Lindon Berisha

Lindon Berisha
Lindon Berisha
Born	7 June 1990 (age 34); Skopje, SR Macedonia, SFR Yugoslavia (present-day North Macedonia)
Genres	Pop
Occupations	Singer; songwriter;
Years active	2009–present

Lindon Berisha (Albanian: [linˈdɔn bɛˈɾiʃa]; born 7 June 1990), also known mononymously as Lindon, is a Macedonian-Albanian pop singer.^[1]

Life and career

1990–2015

Lindon Berisha was born on 7 June 1990 into an Albanian family in the city of Skopje, then part of the Socialist Republic of Macedonia, present North Macedonia.^[2] His father, Agron Berisha, was also a popular singer and songwriter during the late 20th century.^[3]^[4] Berisha made his breakthrough in the Albanian-speaking world in 2015 and 2016 as he was featured on the singles "Kalle", "Asnihere" and "Money" by Macedonian-Albanian singer Adrian Gaxha.^[5]^[6]^[7]

2016–present

Following his success, Berisha continued his production career producing and writing songs for other Albanian artists. In 2016, Arilena Ara participated in the 18th edition of Kënga Magjike with the song "Nëntori" written by Berisha.^[8] The song finished in the third place and attained commercial success in Romania, Russia and Eastern Europe reaching number one in the Romanian Airplay Charts. Three years later, in 2019, he wrote another song for Arilena Ara titled "Shaj", which won the 58th edition of Festivali i Këngës.^[9] The artist will therefore represent Albania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.^[10] In February 2020, "Flm Klm" was premiered and went on to reach number seventy eight in Albania.^[11]

Discography

Singles

As lead artist

Title	Year	Peak chart positions	Album
Title	Year	ALB ^[12]	Album
"Bye Bye"	2009	—	Non-album single
"Pare" (with Shpend Latifi)	2015
"Syn" (with Florian Beqiri)	2015
"Dale"	2016	—
"Lolo"	2017	—
"Summer Luv"		17
"Merri Krejt"		84
"Sikur Yje" (with Luiza)	2019	—
"Flm Klm"	2020	78
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

As featured artist

Title	Year	Peak chart positions	Album
Title	Year	ALB ^[13]	Album
"Kalle" (Adrian Gaxha featuring Lindon Berisha)	2015	13	Non-album single
"Asnihere" (Adrian Gaxha featuring Lindon Berisha)	2015	4
"Money" (Adrian Gaxha featuring Lindon Berisha)	2016	—
"T'kom Dasht" (Elinel featuring Lindon Berisha)	2016	—
"Hallall E Ke" (DJ PM and DJ Dagz featuring Lindon Berisha)	2018	—
"1 Xhiro" (2Ton featuring Lindon Berisha)	2018	—
"Stranger" (Kanita featuring Lindon Berisha)	2019	84
"Bella" (Eni Koçi featuring Lindon Berisha)	2019	—
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

References

^ ^a ^b "Lindon Berisha–Biografia". teksteshqip.com (in Albanian). Retrieved 8 February 2020.
^ "Lindon–Bio". topawards.top-channel.tv (in Albanian). 24 April 2019. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
^ "A e keni ditur djali i cilit këngëtar është Lindon Berisha?". botasot.info (in Albanian). 1 April 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
^ "Lindoni kujton babanë e ndjerë, këngëtarin Agron Berisha!". telegrafi.com (in Albanian). 29 December 2016. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
^ "Adrian Gaxha lanson klipin "Kalle"". telegrafi.com (in Albanian). 13 June 2015. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
^ "Adriani e Lindoni lansojnë këngën e re". archive.koha.net (in Albanian). 27 December 2015. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
^ ""Money", kënga më e re e Adrianit dhe Lindonit". archive.koha.net (in Albanian). 5 June 2016. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
^ "Arilena Ara në Kënga Magjike me një baladë për babain e saj". botasot.info (in Albanian). Bota Sot. 14 November 2016. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
^ "Arilena Ara me "Shaj" fiton Fest 58". rtsh.al (in Albanian). Radio Televizioni Shqiptar (RTSH). 23 December 2019. Archived from the original on 28 October 2020. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
^ "It's Arilena Ara for Albania!". eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. 8 February 2020. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
^ "Lindon Berisha sjell klipin e këngës "Flm Klm"". telegrafi.com (in Albanian). 10 February 2020. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
^
Note: "The Top List" are the charts conducted by Top Channel since December 2015. For peak positions in Albania:
- For "Summer Luv":"The Top List – 09/10/2016" (in Albanian). Top Channel. 9 October 2016. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
- For "Merri Krejt":"The Top List – 26/11/2017" (in Albanian). Top Channel. 26 November 2017. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
- For "Flm Klm":"The Top List – 16/02/2020" (in Albanian). Top Channel. 16 February 2020. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
^
Note: "The Top List" are the charts conducted by Top Channel since December 2015. For peak positions in Albania:
- For "Kalle":"The Top List – 13/12/2015" (in Albanian). Top Channel. 13 December 2015. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
- For "Asnihere":"The Top List – 17/01/2016" (in Albanian). Top Channel. 17 January 2016. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
- For "Stranger":"The Top List – 28/04/2019" (in Albanian). Top Channel. 28 April 2019. Retrieved 8 February 2020.