Donna Ares

Azra Kolaković, known professionally as Donna Ares, was a Bosnian singer-songwriter and musician. Dubbed the "Queen of the Balkan Party", she was one of Bosnia and Herzegovina's most commercially successful recording artists of the late 1990s and 2000s. During a career spanning nearly two decades, she released six studio albums and numerous hit singles, including "Sviraj nešto narodno", "Ubila me tvoja nevjera", "To mi nije trebalo", "Idi, idi moja vilo", and "Suze moje plaču za oboje". In addition to performing, Ares wrote and composed most of her own material, played several musical instruments, directed many of her music videos, designed her album artwork, and pursued painting. In October 2014, Ares was diagnosed with metastatic cervical cancer. She continued recording music and performing while undergoing treatment and publicly documented her experience with the disease. In 2015, she published the autobiography Soba za nikoga, describing her battle with cancer. The same year, she organized a charity concert at Sarajevo's Zetra Olympic Hall, with proceeds benefiting cancer patients through the Donna Ares Foundation. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donna_Ares) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...)