Jelena Rozga was born in Split. At the age of six she decided to become a ballet dancer an so, after finishing primary school, she went to Zagreb to start her education in a ballet school.
She quickly became known as the best dancer of her generation, performing on stage alongside any more experianced dancers. Her fame spread and soon she was receiving invitations to dance in festivals as far a field of Osaka and study ballet at the Scala Academy in Milan. As the first student in former Yugoslavia to get a schoolarship for a ballet school, great things were expected of Jelena.
However, Jelena´s heart lay elsewere in a dream to sing with the most popular pop band in the country-Magazine. After sending her picture and a demo, she was soon recruited by the other band members and just 18 years old Jelena started her new career as a lead singer in Magazine. Jelenas live performances took her across Europe, from the countries of the former Yugoslavia, to Swizzerland, France, Germany, Austria, Hungary. Shows in the USA and Canada allowed her to show her talent and charisma to the people of North America.
In 2006, Jelena struck out in a new direction deciding to go it alone and begin a solo rareer.
On the Split Festival, in 2008, Jelena won Grand prix award for the song Gospe moja.
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