Halid Bešlić is a Bosnian folk singer and musician who has been performing professionally since 1979. Halid's singing career was one of the most successful in Yugoslavia, and continues today throughout the entire Balkan region.
After serving a mandatory stint in the Yugoslav National Army, Bešlić moved from Knežina to Sarajevo and began performing at local restaurants. After several years, his first musical releases were eight singles between 1979 and 1982, with his first studio album, entitled Sijedi starac, being released in 1981. By 1984, he started becoming more and more well known, with popular songs such as "Neću, neću dijamante" and "Budi budi uvijek srećna" being heard all over Yugoslavia. Since then, Bešlić has recorded 17 albums and staged countless concerts. Bešlić released eight albums during the 1980s, with hit songs including "Vraćam se majci u Bosnu", "Sjećam se", "Hej, zoro, ne svani" and "Eh, kad bi ti". Halid also had several hit songs in the 2000s and 2010s. The 2003 album Prvi poljubac featured the hit song of the same name. The song "Miljacka", named after the Bosnian river, was featured on his 2007 album Halid 08 and the songs "Štiklom o kamen" and "Kad zaigra srce od meraka" were featured on Romanija.
Personal life
Bešlić married his wife Sejda in November 1977. In the 1990s, during the breakup of Yugoslavia, Bosniawent into war and Bešlić staged more than 500 humanitarian concerts across Europe for the victims in his home country. Bešlić has earned many awards and much financial success from his singing. Among his business interests is a gas station and hotel in the outskirts of Sarajevo.
On 10 March 2009, Bešlić left his gas station at around 4 in the morning, and ran his Škoda Superboff the road, due to icy conditions, and crashed. Bešlić who was not wearing his seat belt had suffered serious injuries to his face and right eye, initially being in a coma. All of Bosnia and Herzegovina showed concern after Halid's accident, as they awaited any news regarding his condition. He would eventually make a full recovery. Attempts to save his eye were undertaken at hospitals in Bosnia, Turkey and Belgium however they were all ultimately unsuccessful. After his recovery, Halid slowly made his way back onto the music scene. Notably, he held a major concert in Zagreb at the end of October 2009. He had earlier survived a car accident in 1986 with the singer Suzana Mančić.
