Career
Born in Split to a middle-class family, Danijela began to sing from an early age. Her big break came in 1991 when she joined the popular band Magazin. Magazin had long been a big name on the Croatian music scene (as well as the wider area, dating back to Yugoslav times).
As such, Danijela became one of the biggest national icons.
They represented Croatia at the 1995 Eurovision Song Contest, along with the opera singer Lidija Horvat-Dunjko, they performed the song "Nostalgija" finishing 6th (out of 23 entries) with 91 points. In the late 1990s she left Magazin to pursue a solo career, but she continued to work with the band"s leader and prolific songwriter Tonči Huljić.
Danijela has a sister, Izabela, who also pursued a music career through Split-based popular act Stijene. She was eliminated in the 5th episode.
In December 2010 she released a new song called "Pola Pola".
In 2011 she released her new album Unikat. Danijela presented a new song called "Brodolom" or "Shipwreck" at the Croatian music festival SPLIT 2012, which became the biggest summer hit in Croatia. The song has a lot of double entendre about the mans boat being too small, and the video was even more humorous, well done in a story fashion, but even more suggestive.
This song reached more than 3 million views on YouTube in less than one month.