Music of Kosovo, the Glossary
Music of Kosovo is music that originates from Kosovo, a country in the Balkans.[1]
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108 relations: Adelina Ismaili, Aerophone, Albania, Albania in the Eurovision Song Contest, Aska (group), Đani, Balkans, Battle of Kosovo, BonBon, Chalga, Classical music, Classical music in Kosovo, Cultural anthropology, Dhurata Dora, Dua Lipa, Electronic music, Elhaida Dani, Epic poetry, Era Istrefi, European Broadcasting Union, Eurovision Song Contest, Eurovision Song Contest 1982, Eurovision Song Contest 2009, Eurovision Song Contest 2012, Eurovision Song Contest 2013, Eurovision Song Contest 2015, Eurovision Song Contest 2017, Eurovision Song Contest 2019, Eurovision Song Contest 2021, Eurovision Young Dancers 2011, Festivali i Këngës, Folk music, Folk-pop, Genta Ismajli, Gjon's Tears, Gjurmët, Gusle, Hip hop music, I'm Alive (Elhaida Dani song), Ilir Bajri, International Telecommunication Union, Jana (singer), Jazz, Jordan Nikolić, Jugovizija, Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2007, Koha Ditore, Kolo (dance), Kosovo Albanians, Kosovo Myth, ... Expand index (58 more) »
Adelina Ismaili
Adelina Ismaili (born 14 December 1979) is a Kosovo-Albanian singer, actress, and former beauty pageant winner.
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Aerophone
An aerophone is a musical instrument that produces sound primarily by causing a body of air to vibrate, without the use of strings or membranes (which are respectively chordophones and membranophones), and without the vibration of the instrument itself adding considerably to the sound (or idiophones).
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Albania
Albania (Shqipëri or Shqipëria), officially the Republic of Albania (Republika e Shqipërisë), is a country in Southeast Europe.
See Music of Kosovo and Albania
Albania in the Eurovision Song Contest
Albania has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 20 times since its debut in.
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Aska (group)
Aska was a Yugoslavian girl group.
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Đani
Radiša Trajković (Радиша Трајковић; born 27 January 1973), known by the stage name Đani (Ђани), is a popular Serbian pop-folk singer.
Balkans
The Balkans, corresponding partially with the Balkan Peninsula, is a geographical area in southeastern Europe with various geographical and historical definitions.
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Battle of Kosovo
The Battle of Kosovo took place on 15 June 1389 between an army led by the Serbian Prince Lazar Hrebeljanović and an invading army of the Ottoman Empire under the command of Sultan Murad Hüdavendigâr.
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BonBon
"BonBon" is a song by Kosovo-Albanian singer and songwriter Era Istrefi.
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Chalga
Chalga (often referred to as pop-folk, short for "popular folk" or ethno-pop, short for "ethnic pop") is a Bulgarian pop-folk music genre.
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Classical music
Classical music generally refers to the art music of the Western world, considered to be distinct from Western folk music or popular music traditions.
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Classical music in Kosovo
Classical music in Kosovo refers to the art music cultivated in Kosovo.
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Cultural anthropology
Cultural anthropology is a branch of anthropology focused on the study of cultural variation among humans.
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Dhurata Dora
Dhurata Dora (born 24 December 1992) is a Kosovo-Albanian singer and songwriter.
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Dua Lipa
Dua Lipa (born 22 August 1995) is an English and Albanian singer and songwriter.
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Electronic music
Electronic music broadly is a group of music genres that employ electronic musical instruments, circuitry-based music technology and software, or general-purpose electronics (such as personal computers) in its creation.
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Elhaida Dani
Elhaida Dani (born 17 February 1993) is an Albanian singer, songwriter, composer and actress.
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Epic poetry
An epic poem, or simply an epic, is a lengthy narrative poem typically about the extraordinary deeds of extraordinary characters who, in dealings with gods or other superhuman forces, gave shape to the mortal universe for their descendants.
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Era Istrefi
Era Istrefi (born 4 July 1994) is a Kosovo-Albanian singer and songwriter.
See Music of Kosovo and Era Istrefi
European Broadcasting Union
The European Broadcasting Union (EBU; Union européenne de radio-télévision, UER) is an alliance of public service media organisations whose countries are within the European Broadcasting Area or who are members of the Council of Europe.
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Eurovision Song Contest
The Eurovision Song Contest (Concours Eurovision de la chanson), often known simply as Eurovision, is an international song competition organised annually by the European Broadcasting Union.
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Eurovision Song Contest 1982
The Eurovision Song Contest 1982 was the 27th edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest.
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Eurovision Song Contest 2009
The Eurovision Song Contest 2009 was the 54th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest.
