1976–1984: Years with Zana Nimani started her career in 1976, when she started to sing with the band Suton, in which her boyfriend-at-the-time
Radovan Jovićević played guitar. Since 1979, the band started to perform under the name
Zana, adopted after Nimani's first name. The band's first
7-inch singles and their debut album
Loše vesti uz rege za pivsku flašu (
Bad News Accompanied by Reggae for a Beer Bottle), released in 1981, brought them nationwide popularity. In 1986, she released her only solo album,
Noćas pevam samo tebi (
Tonight I Sing Only for You). In 1987, she recorded backing vocals for the album
Into the Heart by
blues guitarist
Dragoljub Crnčević. In 1988, she appeared in the TV
rock operette Kreatori i kreature (
Creators and Creatures). The operette was composed by Vladimir Milačić, directed by
Milutin Petrović and featured, beside Nimani,
Massimo Savić,
Dejan Cukić,
Snežana Jandrlić,
Bora Đorđević,
Goran Čavajda "Čavke",
Amila Sulejmanović and
Đorđe Dragojlović. In 1988, she also wrote lyrics for the song "Priđi bliže" ("Come Closer") recorded by
Mladen Vojičić "Tifa" on his first solo album
No. 1.
Retirement from singing Soon after, she got married and retired from the scene. ==Personal life==