Viki Miljković

Viki Miljković Вики Миљковић
Viki Miljković in 2019
Background information
Birth name	Violeta Miljković
Born	(1974-12-18) 18 December 1974 (age 50) Niš, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Genres	Turbo-folk
Occupations	Singer TV personality
Years active	1992–present
Labels	Diskos Grand Production

Violeta Miljković (Serbian Cyrillic: Виолета Миљковић; born 18 December 1974), better known as Viki Miljković, is a Serbian singer and television personality.^[1] Born in Niš, she started her recording career in the early nineties and has released ten studio albums. Since 2015, Viki has been a judge and mentor on the televised singing show Zvezde Granda.

Career

Born and raised in Niš, Viki started performing as a teenager alongside her brother who played the accordion. After getting discovered by the song-writing duo Marina Tucaković and Aleksandar Radulović, she released her debut album, Loša sreća (Bad Luck, 1992), under Diskos.^[2] However, it was only the following year that Viki saw significant commercial success with her second release and breakout hit "Nikom nije lepše nego nama" (No One Has It Better Than Us). Her music career peaked in the early 2000s with albums Mariš li (Do You Care, 2003) and Mahi, mahi (2005), released through Grand Production. In 2006, Viki held her first solo concert in Belgrade's Sava Centar.^[1]

In 2015, Miljković began appearing on the televised singing competition Zvezde Granda as a judge and mentor.^[3] In 2022, she had a winning contestant as a mentor with Nermin Handžić.^[4]

Personal life

Miljković graduated with a degree in musical arts from the Faculty of Arts, University of Pristina.^[5] In 2007, she married accordion player Dragan Tašković "Taške", with whom she has a son, born in October the same year.^[6][7] It has been noted that Miljković has maintained close friendships with singers Ceca Ražnatović and Sanja Đorđević, who served as bridesmaids at her wedding.^[8]

Miljković and her husband publicly endorsed Aleksandar Vučić for the 2023 Serbian parliamentary election.^[9]

Discography

Studio albums

• Loša sreća (1992)
• Hajde, vodi me odavde (1994)
• Svadbe neće biti (1995)
• Tunel (1996)
• Kud puklo da puklo (1997)
• Okrećem ti leđa, tugo (1998)
• Godine (2001)
• Mariš li (2003)
• Mahi, mahi (2005)
• Ovde se ne plače (2009)

Compilations

• The best of (2011)

See also

• Music of Serbia
• List of singers from Serbia
• Turbo-folk

References

1. "Viki Miljković - Žiri - Zvezde Granda". Grand.online (in Serbian). Retrieved 9 September 2021.
2. Tabašević, M. (2017-04-20). "Viki Miljković: Surovi sam profesionalac, ali karijera ne sme da bude ispred porodice". Hellomagazine.rs (in Serbian).
3. "Vatreni okršaj između Karleuše i Viki u emisiji". Tracara.rs (in Serbian). 2016-01-14.
4. Jovanović, V. (26 June 2022). "Sve što ste hteli da znate o pobedniku Zvezda Granda". Nova.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 26 June 2022.
5. Luković, S. (November 11, 2020). "Violeta Viki Miljković ima zavrsen ovaj fakultet". Hellomagazine.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 9 September 2021.
6. T., Lj. (September 20, 2020). "Daleko od idiličnog! Odnos Viki Miljković i njenog muža je godinama turbulentan". Blic.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 9 September 2021.
7. "Nakon jezive porodične drame sada su srećna porodica: Viki Miljković ovako čestitala sinu rođendan". Story.rs (in Serbian). 2018-10-06.
8. ""BILA SAM NA DNU, CECA JE TU UVEK UZ MENE" Viki Miljković progovorila o teškom periodu i prijateljima na estradi, a on joj je čuvao leđa". Blic.rs (in Serbian). 16 April 2021. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
9. "Ovo je spisak ljudi koji su podržali listu "Aleksandar Vučić – Srbija ne sme da stane": Među njima Dragan Stojković Piksi, Nikola Jokić, Nikola Pejakovic i cela normalna Srbija…". Danas (in Serbian). 8 December 2023. Retrieved 28 December 2023.

External links

• Viki Miljković discography at Discogs