[2] Nina Badrić was born on July 4, 1972 in Zagreb, and attended primary school "Otokar Keršovani",[3] and started singing in the children's choir Zvjezdice at the age of nine.

[5] Later, she had her first major appearance on Crovizija, where she won with the song "Ostavljam te", in collaboration with Rajko Dujmić, Jasenko Houra and her first manager Daniel Koletić.

[citation needed] Shortly after that she signed her first professional contract with Croatia Records and in 1995 released her first album Godine nestvarne.

However, Nina made first major success in duet with singer Emilija Kokić and the song "Ja sam vlak".

[7] In 1999 she released the 13 track album Unique, including two versions of the song, "Woman in Love" and also a remix of "Po dobru ti me pamti".

[10] On 14 February 2005, Badrić performed at the Dom sportova in Zagreb, in support of the campaign by UNICEF to house abandoned children.

[citation needed] The album opens with the song "Kralj života mog", which is a duet with Romani diva Ljiljana Petrović-Buttler.

[citation needed] In 2013, Badrić recorded a duet "Duše su se srele" with Bosnian singer Mirza Šoljanin.