Mile Kitić


Milojko "Mile" Kitić is a Bosnian-born Serbian singer. He rose to prominence as a member of the popular eighties folk collective Južni Vetar with fellow folk singers Sinan Sakić, Dragana Mirković, Kemal Malovčić and Šemsa Suljaković.

Life and career

Kitić was born to ethnic Serb parents on New Year's Day, 1952, in the village of Cerani near the town of Derventa, PR Bosnia and Herzegovina, FPR Yugoslavia. He graduated from high school in Vogošća.
His first release was "Čija si ljubav" in 1975, while his debut album was released in 1982. He joined Južni Vetar in 1984, and gained almost instant success with the album and single "Čaša ljubavi". While in the group he also collaborated with fellow Yugoslav folk singers Sinan Sakić, Dragana Mirković, Kemal Malovčić and Šemsa Suljaković. During the Bosnian War of the 1990s, him and his family fled to Belgrade. Following the breakup of Yugoslavia, Kitić remained popular in Serbian diaspora.
Kitić has two daughters from two marriages and two granddaughters from his firstborn. He resides between Belgrade and Hannover with his second wife, also a well-known singer, Marta Savić. His younger daughter Elena Kitić is an R&B singer.

Discography