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Kanita
Birth nameKanita Suma
Born (2001-07-26) 26 July 2001 (age 23)
Skopje, North Macedonia
GenresPop[1]
OccupationSinger
Years active2013–present

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

Life and career

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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

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Singles

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As lead artist

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Title Year Peak
chart
positions
Album
ALB
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CIS
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"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.
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Title Year Album
"Jale"
(Yaar featuring Kanita)
2019 Non-album singles
"Hala"
(Valza featuring Kanita)
2020

References

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  1. ^ a b "Kanita Biografia" (in Albanian). TeksteShqip. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
  2. ^ "Kanita #Bio" (in Albanian). Top Channel. 24 April 2019. 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.