Is Lepa Brena the “Michael Jackson” of the Balkans/Eastern Europe in terms of fame?
Posted by tipoftheiceberg1234@reddit | AskBalkans | View on Reddit | 206 comments
I don’t know anyone else who comes close. And this is not “do you like Lepa Brena”, this is just presence, level of fame etc…
In communist Yugoslavia, she was the best selling solo artist in the country’s history. She sold over 40.000.000 records during the 80s. She gave what is to this day the largest concert in Bulgarian history, with over 110.000 spectators. She was in Romania. All Albanian people who I’ve talked to know her. When I went on my language seminars, all the Polish people there (even the younger generation) were familiar with her. Everyone who knows her likes at least one of her songs, regardless of how much they pretend not to.
It sounds weird comparing a woman to Michael Jackson and ascribing his level of fame to a pop star from Eastern Europe. Almost like it doesn’t belong.
But she did what no one else could.
ZelimirZOCObradovic@reddit
Yugoslavia and balkans/eastern europe are not interchangeable
tipoftheiceberg1234@reddit (OP)
Not always, but there’s significant overlap, which I’m alluding to in this case
ZelimirZOCObradovic@reddit
it is never interchangeable.
tipoftheiceberg1234@reddit (OP)
You say no, I say yes, I know about this and that’s why I’m saying yes, you don’t know or else you would be agreeing with me.
So I win.
g17gud@reddit
Saying "I win" does not in fact mean you won 🤷
casual_philosopher02@reddit
it's a kid, that's probably the best rhetoric he has used till now
tipoftheiceberg1234@reddit (OP)
Nope. Just a lot of people with attitude for no reason in the comments. Just giving them a taste of it back. I don’t have to argue like that, but it’s pretty much the only language a lot of people in this thread would understand.
Does it make you mad that I said I win? Is that something you can handle?
casual_philosopher02@reddit
You were the one coming under their replies with an attitude dude. Saying you win means nothing if you can't back it up.
I am very calm, you are the one seeminly mad that people can disagree with you
tipoftheiceberg1234@reddit (OP)
I mean what can I say to defend myself that you’ll allow. I’m right in saying that the Balkans are also Eastern Europe. Check the edit if you want proof, which I didn’t even want to give proof on something so well known and identifiable
SOHONEYSAME@reddit
ignore them, dude.
ur right, majority outside Balkans view Balkans = Yugoslavia.
in fact, majority of Greeks DO NOT consider Greece Balkan.
casual_philosopher02@reddit
girl you got a whole ass post about you being wrong on this and you are still going?
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskBalkans/comments/1sd0o4o/why_has_this_antibalkan_sentiment_grown_so_much/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button
SOHONEYSAME@reddit
u need to touch some grass if u think i'm wrong on Greeks not considering Greece Balkan, dude. (outside some weirdos here, case in point... you).
& consider travelling abroad a bit,
doubting the foreign/Western perspective, of Balkans = Yugoslavia is hilarious.
people on this thread r coping, over a fact, lol.
casual_philosopher02@reddit
Saying that I need to touch grass while you are constantly in a Balkan sub trying to prove how we are not Balkan is bold of you. You have to revert to trying to insult because you know you are not right. I am an ultra local of what weirdos(like you) thinks is the western, Italo-inspired areas of Greece (aka Patras) and I have yet to find our insane similarities to the west, I have also dated a Portuguese man and other than the tamperament found no other similarities
casual_philosopher02@reddit
first of I didn't once use the word "allow", you can say whatever you want and people can disagree with it. Second of you think the balkans are in Eastern Europe because of the UN list that was created for POLITICAL reasons and are the aftermath of communism and the west alliance, in the same site I saw you list....
