Miriam Cani
Miriam Cani | |
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.jpg) Cani in 2005 | |
| Born | 30 May 1985 Elbasan, PSR Albania (current Albania) |
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| Years active | 2003–present |
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| Children | 2 |
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| Instruments | Vocals |
| Formerly of | Preluders |
Miriam Cani (Albanian: [miˈɾiam caˈni]; born 30 May 1985) is an Albanian singer and television host.[1] She was a member of the successful German pop girl group Preluders.[2] Beyond her music career, Cani has been featured as a judge on the Albanian television talent competition series The X Factor Albania, The Voice of Albania and The Voice Kids Albania.
Life and career
[edit]In 2003, Miriam Cani along with 13 other participants auditioned for a spot in the German version of the talent show Popstars and in the end she was voted as one of the winners and became a member of the girl group Preluders.[3] Cani made her first TV appearance in Germany in 1993 in the show "Interaktiv".[4] She participated in the musical "Hair" in Germany and also in the musical ''Ludwig 2" in 2013 in Germany ,and in the musical "Chicago" in Albania, where she played the main role, Roxie Hart. As a television host she hosted Jamba TV Clip Clash and Eclips in Germany, and Festivali i Këngës in Albania. She sang in the FilmHarmonic Night in Germany, and also performed her single Bring the Rain in Fernsehgarten.
She presented the Albanian national final for the Eurovision Song Contest 2010.[5] Cani herself participated in the Albanian national final for the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in Germany with the entry "Ende ka shpresë" in a duet with singer Alban Skënderaj, now her husband.[6]
Personal life
[edit]After a music collaboration proposed by her father, Cani started a relationship with Albanian singer Alban Skënderaj in 2007.[7] On 28 November 2015, Cani gave birth to a daughter, Ameli Skënderaj, on the occasion of Albania's 103rd independence day.[8][9] In June 2019, Skënderaj presented a concert as part of his Hapësira e një ëndrre event in Pristina, Kosovo, at which both Skënderaj and Cani performed "Dhurata" and started the performance by revealing she was pregnant.[10] Their son named Duam Skënderaj was born on 14 January 2020.[11]
Discography
[edit]- 2005: Shko
- 2005: Belong
- 2006: One Goal
- 2006: Don't Surrender (feat. Alketa Vejsiu)
- 2007: When a Devil Loves an Angel
- 2009: Let Me Die With You (feat. Alban Skënderaj)
- 2010: Mos më ndal
- 2010: Ende ka shpresë (feat. Alban Skënderaj)
- 2011: Somebody Hurts (feat. Alban Skënderaj)
- 2012: Përgjithmonë
- 2013: Ti s'e di përse
- 2013: I paprekshëm
- 2013: Labirint
- 2014: Shiu im
- 2014: Bring the Rain
- 2017: Meteor
- 2017: Dhurata (feat. Alban Skënderaj)
- 2017: More Than a Song (feat. Alban Skënderaj)
- 2018: Radio Silence
- 2018: Në parajsë
- 2019: Duamë (feat. Alban Skënderaj)
References
[edit]- ^ "Biography Miriam Cani, das perfekte Promi-Dinner, Popstars: Germany". Archived from the original on 15 June 2011. Retrieved 23 December 2010.
- ^ "Miriam Cani Biography" (in Albanian). Retrieved 9 April 2018.
- ^ Preluders – Esctoday
- ^ "Biography Miriam Cani, das perfekte Promi-Dinner, Popstars: Germany". Archived from the original on 15 June 2011. Retrieved 23 December 2010.
- ^ Floras, Stella (25 November 2009). "Albania:Big names to participate in Festivali i Këngës 48". Esctoday. Archived from the original on 28 November 2009. Retrieved 25 December 2009.
- ^ Esctoday Eurovision Ende ka shpresë
- ^ "Kanë 10 vite bashkë, por e dini si ka nisur historia e dashurisë së Albanit dhe Miriamit?". Daily Xing (in Albanian). 25 October 2017. Archived from the original on 23 December 2021. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
- ^ "Alban Skenderaj bëhet baba për 28 Nëntor". Koha (in Albanian). 28 November 2015. Archived from the original on 23 December 2021. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
- ^ "Alban Skenderaj dhe Miriam Cani bëhen prindër për 28 nëntor". Telegrafi (in Albanian). 28 November 2015. Archived from the original on 23 December 2021. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
- ^ "Albani dhe Miriami ndajnë lajmin e gëzuar me publikun në Prishtinë – ata do të bëhen sërish prindër". Telegrafi (in Albanian). 19 June 2019. Archived from the original on 23 December 2021. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
- ^ "Alban Skënderaj dhe Miriam Cani bëhen prindër për herë të dytë". Telegrafi (in Albanian). 14 January 2020. Archived from the original on 23 September 2020. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
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