[4] Suljaković's singing career began after her mother moved the family to their grandparents' home in the Širokača neighborhood of Sarajevo.

[4] Suljaković recorded her first extended play (EP) Otišla je ljubav s našeg kućnog praga / Ja zbog tebe sve (The Love Is Gone From Our Doorstep / I Do Everything Because of You) in 1978, with lyrics written by Rade Vučković and music by Šaban Šaulić, along with the music ensemble of Aca Stepić.

The two songs did well, but the success did little for Suljaković's professional career as the public assumed the singer was Branka Stanarčić [sr], another performer, due to similarities in their voices.

[4] Her second EP, Gledam sretne ljude / Šta je s tobom u poslednje vrijeme (I Look at Happy People / What's Gotten Into You Recently), was released in 1980.

[4] She achieved fame with the musical group Južni Vetar; the band's first commercial hit came in 1981 with Suljaković as the singer.