As previously stated in this Guide, regional groups were formed to facilitate the equitable geographical distribution of seats among the Member States in different UN bodies.
https://www.un.org/en/model-united-nations/groups-member-states
https://www.thefederalist.eu/site/index.php/en/notes/2099-regional-unifications-and-reform-of-the-united-nations-security-council
the UN makes groupings based on the fuctionality they have IN THE UN
tipoftheiceberg1234@reddit (OP)
refer to this
casual_philosopher02@reddit
classis sense is not eastern Europe, what you are mentioning is Eastern BLOC and communism/ socialism
What happened? you can't answer to any of my listings? no reply to the actual arguments?
tipoftheiceberg1234@reddit (OP)
It all depends on your methodology for categorizing regions. Which angle do you want me to look at it from? Geographically, culturally, historically, politically…
Because then the answers might be different for each category. Overall, calling a Balkan country (with the exception of Greece) Eastern European, especially a Slavic Balkan country is acceptable in most contexts. This being one of them
casual_philosopher02@reddit
the balkans are in southeastern Europe, the division is political and in most cases not even applies anymore. Greece was listed as western europe (politically) as if we are not the on eastern borders of Europe. It is too nuanced to be coming here and being absolute about a definition that is yet to be defined
tipoftheiceberg1234@reddit (OP)
So then Eastern Europe must be used contextually. Which is exactly what I’ve been doing here. In this context, the Balkans are Eastern Europe. In this context, Greece isn’t part of the Balkans.
In another context (like rates of AIDS), Eastern Europe is only Belarus, Russia, Ukraine and Latvia.
In yet another context (like food), Eastern Europe includes parts Slovenia, but not Bulgaria or parts of Serbia, Croatia and Bosnia.
There was never, ever an absolute definition of Eastern Europe. The closest we’ve ever gotten is the current definition which includes just 3 countries.
_cptplanet@reddit
You’re just a salty mf lol
tipoftheiceberg1234@reddit (OP)
It does if I’m right.
lolzimcoolwow@reddit
You didn’t win anything ,the Michael Jackson of the balkans is Dua Lipa
tipoftheiceberg1234@reddit (OP)
Yeah you’re right Dua Lipa. She would count. But she’s not exactly what I was talking about either because she’s American and global and sings in English as you said. I meant within the region.
unicedude@reddit
American? Nah bro, she’s actually Jamaican.
ZelimirZOCObradovic@reddit
Seems like most people are agreeing with me but whatever makes you happy.
tipoftheiceberg1234@reddit (OP)
So other people are wrong too? Like 😂 Why do I give a shit who agrees with you
ZelimirZOCObradovic@reddit
smartest bosnian
tipoftheiceberg1234@reddit (OP)
Idk man. Sounds like you lost and you’re a sore loser at that.
It’s okay to be wrong. I mean, I know you’re Serbian and you guys have an inherent fear of that (because of the implications that would have for your history), but really it’s gonna be okay if you’re wrong.
zargug2@reddit
My guy, i cant find a comment that agrees with you at all. You've been downvoted to hell.
tipoftheiceberg1234@reddit (OP)
Refer to this
SOHONEYSAME@reddit
dude, stop coping.
it's the reality.
90% of West people consider Balkan = Yugoslavia.
it's that simple.
Critical-Positive858@reddit
луда по тебе is better than luda za tobom. also i think the better comparison is marina tucakovic to diane warren
_cptplanet@reddit
Im from Eastern Europe, born in 1990 and I’ve never heard of the lady. Balkans are not the same as Eastern Europe
AdmirableFlow@reddit
Calm your tits, we don't have a stadium that can hold 110.000 people
tipoftheiceberg1234@reddit (OP)
Vasil Ilievski stadium can hold up to 90.000, but 110.000 arrived. She broke the limit
AdmirableFlow@reddit
Vasil *Levski stadium is currently 43.000 and in 1990 before the reconstruction it was 60.000 at best.
tipoftheiceberg1234@reddit (OP)
AdmirableFlow@reddit
You do realize in wikipedia everyone can edit whatever number they like right?
Here's the concert, they didn't even put spectators on the pitch area, that's hardly more than 60.000 - 70.000 in total
tipoftheiceberg1234@reddit (OP)
Why doesn’t someone of your intelligence try and edit something on Wikipedia and then tell me what Wikipedia does to your edit.
Go ahead. Change the number to 60.000. Screenshot it and send it in 1 hour.
