Her professional career stretches back to 1967 and has collectively released thirty studio albums.

With collective sales of over five million records, Ukraden is recognised as one of the most successful artists from former Yugoslavia.

[1][2][3] She lived in Imotski with her grandparents until the age of two when she relocated to Višegrad, in eastern Bosnia and Herzegovina.

When she was in elementary school, her family moved to Sarajevo where she lived until 1992 when the Bosnian War broke out.

[5] Respecting the wishes of her father, she attended the University of Sarajevo where she successfully completed degrees in Law, Philology, and the English language.