Sasa Kovacevic | |
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Birth name | Aleksandar Kovačević |
Also known as | Saša, Sasha, Sasa Kovacevic |
Born | 27 July 1985 |
Origin | Belgrade, SR Serbia, Yugoslavia |
Genres | Pop, Reggaeton |
Occupation(s) | Singer composer producer |
Instruments | Vocals keyboards |
Years active | 2005-present |
Labels | City SK Media |
Website | http://www.sasakovacevic.net/ |
Notable instruments | |
Piano |
Aleksandar "Saša" Kovačević (Serbian: Саша Ковачевић; born 27 July 1985) is a Serbian popular music singer.
Sasa Kovacevic is a Serbian singer and one of the most successful musicians on the Balkans, Europe. Zemun, Belgrade, 27th July 1985 is where Sasa Kovacevic was born in. His fascinating sense for rhythm was gotten at birth but developed at Music High School (piano department) and the Academy for Art, Audio Production and Recording Department at "Art University" in Belgrade. A boy from the unique neighborhood, urban streets of Zemun modest and kind was always into music. His first gig he had at 16 age. The first breakthrough in public he had in 2004 at the Suncane Skale Music Festival in Herceg Novi when he was 18, Montenegro with the song Pakao i Raj. Immediately it earned him a success and huge popularity in the whole region. Incredibly fast he became one of the most famous musicians in several countries on the Balkans. The singles which followed "Jedina si Vredela od Svih" (awarded in 2006), "Korak do Dna" at Radio S Festival 2005, "Ruka za Spas" a hit of the year 2006 became hits respectively and introduced his first album for "City Records". The following awards came in 2007 Beovision for Music Discovery of a Year, followed by the Popularity Oscar award by Melos Estrada and 3 x "Belgrade Victor" for the Best Pop Singer in region, he got the first prize at the Estrada Days Festival. Montefon Award for the singer most listened to in Montenegro came as a big recognition from Montenegro fans in 2007. In Sokobanja Festival he got the award for the Summer Hit 2008. One of the greatests collabborations of that period is a duet song featuring another Baklan star Emina Jahovic in 2008, it was an amazing hit which earned him another big award the following year. His love songs, romantic lines, the charisma and the specific emotion in his voice made teenagers mad about his music and appearance. The next album Ornament 2010, brought the same amount of success which his fans eagerly waited for, and was awarded the Album of the Year in the Region. The songs "Bolji covek", "Lazu te" and "Jos ti se nadam" featuring Emina Jahovic gained more awards like The Singer of the Year in 2010. Another award came the same year at the Suncane Skale Music Festival in Herceg Novi, Montenegro. Inproduction presented him with another Popularity Oscar of Wien in 2010 again. Also at Radio S Music Festival he got Grand Prix award. From 2011 he started producing songs with his brother in their own studio. The songs here started being faster and the fans were delighted to enjoy them in clubs and his concerts. Another ballad was released in 2011/2012 "Kako posle nas" with even stronger emotions than before. Meanwhile Sasa endevoured in many public events and manifestations like humanitarian actions by National Broadcasting Service of Serbia for which he gained decoration from Her Royal Highness Princess Katarina. The readers of the newspapers "Vesti" voted him as The Singer of the Year 2011 which got him another recognition. The hits and videos "Lapsus", "Pisi propalo", "Slucajno" which were released in 2013 made a big turn in his career making every single a big project. This 3 songs have more than 100 000 000 views on YouTube.