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Alka Vuica

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Alka Vuica is a Croatian singer, composer and lyricist. She was born on June 8th, 1961 in Pula.

In 1979 she moved to Zagreb. She has been a journalist, a playwright, poet and a theatre performer. In 1990 she co-wrote the song "Hajde da ludujemo" sung by Tajci, which one the Yugoslav pre-selection for Eurovision Song Contest 1990 held in Zagreb. The following year, she entered the pre-selection again and wrote the runner-up "Daj, obuci levisice," sung by Danijel Popovic. The song was her first attempt at composing music.

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In 1993 she released her first album titled Alka Vu Winnetou. Song "Lazi me" became a huge radio hit in Croatia, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Macedonia. This success was soon followed by another song from the same album - "Otkad te nema."

Since then, Alka has had a constant presence on the Croatian pop scene and has released several albums, with varying degrees of success.

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