Adrian Gaxha

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Adrian Gaxha
Birth name	Adrian Gaxha
Born	February 13, 1984, Skopje, SR Macedonia, SFR Yugoslavia
Origin	Macedonia Albania
Genre(s)	Pop
Occupation(s)	Singer
Years active	2003 – present

Adrian Gaxha (Macedonian: Адриан Гаџа) (born 13 February 1984 in Skopje, SFR Yugoslavia) is an Albanian pop musician from the Republic of Macedonia. He started loving music from a very young age, and therefore he started playing on viola instrument and also graduated from a Music High School. He is currently studying English language in Skopje.

He represented FYR Macedonia^[1] at the Eurovision Song Contest 2008, performing the English language version of the song "Vo Ime Na Ljubovta" along with Tamara Todevska and Rade Vrčakovski.

Gaxha started singing in 2001 in the pop festival organised by the Macedonian Albanian community, called Nota Fest. There, he won the first prize, the first time a newcomer won both the jury and the audience votes. Within a short time, Adrian became one of the most popular singers in the Republic of Macedonia and in Albania. Until today he has recorded four albums, three in Albanian and one in Macedonian.

He is also a well known dancer, and his performances usually include a lot of dance and skillful choreography. He also participated in festival such as Videofest in Tirana as a winner twice, Makfest in Stip, and won the first prize in Ohrid Fest. In 2006, he finished second at the FYR Macedonian national final for Eurovision, singing the song Ljubov e with Esma Redžepova.