Primary-Dust-3091@reddit
Brother... My guy literally proved to you wiki is wrong on this one and you still trust it as if it's Jesus. Wiki is wrong on many things and it shouldn't be trusted as much as a logical argument.
Unable-Stay-6478@reddit
You do realize there is a reference to that statement, right there in that wiki article?
https://avaz.ba/showbiz/muzika/845693/koncert-pred-120-000-ljudi-prije-33-godine-lepa-brena-je-usla-u-anale
zargug2@reddit
Well you know bosnians are stubborn.
tipoftheiceberg1234@reddit (OP)
How did he prove me wrong? I actually proved him wrong. Are you 12? Like how are you so dumb
SnooMemesjellies5491@reddit
You do realise people stay standing ? For AC/DC there were over 60k. The stadium has 65k sitting in the 90s you can easily add another 30-40k on the ground
There were no safety measures back then
ReflectionPure6900@reddit
You do realize that football and concert capacities can be quite different, right?
MoreFeeYouS@reddit
Have you ever been to any of the concerts in your life? Do you know there are stands literally on the football pitch?
chaotebg@reddit
Not saying who is right or wrong about this particular case, but you are citing the capacity in the stadium stands, however you can fit quite a lot of people on the terrain as well when there is a concert.
Stealthfighter21@reddit
Who's Vasil Ilievski?
tipoftheiceberg1234@reddit (OP)
Vasil Levski*
I talk about Vaska Ilievska a lot and my phone autocorrected.
damjan193@reddit
That's also wrong, it's Vaska Ilieva.
tipoftheiceberg1234@reddit (OP)
😂😂😂
Okay. So NOT Vasil Ilievski and NOT Vaska Ilievska
Where the hell am I getting Ilievska then. The amount of times I’ve confidently said Ilievska omg
g17gud@reddit
You saying wrong things confidently seems to be a pattern
tipoftheiceberg1234@reddit (OP)
I’ll admit when I’m wrong though. Can’t say the same about you
gutag@reddit
Do sad sve što si napisao je bila čista glupost tako da nije iznenađenje.
tipoftheiceberg1234@reddit (OP)
To ti kazes, samo sta koga briga sta ti misliš.
Možda sto govorim nije popularno, možda ima puno kompleksaša naročito na redditu, ali da su gluposti? Tu si pogriješio.
SuedeJacketMonster@reddit
Not if hou let people on the pitch.
MoreFeeYouS@reddit
It's obvious you haven't been to a single concert in your life. Otherwise you would have known there are stands literally on the football pitch...
Those stands don't count in an official stadium capacity.
zargug2@reddit
Pogledaj stadion brt, dodatnih 40k ljudi da stane na to? Nema teorije.
Nekzilla@reddit
Who?
Netris1@reddit
Not sure whether you consider Czechia to be an eastern Europe (although it is a Slavic country from the former Eastern Bloc) but I've never heard of her.
Some_Seesaw4163@reddit
Balkans are not Serbia.
BWC_Python@reddit
we ve never heard of it in Romania
timisorean_02@reddit
Well, if you are not from Banat area, sure.
Lopsided-Rooster-930@reddit
Im from Timisoara too and never heard of her
timisorean_02@reddit
Are you under 20? She literally held a huge concert 3 years ago in Iulius.
keenox90@reddit
Being known in Banat is very far away from being known in Romania. That's more like a local singer rather than Michael Jackson
timisorean_02@reddit
Still, "we" does not equal everyone in Romania, like the redditor generalised.
Ah, and I forgot half of Oltenia (Mehedinti, Gorj).
TheodorKK@reddit
In banat everyone knows her
timisorean_02@reddit
Everyone over 20-25, I would say.
Similar_Parking_1295@reddit
I banged her in 1987
tipoftheiceberg1234@reddit (OP)
Damn so you old as shit. How’d you learn to use the computer 😂
VisaSila@reddit
Balkans are Southern Europe
Also, I'm guessing that she was most known withing Yugoslavia and not as much outside
tipoftheiceberg1234@reddit (OP)
VisaSila@reddit
Not wrong. Southern Europe is comprised of Iberian, Italian and Balkan peninsulas.
tipoftheiceberg1234@reddit (OP)
And Eastern Europe is comprised of… wait for it…
The Balkans.
