Indira Radić
Serbian pop-folk singer
Indira Radić (née Subotić; Serbian Cyrillic: Индира Радић, née Суботић; born 14 June 1966) is a Serbian pop-folk singer. She has established herself on the music scene of the former Yugoslavia and Bulgaria and sings almost exclusively in her native language. In the period from 1992 to 2015 she released 16 albums mixing pop, dance and traditional folk elements. This hybrid style, described as pop-folk, brought her success throughout the region with songs like "Ratovanje" that incorporated Indian elements.
Early life
Born Indira Subotić to Bosnian Serb parents Živko Subotić and Rosa Radić in the village of Dragalovci near Doboj, her staunch communist father named her after the Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi whose political activity he was reportedly fond of and inspired by. Her mother took care of the household while her father worked as a chauffeur at different local publicly-owned enterprises along with being active in the Communist party's (SKJ) local branch.
Upon completing primary school in the nearby village of Stanari, walking the 5 kilometre distance back-and-forth daily, she enrolled in Doboj's streamlined medical high school to which she also traveled from her home village on a daily basis. Already drawn to singing and entering various vocalist contests, the teenager briefly considered secondary musical studies, however, due to being in no position to move 60 km away to Banja Luka where the nearest secondary musical school was, she instead opted for the medical school in Doboj due to proximity.
Soon after graduating high school, she would find employment in Zagreb, working as a nurse at the Mladen Stojanović Hospital for three years.
Career
1992–98
During the early 1990s, Radić entered a contest for amateur singers and was selected to appear in the final scheduled to be held in Sarajevo.
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