Nina Kraljić was born in Lipovljani, Croatia on 1 January 1992. Her first TV appearance was in 2009 when she entered the Croatian version of Got Talent. She placed tenth in the final stage of the competition.

Nina competed in the first season of Croatian version of The Voice - Najljepši glas Hrvatske. After a successful audition and knock-out round she went on to win the first season of the contest by receiving roughly 1 million votes in the final round. She later released her debut single "Zaljuljali smo svijet" in June 2015.

On 24 February 2016 it was announced by HRT that Kraljić would represent Croatia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 in Stockholm, Sweden. On 9 March 2016, Nina released her 2016 contest song "Lighthouse". Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.