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Skopje Jazz Festival

The Skopje Jazz Festival is a non-profit jazz festival held every autumn in Skopje, North Macedonia. Founded in 1982, it has hosted Ray Charles, Ornette Coleman, and Herbie Hancock.

Slađana Milošević

Slađana Milošević (Слађана Милошевић), born Aleksandra Milošević, was a Serbian singer from Belgrade, a defining figure of Yugoslav new wave whose "Princeza" was 1984's best-selling single.

Smak

Smak (Смак) is a Yugoslav and Serbian rock band formed in 1971 in Kragujevac, led by guitarist Radomir Mihajlović Točak and among the biggest acts of 1970s and 1980s Yugoslavia.

Sony Music Greece (record label)

Sony Music Greece is the Athens-based Greek branch of Sony Music Entertainment, founded in 1975, withdrawn in 2013, and relaunched in December 2024 through the acquisition of Cobalt Music.

Stamatis Gonidis

Stamatis Gonidis (Σταμάτης Γονίδης, born 1957) is a Greek laiko-pop singer and songwriter from Kythnos, known for gold and platinum albums and more than 350 songs written for other artists.

Stavros Xarhakos

Stavros Xarhakos (Σταύρος Ξαρχάκος) is a Greek composer and conductor who is recognized for his diverse output and his role in creating the unique "entechno laiko" music style.

Stelios Rokkos

Stelios Rokkos (Στέλιος Ρόκκος) is a Greek laiko-pop singer-songwriter born in 1965 on Lemnos, whose 1994 album Smaragdia kai Roubinia made him a star of the 1990s club scene.

Stevan Sekulic

Stevan Sekulic (Стеван Секулић) is a Serbian singer from Novi Sad who debuted in 2019 with "7 noći" and is known for singles like "Haljina" and "Takva kosa crna".

Tanja Savic

Tanja Savic (Тања Савић), born 1985, is a Serbian pop-folk singer who finished third on Zvezde Granda in 2004 and released the album Tako mlada in 2005.

Tap 011

Tap 011 is a Serbian pop-dance group from Belgrade that grew out of the rap group Tapiri, released five studio albums, and remains active with anniversary concerts in 2026.

Teodora Džehverović

Teodora Džehverović (Теодора Џехверовић), born 1997, is a Serbian folk pop singer from Pančevo who reached the Zvezde Granda final and released the album Borbena in 2019.

The Motans

The Motans is the musical project of Moldovan singer, songwriter, and lyricist Denis Roabeș, founded in 2016 and signed to Global Records, best known for the hit "Poem".

Tijana Todevska-Dapčević

Tijana Todevska-Dapčević, known professionally as Tijana Dapčević, is a Macedonian pop singer and cellist born in Skopje in 1976 who represented North Macedonia at Eurovision 2014 with "To the Sky".

Time (group)

Time is a progressive rock group from Zagreb, Croatia, founded in 1971 by singer Dado Topić, whose 1972 debut was Yugoslavia's first progressive rock album.

Toma Zdravković

Toma Zdravković (Тома Здравковић) was a Serbian folk singer-songwriter, born in 1938, who performed for decades in the kafanas of Yugoslavia and sold over a million records.

Toni Montano

Toni Montano, also printed as Tonny Montano and born Velibor Miljković, was a Serbian punk, rockabilly, and psychobilly singer from Belgrade, a Yugoslav psychobilly pioneer who died in 2024.

Top Channel Albania

Top Channel is a national private television broadcaster headquartered in Tirana, Albania. Founded by Dritan Hoxha in 2001, it was Albania's largest television by revenue until 2017.

TOQUEL

TOQUEL is the stage name of Klaudjo Dhespo, a Greek rapper of Albanian descent, born in 1994 and raised in Heraklion, Crete, and a leading figure in Greek trap.

Tsifteteli

Tsifteteli (τσιφτετέλι) is a Greek belly dance and rhythm of Ottoman Anatolian origin, brought to Greece by 1922 refugees and danced at weddings and nightclubs.

Turbo-folk

Turbo-folk (турбо-фолк) is a Serbian pop-folk fusion genre that emerged in the early 1990s from newly composed folk music, blending folk melodies with techno, dance, and hip-hop beats.

Vali Vijelie

Vali Vijelie is the stage name of Valentin Rusu, a Romanian manele singer of Romani origin, born in Bucharest in 1970 and active since the 1990s.

Van Gogh (group)

Van Gogh (Serbian: Ван Гог) is a Serbian rock band formed in Belgrade in 1986 and fronted by guitarist and singer Zvonimir Đukić Đule, known for the hit "Neko te ima".

Vanna

Vanna is the stage name of Ivana Ranilović, a Croatian pop singer born in 1970 who represented Croatia at Eurovision 2001 and later won multiple Porin awards.

Varna Summer International Music Festival

The Varna Summer International Music Festival is Bulgaria's first and oldest classical music festival, held in Varna since 1926 and revived under its current name in 1957.

Vice Vukov

Vice Vukov, born Vinko Vukov, was a Croatian singer who represented Yugoslavia at Eurovision in 1963 and 1965 and became one of 1960s Yugoslavia's most popular singers.

Who See (group)

Who See, also known as Who See Klapa, is a Montenegrin hip-hop duo from Kotor formed in the early 2000s, known for "Regeton Montenegro" and Eurovision 2013.

YU Grupa

YU Grupa (ЈУ Група) is a Serbian rock band formed in Belgrade in 1970 by brothers Dragi and Žika Jelić, the longest-active rock band of the former Yugoslavia.

Zagrebfest

Zagrebfest, since 1984 the short name of the Zagrebački festival, is a Croatian festival of pop and rock music held in Zagreb since 1953, the oldest popular-music festival in Croatia.

Zambetas

Giorgos Zambetas (Γιώργος Ζαμπέτας) was a Greek laiko composer, singer, and bouzouki virtuoso, born in Athens in 1925 and died there in 1992. He wrote more than 250 songs and music for over 100 films.

Zdenka Kovačiček

Zdenka Kovačiček is a Croatian singer of pop, rock, blues, and jazz, born in Zagreb in 1944, called the "first lady" of Croatian jazz and a rock pioneer.