Petar Grašo

Petar Grašo
Petar Grašo
Born	19 March 1976 (age 48); Split, SR Croatia, Yugoslavia
Occupation	Singer
Years active	1995–present
Spouse	Hana Huljić (m. 2022)
Partner	Danijela Martinović (1997–2021)
Children	1
Relatives	Tonči Huljić (father-in-law)
Website	https://petargraso.com/

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.

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]

On 30 August 2024, Grašo appeared on the sixth edition of the "Trag u beskraju" concert held in commemoration of Oliver Dragojević's passing away. He performed the song "Navika" together with Rozga.^[17]

Personal life

Grašo was in a relationship with Croatian singer Danijela Martinović for 24 years. In February 2022, he married Hana Huljić.^[18] They have a daughter together.

Discography

Solo

Mjesec iznad oblaka (1997)
Utorak (1999)
Šporke riči (2003)

With Tonči Huljić & Madre Badessa Band

Ka hashish (2011)

References

^ Mileusnić, Jelena (4 April 2021). "Nije bio prvi prekid, ali je bio konačni: Grašo je ljubio Danijelu 24 godine, a sve je zanimalo zašto se nisu vjenčali" [It Was Not Their First Breakup, But It Was Their Last: Grašo Was in Love with Danijela for 24 Years, and Everyone Wondered Why They Did Not Marry]. Story.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 11 February 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Petar Grašo" (in Croatian). Croatia Records. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
^ ^a ^b "Petar Grašo: Sa Brenom sam baš rizikovao" [Petar Grašo: I Risked Quite a Lot with Brena]. Novosti (in Serbian). 26 November 2011. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
^ "Sudamja 2020: Grašo na praznom Peristilu u čast svetog Dujma i Dana grada Splita" [Sudamja 2020: Grašo at the Empty Peristil in Honor of Saint Dujma and the day of Split] (in Croatian). Split.hr. 5 May 2020. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
^ "'Hrvatska pjeva' na Jutarnji.hr Video: Pogledajte Ekskluzivni Koncert: Ante Gelo ft. Petar Grašo" [Çroatia Sings' on Jutarnji.hr Video: Look at Exclusive Concert: Ante Gelo ft. Petar Grašo]. Jutarnji.hr (in Croatian). 20 April 2020. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
^ Rajković, Petar (15 March 2020). "Petar Grašo zbog koronavirusa promijenio riječi svoje pjesme - i poslao poruku svima" [Petar Grašo Due to Coronavirus Changed the Words to His Song - And Sent a Message to Everyone]. 24sata.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 10 April 2024.
^ Marović, Tihana (3 April 2019). "Poznati restoran i pizzerija promijenili gazdu, više nisu vlasništvo splitske obitelji Grašo: Otkrivamo tko preuzima kultni objekt s najljepšim pogledom u gradu i kakvi su mu planovi" [Famous Restaurand and Pizzeria Changed Their Boss, They Are Not the Ownership of the Split Grašo Family: We Reveal Who Is Taking Over the Cult Object with the Best Look in Town and What Their Plans Are]. Slobodna Dalmacija (in Croatian). Retrieved 10 April 2024.
^ Petar Grašo - Ako te pitaju (official video) (in Croatian). Petar Grašo. 11 December 2017. Retrieved 10 April 2024 – via YouTube.
^ "'Ako te pitaju' Petar Grašo". Jutarnji.hr (in Croatian). 7 November 2017. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
^ "Video: Croatian music hit of the year awards held". Croatia Week. 30 January 2019. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
^ Nina Badrić i Petar Grašo - Medley ("Rekao si", "Trebam nekoga", "Čarobno jutro", "Ako te pitaju") [Nina Badrić and Petar Grašo - Medley ("Rekao si", "Trebam nekoga", "Čarobno jutro", "Ako te pitaju")]. Ante Gelo Band. 10 November 2019. Retrieved 10 April 2024 – via YouTube.
^ Trebam Nekoga - Petar Grašo (5.com s Danielom, HRT). 5.com s Danielom. Hrvatska Radiotelevizija. 27 December 2020. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
^ Petar Grašo i Nina Badrić - Nemoj (official music video) [Petar Grašo and Nina Badrić - Nemoj (official music video)]. Petar Grašo. 26 June 2023. Retrieved 21 April 2024 – via YouTube.
^ "Petar Grašo i Nina Badrić oduševili publiku novim duetom 'Nemoj'" [Petar Grašo and Nina Badrić Amazed the Audience with the New Duet 'Nemoj']. Večernji.hr (in Croatian). 26 June 2023. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
^ Jovanović, Filip (30 October 2023). "Petar Grašo svira, Jelena Rozga peva: Goran Bogdan se ne odvaja od pevačice, ona mu se naslonila na rame, a u pozadini se čuje plač bebe (Video)" [Petar Grašo Is Playing, Jelena Rozga Is Singing: Goran Bogdan Does not Separate from the Singer, She Leans on His Shoulder, and in the background a child weeping can be heard]. Blic (in Serbian). Retrieved 10 April 2024.
^ "Видео | Петар Грашо: Се изморив од пеење, им реков на луѓето дека нема да дојдат до мене" [Video | Petar Grašo: I got tired of singing, I told people that they won't come to me]. Sloboden pechat (in Macedonian). 20 April 2024. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
^ "Savršene štikle? Moderna elegancija Jelene Rozge na koncertu posvećenom Oliveru" [Perfect High Heels? Jelena Rozga's Modern Elegance at the Concert Dedicated to Oliver]. Dnevnik.hr (in Croatian). 30 August 2024. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
^ "Petar Grašo and Hana Huljić are married - www.diglogs.com/Slovenia". 20 February 2022. Retrieved 20 February 2022.