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Svetlana Seka Aleksić, married Piljikić, is a Bosnian-born Serbian pop-folk singer. She started out singing in kafanas and discothèques before signing to Grand Production and releasing her debut studio album "Idealno tvoja" (Ideally Yours) in 2002. Her mainstream success, however came next year with her second album and hit-song "Crno i Zlatno" (Black and Gold). Her 2007 album, titled "Kraljica" (Queen) remains the best-selling Serbian album.

In 2006, Aleksić also starred in the popular Serbian movie We Are Not Angels 3: Rock & Roll Strike Back and voiced Serbian synchronisation of the character Vexy in the animated feature The Smurfs 2 in 2013. She had her own clothing lines, named "Šošonka" in 2005 and "Queen", named after her 2007 album and a reality show on Prva TV called Moja Desna Ruka (similar to Signed by Katie Price).

Born in Zvornik, Bosnia and Herzegovina she comes from an ethnically mixed marriage, the daughter of a Serb father, Milorad Aleksić, and Bosniak mother, Ibrima (née Ramić). During the Bosnian war, Aleksić alongside her brother Nedžad and divorced mother escaped to Banja Koviljača. Due to financial struggles she started singing with fourteen years.

In 2009, Aleksić became engaged and on September 12, 2010 got married to Veljko Piljikić. In 2016, they had a baby boy named Jakov. Aleksić along side her family resides between Stara Pazova, Serbia and Negotin, Serbia.

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