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Jovan Jovanov
Јован Јованов
Also known as
Jay Jay
Born
(1985-05-27) May 27, 1985 (age 39) Skopje, SR Macedonia, SFR Yugoslavia (present-day North Macedonia)
Origin
North Macedonia
Genres
pop
R&B
pop-rock
dance
hip hop
Occupation(s)
Songwriter, music producer, audio engineer, singer
Years active
1998–present
Labels
Global Music Entertainment, Jovanov Records
Website
www.jovanjovanov.com
Musical artist
Jovan Jovanov (Macedonian: Јован Јованов) is a Macedonian-Canadian music producer, record engineer and songwriter of pop, R&B, house, and hip-hop. Now based in Toronto, Ontario, Jovanov is working with Canadian artists such as Alx Veliz, NorthSideBenji, Liron, and many others. Macedonian audience knows Jovanov as a singer and composer of many hit songs performed by artists such a Toše Proeski, Elvir Mekic, Adrian Gaxha, Слаткаристика, Toni Zen, Next Time and many others. Jovanov has composed, written, and produced over 700 songs and received many awards and acknowledgments. Internationally his hits have over 200 million views on YouTube.[1][2][3][4][5]
He represented Macedonia as songwriter on the Eurovision song contest in 2004 (song "Life" for Toše Proeski)[6] and in 2009 (song "Nešto što ḱe ostane" for Next Time),[7] and on the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in 2008 (song "Prati Mi SMS" for Bobi Andonov). He also arranged Vlatko Ilievski's song for the Eurovision Song Contest 2011.[8][9]
Jovanov has won three first prizes on the Macedonian festival MakFest, with his compositions "Magija", performed by the music group Magija (1998), "Ti me sakash", performed by Jovan Jovanov and Maja Sazdanovska (2005),[10] and "Ne planiram", performed by Lambe Alabakovski (2010).[11] He has also won two second prizes on MakFest for the compositions "300 godini", performed by Adrian Gaxha (2005) and "Bez tebe tivko umiram", performed by Next time (2008). Moreover, he is the winner of third prizes for the compositions "Da te vidam pak", performed by Jovan Jovanov (2003), "Se na svoe mesto", performed by Zoran Stamenkovski (2006) and "Nekade posle 2" performed by Elvir Mekic (2007).[12]
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^"Eurovision Song Contest 2022 news by esctoday - Turin Italy". Archived from the original on 24 February 2009.
^"Македонска Музичка Мрежа". www.mmm.com.mk. Archived from the original on 29 September 2011. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
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^About Next Time Archived 27 December 2014 at the Wayback Machine Eurovision, 12 May 2009. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
^About Vlatko Ilievski Archived 27 December 2014 at the Wayback Machine Eurovision, 12 May 2011. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
^"Јован Јованов демантира: Нема да правам трета песна за Евровизија".
^"Досегашни Победници".
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^"МАКФЕСТ – Фестивал на забавни мелодии МАКФЕСТ – ШТИП".
JovanJovanov (Macedonian: Јован Јованов) is a Macedonian-Canadian music producer, record engineer and songwriter of pop, R&B, house, and hip-hop. Now...
Song Contest 2011 with the song "Rusinka" written by Grigor Koprov, JovanJovanov, Vladimir Dojčinovski and Marko Marinković. The song was performed by...
in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004 with the song "Life" written by JovanJovanov and Ilija Nikolovski. The song was performed by Toše Proeski, who was...
Song Contest 2003. Among the competing composers were Grigor Koprov, JovanJovanov, Lazar Cvetkoski, Magdalena Cvetkoska, Vlado Janevski and Vladimir Dojčinovski...
Ilievski "Rusinka" (Русинкa) Macedonian, English Vladimir Dojčinovski JovanJovanov Grigor Koprov Marko Marinković "Slatkaristika" Malta PBS Glen Vella...
Todevska) "Baš Bi Sakal Da Znam" (I'd Really Like To Know) (featuring JovanJovanov) "Čudni Pravila" (Strange Rules) (featuring Robert Bilbilov) "Čao Za...
MRT Next Time "Nešto što kje ostane" (Нешто што ќе остане) Macedonian JovanJovanov Damjan Lazarov Elvir Mekić Malta PBS Chiara "What If We" English Gregory...
Eurovision Song Contest 2009 with the song "Nešto što kje ostane" written by JovanJovanov, Damjan Lazarov and Elvir Mekić. The song was performed by the duo Next...
"Rusinka" was composed by Grigor Koprov, Vladimir Dojčinovski - Dojčin, JovanJovanov, while the lyrics were written by Marko Marinkovic - Slatkar. The music...
Srbinovski, Color and Bisera (Gemini), Tamara Todevska, Robert Bilbilov, JovanJovanov, among others. He released three studio albums which featured rap and...
Ilieva, folk singer Andrijana Janevska, singer Vlado Janevski, singer JovanJovanov, singer and composer Andrea Koevska, singer who will represent North...
children's music festivals. Discovered by composer and songwriter, JovanJovanov, the Macedonian duo released their first single "Ne veruvam vo tebe"...
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