Tony Cetinski

Tony Cetinski, born Anthony Cetinski on 31 May 1969 in Pula, is a Croatian pop and pop-rock singer. He comes from a family of musicians: his father Mirko Cetinski has been a successful singer since the 1960s, and his brother Matteo also had a music career in the 1990s. Tony began singing with local groups at fifteen, released his first album, Samo srce ne laže, in 1990 and moved from Rovinj to Zagreb in 1991.

With Ljubomora I and Ljubomora II in 1992 and 1993 he quickly became one of Croatia's leading pop stars. In 1994 he won Dora with "Nek' ti bude ljubav sva" and represented Croatia at the Eurovision Song Contest in Dublin, finishing 16th of 25, with the future Divas as his backing singers. In 1995 he received the Order of Danica Hrvatska with the face of Marko Marulić for his contribution to culture. "23. prosinac" won the Porin for song of the year and for best male vocal in 1996, the year he also won the Split festival Grand Prix with "Neka noćas dođu svi" and sang "Morski vuk" with Oliver Dragojević.

His albums Ljubav i bol, Prah i pepeo, A1, Triptonyc, A sada... and Budi uz mene followed between 1995 and 2005; A1 and Budi uz mene both won the Porin for best pop album. He won the 2001 Split Grand Prix with "Dobar dan ti dušo", a duet with Zorica Kondža, and the 2006 Croatian Radio Festival with "Sve je s tobom napokon na mjestu", and with Vanna he took the 1997 Porin for best vocal collaboration.

Tony Cetinski sang "Lagala nas mala" with Toše Proeski, "To je vrijedilo čekati" with Ivana Banfić and the duet "Dolce suono" with tenor José Carreras, and he recorded with Kiki Lesendrić of Piloti. He was Michael Bolton's guest at the Royal Albert Hall in London. In 2009 he filled Arena Zagreb two nights in a row, more than 30,000 people in all, and was the most played artist in Croatia that year; "Kad žena zavoli" won the Porin for hit of the year in 2010.

Later albums include Ako to se zove ljubav, Da Capo, Opet si pobijedila and Kao u snu, and in 2023 "Vojnik pod zvijezdama" and "Ima nešto" brought him the Music Pub awards for best performer and song of the year. His 2024 concert at Arena Zagreb, with guests such as Matija Cvek, Marko Kutlić and Adi Šoše, came out as a live album. The playlist is his Topic channel.