Joce Panov

Joce Panov is a Macedonian pop singer, composer and songwriter, born on 17 January 1982 in Štip. He went to primary school and to the Sergej Mihajlov secondary music school in his home town, then graduated in music theory and pedagogy from the Faculty of Music in Skopje, where he lives. He sings in Macedonian and in Serbian.

His festival career began in 2004 at Kaneo Fest in Ohrid with "Ljubovta neka mi sudi". He then sang at Makfest in Štip three years running, with "Srodni duši" (2006), "Vo nedela" (2007) and "Nema odgovor" (2008), and brought "Usnite tvoi" to Ohrid Fest in 2008. His first solo concert took place in December 2007 at the Aco Šopov culture house in Štip.

He became known beyond North Macedonia through the Pesma Mediterana festival in Budva, where he was named best debutant in 2009 with "Ti peam pesna" and came third in the audience vote in 2010 with "Ljubovna religija". In 2010 he was also voted best vocalist at Golden Voices, came third with the jury at Slavianski Bazaar in Belarus and won the Grand Prix of Euro Fest in Skopje. In 2011 he won the Discovery festival in Varna, Bulgaria, and finished second at Zagreb Fest with "Što i da mi storiš".

His first album, Ti peam pesna, came out on 20 January 2011, followed by Ogneni pečati on 19 March 2012 and its Serbian-language edition, Vatreni pečati, in January 2013. Music videos for "Veštice", "Nisam više taj", "Moja najdobra", "Alo bre", "Virus", "Temperatura" and "Moj grad" followed over the next decade, most of them directed by Dario Janković. At the 2014 Skopje Festival he sang "Ni Lj od ljubovta", and in April 2018 he promoted a new album in Serbia.

His more recent songs include "Nikome ne pričam o nama" and "Pogrešna" (2023) and "Sreća u nesreći" (2024). On his channel he has also shared "Za Milica", sung with Naum Petreski, and his version of "Jedina", a song of Toše Proeski.