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Eurovision Song Contest 2012
The Eurovision Song Contest 2012 was the 57th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest.
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Eurovision Song Contest 2013
The Eurovision Song Contest 2013 was the 58th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest.
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Eurovision Song Contest 2015
The Eurovision Song Contest 2015 was the 60th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest.
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Eurovision Song Contest 2017
The Eurovision Song Contest 2017 was the 62nd edition of the Eurovision Song Contest.
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Eurovision Song Contest 2019
The Eurovision Song Contest 2019 was the 64th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest.
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Eurovision Song Contest 2021
The Eurovision Song Contest 2021 was the 65th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest.
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Eurovision Young Dancers 2011
The Eurovision Young Dancers 2011 was the twelfth edition of the Eurovision Young Dancers, held at the Dance House in Oslo, Norway on 24 June 2011.
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Festivali i Këngës
(), commonly known as and also referred to as simply FiK or Fest, is an annual music competition in Albania organised by the national broadcaster i (RTSH).
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Folk music
Folk music is a music genre that includes traditional folk music and the contemporary genre that evolved from the former during the 20th-century folk revival.
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Folk-pop
Folk-pop is a broad musical style that includes contemporary folk songs with pop arrangements, and pop songs with intimate, acoustic-based folk arrangements.
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Genta Ismajli
Gentiana Ismajli (born 12 April 1984), known professionally as Genta Ismajli, is a Kosovo-Albanian singer and songwriter.
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Gjon's Tears
Gjon Muharremaj (born 29 June 1998), known professionally as Gjon's Tears, is a Swiss singer and songwriter.
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Gjurmët
Gjurmët (trans. The Traces) was a Yugoslav new wave band formed in Pristina in 1980.
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Gusle
The gusle (гусле) or lahuta (lahutë) is a bowed single-stringed musical instrument (and musical style) traditionally used in the Dinarides region of Southeastern Europe (in the Balkans).
Hip hop music
Hip hop or hip-hop, also known as rap and formerly as disco rap, is a genre of popular music that originated in the early 1970s from the African American community.
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I'm Alive (Elhaida Dani song)
"I'm Alive" is a song by Albanian singer and songwriter Elhaida Dani.
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Ilir Bajri
Ilir Bajri (born 1969) is a Kosovo Albanian jazz composer, pianist, and the director of Prishtina Jazz Festival.
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International Telecommunication Union
The International Telecommunication Union (ITU)French: Union Internationale des Télécommunications is a specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for many matters related to information and communication technologies.
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Jana (singer)
Dragana Todorović (Станојевић; born 15 March 1974), known by her stage name Jana (Јана), is a Serbian turbo-folk and pop folk singer.
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Jazz
Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues, ragtime, European harmony and African rhythmic rituals.
Jordan Nikolić
Jordan Nikolić (Јордан Николић; 11 May 1933 – 26 April 2018) was a Serbian folk singer who interpreted traditional songs from Kosovo.
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Jugovizija
Jugovizija (Cyrillic: Југовизија, English: Yugovision) was the Yugoslav national final to select their entry for the Eurovision Song Contest, organized by the Yugoslav broadcaster Yugoslav Radio Television (JRT) and its subnational public broadcasting centers based in the capitals of each of the constituent republics of the Yugoslav federation: SR Bosnia and Herzegovina (RTV Sarajevo), SR Croatia (RTV Zagreb and RTV Split), SR Macedonia (RTV Skopje), SR Montenegro (RTV Titograd), SR Serbia (RTV Belgrade) and SR Slovenia (RTV Ljubljana) and also the broadcasting services of the autonomous provinces within SR Serbia: SAP Kosovo (RTV Prishtina) and SAP Vojvodina (RTV Novi Sad).
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Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2007
The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2007 was the fifth edition of the annual Junior Eurovision Song Contest.
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Koha Ditore
Koha Ditore (trans. Daily Time) is the leading daily newspaper in Kosovo.
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Kolo (dance)
Kolo (Коло) is a South Slavic circle dance, found under this name in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, and Serbia.
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Kosovo Albanians
The Albanians of Kosovo (Shqiptarët e Kosovës), also commonly called Kosovo Albanians, Kosovan Albanians or Kosovars (Kosovarët), constitute the largest ethnic group in Kosovo.
See Music of Kosovo and Kosovo Albanians
Kosovo Myth
The Kosovo Myth (Косовски мит / Kosovski mit), also known as the Kosovo Cult (Косовски култ / Kosovski kult) and the Kosovo Legend (Косовска легенда / Kosovska legenda), is a Serbian national myth based on legends about events related to the Battle of Kosovo (1389).