VisaSila@reddit
Simply, no.
Eastern Europe is from Ural Mountains in the east, to Central and Southern Europe in the west, unless you are talking about only the broadest of terms in case Southern and Central Europe don't even exist as concepts, which is simply ridiculous in this day and age.
So, Eastern Europe would be Russia, Belarus and Ukraine.
tipoftheiceberg1234@reddit (OP)
You haven’t done your reading. I literally posted:
“ I mean it depends what definition of Eastern Europe.
In the classic sense? Yeah we’re Eastern Europe. Serbia even more so.
Strictly speaking? Eastern Europe is only Russia Ukraine and Belarus.”
None of this is western nonsense. It is based on facts, which don’t care about your feelings.
zargug2@reddit
But facts are we are not easter europe, are you that stubborn to not be able to accept when you're wrong?
tipoftheiceberg1234@reddit (OP)
https://www.un.org/dgacm/en/content/regional-groups
List by the UN
zargug2@reddit
He sqid everything, so i don't repeat myself.
tipoftheiceberg1234@reddit (OP)
You don’t understand English. He was arguing FOR Slavic Balkan being Eastern European 😂
zargug2@reddit
YES slavic balkan, but geographically, it is after urals.
Justanotherbastard2@reddit
Southern and Eastern Europe are cultural and not geographical concepts that overlap in the Balkans and have no universally agreed definition. In fact the region (including Yugoslavia) is often referred to as South Eastern Europe by various official bodies.
The UN itself places most Yugoslav countries in the Eastern Europe section. Ironically Greece is in the Western Europe section.
https://www.un.org/dgacm/en/content/regional-groups
The term “Europe” itself is not a geographical but a cultural construct that has changed over the years, notably when Peter the great pushed for recognition of Russia as a European country. Western Eurasia is the official geographical term.
andupotorac@reddit
Who?
black_jerome@reddit
Who?
CakiGM@reddit
For Ex-Yu countries and Bulgaria sure, but for the rest of the Balkans and Eastern Europe it would rather be Goran Bregović I think, he is way better known across regions you mention if you are searching strictly for someone from ex-Yu counties.
chromacatr@reddit
No, wtf ... I mean she was famous but not MJ level of Famous lol nothing close to...
Opening-Awareness153@reddit
Never heard of this lady and i’m form a neighboring country.
jeton_zag@reddit
Probably was well known to yugo boomers but ive never heard of this person before.
InformationTop3437@reddit
I'm 42 years old and it's the first time I hear about her. I'll look her up, you guys made me curious about her music.
kerelberel@reddit
Nowadays Dua Lipa has probably surpassed her
Stealthfighter21@reddit
She had that concert many years ago. Older people listen to her and her peers. But she's synonymous with kitch. I've seen some of her interviews. She's a nasty bitch.
tipoftheiceberg1234@reddit (OP)
I mean so is Madonna, but she’s famous.
Kole13@reddit
Not even close to comparable.
BudgetWorking2633@reddit
They seem pretty comparable to me!
For starters, I don't like either one.
tipoftheiceberg1234@reddit (OP)
Yeah thanks 🥴🥴
Obviously. No one from all Eastern Europe is comparable to Madonna. We just aren’t that big. If you haven’t noticed the context is about scale and proportion.
Emergency_Shine_7275@reddit
Spill some tea?
SOHONEYSAME@reddit
who?
tipoftheiceberg1234@reddit (OP)
Greece isn’t Eastern Europe and only Balkan in some cases. She was (and is) a pop star singer
rndig@reddit
I can ask the same? Have not a slight idea who this lady is.
