1999–2001: early years

In 1999 he founded a rock band, with some member changes over the years, but the band is still playing today. He had over 800 gigs with his band in total and another hundred at charity events.

In 2001 he took second place at the local song contest ‘Kdo bo osvojil Triglav’ (who will come on the top of Triglav) and immediately signed a contract with Slovenian label Nika Records.

After he signed a contract he performed as back vocalist for various Slovenian artists in studio sessions and live performances. He appeared in different albums for D.D.V., for Saša Vrtnar (‘Persona Non Grata’), for Rok'n'band (‘Elvis je živ’) etc.

2004: battle of the talents

In late 2004 Naber won Bitka talentov, the Slovenian version of the battle of the talents and became nationwide recognized. This year he also recorded his first song and video "Vse kar si želiš" (Anything you want), released as single and on his Omar album next year.

2005: first Eurovision performance

As a winner of this battle, he performed and won at the EMA 2005 Slovenian national entry for Eurovision. He participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 with song "Stop" (in Slovene), a song he had composed himself. He failed to qualify to the final however, finishing in 12th place with 69 points. ^[2]

His first album Omar was also released in 2005. He spent 2006 touring Slovenia, as well as internationally, and eventually went back to the studio to record his second album with his band Kareem. This second album, named Kareem, was released in 2007.^[3]

In 2011, Naber was sentenced to serve seven months in prison for sexually assaulting a woman in a Ljubljana club.^[4][5][6][7]

2014: third album

In 2014, he first released his third album Na glavo in Slovenia, along with its English version No Helmet a couple of months later in England.^[8][9]

2017: second Eurovision performance

He won the latest national selection and became the second time the national representative for Slovenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 with the song "On My Way".^[10] However again he failed to Qualify for the final finishing 17th (Second to last) with 36 points in the first semi-final.

Albums

Singles

Other Appearances