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Dino Merlin

Background information
Birth name	Edin Dervišhalidović
Also known as	Dino Merlin
Born	September 12 1962 (1962-09-12) (age 45)
Origin	Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia
Genre(s)	pop rock
Years active	1983 to present
Associated acts	Merlin
Website	http://www.dinomerlin.com

Edin Dervišhalidović (born 12 September 1962 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFRY), stage name Dino Merlin, is a Bosnian singer-songwriter and musician. He is one of the most famous singer/songwriters in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and also popular in other countries of former Yugoslavia.

1 Music career
- 1.1 Merlin Band
- 1.2 Solo career
  - 1.2.1 Burek Album
2 Discography
3 External links

Music career

Merlin Band

Edin Dervišhalidović founded the band "Merlin" in 1983 and has been its singer and songwriter since. With the "Merlin" band, he has recorded 5 studio albums: Kokuzna vremena in 1985, Teško meni sa tobom (a još teže bez tebe) in 1986, Merlin in 1987, Nešto lijepo treba da se desi in 1989, and Peta strana svijeta in 1990.

Solo career

Dervišhalidović began his solo career under the name 'Dino Merlin' in 1991, and recorded four studio albums: Moja bogda sna in 1993, Fotografija in 1995, Sredinom in 2000, Burek in 2004 and 2 live albums, Vječna vatra in 1999 and Live Koševo 2004 in 2005. Dino Merlin wrote the first anthem of Bosnia and Herzegovina called Jedna si, jedina. He has also taken part in Eurovision Song Contests, in Dublin in 1993 (Dino is the writter of Sva bol svijeta) and in Jerusalem in 1999 (singing Putnici with Beatrice, a French singer). Dino Merlin has also taken part in other big European festivals, such as Copenhagen in 1996 and Turkovision in 1997. His tour promoting his Sredinom album, which was released in 2000, included over 200 concerts, with a spectacular performance at the Koševo Olympic Stadium in Sarajevo, in front of an audience of about 80,000. The 'Sredinom' album was the top-selling album in Bosnia and Herzegovina and sold in all of the countries that were once part of former Yugoslavia.

Burek Album

Dino Merlin's current album is Burek, which was released in 2004. The album is still being sold throughout former Yugoslavia and other countries. Two popular songs from that album are: Burek and Supermen.