Anabela

Anabela, born Anabela Bukva and now Anabela Atijas, is a pop singer from Goražde, where she was born on 26 January 1975. She sings, writes songs and dances, and has also been credited as Anabela Đogani and Anabela Funky G. She lives in Belgrade.

Her career began in 1993, when she joined the dance act Funky G with Gagi Đogani. In sixteen years the duo made twelve studio albums, from Samo u snu (1994) through Mi smo tu, Budi tu, Hej, ti, Supersonic, Tebi, Dođe mi da…, Napraviću lom, Napravi se lud and Nedodirljiva to Osmi smrtni greh (2007) and Kafana na Balkanu (2008). Funky G split in 2009.

She went solo straight away. Her first single, "Moj dragi", came out in September 2009, followed in October by "Sto ratova", a duet with Mia Borisavljević, and on 21 July 2010 City Records released her first solo album, Igra sudbine. Early in 2010 she also finished second in the Serbian edition of Big Brother.

A long run of singles followed: "DJ pumpaj!" with MC Stojan, "Paparazzi" with Mirko Gavrić and "Ne zovi me" in 2011, then "Lutka bez ruku", which she sang at the 2012 Grand Festival, and "Ljubi, ljubi". Her biggest success was "Beograd" (2011), recorded with DJ Shone and Elitni Odredi, which passed 50 million views on YouTube. In 2014 she sang "Muzej promašenih ljubavi" at the Pink Music Festival and released "Ljubav zna" with MC Knele and DJ Matejo.

She kept working with other artists: "U mraku" with Đuka Đuranović and "Preventiva" with Boban Rajović in 2015, "Bidermajer" with Grupa Luna in 2016, and "Od utro do večer" with Zoran Iliev, which won first place at MakFest in 2017. Solo songs such as "Noćna patrola", "Emotivno labilna", "Zabranjeno", "Ples sa vukovima" and "U januaru" (2023) kept her on the radio. In 2018 she briefly rejoined Funky G for the comeback single "Vila veškica".

Over the years her releases have come out on City Records, IDJTunes and Grand Production, among others. Anabela has three daughters, and her sister Aida Bukva is an actress.