||||||||||||||||||
| "Oštarije su mi zaprli" | 22 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| "Dopri oči" (with Marco Grabber, Ivan Arnold & Livio Morosin) |
2023 | —[A] | |||||||||||||||||||
| "Tone livi" (with Marco Grabber & Ivan Arnold) |
—[B] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| "On ni doša" | —[C] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||||||||||
Notes
edit- ^ "Dopri oči" did not enter the HR Top 40, but peaked at number 69 on the regional HR Top 100 (Istra i Primorje) chart.[5]
- ^ "Tone livi" did not enter the HR Top 40, but peaked at number 45 on the regional HR Top 100 (Istra i Primorje) chart.[6]
- ^ "On ni doša" did not enter the HR Top 40, but peaked at number 73 on the regional HR Top 100 (Istra i Primorje) chart.[7]
References
edit- ^ "Odluka o odlikovanju Redom Danice hrvatske s likom Marka Marulića broj 01-051-96-13-1-12/1". Narodne Novine. Archived from the original on 12 March 2021. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
- ^ "Predstavljeni gradovi domaćini te skladbe ovogodišnjeg izdanja". Novi list (in Croatian). 28 March 2023. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
- ^ "Alen Vitasović predstavio novi spot u kojem glumi i njegova supruga Eleonora". Večernji list (in Croatian). 21 June 2023. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
- ^ Peak positions in Croatia:
- For "Oštarije su mi zaprli": "HR TOP 40 Week 49 2020" (in Croatian). toplista. Archived from the original on 14 December 2020. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
- ^ "HR Top 100 24. tjedan 2023. (Istra i Primorje)". top-lista. Archived from the original on 24 January 2020. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
- ^ "HR Top 100 23. tjedan 2023. (Istra i Primorje)". top-lista. Archived from the original on 26 June 2023. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
- ^ "HR Top 100 25. tjedan 2023. (Istra i Primorje)". top-lista. Archived from the original on 26 June 2023. Retrieved 26 June 2023.