Viki Miljković | |
Native Name: | Вики Миљковић |
Native Name Lang: | sr-Cyrl |
Background: | solo_singer |
Birth Name: | Violeta Miljković |
Birth Date: | 1974 12, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Niš, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia |
Genre: | Turbo-folk |
Years Active: | 1992–present |
Associated Acts: | Costi Ioniță |
Violeta Miljković (Serbian: Виолета Миљковић; born 18 December 1974), better known as Viki Miljković, is a Serbian singer and television personality.[1] Born in Niš, she started her recording career in the early nineties and has released ten studio albums. Since 2015, Viki has been a judge and mentor on the televised singing show Zvezde Granda.
Born and raised in Niš, Viki started performing as a teenager alongside her brother who played the accordion. After getting discovered by the song-writing duo Marina Tucaković and Aleksandar Radulović, she released her debut album, Loša sreća (Bad Luck, 1992), under Diskos.[2] However, it was only the following year that Viki saw significant commercial success with her second release and breakout hit "Nikom nije lepše nego nama" (No One Has It Better Than Us). Her music career peaked in the early 2000s with albums Mariš li (Do You Care, 2003) and Mahi, mahi (2005), released through Grand Production. In 2006, Viki held her first solo concert in Belgrade's Sava Centar.[1]
In 2015, Miljković began appearing on the televised singing competition Zvezde Granda as a judge and mentor.[3] In 2022, she had a winning contestant as a mentor with Nermin Handžić.[4]
Miljković graduated with a degree in musical arts from the Faculty of Arts, University of Pristina.[5] In 2007, she married accordion player Dragan Tašković "Taške", with whom she has a son, born in October the same year.[6] [7] It has been noted that Miljković has maintained close friendships with singers Ceca Ražnatović and Sanja Đorđević, who served as bridesmaids at her wedding.[8]
Miljković and her husband publicly endorsed Aleksandar Vučić for the 2023 Serbian parliamentary election.[9]