Born-Till-1738@reddit
Russia is Balkan now?
rndig@reddit
No, question was about Balkans and Eastern Europe, so
Born-Till-1738@reddit
Oh yeah, my bad (though I also often forget Russia is considered East Europe)
rndig@reddit
Yeah, only like 35% of geographic Europe in Russia, easy to miss
Born-Till-1738@reddit
You know everyone in the EU, UK and Switzerland hates Russia right? You are in an active war right now too. There's not much cultural exchange between Russia and the rest of Europe right now.
rndig@reddit
Facts
tipoftheiceberg1234@reddit (OP)
So she wasn’t know in the Soviet Union unlike Balkan Baba Vanga.
I’m sure some Russian people knew her but you guys had your own thing going on back then
rndig@reddit
Vanga is well known, I would say 95% recognition rating for people born before 2000 at least. As about singer, some people might know her but I would say probability of this for people born after 1985 is nearly zero, what years was she active anyway?
Olegzs@reddit
Even better - people born after 2000 and use social media, have definitely heard about her due to her obviously fake predictions for 2025, 2026, 2027... etc. :D
timisorean_02@reddit
She is still active.
rndig@reddit
I see, ty, but as i said, it's probably too much of a distance, interesting if Ukrainians knew her or Romania is where reach ends in this direction (west to east I mean)
timisorean_02@reddit
The parts on the border with Serbia have heard of her (region of Banat, and western part of the region of Oltenia).
casual_philosopher02@reddit
so it is just the serbocroatian language spreakers that knew her, not the Balkans and Eastern Europe, who would have thought!
SOHONEYSAME@reddit
I agree,
& cool!!
mrbadger30@reddit
Good question
IonutRO@reddit
nikolapc@reddit
We're not Eastern Europe bro. We're the Balkans, special cultural region lol. And within it Yugoslavia is it's own cultural sphere. I don't think she's known in Eastern Europe, but in Yugoslavia she sure was a superstar. She had some limited reach beyond. Nowdays she's just one of the old stars from Yugoslavia.
Toshe was going for superstar and was famous in all of Yugoslavia and was going to try for beyond but sadly had his accident and died young. I've never seen people in Yugoslavia more shocked about some celebrity's death since Tito. People were in real mourning and for months.
tipoftheiceberg1234@reddit (OP)
Refer to this.
Don’t understand the pushback. It’s not like it’s a big deal to be Eastern European
freya_sinclair@reddit
I remember, I was visitng my relatives in Macedonia when he dies, we were all collectively crying when we head the news. To me, it's still heartbreaking, his songs always make me tear up.
Proud-Ad-5206@reddit
Truth.
fireswalkwithme@reddit
Lol fuck NO!
tipoftheiceberg1234@reddit (OP)
You know she’s not Serbian. It’s okay, you don’t have to be angry.
kpax80@reddit
Who is she ?! Never heard in România
freya_sinclair@reddit
First of all, she's definitely not a POP star. Second, she used to be well known, but more in Yugoslavia, nowadays, not that much.
StellarAoMing@reddit
We're not in fuckin Eastern Europe. Stop that western, ignorant nonsense.
tipoftheiceberg1234@reddit (OP)
I mean it depends what definition of Eastern Europe.
In the classic sense? Yeah we’re Eastern Europe. Serbia even more so.
Strictly speaking? Eastern Europe is only Russia Ukraine and Belarus.
None of this is western nonsense. It is based on facts, which don’t care about your feelings.
Pigeonofthesea8@reddit
I am confused, we’ve been saying Yugoslavia and ex Yugo countries are Eastern European for as long as I can remember. Also Balkan, and Slavic.
Tediscus@reddit
Nobody heard of this girl lol
Prize_Management9936@reddit
In the 80s she was huge in western Romania, especially in Banat. That picture is from Timișoara where there were so many people in the stadium that she needed to brought in with a helicopter.
TurdEye69@reddit
I’ve heard her name but that’s about it. I don’t think she has ever been super famous in Bulgaria.
giorgi_iusuf@reddit
I heard about her, maybe she was famous in the past but not so much now, at least in 🇷🇴
hummingbyrds@reddit
she's basically like Madonna
ValSintetic@reddit
Romanian version of Madonna:
tipoftheiceberg1234@reddit (OP)
Yeah I would also say the past
But then if it’s not her who even comes close. Either we don’t have a Michael Jackson of Eastern Europe or Lepa Brena is the Michael Jackson 😂
giorgi_iusuf@reddit
It’s not a pop star, but I would say Bregovic is more famous world wide. But as pop star and strictly to this area she was a fenomen in the 80 s and 90 s
Own_Yogurtcloset7087@reddit
Lepa Brena and Vesna Zmijanac were extremely popular in Bulgaria in the late 1980s and early 1990s, and they filled the Vasil Levski National Stadium. Reportedly, they still have an audience there today and occasionally hold concerts.
