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Halid Bešlić

1953 - 2025

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Halid Bešlić (Bosnian pronunciation: [xǎːlid bɛ̂ʃlitɕ]; 20 November 1953 – 7 October 2025) was a Bosnian folk singer and musician whose career spanned nearly five decades. Renowned for his distinctive baritone voice and emotive delivery, he became one of the most influential and best-selling performers in the former Yugoslavia and throughout the Balkans. Rising to prominence in the early 1980s with the albums Sijedi starac (1981), Pjesma samo o njoj (1982) and Dijamanti... (1984), Bešlić developed a devoted following across the Balkans and among the Bosnian diaspora. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Halid Bešlić is the 731st most popular singer (down from 497th in 2024), the 102nd most popular biography from Bosnia and Herzegovina (down from 78th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Bosnian, Herzegovinian Singer.

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Halid Bešlić ranks 731 out of 4,381. Before him are Betty Everett, Patty Pravo, Patti Page, Shoshana Damari, Massimo Ranieri, and Montserrat Figueras. After him are Elza Soares, Michel Berger, Jacob Miller, Patricia Kaas, Robertino Loreti, and Pharrell Williams.

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Among people born in 1953, Halid Bešlić ranks 169. Before him are José Costa, Desmond Child, Maryam Rajavi, Dragan Kićanović, Filipe Neri Ferrão, and Eric Tsang. After him are John Robertson, Paul Haggis, Zlatko Burić, Carlos Mesa, Gali Atari, and Andreas Vollenweider. Among people deceased in 2025, Halid Bešlić ranks 214. Before him are Christoph von Dohnányi, Jayant Narlikar, Peter Hirsch, Sly Stone, Samantha Eggar, and Bernhard Vogel. After him are Kiril Ivkov, Gazi Yaşargil, Loretta Swit, Dick Button, Taina Elg, and Jeremiah P. Ostriker.

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In Bosnia and Herzegovina

Among people born in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Halid Bešlić ranks 102 out of 375. Before him are Josip Katalinski (1948), Hadım Sinan Pasha (1459), Savo Milošević (1973), Mica Todorović (1900), Blagoje Adžić (1932), and Stanislav Galić (1943). After him are Muhamed Mehmedbašić (1886), Trifko Grabež (1895), Hasan Salihamidžić (1977), Sulejman Tihić (1951), Rodoljub Roki Vulović (1955), and Radislav Krstić (1948).

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Among SINGERS In Bosnia and Herzegovina

Among singers born in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Halid Bešlić ranks 7. Before him are Lepa Brena (1960), Dino Merlin (1962), Zdravko Čolić (1951), Željko Bebek (1945), Kemal Monteno (1948), and Sena Jurinac (1921). After him are Rodoljub Roki Vulović (1955), Davorin Popović (1946), Ljiljana Petrović (1939), Seid Memić Vajta (1950), Sabahudin Kurt (1935), and Hanka Paldum (1956).

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