- Leonora Jakupi
Infobox musical artist
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Name = Leonora Jakupi
Img_capt = Concert in Germany, February 2007.
Background = solo_singer
Birth_name = Leonora Jakupi
Born = birth date and age|1978|3|3
Origin =Kosovo (Yugoslavia at time of birth)
Genre = Pop,Folk ,Patriotic music
Occupation =Singer ,songwriter
Years_active = 1996- present
Label = different
URL = N/ALeonora Jakupi (born on
3 March ,1978 inKosovo , is an Albanian, one of the most popular commercial singers amongAlbanians inKosovo ,Albania , Macedonia andMontenegro .Today Leonora lives in Kosovo's capital
Priština . She lost her father during theKosovo 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 doubtFact|date=November 2007, 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.
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)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”
Trivia
* 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-commanderAdem Jashari . In an interview with RTK (Kosovo's public broadcaster) she said this was an 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.
* Leonora once had a younger sister Lindita who died in the Kosovo wars as well. The remainings of her family is her mother and older brother.References
External links
* [http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=leonora+jakupi Watch and listen to Leonora Jakupi on YouTube]
* [http://www.leonorajakupi.blogspot.com Blog about Leonora]
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