Colonia (music group)
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| Colonia | |
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| Origin |  Croatia |
| Genre(s) | Pop Dance Eurodance |
| Years active | 1997–present |
| Label(s) | Menart Records |
| Website | http://www.colonia.com.hr/ |
| Members | |
| Indira Vladić Mujkić Boris Đurđević Tomislav Jelić |
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Colonia is Croatian dance music band from Vinkovci, Croatia.
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[edit] History
It was founded in late 1990s by two DJs from Vinkovci - Boris Đurđević and Tomislav Jelić - who later hired Indira Vladić Mujkić to become their vocalist. The name of the group comes from the ancient Latin name of the town Vinkovci, Colonia Aurelia Cibalae. The first released single of the group Colonia was Nek' vatre gore sve (1996). They sent it to the radio stations all over the country and the song had great success. Next single was Sve oko mene je grijeh which hit the national charts and became huge hit. After that they singed contract with record company Crno-bijeli svijet, CBS, and made their first album Vatra i led (1997) that was sold in unbelievable 40 000 copies for the debut album. A year later, on Dora (Croatian contest for the Eurovision Song Contest), they achieved success with the song U ritmu ljubavi that won 4. place. Few months later Colonia won a prize for the song Lady Blue on Melodije hrvatskog Jadrana (festival Melodies of the Adriatic). Next single that conquered the fans was Njeno ime ne zovi u snu. In the year 1999 they released second album Ritam ljubavi.
[edit] Albums
Colonia soon becomes one of the most popular and bestselling groups in Croatia and in the republics of former Yugoslavia. The name of their third album was Jača nego ikad, 2000, released by Croatia Records. Other albums are: Milijun milja od nigdje (2001), The Best Of (Volume 1) (2001), Izgubljeni svijet (2002), Dolazi oluja (2003), [Gold Edition (2005), Najbolje od svega (2005), Do kraja (2006). new singl Pod sretnom zvijzdom & Mirno more 2008
[edit] Discography
- 1997 Vatra i led
- 1999 Ritam ljubavi
- 2000 Jača nego ikad
- 2001 Milijum milja od nigdje
- 2002 Izgubljeni svijet
- 2002 The best of volume 1
- 2003 Dolazi oluja
- 2005 Gold edition
- 2005 Najbolje od svega
- 2006 Do kraja
