Zana Nimani


Zana Nimani is a former Yugoslav singer, best known as the first frontress of the pop rock band Zana.

Biography

Zana Nimani was born in 1961 in Belgrade, to Albanian parents from the town of Đakovica. Nimani started her career in 1976, when she started to sing with the band Suton, in which her boyfriend Radovan Jovićević played guitar. Since 1979, the band started to perform under the name Zana. The band's debut album, Loše vesti uz rege za pivsku flašu, released in 1981, brought them nationwide popularity. The following two albums, Dodirni mi kolena, released in 1982, and Natrag na voz, released in 1983, were also well received. However, when Zana went on a hiatus in 1984, Nimani decided to leave the band.
In 1986, she released her only solo album, Noćas pevam samo tebi. The album was recorded in Sweden and featured Swedish studio musicians. It was produced by Tini Varga, who also authored part of the songs. Other authors on the album were Nimani herself and former Zana members Marina Tucaković, Aleksandar Radulović "Futa" and Bogdan Dragović. The album brought such minor hits as Što ne znam gde si sad and Miško zna.
During the same year, she appeared on MESAM festival with the song Ruža na dlanu, which was released on a split 7" single, with Bebi Dol song Inšalah. Soon after, she retired from the scene. With the breakup of Yugoslavia she moved to Canada.

Discography

With Zana

Studio albums

Studio albums