Nika Turković

Croatian singer-songwriter (born 1995)

singer
songwriter
composer

Years active2004–presentParent

Petar Turković (father)

FamilyTurković of KutjevoMusical careerGenres

Instrument(s)

Vocals
piano

Labels

Hit Records
Aquarius Records

Musical artist

Nika Turković (born 7 June 1995) is a Croatian singer and songwriter. She got to be known through representing Croatia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2004. Turković was a cast in several music TV shows since and has established herself as a pop singer.

Music career

In 2004, Turković was chosen to represent Croatia in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2004 held in Lillehammer, Norway. She placed third in the competition.^[1] In 2006, she released her debut album, titled Alien.^[2] Her live performances include joining Dina Rizvić for some songs in the opening concert of the 2014 Labin Jazz Festival.^[3] ^{[needs update]}

Personal life

Turković was born on 7 June 1995 in Zagreb, Croatia. Her mother Gordana, is a dentist, and father Petar, is a psychologist and official of the Croatian Nanbudo Federation and founder of the first nanbudo club in Zagreb.^[4]^[5]

She lived with her sister Kiara and her maternal grandmother Biserka. She is fluent in English, Spanish, Italian, and Slovene in addition to her native Croatian.^[6] Turković was in a 4-year relationship with Croatian singer and fellow cast member of TV show 'A strana' Matija Cvek.^[7]^[8]

Discography

Albums

Title	Details	Peak chart positions
Title	Details	CRO ^[9]
Alien	Released: 2006 Label: Hit Records Formats: CD	—
11	Released: 11 January 2023 Label: Aquarius Records Formats: CD, digital download, streaming	1

Singles

Title	Year	Peak chart positions	Album
Title	Year	CRO ^[10]	Album
"Hej mali"	2004	—	Alien
"U mraku"	2019	18	11
"Raj"	2020	—
"Gledaj me"		30
"Boje"		—
"Pusti"	2021	—
"Tvoj mir"	2021	21

References

^ "Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2004".
^ Nika Turković singing "Alien" with Tony Cetinski
^ "Labin Jazz Festival: Dina Rizvić oduševila", Glas Istre, 4 July 2014 (in Croatian)
^ www.nanbudo-savez.hr
^ "NBDK Gradec", Croatian Nanbudo Federation. Retrieved 2 August 2014 (in Croatian).
^ Nika Turković singing "Il mondo que vorrei" in French, Italian and Spanish at the 15th state competition.
^ "Matija Cvek: Njena je zadnja riječ". Story (in Croatian). 11 November 2018. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
^ "Matija Cvek i Nika Turković su prekinuli nakon 4 godine veze". www.24sata.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 5 October 2022.
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Peak positions in Croatia:
- For 11: "Lista prodaje 3. tjedan 2023. (09.01.2023. – 15.01.2023.)" (in Croatian). top-lista. Retrieved 2 April 2023.
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Peak positions in Croatia:
- For "U mraku": "HR TOP 40 Week 41 2019" (in Croatian). toplista. Archived from the original on 14 October 2019. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
- For "Gledaj me": "HR TOP 40 Week 28 2020" (in Croatian). toplista. Archived from the original on 13 August 2020. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
- For "Tvoj mir": "HR TOP 40 Week 47 2021" (in Croatian). toplista. Archived from the original on 24 December 2021. Retrieved 24 December 2021.