Albina Grčić

Albina Grcić, known professionally by the mononym Albina, is a Croatian singer. She began her career after participating in season three of The Voice Hrvatska where she finished third.

Albina Grčić
BornSplit, Croatia
GenresPop
Occupation(s)Singer
Instruments
  • Vocals
Years active2020–present
LabelsUniversal Music Croatia

Career

Grčić auditioned for the second season of X Factor Adria in Belgrade, Serbia by singing "Ako izgubim te ja" by Oliver Dragojević.[1] Advancing to the next round, the production decided to form a girl group with Grčić as a member.[2] She declined the offer and ended her participation at the show.[2] Starting 7 December 2019, Albina Grčić appeared as a contestant on the third season of the reality talent show The Voice Hrvatska.[3] On the first show, Grčić sang Laura Pausini's song "En cambio no".[4] Two judges, Vanna and Davor Gobac turned around with Grčić choosing Vanna as her coach.[5] On 11 January 2020 during the Knockout Stage Grčić sang "A Million Dreams" by Pink and advanced to the Battle Round.[6] On 1 February 2020, in the Battle Round, Grčić's coach Vanna put her against Filip Rudan choosing that they both sing "Lovely", originally by Billie Eilish and Khalid.[7] As a result, Vanna picked Rudan to continue his journey into the live shows.[8] Coah Massimo Savić used his save on Grčić and she advanced into the first live episode as a member of his team.[9] On 8 February 2020 at the first live show, Grčić sang a rendition of Zlatan Stipišić Gibonni's song "Nisi više moja bol".[10] At the semi-final on 15 February 2020, Grčić performed Coldplay's "Fix You" and advanced to the final.[11] At the finals, Grčić sang the songs "Suze nam stale na put" along with her coach Savić, "Korake ti znam" by Maya Sar and she re-sang her audition song "En cambio no".[12] She placed third overall after winner Vinko Ćemeraš and runner-up Filip Rudan.[13]

Immediately after coming third on The Voice, Grčić was signed to a record deal with Universal Music Croatia.[14] On 16 October 2020 her debut single, "Imuna na strah", was released.[15] In December 2020, Grčić was announced as one of the 14 finalists for Dora 2021, the national contest in Croatia to select the country's Eurovision Song Contest 2021 entry.[16] She will perform the song "Tick-Tock" which was written by Branimir Mihaljević, Max Cinnamon and Tihana Buklijaš Bakić.[17]

Discography

Singles
Title Year Peak chart positions Album
CRO
[18]
"Imuna na strah" 2020 11 Non-album singles
"Tick-Tock" 2021 —
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or were not released.

References
  1. "Albina zna što želi: Severinine pjesme nikad ne bih pjevala" (in Croatian). 24sata. 20 April 2015. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
  2. "Albina Grčić je odustala od X Factora" (in Croatian). Dalmacija News. 28 April 2015. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
  3. "Bujica emocija na početku nove sezone The Voicea" (in Croatian). Jutarnji list. 7 December 2019. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
  4. Ivanković, Helena (7 December 2019). "Ja s 18 nisam znao pjevati kao ti" (in Croatian). Index. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
  5. "Splićanka oduševila u Voiceu: studentica povijesti i engleskog jezika prošla dalje, bodrila je baka Anđelka" (in Croatian). Slobodna Dalmacija. 7 December 2019. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
  6. "The Voice ušao u novu fazu: vidjeli smo prvu emisiju Nokauta" (in Croatian). Jutarnji list. 11 January 2020. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
  7. Rožman, Klara (4 February 2020). "Filip i Albina izvedbom pjesme Billie Eilish u The Voiceu osvajaju YouTube" (in Croatian). Jutarnji list. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
  8. "Stranci oduševljeni Albinom i Filipom: Ne mogu ih prestati slušati, plačem" (in Croatian). Večernji list. 2 February 2020. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
  9. "Snimka mlade Splićanke iz 'The Voicea' koju uspoređuju s našom poznatom pjevačicom oduševila svijet" (in Croatian). tportal.hr. 3 February 2020. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
  10. Musilin, Mia (19 February 2020). "Finalisti Voicea uvjereni da će se i za deset godina baviti glazbom" (in Croatian). Gloria. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
  11. "Splićanka Albina Grčić briljirala na pozornici i izborila finale" (in Croatian). Dalmacija danas. 15 February 2020. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
  12. "Albina se nakon finala o svemu oglasila na Instagramu" (in Croatian). Večernji list. 23 February 2020. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
  13. "Pobjednik treće sezone Voicea je Vinko Ćemeraš! Pogledajte njegov, ali i impresivne nastupe Albine, Bernarde i Filipa" (in Croatian). tportal.hr. 23 February 2020. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
  14. Rožman, Klara (26 February 2020). "Što rade finaliste The Voicea nakon što su se ugasile kamere?" (in Croatian). Jutarnji list. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
  15. Mataja Raos, Sanja (26 October 2020). "Albina objavila debitanski singl "Imuna na strah"" (in Croatian). Narodni radio. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
  16. Farren, Neil (15 December 2020). "Croatia: Dora 2021 Finalists Revealed". eurovoix. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
  17. Komunikacije HRT-a (15 December 2020). "Rezultati natječaja za Doru 2021" (in Croatian). Hrvatska radiotelevizija. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
  18. Peak positions in Croatia:
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