Ksenija Pajčin

Ksenija Pajčin, often billed as Xenia, was a Serbian pop singer, dancer and model from Belgrade. She was born there on 3 December 1977 to her mother Ljubica and father Miloš, and her family came from the village of Gubin near Livno. In the late 1990s and the 2000s she was one of the most talked-about faces of the Serbian pop scene, as known for her dancing and stage outfits as for her songs.

She started out as a go-go dancer in discothèques, and in 1994 she danced in the music video for Dragana Mirković's "Opojni su zumbuli". At the time she worked as an assistant to the music manager Minimaks, who had looked after Silvana Armenulić and Lepa Brena. She was then offered a place in the pop duo Duck, whose 1996 debut Ljubavni napitak was sung by Marija Mihajlović while Ksenija lip-synced; with the hit "Dačo, volim te" the duo became popular with young audiences and she drew attention to herself.

As a dancer she also became well known in Greece, where she performed in many night clubs. Her solo career brought the albums Too Hot to Handle (1997), Extreme (2001) and Sigurna (2004), followed by the compilation Best of Xenia in 2006. Among her singles were "Divan dan" (1998), "Plačem danima", which she sang at the Sunčane skale festival in 2002, "Dečko mi je umoran" and "Nino" (2006) and "Veštica", sung at the Radio Festival in 2007. She ran her own dance studio in Belgrade and also worked as a model.

She liked to work with other singers: "Sex bombastic" with Predrag Todorović Todor, "Hajde, sestro" with Indira Radić in 2008 and "Požuri" with MC Stojan. Her last releases included "Pizza", "Farsa", "Brka" and "Supica", a duet with her friend Danijel Alibabić released in July 2009, whose video came out on 9 January 2010.

Ksenija Pajčin died in her Belgrade flat on 16 March 2010, aged 32, when she was shot by her boyfriend, who then took his own life. She was buried at Belgrade's Novo groblje, and singers such as Mira Škorić, Indira Radić and Nada Topčagić came to say goodbye. In 2011 Danijel Alibabić released "Pjesma za Kseniju" in her memory. Her official videos are gathered here in one playlist.