Çiljeta

Çiljeta (born Çiljeta Xhilaga on 5 February 1985 in Tirana, Albania), and simply known by her stage name Çilieta), is an Albanian pop singer and model.

Çiljeta
Birth nameÇiljeta Xhilaga
Born (1985-02-05) 5 February 1985
Tirana, Albania
GenresPop, dance
Occupation(s)Singer-songwriter, actress ,model
InstrumentsVocals
Years active1999-present
Associated actsIngrid Gjoni

Biography

Çiljeta was born in Tirana, Albania, to Ferdinand Xhilaga, an accountant, whose family hailed from Debar but who was born in Delvinë, and Majlinda Xhilaga, a hairdresser, from Korçë. She attended the Sami Frashëri High School in the city.[1]

Career as model

Xhilaga featured in the Miss Shqipëria competition in 2001 and won the title "Miss Cinema".[1][2]

Career as singer

Çiljeta distinguished herself in the successful song Dridhe (English: Shake it), a collaboration with Getoar Selimi of Tingulli 3nt, a rap group from Kosovo.[3] The song was followed by many successful ones, especially Puçi Puçi (English: Kiss kiss), featuring Ingrid Gjoni, and Të dy qajmë të ndarë (English: Away we both cry), a hit composed by Flori Mumajesi and with words of Ardit Roshi in the Kënga Magjike of 2010, where she cried while interpreting the song.[4] Çiljeta had already interpreted in the Kënga Magjike 08 with S'ke ku vete (English: Can't go nowhere).

Çiljeta participated in the Dancing with the Stars (Albania) show, in its 2011 (second) edition, along with partner Dion Gjinika.

Private life

Çiljeta had a son on February 4, 2013, whom she has named Ferdinand, her father's name.[5] Father of the baby, is reportedly a French architect with a Latin American background.[6] She is a well known supporter of Partizani Tirana. She is dating Alban Hoxha an Albanian football player.

Politics

Çiljeta is self-declared as being a supporter of the Democratic Party of Albania, and its leader Lulzim Basha.[7] Earlier, she had sung in New York, in a party organized by Red and Black Alliance, now an extinguished party, but declared that she was unaware of who the organizer of the party was.[8]

She notably had two public reactions against Serbia and Greece politicians: to Serbia after the Serbian government removed a memorial to the Liberation Army of Preševo, Medveđa and Bujanovac in Preševo, an Albanian-inhabited region of Serbia. The second reaction was to Greece, after she saw in television an anti-Albanian interview of Christos Pappas, a politician of the Golden Dawn, a Greek far-right political party.[9] After these declarations, the Greek media attacked her, saying that she claims to be a singer, but must be something else, and published provoking photos of Çiljeta.[10]

Humanitarian activities

On March 20, 2012 Çiljeta was reported by the media to visit a correctional facility for minors, where she met 38 children, a meeting organised by the Institute of Minors, Kavaje, the Centre for the Human Rights of Children of Albania, and UNICEF.[11]

Hits
  • Çokollata (English: Chocolate)
  • Çuna, Çuna (English: Boys, boys)
  • Do do ti do (English: Yes, yes, you want to)
  • Dorëheqja (English: Surrender)
  • Dridhe (English: Shake it)
  • Duty free
  • Falma (English: Forgive me)
  • Kur këndoj serenate (English: When I sing a serenade)
  • Maria
  • Mike dhë rivale (feat. Ingrid Gjoni) (English: Friends and rivals)
  • Puçi Puçi (feat. Ingrid Gjoni) (English: Kiss kiss)
  • S'ke ku vete (English: Can't go anywhere)
  • Të dy qajmë të ndarë (English: We both cry separated)
  • Tekila (English: Tequila)
  • Vetëm ti (English: Only you)
  • Nuk e di pse me do (English: I don't know what to do)

References
  1. Biography at Lyrics portal
  2. Ciljeta Xhilaga, Miss-i mes Miss-eve 12/09/2010
  3. Vip, Shqiperia. "Ja si si janë lidhjet e mia me Elvana Gjatën dhe Ciljetën!".
  4. Vip, Shqiperia. "Ciljeta këndon për ndarjen, por është e dashuruar si kurrë më parë".
  5. Panorama (23 February 2013). "Çiljeta: "Partneri im është i lumtur që bebja i ngjan atij"".
  6. Koha (2 September 2012). "Çiljeta bashkëjeton me arkitektin amerikan".
  7. Gazeta, Shqiptare (30 June 2013). "Artistet shqiptare: Rama s'eshte thjesht nje lider, por nje fenomen".
  8. Tema. "Ciljeta: Nuk e dija se festen e organizonte Aleanca Kuqezi, une nuk kendoj per tradhtaret e partise sime".
  9. Zhurnal. "Çiljeta 'përshëndet' edhe Greqinë si Serbinë me "F*ck Greece"".
  10. NOA (1 February 2013). "këngëtare thotë se është, tjetër duket..." Agjencia Kombetare e Lajmeve.
  11. CRCA Albania (20 March 2012). "Çiljeta Xhilaga,viziton Intitutitn e të Mtiurve, Kavajë". Retrieved 11 January 2014.
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