Edita Aradinović

Edita Aradinović (Едита Арадиновић, ; born 30 June 1993) is a Serbian singer and songwriter. She rose to prominence in 2014 as the lead vocalist of the band Ministarke. Edita eventually left the band in 2018, pursuing a solo career. After a number of standalone singles, she released her debut album, Ljuštura, in 2023.

Additionally, Aradinović has appeared on the television shows Zvezde Granda and Tvoje lice zvuči poznato.

Early life
Aradinović was born on June 30, 1993, in Belgrade, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (present-day Serbia) into a Muslim Albanian family. Her father is of Kosovo Albanian descent, while her mother is half Egyptian and half Albanian. She is the younger sister to singer Indira Aradinović Indy. Aradinović is also related to dance music performers Gagi and Đorđe Đogani.

After finishing primary school, Aradinović attended Technical High School studying design, from which she did not graduate.

Career
Aradinović competed on the singing competition show Zvezde Granda in 2010. Two years later, she released her first song "Overila". Subsequently, Aradinović rose to prominence after she had joined the band Ministarke in 2013, which was founded by Filip Miletić and Miloš Roganović. In October 2013, Ministarke released their breakthrough single "Poplava" with Aco Pejović. They also collaborated with Severina on "Uno Momento" in July 2014, which has collected over 125 million views on YouTube. Their eponymous debut album was released in December 2015.

In 2017, Aradinović was a contestant on the fourth season of Tvoje lice zvuči poznato, where she placed as the second runner-up. In March the following year, Edita announced that she had left Ministarke and that she would pursue a solo career. Edita released a duet with Aco Pejović, titled "Blud i nemoral", under IDJTunes in October 2018. The music video for the song has amassed over 50 million views. Her first solo single "Magnum" was subsequently released in May 2019. Later that year, Edita returned to Tvoje lice zvuči poznato for the fifth season, where she was paired up with kickboxer Nenad Pagonis.

In September 2021, Edita performed at the Music Week Festival in Ušće, Belgrade. In April 2022, Aradinović announced her supposed debut solo album, titled 08, and released the lead single "Egomanija" a day later. Later in June, She released the single "Štikla", which peaked at number 5 on Billboard's Croatia Songs chart. On September 16, Edita performed at the Tašmajdan Center during the EuroPride event, hosted in Belgrade. On October 14, 2023, Aradinović released her debut album, ultimately entitled Ljuštura, through IDJTunes.

Personal life
Aradinović revealed in 2018 she has undergone three vocal cord surgeries. In June 2022, Edita had another procedure on her vocal cords that changed her timbre.