Ana Bekuta

Ana Bekuta
Ана Бекута
Born
Nadežda Polić

(1959-09-06) 6 September 1959 (age 67)
Priboj, PR Serbia, Yugoslavia
GenreFolk
Occupations
  • Singer
  • TV personality
InstrumentsVocals
Years active1974–present
Labels
Spouses
  • Aleksandar Savić
  • Predrag Vidović (div. 1992)
Partner

Nadežda Polić (Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic: Надежда Полић; born 6 September 1959), from 1985 Ana Bekuta (Serbian Cyrillic: Ана Бекута), is a Serbian singer. Born in Priboj, she made her performing debut in 1974 and is best known for hit songs like "Bekrija", "Crven konac", "Veseljak", "Zlatiborske zore" and "Kralj ponoći".

Bekuta has been a judge on the popular singing competition Zvezde Granda since 2014.

Life and career

Nadežda – Nada Polić was born on September 6, 1959 and was raised in the village of Banja. She started performing professionally as a teenager. In 1974, Polić was the runner-up at the music festival Prvi glas Priboja (lit. 'The First Voice of Priboj'). Under the new name Ana Bekuta, she made her recording debut in 1985 with the release of her first album under PGP-RTB. Over the years, she has collectively released 21 studio albums. In 2011, Bekuta began performing annually at Belgrade's Sava Centar.

In 2014, she became a permanent judge on the television competition Zvezde Granda.

In 2020, SEMUS association of music artists of Serbia presented an award to Bekuta for her work.

In 2026, Bekuta performed at a Serbian New Year concert in Čačak, which sparked backlash and allegations of corruption for reportedly costing €40.000 from the city budget to organize. During the concert, gathered protestors booed Bekuta and threw snowballs at her, eventually forcing her to finish the concert singing from a van. A month later, on Serbia's Statehood Day, Bekuta was honored with a medal [sr] by President Aleksandar Vučić.

On Valentine's Day 2026, Bekuta celebrated forty years of her career with a concert at Arena Zagreb.

Personal life

Bekuta had been married to keyboardist Aleksandar Savić for less than a year. Bekuta has a son, since her age of 17; they had lived with her husband—a drummer Predrag Vidović—in Šabac, until the parents' divorce in 1992 when they moved to Belgrade. She was in a relationship with Serbian politician Milutin Mrkonjić between 2012 and 2021, when he died.

Discography

Studio albums
  • Ti si mene varao (1985)
  • Ti mi trebaš (1986)
  • Samo ti (1987)
  • Uvek postoji nada (1988)
  • Kako mi je pitaš sad (1989)
  • Tu sam ruku da ti pružim (1990)
  • Pitaš kako živim (1993)
  • Taj život moj (1995)
  • Opet imam razloga da živim (1996)
  • Sve je bolje od samoće (1998)
  • Kriv si samo ti (1999)
  • Svirajte mi onu pesmu (2001)
  • Dve suze (2003)
  • Brojanica (2005)
  • Manite se ljudi (2006)
  • Blago meni (2009)
  • Hvala ljubavi (2013)
  • Ime sreće (2018)
  • Grešila sam (2023)
  • I za vas, koji niste smeli (2023)
Singles
Music videos
TitleYearDirected by
Ti mi trebaš1986
Rano moja1989
Stani zoro1989
Zanele te noći1991
Nema povratka na staro1991
Srećan dan1991
Tu sam ruku da ti pružim1991
Ne žalim ja1995
Dugo te nije bilo1995
Idu putem dvoje ne govore1995
Gorim1995
Htela sam tebi biti žena1995
Taj život moj1995
Oluja1995Dejan Milićević
Zlatiborske zore1996
Zavoleh te1996Dejan Milićević
Kralj ponoći1996
Umri muški1996
Ma što baš ti2003
Opasna2014Goran Šljivić
Na izvoru Vidovdana2015Dejan Milićević
Uspomene2017Stanko Vučićević
Ime sreće2017Vedad Jašarević
Pređi na ljubav2017Vedad Jašarević
Neću se smiriti2017Vedad Jašarević
Moj si, neka se zna2017Vedad Jašarević
Metar2017Vedad Jašarević
Znam da te boli2017Vedad Jašarević
Zastani, živote2017Vedad Jašarević
Pođi pa na staro dođi2017Vedad Jašarević
Gram2022D. Šljivić
Kasno da se kajem2023Dejan Milićević
Bio si moj kralj2023David Mićić
Druga kafana2023
Kad bi opet2025
Grožđe2026Marko Arsić

See also

References

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