Arilena Ara

Arilena Ara
Also known as Arilena
Born (1998-07-17) 17 July 1998
Shkodër, Albania
Genres Pop, R&B, dance
Occupation(s) Singer
Instruments Vocals
Years active 2012–present
Labels Elite Productions
Associated acts Tuna, Darko Dimitrov

Arilena Ara (born 17 July 1998) known by her artistic name Arilena is an Albanian singer. She is the winner of season 2 of the Albanian X Factor.

Career

Arilena Ara was born in Shkodër. She first participated in Gjeniu i Vogël ("Little Genius"), a talent-singing contest for children and placed third in the competition.

After her father's death, she took part in season 2 of Albanian X Factor broadcast from 28 October 2012 to 31 March 2013 on TV Klan. She auditioned in Tirana performing an acoustic version of Ana Johnsson's "We Are". She was mentored by judge Altuna Sejdiu in the "Girls" category. In the final, she sang Mary J Blige's "No More Drama" and Rihanna's "Man Down" and "S&M" as a duet with her coach Tuna winning the season. Recently she participated in a TV Show called "Dance With Me" 2. Her partner was Labi (an Albanian journalist from Kosovo best known for "Një kafe me Labin" or "A cup of coffee with Labi").[1] On 26 February 2014 she released her first video single "Aeroplan",[2] becoming a chart topping hit in Albania. After her success with "Aeroplan" which had 2 milion views within 12 hours, her new hit "Business Class" had 1 milion views in its first 9 hours. She later released her third song titled "Vegim" dedicated to the passing of her father.[3]

Discography

Singles

Awards and Nominations

Videofest

Year Nominee/work Award Result
2014 "Aeroplan" Best New Artist Nominated

X Factor Albania 2

Year Nominee/work Award Result
2012 Contestant Winner of 1st place Won

Dance With Me 2

Year Nominee/work Award Result
2015 "Arilena & Labi" Winner of the night(03) Won
Winner of the night(07) Won

References

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 11/18/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.