Petar Grašo (born 19 March 1976) is a Croatian pop singer and songwriter. In the course of his career, he has released three studio albums. In 2011, he worked on the album Ka Hashish together with Tonči Huljić & Madre Badessa Band.
Petar Grašo | |
|---|---|
| Born | 19 March 1976 |
| Occupation | Singer |
| Years active | 1995–present |
| Spouse | Hana Huljić (m. 2022) |
| Partner | Danijela Martinović (1997–2021)[1] |
| Children | 1 |
| Relatives | Tonči Huljić (father-in-law) |
| Website | https://petargraso.com/ |
He attained popularity in Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Slovenia, and North Macedonia. As of 2022,he is married to Croatian musician Hana Huljić, with whom he has one daughter. He has received numerous recognitions and awards for his music work including a Zlatni Studio Award.
Life and career
Early life and festivals
Born in Split to basketball player Zoran Grašo, he rose to prominence when Oliver Dragojević performed one of his first songs "Boginja" on the Dora contest in 1995.[2] Since then, he has collaborated greatly with Dragojević, and has also worked with Doris Dragović, Danijela Martinović, Tonči Huljić, Goran Bregović, and Lepa Brena.[2][3]
In 1996, he won the Zadarfest music festival in Zadar with his song "Trebam nekoga", which promulgated him to wide fame.[2] He placed second in Dora 1997, Croatia's qualifying competition for Eurovision Song Contest 1997.[2] Today, he is one of the most popular male pop singers in Croatia, and is also well known in Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Slovenia, and North Macedonia.[2]
Grašo co-wrote the lyrics to the song "Metak sa posvetom" with Antonija Šola for Lepa Brena's 2011 album Začarani krug, and composed the music himself.[3]
His songs "Volim i postojim" (1997) and "Ko nam brani?" (1999) are credited with helping the public cope with the COVID-19 pandemic.[4][5][6][7]
2019-present: Standalone singles and performances
At the end of 2017, Petar Grašo recorded the song "Ako te pitaju" written by the Huljić duo. A music video for the song produced by Pilot Studio and directed by Vojan Koceić was released on 11 December 2017.[8] Speaking about it, Grašo revealed that he wanted to create a picture of a warm love story and capture the final lyrics "We only need to know how to love each other".[9] The song was very successful on the Croatian Singles Chart, remaining at the top spot for several weeks, with which it cemented his status as one of the most famous Ex-Yu singers. The song further received the award for Public Hit of the Year Award - Cesarica in the awards ceremony in 2019.[10]
On 10 November 2019, Grašo performed a medley together with singer Nina Badrić and Ante Gelo Band at the Zlatni Studio 2019 Awards. The medley consisted of the songs "Rekao si", "Trebam nekoga", "Čarobno jutro" and "Ako te pitaju".[11] On 27 December 2020, he participated at the talk show 5.com s Danielom on Hrvatska Radiotelevizija where he performed the song "Trebam nekoga" together with Ante Gelo Band.[12] On 26 June 2023, Grašo released "Nemoj" together with Croatian singer Nina Badrić. A music video for the song, showing the duo playing each other's love interests premiered the same day.[13] The song had premiered through a live performance by the duo the day before at the Melodije Jadrana.[14] On 30 October 2023, he performed on guitar at a restaurant together with singer Jelena Rozga; they sang the songs "Pisi mi" and "Oprosti mi pape".[15] On 21 April, Grašo's guest appearance on Macedonian talk show Eden na Eden was broadcast on Kanal 5. A brief teaser had been released on YouTube 3 days prior in which the singer briefly discussed his hiatus from music in the period between 2006 and 2011.[16]
Personal life
In February 2022, he married Hana Huljić.[17]
Discography
- Solo
- Mjesec iznad oblaka (1997)
- Utorak (1999)
- Šporke riči (2003)
- With Tonči Huljić & Madre Badessa Band
- Ka hashish (2011)