Verica Šerifović

Verica Šerifović is a folk singer from Kragujevac, born on 12 September 1963. She finished grammar school in her home town. Besides folk and pop songs she is known for her interpretations of Romani songs and of jazz standards.

Her first album, Možda postoji neko, came out in 1988. It was followed by Mi smo srećan par (1991), Ako ima Boga (1993), Verica Šerifović (1996), Vol. 7 (1997) and Sa tobom ponovo (1998), and in the 2000s by Ciganska snaja (2001), Veruješ li (2005), I to će proći (2006) and Ti mi uvek trebaš (2008). Her records came out on Diskos, Jugodisk, Zabava miliona and Grand Production.

Her best-known songs include "Ne dam bolu da me slomi", "Pepeljuga", "Sa tobom ponovo", "Loša godina", "Ako treba mogu to" and "Po koji put da ti verujem". She also sang at festivals: "Oko mene uspomene" at Šumadijski sabor in 1991, "Na tom mestu ispod sunca" at Moravski biseri in 1996, and at the Dragiša Nedović festival in Kragujevac in 1999 and 2000.

Verica Šerifović is the mother and first teacher of Marija Šerifović, who won the Eurovision Song Contest in 2007. Her second husband is the composer and accordion player Mića Nikolić. The playlist plays her album Vol. 7, with "Pepeljuga" and "Ne dam bolu".