[9] The following year, she released her first single in English, titled "Exhale",[10] which was completely produced and recorded in New York City under the production wing of Bojan Dugić (aka Bojan "Genius" Dugic), the Recording Academy's Grammy Awards voting member who worked with such best selling artists as Beyoncé, Britney Spears, Jay-Z, and Jennifer Lopez.

The maxi single contained remix tracks by DJs, including Elvir Gazić and Levent Gündüz.

[12] Khalilzadeh also directed the music video for Emina's 2009 song "Pile moje" ("My Dear"), which was shot in historical places such as Istanbul High School.

In December 2008, she released her single "Još ti se nadam" ("I'm Still Hoping for You"), a duet with the Serbian singer Saša Kovačević.

Jahović said that she had written the lyrics for "Još ti se nadam" after she had broken up[2] with Mustafa Sandal for a short time in 2006.

[17] It is also mentioned by Jahović that the reason why she chose the name Vila for the album is because she thought the title track was one of the best songs she had ever written and that was why she wanted people to pay attention to it.

Among the other guests were the Minister of Labour and Social Policy and the close family friend Rasim Ljajić, Mustafa Sandal, Marija Šerifović, Anabela, Milica Milša, Žarko Jokanović, Dragana Mirković, Hari Varešanović, and Mia Borisavljević.

The song was featured on the Erdem Kınay's album Proje and was written by the New York-based Turkish-American singer S. Derin Togar.

After monitoring the international record market in 2012, the editors of the Eurodanceweb chose Jahović and Erdem Kınay's work "Broken" as the most interesting dance track for Turkey.

The selected Turkish entry "Broken" was then voted by a professional jury of disc jockeys, journalists, producers, radio speakers and webmasters of popular websites and music blogs; yet, Belgium won the 2012 Eurodanceweb.

[31][32] "I da mogu" was the second best-selling single of Serbia in 2013 and peaked at number two on the "Top 10 singlova" chart of City Records.

[34][35] During the year 2012, Jahović also collaborated with Hamza Haimami, the Moroccan-born dancer, creative director, and choreographer known for his work with Rihanna as well as with artists including Fergie, Katy Perry, Usher, will.i.am, and the Pussycat Dolls.

[36][37][38] Jahović has also worked with Marko Peruničić and Nebojša Arežina's songwriting and production team called Atelje Trag, which also collaborated with artists such as Jelena Karleuša and Lepa Brena.

[49] On 2 June 2013, Jahović performed her song "Nedostaješ" on RTV Pink's VIP Room 2013 at Elite Model Look final in Serbia.

[51] In September, Jahović was announced as the judge and coach on the first season of X Factor Adria alongside Željko Joksimović, Kristina Kovač and Kiki Lesendrić.

She is also known in such regional countries as Iran for her protagonistic role in Omre Gole Laleh and is widely recognized amongst the diaspora communities of the former Yugoslavia in western Europe, United States, Australia, and Canada.

[66][67][68][69] In his column for Wired, the American science and technology magazine published by Condé Nast, Bruce Sterling described Jahović as "neo-Ottoman diva".

Jahović was the official face of the HRH Crown Princess Katherine Humanitarian Foundation's Campaign to Fight Against Breast Cancer.

[79] Also airing in syndication in more than 30 countries around the world, Lale Devri was broadcast under the name Polje lala on RTV Pink in the Balkan Peninsula.

[81] Emina Jahović rose to fame in the Arab World where the series Lale Devri, under the name ثورة التوليب, was aired by Middle East Broadcasting Center and Dubai TV.

[citation needed] Later in 2012, Jahović and Mustafa Sandal were featured in the TV commercial Akıllı Telefon Hareketi for Turkcell, which aired throughout the year in order to promote the Turkish multinational telecommunications company's smartphone revolution.

[84] Standing almost 5 feet 11 inches (180 centimeters) tall, Jahović was an official face of Fabrika and Kara, Turkish and Macedonian fashion labels respectively.

[85][86] Citing devotion to her family, she once rejected an offer from the most prestigious lingerie company in Turkey because she feared it could tarnish her brother's (6 ft 9 in) image in the country.

[88][89] She was featured on the cover of numerous European magazines such as Cosmopolitan Serbia,[90] Elele, Lepota i zdravlje, Maxim, Women's Health, Hafta Sonu, Mother and Baby, HELLO!, etc.

[citation needed] Throughout December 2010 Jahović Sandal documented her daily fashion and style choices for Vogue Türkiye official website Vogue.com.tr's popular sartorial section called "Today I'm Wearing"—"Bugün Ne Giydim?"

[91][92][93] Additionally, the 2013 Dosso Dossi Fashion Show that took place on 9 January 2013 featured performances by Sandal while Adriana Lima was walking the runway.