Kanita
Birth nameKanita Suma
Born (2001-07-26) 26 July 2001
Skopje, Macedonia
GenresPop[1]
Occupation(s)Singer
Years active2013–present

Kanita Suma (born 26 July 2001), also known mononymously as Kanita, is an Albanian singer from North Macedonia.

Life and career

Kanita Suma was born on 26 July 2001 into an Albanian family in the city of Skopje, Macedonia.[1][2] Suma rose to prominence as she auditioned for the second season of X Factor Albania in 2012 finishing in the fourth place.[3] She continued her musical career and participated in Kënga Magjike on two occasions, in 2014 and 2018.[4][5] In October 2019, the Albanian broadcaster, Radio Televizioni Shqiptar (RTSH), announced that Suma would compete in the 58th edition of Festivali i Këngës, the country's national selection competition for the Eurovision Song Contest 2020, with the song "Ankth".[6][7] In the semi-finals, she failed to qualify for the grand final of Festivali i Këngës. In January 2020, "Fllad" was released and went on to reach number seventy eight in Albania.[8]

Discography

Singles

As lead artist

Title Year Peak
chart
positions
Album
ALB
[9]
CIS
[10]
"Ëndrra ime" 2013 * Non-album single
"Mia Vita"
"Digjem për ty"
(with Leonora Poloska)
2014
"Young and Reckless" 2015
"Champion"
(with Castor)
2016
"S'e di pse"
"Don't Let Me Go" 4
"Don't Let Me Go (Gon Haziri Remix)" 2017 3694
"They Said" 2018 48
"S'jemi ne" 2018
"Stranger" 2019 84
"Ankth"
"Fllad" 2020 78
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
Title Year Album
"Jale"
(Yaar featuring Kanita)
2019 Non-album singles
"Hala"
(Valza featuring Kanita)
2020

References

  1. 1 2 "Kanita Biografia" (in Albanian). TeksteShqip. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
  2. "Kanita #Bio" (in Albanian). Top Channel. Archived from the original on 30 October 2020. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
  3. "Kanita: X Factor më ka dhënë shumë" (in Albanian). Telegrafi. 8 March 2013. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  4. "Befasoi jurinë e "X Factor Albania" në moshë fare të vogël, rikthehet pas shumë vitesh në 'Kënga Magjike', Kanita" (in Albanian). Telegrafi. 9 October 2018. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  5. "Kanita Suma risjell të ripërpunuar këngën 'S'jemi ne'" (in Albanian). Telegrafi. 10 June 2019. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  6. "Festivali i 58-të i Këngës në RTSH, juria përzgjedh 20 këngëtarët pjesëmarrës" (in Albanian). Radio Televizioni Shqiptar (RTSH). 24 October 2019. Archived from the original on 28 October 2020. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
  7. "It's Arilena Ara for Albania!". European Broadcasting Union (EBU). 23 December 2019. Retrieved 21 February 2020.
  8. "Kanita publikon këngën dhe klipin e ri 'Fllad'" (in Albanian). Sinjali. 23 January 2020. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
  9. Note: "The Top List" are the charts conducted by Top Channel since December 2015.
    For peak positions in Albania:
  10. "Kanita  Listen All Songs". Tophit. Retrieved 27 April 2021. Note: The 'Peak Position On Top Radio Hits' column is to be taken into consideration.
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