Leonora Jakupi
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| Leonora Jakupi | ||
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 Concert in Germany, February 2007.
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| Background information | ||
| Birth name | Leonora Jakupi | |
| Born | March 3, 1978 (age 29) | |
| Origin |  Albanian from Srbica(Skënderaj), Kosovo, Yugoslavia |
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| Genre(s) | Pop, Folk, Patriotic music | |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, songwriter | |
| Years active | 1996- present | |
| Label(s) | different | |
| Website | N/A | |
Leonora Jakupi was born on 3 March 1978 in Srbica (Skënderaj), Kosovo, Yugoslavia, and 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 Priština. She lost her father during the Kosovo war (1998-1999); he was killed by the Yugoslav security forces. 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 war refugee in Albania. She dedicated the song to her father and other Albanians who died during the Kosovo war.
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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)
- Zemra to kërkon (My heart request you)(2006)
[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)
- "Zemra të kërkon" (My heart request you)
[edit] Trivia
- Leonora once had a younger sister Lindita who died in the Kosovo wars aswell. The remainings of her family is her mother and older brother.
- Leonora every year in the beginning of March in Drenica sings her song "Can innocence be killed?" in tribute to the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) and KLA-commander Adem Jashari. In a interview with RTK (Kosovo`s public broadcaster) she said this was a obligation for her since she lost her father during the Kosovo war and according to her he was a member of KLA.
- Leonora says she does not know why her album number two "Sahara and Roe deer" has this name. According to her she sold the rights to a record label who decided the name of the album.
