Early career: Teen idol image In 2003 at the beginning of her musical career, Jurčević released her self-titled debut album
Lana for
Croatia Records. It spawned hit singles such as "Odlaziš" (''You're Leaving
), "Otkad te nema" (Ever Since You're Gone
), "Najbolja glumica" (The Best Actress
), "Ovo nije istina" (This Is Not True
), and "Pravi razlog" (Real Reason
) and a duet with Croatian singer Severina "Rođena da budem prva" (Born to be first
). In 2004, she performed "Odlaziš" at the Croatian Radio Festival. She has also taken part in Dora 2004, Croatian national pre-selection for Eurovision Song Contest, with the song "Prava istina" (Real Truth
), finishing sixth in the final. In 2005, her song "Ovo nije istina" won 24sata'''s award for most interesting performance at the Croatian Radio Festival. In 2006, Jurčević released her sophomore album,
1 razlog, released by
Hit Records. The same year she performed a duet with
Luka Nižetić titled "Prava ljubav" (
Real Love) at the Croatian Radio Festival, which was a major commercial success and is one of Jurčević's
signature songs to date. In 2007, she represented Croatia at the
OGAE Song Contest with "1 razlog" (
1 Reason). She competed again at
Dora in 2006 with the song "Najbolja glumica". Lana performed "Ljubav nije greška" (
Love Is Not a Mistake) at
Sunčane Skale, and finished twelfth. On 15 April 2007, she starred in the TV show
Nad lipom 35, playing herself. She took part in
Ples za zvijezdama, the Croatian version of
Dancing with the Stars and finished second. Later, in 2008, she released a number of singles, such as "Pronađi me" (
Find Me), "Marija" (
Mary) and "Miljama daleko" (
Miles Away). Soon after she released her third album
Volim biti zaljubljena. At the 2008 Croatian Radio Festival, she performed "Zora bijela" (
White Dawn). A year later, she performed the song "Začaran" (
Enchanted). The same year she covered a traditional Croatian
Christmas carol "Djetešce nam se rodilo" (
A Child Was Born Unto Us).
2010–2019: The change of image In March 2010, she released the single "Kopija" (
Copy), which served as the lead single for her compilation album of the same name. In May 2011, she visited
Belgrade and appeared in a number of shows in Serbia, Macedonia and Slovenia, performing the last single off
Kopija, "Ubile usne moje" (
My Lips Have Killed). In 2012, she released her fourth album
Pobjede i porazi, which was characterized by more mature sound than her previous studio efforts. The following year she performed the song "La la land" off the album at the
CMC Festival in
Vodice. She concluded the year with a collaboration with Croatian
hip-hop group Connect, titled "Noć bez granica" (
Night Without Limits). Throughout 2014 she released a number of singles such as "Duša hrvatska" (
Croatian Soul), the revenue of which was donated to the victims of
2014 Southeast Europe floods as part of the humanitarian action organized by
HDS ZAMP, "Majica" (
T-shirt) and "Hollywood". In the summer she dropped "Ludo ljeto" (
Crazy Summer). The song received positive reviews from critics and it was performed at the CMC Festival in Vodice and
X Factor Adria. In 2016 she took part in
Tvoje lice zvuči poznato, Croatian version of
Your Face Sounds Familiar, finishing third. In 2017 Jurčević released her fifth album
Tabu, which received positive reviews. It was preceded by singles "Kim Kardashian", "Daj da plovimo" (''Let's Sail
) as well as the title track (Taboo
). She released two singles in 2018, "Usne od milijun watti" (Million
Watt Lips
) and "Upalimo ljubav" (Let's Turn On Love'') with
Luka Basi, before taking a hiatus.
2020–present: International career Jurčević ended the hiatus in January 2020, deleting all posts off her
Instagram account and announcing that she had signed a contract with
Warner Music. The same month she released her debut international single "
So Messed Up" under a new stage name La Lana. ==Personal life==