Full Name Azra Kolakovic Website www.donna-ares.com Occupation Singer Name Azra Kolakovic | Years active 1997–present Role Singer Instruments vocals Genres Pop music, Pop-folk | |
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Born 1 January 1977 (age 47) ( 1977-01-01 ) Bihac, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia Spouse(s) Dzavid Ljubovci (m. 2011)
(together since the 1990s) Albums Povratka nema, Live Mix 2, Mix III, Ti me vise ne volis Record labels Hayat Production, BN Music, Grand Production Associated acts Halid Beslic, Serif Konjevic, Kemal Malovcic Similar People Halid Beslic, Kemal Malovcic, Hanka Paldum, Alen Islamovic, Serif Konjevic Profiles | ||
Azra Kolaković (born 1 January 1977), known by her stage name Donna Ares, is a Bosnian pop singer. Her most recent album Povratka nema was released in 2011.
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Early life
Azra Kolaković was born in the western Bosnian city of Bihać to Bosniak parents. Azra attended local music schools and graduated in 1995, during the Bosnian War. Kolaković even started attending a music academy, unfortunately she never managed to finish it due to the war that was ongoing in the country.
In 1997 she started her solo singing career. The first time she appeared on stage was in 1997 under her stage name Donna Ares to compete with her song in the Croatian Dora competition in order to represent Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest.
Illness
Ares had been losing weight and suffering from fatigue for months before being hospitalized in early October 2014. She was diagnosed with uterine cancer and received chemotherapy at a hospital in her hometown Bihać before being moved to Sarajevo for further treatment on 21 October 2014.
Studio albums
Remix and live albums
Compilation albums
Songs
Prokleta Je AmerikaLive Mix 2 · 2012
Idi Idi Moja ViloNemam razloga za strah · 2006
Suze Moje Placu Za Oboje2016