Marija Šerifović ( , ; born 14 November 1984 ) is a Serbian singer and record producer . She is best known for winning the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 with ' Molitva ' ( '' Prayer '' ) , making her Serbia 's first and only Eurovision winner to date . Šerifović is recognised for her powerful and emotional vocal performances . Marija Šerifović was born on November 14 , 1984 in Kragujevac in central Serbia . Her father , Rajko Šerifović , was a drummer , and her mother , Verica Šerifović , is a popular folk singer . She comes from a mixed marriage of Muslim father and Orthodox mother . When Verica was nine months pregnant with Marija , her husband left her for another woman with whom he had a son , Danijel , who is also a singer and a vocal coach . Šerifović described her father as an abusive alcoholic who would regularly beat her mother
Eurovision Song Contest 2007
Eurovision Song Contest 2007
Marija Šerifović