Jašar Ahmedovski

Jašar Ahmedovski is a Serbian singer of folk music, a lyricist and composer, born on 22 December 1964 in Plasnica near Prilep in today's North Macedonia, where he finished primary school. He grew up in a big family, with a sister, Ava, and three brothers, Ruždija, Mufit and Ipče. At the urging of his father, a doctor, he went to a secondary medical school in Sarajevo, and it was there that he first sang on stage, at the Pionirska dolina restaurant, at the invitation of Halid Bešlić.

After two years of singing in kafanas alongside his studies, he met Šaban Šaulić, who advised him to move to Belgrade, where he recorded his first song, "Ružo moja, najmiliji cvete". It was followed by "Svako svome mora da se vraća" and "Jednoj ženi za sećanje dugo", composed by Šaulić with lyrics by Miki Ljubičić. His first album, Za srca zaljubljena, came out on Jugodisk in 1982 and made him popular across Yugoslavia.

Through the 1980s came Jednoj ženi za sećanje (1983), Mnogo si me usrećila (1984), Dečak zaljubljeni, Pomiri me sa najdražom, Žena moje mladosti (1987), Zabraniću suzama (1989) and Zarobi me (1990), and in the 1980s and 1990s he was also a member of the Južni vetar ensemble, recording three albums with it. He sang "Ceo grad je plakao za nama" at MESAM in 1984 and "Zabraniću suzama" at both MESAM and Poselo godine 202 in 1989, and in 1991 he won the best interpreter award at Poselo godine 202 with "Oladi, devojčice" and "Voleću te, voleti do smrti".

His later albums include Dobar momak (1993), Kad sveća dogori (1995), Moj bagreme beli (1996), A oko mene ženski svet and Venčajte me sa njenom lepotom (both 1997), Ne bilo mi što mi majka misli (2000), Koja žena prokle mene (2002), Malo ljubav malo greh (2005), Idi sve je gotovo (2007) and Na njenu će dušu sve (2012). Among his best-known songs are "Koja žena prokle mene", "Ti pripadaš samo meni", "Dečak zaljubljeni", "Jagnje moje malo", "Kad sveća dogori", "Moj bagreme beli" and "Ništa vreme promenilo nije".

He has recorded duets with Goca Božinovska ("Sve je prošlo tebe nema", 1984, and "Ljubav iz računa", 2003), Snežana Đurišić ("Ne zovi me nisam više tvoj", 1986), Extra Nena ("Zajedno", 1989) and Suzana Jovanović ("Baš takvog te volim", 1996, and "Šta si sanjo mili brate", 1998). His younger brother Ipče Ahmedovski, also a singer, died in a car accident in 1994, and Jašar dedicated the songs "Tamo si ti" and "Spavaj, spavaj ti" to him. His kum is Saša Popović, owner of Grand Production. Jašar Ahmedovski is married to Snežana and lives in Belgrade.