Xhensila Myrtezaj (; born 9 April 1993) is an Albanian singer.
Life and career
Myrtezaj was born on 9 April 1993 in Tirana, Albania. Her parents divorced when she was a child. At an early age, she attended the Jordan Misja Lyceum in Tirana. She became known for the talent show "Ethet e së premtes mbrëma", in which she took part at the age of 14. She also took part in the casting show Top Fest with the song "A më do ?" In 2009 she appeared on Top Fest 6 with the song "Ekzistoj", but did not reach the final.
In 2010 Myrtezaj sang "A më do?" at Top Fest 7. In 2011 she took part in Top Fest 8 with the song "Engjëlli" and won the Best Song Award in the Pop / R & B area. In December 2011, Myrtezaj took part in the Albanian preliminary selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2012, Festivali i Këngës with the song "Lulet mbledh për hënën". She reached the final of the competition where she finished 13th overall.
In November 2016, she released "Uh Baby" with Kosovo-Albanian singer Kida. In June 2018 she sang "Çika Çika" with Ardian Bujupi. This song reached 100 million views on YouTube. They also released "Panorama" together in July 2020 which counts more than 60 million views to date.
Personal life Myrtezaj was married to Albanian actor, comedian and singer Besart Kallaku. On 12 July 2018, she gave birth to their daughter Ajka. In December 2022, it was announced that the singer and her husband faced disagreements on their relationship and are subjects of a possible divorce. In March 2024 the couple announced that they divorced.
Discography
Singles
As lead artist
+ List of singles as lead artist, with selected chart positions Title Year Peak chart positions Album Note: "The Top List" are the charts conducted by Top Channel since December 2015. For peak positions in Albania: For "Ama dorën": For "High Love": For "Çelsi i zemrës": For "Çika Çika": For "Sekreti im": For "Paris": For "Panorama": For "Ale Ale": For "Edhe një natë": For "Me do": "Më fal (Kam frikë)" 2008 rowspan="14" — — rowspan="24" "I vetëm" — — "Ekzistoj" 2009 — — "A më do?" 2010 — — "Engjëlli im" 2011 — — "Dikush të do" — — "Lulet mbledh për hënën" — — "Edhe 1 here" 2012 — — "Da da da" — — "Me ty jam" — — "Liar" 2013 — — "Jeton tek une" 2014 — — "Vespa" — — "Ring The Alarm" 2015 — — "Ama dorën" 7 — — "High Love" 2016 1 — — "Çelsi i zemrës" 2017 18 — — "Çika Çika" 2018 2 90 40 "Sekreti im" 2019 12 — — "Paris" 10 — — "Panorama" 2020 4 — 35 "Ale Ale" 2022 4 — — "Edhe një natë" 14 — — "Me do" 50 — — "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
As featured artist
+ List of singles as featured artist, with selected chart positions Title Year Peakchartpositions Album For peak positions in Albania: For "Uh Baby": For "Lova": For "Si të jem mirë": For "Prik pak": For "Mëkati jem": For "A e din": "Uh Baby" 2016 1 rowspan="3" "Lova" 2017 4 "Si të jem mirë" 2 "Çika Çika (Remix)" 2019 — Rahat "Prit pak" 2021 41 rowspan="3" "Mëkati jem" 10 "A e din" 2022 2 "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
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