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Kosovo Serbs
Kosovo Serbs are one of the ethnic groups of Kosovo and they form the largest ethnic minority community in Kosovo (5–6%).
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Kosovo War
The Kosovo War (Lufta e Kosovës; Kosovski rat) was an armed conflict in Kosovo that lasted from 28 February 1998 until 11 June 1999.
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Lindita (singer)
Lindita Halimi (born 24 March 1989), commonly known as simply Lindita, is a Kosovo-Albanian singer and songwriter.
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List of radio stations in Kosovo
The following is a list of radio stations in Republic of Kosovo.
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Live It Up (Nicky Jam song)
"Live It Up" is a song by the American singer Nicky Jam featuring the American rapper Will Smith and the Kosovo Albanian singer Era Istrefi.
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Majk (rapper)
Kastriot Rexha (born 27 November 1989), known professionally as Majk or Dr.
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Mandolin
A mandolin (mandolino,; literally "small mandola") is a stringed musical instrument in the lute family and is generally plucked with a pick.
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Manele
Manele (from Romanian, fem. sg. manea; pl. manele, the plural form being more common) is a genre of pop folk music from Romania.
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Mitrovica, Kosovo
Mitrovica (Albanian indefinite form: Mitrovicë; Митровица), also referred as Kosovska Mitrovica (Mitrovica e Kosovës; Косовска Митровица), is a city in northern Kosovo and administrative center of the District of Mitrovica.
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Moje 3
Moje 3 (Моје 3; English: My 3) was a Serbian girl group consisting of Mirna Radulović, Nevena Božović and Sara Jovanović.
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Music of Albania
The music of Albania (Muzika Shqiptare) is associated with the country of Albania and Albanian communities. Music of Kosovo and music of Albania are music of Europe by country.
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Music of Yugoslavia
The music of Yugoslavia refers to music created during the existence of Yugoslavia, spanning the period between 1918 and 1992. Music of Kosovo and music of Yugoslavia are music of Europe by country.
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Nevena Božović
Nevena Ivanović (Невена Ивановић,;; born 15 June 1994) is a Serbian singer and songwriter.
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Nora Istrefi
Nora Istrefi (born 25 March 1986) is a Kosovo-Albanian singer.
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North Macedonia
North Macedonia, officially the Republic of North Macedonia, is a landlocked country in Southeast Europe.
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Petrit Çeku
Petrit Çeku (born 2 June 1985) is an Albanian classical guitarist.
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Pop music
Pop music is a genre of popular music that originated in its modern form during the mid-1950s in the United States and the United Kingdom.
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Popular music
Popular music is music with wide appeal that is typically distributed to large audiences through the music industry.
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Punk rock
Punk rock (also known as simply punk) is a music genre that emerged in the mid-1970s.
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Radio Television of Kosovo
Radio Television of Kosovo (Radiotelevizioni i Kosovës;; RTK) is the public service broadcaster in Kosovo.
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Radio Television of Serbia
Radio Television of Serbia (Радио-телевизија Србије, italics; abbr. RTS/PTC) is the state-owned public radio and television broadcaster of Serbia.
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Rasta (singer)
Stefan Đurić (Стефан Ђурић; born 16 November 1989), better known as Rasta (Раста), is a Serbian rapper, singer, songwriter and producer from Priština.
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Regard (DJ)
Dardan Aliu (born 23 July 1993), known professionally as Regard, is a Kosovo-Albanian disc jockey (DJ) and producer.
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Rhapsody (music)
A rhapsody in music is a one-movement work that is episodic yet integrated, free-flowing in structure, featuring a range of highly contrasted moods, colour, and tonality.
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Rita Ora
Rita Sahatçiu Ora (born Rita Sahatçiu; 26 November 1990) is a British singer, songwriter, television personality, and actress.
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Rock music
Rock is a broad genre of popular music that originated as "rock and roll" in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s, developing into a range of different styles from the mid-1960s, particularly in the United States and the United Kingdom.
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Rona Nishliu
Rona Nishliu (born 25 August 1986) is a Kosovo-Albanian singer and songwriter.
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Sejo Kalač
Sead "Sejo" Kalač (born 5 October 1964) is a pop-folk singer.
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Serbia in the Eurovision Song Contest
Serbia has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 16 times since making its debut in.
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Serbian dances
Dancing tradition in Serbia is represented by various styles of dances, commonly called Kolo.
See Music of Kosovo and Serbian dances
Serbian epic poetry
Serbian epic poetry (Srpske epske narodne pesme) is a form of epic poetry created by Serbs originating in today's Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro and North Macedonia.
