Goran Karan (born April 2, 1964 in Belgrade, Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia), is a Croatian singer from Split. He specializes in songs influenced by Dalmatian folk music and is known for his powerful and refined tenor voice. Karan's collaboration with composer Zdenko Runji? led to some of his finest work, which won him several awards.
Karan was the lead singer of cult rock group
Big Blue, before becoming a solo artist in 1997.
In 2000 he represented Croatia at Eurovision Song Contest, after winning the Croatian pre-selection Dora. In the Eurovision Song Contest, he won the ninth place with his song
Ostani (Stay).
In 2005 he was one of the judges in
Hrvatski idol, Croatian version of Pop Idol. Karan's song "Ru?o moja bila" won the 2005 Split Festival song competition, as well as 2005 Suncane skale festival in Herceg Novi.
Oficial web site *
www.goran-karan.infoFan web site*
gorankaran.atspace.com
Albums
- Kao da te ne volim (Like I Don't Yove You) - 1999
- Vagabundo (Vagabund) - 2000
- Ahoj! (Ahoy!) - 2003
- Od srca do usana (From Heart to the Lips) - 2005
- Zlatna kolekcija (Golden Collection) - 2005
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