Kanita Suma (born 26 July 2001), also known mononymously as Kanita, is an Albanian singer from North Macedonia.
Kanita | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Kanita Suma |
| Born | 26 July 2001 Skopje, North Macedonia |
| Genres | Pop[1] |
| Occupation | Singer |
| Years active | 2013–present |
Life and career
editKanita 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
editSingles
editAs lead artist
edit| 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 | 36 | 94 | |||||||
| "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. | ||||||||||
As featured artist
edit| Title | Year | Album |
|---|---|---|
| "Jale" (Yaar featuring Kanita) |
2019 | Non-album singles |
| "Hala" (Valza featuring Kanita) |
2020 |
References
edit- ^ a b "Kanita Biografia" (in Albanian). TeksteShqip. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
- ^ "Kanita #Bio" (in Albanian). Top Channel. 24 April 2019. Archived from the original on 30 October 2020. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
- ^ "Kanita: X Factor më ka dhënë shumë" (in Albanian). Telegrafi. 8 March 2013. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Kanita Suma risjell të ripërpunuar këngën 'S'jemi ne'" (in Albanian). Telegrafi. 10 June 2019. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "It's Arilena Ara for Albania!". European Broadcasting Union (EBU). 23 December 2019. Retrieved 21 February 2020.
- ^ "Kanita publikon këngën dhe klipin e ri 'Fllad'" (in Albanian). Sinjali. 23 January 2020. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
- ^ Note: "The Top List" are the charts conducted by Top Channel since December 2015.
For peak positions in Albania:- For "Don't Let Me Go": "The Top List – 25/12/2016" (in Albanian). Top Channel. 25 December 2016. Archived from the original on 3 February 2020. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
- For "Don't Let Me Go (Gon Haziri Remix)": "The Top List – 04/06/2017" (in Albanian). Top Channel. 4 June 2017. Archived from the original on 18 June 2017. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
- For "They Said": "The Top List – 18/03/2018" (in Albanian). Top Channel. 18 March 2018. Archived from the original on 19 November 2020. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
- For "Stranger": "The Top List – 28/04/2019" (in Albanian). Top Channel. 28 April 2019. Archived from the original on 13 February 2021. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
- For "Fllad": "The Top List – 09/02/2020" (in Albanian). Top Channel. 9 February 2020. Archived from the original on 22 October 2020. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
- ^ "Kanita – Listen All Songs". Tophit. Retrieved 27 April 2021. Note: The 'Peak Position On Top Radio Hits' column is to be taken into consideration.