He specializes in songs influenced by Dalmatian folk music and is known for his powerful and refined tenor voice.

Karan's collaboration with composer Zdenko Runjić led to some of his most acclaimed work, which won him several awards.

Karan was the lead singer of Croatian rock group Big Blue, before becoming a solo artist in 1997.

[1] In 2000, he represented Croatia at the Eurovision Song Contest, after winning the Croatian pre-selection Dora.

[1] In summer 2007, deeply moved by the Kornati fire tragedy, in which 13 volunteer firemen perished, he composed in the spur of the moment the song "Ovo nije kraj" ("This Is Not the End") and gathered under the name Split Star a group of famous singers (Oliver Dragojević, Marko Perković Thompson, Tedi Spalato, Dražen Zečić, Alen Nižetić, Hari Rončević) from the Split area, who performed it with him in a music video, all of this in less than fifteen days.