
She attended Zemun Gymnasium, but eventually graduated from the New Belgrade's High School of Tourism. Karleuša grew-up in the Fontana neighborhood of New Belgrade, where she lived with her mother after her parents had divorced. She stated that her maternal great-grandmother was an Austrian countess who has a street in Graz named after her, which was, however, denied by the Austrian media and the City of Graz. She is the only child to Slovenian-born journalist and radio host, Divna (1958-2019), and Belgrade-born police Capitan, Dragan Karleuša (1947). Jelena Karleuša was born on 17 August 1978 in Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia.
2.3 2011-2020: Diva, Viva La Diva and Zvezde Granda. 2.2 2001-2010: Samo za tvoje oči, Magija, JK Revolution and All About Diva. Karleuša amassed significant social media following, being the second most-followed person from Serbia on Instagram. She has also developed a reputation for having disputes with other public figures. In addition to her music career, Karleuša has received significant media coverage and has attracted controversy on the behalf of her outspoken views, often-edgy appearance and personal life. Between 20, Karleuša also served as a judge and mentor on the popular televised singing competition Zvezde Granda. It was promoted with Viva La Diva Show at the Belgrade's Ušće Park in June 2013, to reported 40,000 people. Her tenth electropop-oriented album Diva was released in 2012. Following the success of her subsequent releases, Magija (2005) and JK Revolution (2008), in May 2010, Karleuša held a concert in the Belgrade Arena, titled All About Diva Show, in front of 15,000 fans.
In 2002, she achieved further acclaim by collaborating with Greek label Heaven Music on the album Samo za tvoje oči.