Strygwyr333@reddit
No idea who she is
Nice-Light-7782@reddit
Romanian here, I never heard of her. Curious if you heard of Inna?
marius125357@reddit
who
keenox90@reddit
Never heard of her
Mindless-Payment-400@reddit
Idk, I don't like her music.
Sikarra16@reddit
Michael Jackson was whiter than her
Healthy-Recover-8904@reddit
I would say Esma Redžepova
Reasonable-Past2096@reddit
Who is Lepa Brena? :)
elektro_jez@reddit
She's more like Cher
Olegzs@reddit
As a non-Balkaner, but still from the region often called Eastern Europe, I've never heard about her :D
Klutzy_Assignment391@reddit
Yes she is
ilmwnf@reddit
Me as an albanian: Luda za tobom, šta se tu može? Kad još te čuvam ispod kože Luda za tobom, a tebi smeta Što bi zbog tebe i na kraj sveta
Antique_Birthday6380@reddit
Who?
noodlesSa@reddit
Fun fact: as she played role of "stupid sexy blonde" or her life, she is mathematics PhD.
No-Championship-4632@reddit
I very much doubt that part about 110 thousand spectators in Sofia because there is no way the stadium would allow that many people. The part about the helicopter and the event being a big one at the time is true though. She was popular with the folks that lived near the border and watched Yugo TV in the commie era.
savarutsu@reddit
AZIS is the Balkan Michael Jackson.
Ok_Application_5557@reddit
Yes, she's a legend. I'm 41 and I loved her music when I was a kid. Damn, I still love those old hits. She was so popular she even made a series of comedy movies with her songs featured like in a musical.
Beyonce has nothing on her popularity back than. 😁
f1zo@reddit
No, r u crazy ?
SuedeJacketMonster@reddit
I hear Azis is quite famous?
Zuphersson@reddit
In terms of fame maybe, but in terms of music and lyrics quality … Absolutely not in the same universe.
dorobica@reddit
I don’t think people understand the level of fame Michael Jackson reached.. she could be in a different universe, that’s how far she was from that level of fame
Ujemegaz@reddit
All our aunts were crazy about her. Always thought she was Bulgarian.
rmViper@reddit
As someone from Eastern Europe, who? Michael Jackson was the Michael Jackson of Eastern Europe.
merdeauxfraises@reddit
Never heard of her before
begboli@reddit
may i suggest... tarkan?
stepanija@reddit
Goddess Status!
maddgun@reddit
She's the Balkan Alla Pugacheva
Acidfrogeater@reddit
Lol.
Salt_Fennel8876@reddit
I am from the generation that was in childhood and adolescence when Lepa Brenna was famous. I have heard of her, but I don't know a single one of her songs. I am from Sofia. My parents considered Serbian pub songs /кръчмарски песни/ to be nonsense and didn't listen to them. But she was really popular, especially in Western Bulgaria. In Eastern Bulgaria they couldn't get Serbian radio and TV channels.
RecordIcy5375@reddit
Who?
tomj788@reddit
Stop associating the term Balkan with Yugoslav culture
S-onceto@reddit
Queen of the Balkans for sure.
SafeCoconut573@reddit
lmao
Successful_Serve9291@reddit
No.
skn4991@reddit
They explain it in her biopic - Lepa
Savings_Cause5234@reddit
No
andreichera@reddit
no, never heard of
belay_that_order@reddit
zdravko colic?
