Zoran Vanev

{{short description|Macedonian pop-folk singer (born 1973)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2019}}

{{BLP sources|date=June 2019}}

{{Infobox musical artist

|name = Zoran Vanev

|native_name = Зоран Ванев

|background = solo_singer

|alias = Zoki

|birth_date = {{birth-date and age|1973}}

|birth_place = Štip, SR Macedonia, SFR Yugoslavia

|occupation = Singer

|genre = Turbo-folk, music, pop-folk

|years_active = 1993–2011

|instrument = Vocalist

}}

Zoran "Zoki" Vanev (Serbian/Macedonian: Зоран Ванев) is a Macedonian pop-folk singer.

He was born in Štip, Macedonia, Yugoslavia and began his career in 1993 with the release of his song "Angela". He enjoyed moderate success in the Macedonian music industry in the 1990s, however his popularity in Macedonia declined by the turn of the century.

In 2003, he released his first Serbian album and is enjoying a successful career in Serbia and in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Many of his songs are about the city of Belgrade but some also mention cities in Bosnia most notably in his song Banja Luka, Beograd. Some of his hits in Serbian include "Lila", "Monika" and "Južna pruga".{{cite news |title=BIO JE ZAVODNIK: Imao je folk hitove, povukao se iz medija i danas IZGLEDA OVAKO! |url=https://www.pulsonline.rs/puls-poznatih/bio-je-zavodnik-imao-je-folk-hitove-povukao-se-iz-medija-i-danas-izgleda-ovako/jbgc4nw |access-date=12 March 2021 |work=pulsonline |date=26 March 2017 |language=sr}}

He later stopped his music career and moved to Switzerland where he currently lives with his family and works with health insurance.{{cite news |title=Zvijezda koja je izgubila sjaj: Gdje je danas Zoran Vanev? |url=https://m.cdm.me/zabava/showbiz/zvijezda-koja-je-izgubila-sjaj-gdje-je-danas-zoran-vanev/ |access-date=12 March 2021 |work=CdM |date=21 January 2018}}