Ivana Banfić

Who is Ivana Banfić?

Ivana Banfić is a Croatian dancer and pop singer. She became famous under the stage name I BEE in the 1990s during the period of popularity of dance music in Croatia.

Banfić was born in Zagreb. She released her first album in 1991. Her numbers were remembered for sexually provocative lyrics and elaborate choreography. Her well-known hit was Šumica, a song about nude swimming.

She also took part in a hugely successful duet with Bosnian vocalist Dino Merlin called "Godinama" in 2000, a song which achieved popularity throughout the former Yugoslavia. The song won a Porin Award for Hit of the Year in 2001.

New studio album with dance/electronic music style was released in 2011.