Leonora Jakupi
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Leonora Jakupi (born 3 March, 1978 in Skenderaj, Kosovo) is an ethnic Albanian singer.
She is one of the most popular commercial singers among ethnic Albanians in Kosovo, Albania, Macedonia and Montenegro. Today Leonora lives in Kosovo's capital Prishtina. She lost her father during the Kosovo war (1998-1999). Her repertoire includes a wide variety of material including commercial pop and patriotic songs. She is not married.
Her most popular song, without any doubt, is “Can innocence be killed?”(A vritet pafajsia?) published in 1998 while Leonora was a refugee in Albania. She dedicated the song to her father killed by Serbs during the so-called Kosovo war and other Albanians with same desitiny.
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[edit] Quotes
About politics: “I do not deal with politics, and do not want to. An artist has a lot of spirit and it would be a tragedy if I began to deal with politics. I understand that a society needs politics, but music is a nutrition for the society”
[edit] Albums
- “Leonora Jakupi” (1997)
- “Sahara and Roe deer” (double) (Sahara dhe Kaprolle) (2001)
- “Everything different” (Krejt ndryshe) (2003)
- “Leonora” (Leonora) (2005)
[edit] Hits
- "Sahara" (Sahara)
- "A vritet pafajsia?" (Can innocence be killed)
- "Ti nuk egziston" (You do not exist)
- "Ende të dua" (Still love you)
- "As mos provo" (Do not even try)