Fun_Selection8699@reddit
prolapseenthusiat@reddit
South- East* also there are places like the costal are were she wasnt that popular. I would go for Halid Beslic, hes popular all over ex-yu. Also the only who was popular in dalmatia next to Dragojevic, Kovac and others
tipoftheiceberg1234@reddit (OP)
Nobody knows who those people are outside of Yugoslavia though. It’s tough because there’s really no pan-eastern European pop star known everywhere.
But if one is the most known, it’s Lepa Brena. That’s why I say we either have no Michael Jackson, or Lepa Brena is the closest thing to
Geutzu@reddit
Who?
Karvalics@reddit
Never in my life heared that name
dont_tread_on_M@reddit
I guess she was more famous with people from Yugoslavia. Among young Albanians in Kosovo, she isn't famous at all. I think because of the language barrier
tipoftheiceberg1234@reddit (OP)
Romanians play her at weddings. Their language is about as different to ours as yours is
Maya_Elisse@reddit
I don't think you've been to any romanian weedings. The song you will hear 99% of time is this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_S5HLj8NBY
We never even heard of Lepa Brena, We would have rember her since her name sounds like Lepra (leprosy in romanian)
tipoftheiceberg1234@reddit (OP)
I have been to a Romanian wedding in Timisoara and when I heard Lepa Brena I was shocked. Cousin of the bride said “she’s at every wedding”.
Maybe you never heard of Lepa Brena. Some people haven’t heard of Michael Jackson in Mongolia.
timisorean_02@reddit
She is at every wedding....in Banat, perhaps. Romania is very big, people from the region Moldova sure as hell have not heard of her.
timisorean_02@reddit
Yeah, because you are not from Banat. I was at a party last evening, and they played both Dragana Mirkovic, Goran Bregovic, and also, the famous „Perspektiva” song.
Not Lepa Brena, though.
Prince_Hastur@reddit
Lepra is leprosy in Serbian and Croatian too btw
Turbulent-Bear193@reddit
I thought Merlin was MJ of Yugoslavia. I know her but she has a couple good songs isn't her music pop-olk?
Darknemo20000@reddit
Who? Seriously its the first time I heard of her. I live in Lithuania. How much you consider it Eastern Europe or more northern Europe is up to you but I really dont think there will be many who would even know that such person even exists over here.
tipoftheiceberg1234@reddit (OP)
Yeah not Lithuania Estonia or any of those countries. More amongst the Slavic countries
-ToniCipriani-@reddit
Never heard of her. Must be a Yugoslavia only thing.
Rude-Training-4694@reddit
Definitely not MJ , maybe maid of MJ :))
tipoftheiceberg1234@reddit (OP)
Only thing she cleaned up was Eastern Europe, not Michael Jackson’s house.
And she’s taller than him. Also she’s not a pedophile.
Hyllius1@reddit
Nah. Maybe for the slavic speakers.
VLAON6@reddit
No, she was bigger ⭐
Drama-Gloomy@reddit
Dino Merlin is better
GeneralVuk@reddit
better at plagarizing
Drama-Gloomy@reddit
That’s a normal thing in the music industry lol
ZelimirZOCObradovic@reddit
In which mahala is that the case
Drama-Gloomy@reddit
Lots of them
az226@reddit
She is very well known among Yugoslavians, more like 80s/90s popularity, not so much any more.
Also not MJ level fame/intensity.
More like a Jennifer Lopez.
tipoftheiceberg1234@reddit (OP)
Bijelo Dugme is like Jennifer Lopez, maybe. Maybe Massimo Savić is like Jenifer Lopez.
Lepa Brena was significantly bigger in the region than both.
HYBRIDLqTHEORY@reddit
you mean yugoslavian
Playful-Falcon-6243@reddit
Idk her
SOHONEYSAME@reddit
who?
Original-Hall-9832@reddit
You can say so. Or the Madona of the Balkans.
tipoftheiceberg1234@reddit (OP)
I was going to say Madonna but not even Madonna made as much of an impact as Michael Jackson did. Jackson outperformed her proportionately speaking.
If you scale it down to Eastern Europe, I think Lepa Brena made an impact somewhere in between Michael Jackson and Madonna. Set crowds equally roaring but her legacy falls just short of Jackson’s.