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Serbian language
Serbian (српски / srpski) is the standardized variety of the Serbo-Croatian language mainly used by Serbs.
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Serbian national identity
Serbia is the nation state of the Serbs, who are Serbia's dominant ethnic group.
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Skiladiko
Skiladiko or Skyladiko, (Σκυλάδικο), is a derogatory term to describe a branch of laiko music and some of the current nightclubs in Greece in which this music is performed.
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Slađa Delibašić
Slađana Delibašić (Слађана Делибашић; born November 7, 1968), also known as Slađa D., is a Serbian singer and dancer.
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The Socialist Autonomous Province of Kosovo,separator, Krahina Socialiste Autonome e Kosovës referred to simply as Kosovo, was one of the two autonomous provinces of the Socialist Republic of Serbia within Yugoslavia (the other being Vojvodina), between 1945 and 1990, when it was renamed Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija.
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Southeast Europe
Southeast Europe or Southeastern Europe (SEE) is a geographical sub-region of Europe, consisting primarily of the region of the Balkans, as well as adjacent regions and archipelagos.
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Stevan Mokranjac
Stevan Stojanović (Стеван Стојановић,; 9 January 1856 – 28 September 1914), known as Stevan Mokranjac (Стеван Мокрањац) was a Serbian composer and music educator.
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Suus
"Suus" is a song by Kosovo-Albanian singer and songwriter Rona Nishliu.
Switzerland
Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked country located in west-central Europe.
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Tallava
Tallava or Talava is a music genre originating from Albanian-speaking Roma communities in Kosovo as well as in North Macedonia, with a presence in Albania.
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The Hollywood Reporter
The Hollywood Reporter (THR) is an American digital and print magazine which focuses on the Hollywood film, television, and entertainment industries.
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The Voice – La plus belle voix
The Voice: La plus belle voix is a reality singing competition on TF1.
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The Voice: la plus belle voix season 8
The eighth season of The Voice: la plus belle voix was broadcast on 9 February 2019 on TF1.
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Tina Ivanović
Radmila "Tina" Ivanović (Радмила "Тина" Ивановић; born 28 September 1973) is a Serbian turbo-folk singer.
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Troja (band)
Troja is a Kosovar heavy metal band which consists of Bujar Berisha (vocals), Florent Bajrami (guitar), Violand Shabani (drums) and Agron Ejupi (bass).
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Turbo-folk
Turbo-folk is a subgenre of Serbian contemporary pop music that initially developed during the 1990s as a fusion of techno and folk.
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United Nations
The United Nations (UN) is a diplomatic and political international organization whose stated purposes are to maintain international peace and security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and serve as a centre for harmonizing the actions of nations.
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Vedat Ademi
Vedat Ademi (born 22 August 1982) is an Albanian singer-songwriter.
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Viktorija (singer)
Snežana Mišković (Снежана Мишковић;; born December 19, 1958), better known by her stage name Viktorija (Викторија), is a Serbian female rock singer known for her raspy voice.
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Vushtrri
Vushtrri (Vushtrria; Вучитрн, Vučitrn) is a city and municipality located in the Mitrovica District in Kosovo.
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Western world
The Western world, also known as the West, primarily refers to various nations and states in the regions of Australasia, Western Europe, and Northern America; with some debate as to whether those in Eastern Europe and Latin America also constitute the West.
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World (Lindita song)
"World" is a song by Kosovo-Albanian singer and songwriter Lindita.
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Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia (Југославија; Jugoslavija; Југославија) was a country in Southeast and Central Europe that existed from 1918 to 1992.
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Yugoslavia in the Eurovision Song Contest
Yugoslavia participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 27 times, debuting in 1961 and competing every year until its last appearance in 1992, with the exceptions of 1977–1980, and 1985.
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Yugoslavia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1986
Yugoslavia was present at the Eurovision Song Contest 1986, held in Bergen, Norway, after opting out of the previous year's contest in Gothenburg, Sweden.
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2008 Kosovo declaration of independence
The 2008 Kosovo declaration of independence, which proclaimed the Republic of Kosovo to be a state independent from Serbia, was adopted at a meeting held on 17 February 2008 by 109 out of the 120 members of the Assembly of Kosovo, including the Prime Minister of Kosovo, Hashim Thaçi, and by the President of Kosovo, Fatmir Sejdiu (who was not a member of the Assembly).
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2018 FIFA World Cup
The 2018 FIFA World Cup was the 21st FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial world championship for national football teams organized by FIFA.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_Kosovo
Also known as Folk music of Kosovo, Kosovan rock music, Kosovar music, Rock music in Kosovo, Traditional music of Kosovo.
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