Bleona facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Bleona
Bleona Qereti's Ibiza photo shoot by Vincent Peters
Born	Bleona Qereti (1985-05-14) May 14, 1985 (age 40) Bamatat, Albania
Occupation	Singer songwriter actress model television personality
Years active	2005–present
Notable work	Discography
Musical career
Instruments	Vocals violin

Bleona Qereti, known simply as Bleona, is a famous singer, songwriter, actress, and model from Albania and the United States. She is also a television personality and an entrepreneur.

Since 2010, Bleona has lived in California, USA. There, she has worked with well-known music producers like Timbaland and David Foster. She has released eight music albums in Albanian. She also has many English songs, including "Show Off," "Famous," and "Pass Out." Her song "Take It Like a Man" reached number 7 on the UK charts in 2013. Bleona was also a judge on the Albanian TV show The X Factor. In 2014, she became a star on the reality TV show Euros of Hollywood on Bravo. In 2019, her song "I Don't Need Your Love" became number one on Billboard's Dance Club Songs chart.

About Bleona's Life and Career

Bleona Qereti was born on May 14, 1985, in Korçë, Albania. Her parents are Oli and Nazmi Qereti.

Early Life and Music Beginnings

Bleona started singing when she was just 5 years old. She joined a group called the House of Pionieri. When she was 13, her parents wanted her to focus on school. But Bleona loved singing and kept going with her dream. At 14, she got her first big role as the lead singer for the Skampa Theater in Elbasan.

When she was 15, Bleona performed at the Albanian National Music Festival. This made her very famous in Albania. Soon after, she released her first song, "Lermeni (Let Me Be Free)." A year later, her first album, Kam Qejfin Tim (I Run My Own Game), came out. That same year, Bleona went on her first big tour. She performed 25 shows in Switzerland and Germany. Bleona can speak and sing in English, Albanian, Italian, and German. She also studied acting and plays the violin.

Music Success in Europe

From 1998 to 2002, Bleona released four albums. All of them were very popular in southeastern Europe. In 1999, she led a tour to help people in Kosovo, performing many concerts across Europe. From 2000 to 2001, she did over 80 concerts. By 2002, she was the main performer at big outdoor concerts and festivals. That year, she also released a DVD called Nje xhiro neper Shqiperi (Walking Through Albania).

In 2003, Bleona released the album Ti Nuk Di As Me Ma Lyp. In just three months, it sold 300,000 copies! For the next four years, she toured in Kosovo, England, Germany, Switzerland, and Italy. She even performed with the rock band, Elita 5.

Expanding to the United States

Bleona first toured in the United States in 2004. A club invited her to New York City to perform at Webster Hall. Since then, she has continued to perform in the United States, the Middle East, and Europe.

Her 2005 album, Boom Boom, had songs in both English and Albanian. That same year, her song "S'dua" won an award at the "Magic Song Festival Awards." This is like Albania's version of the Grammy Awards. In 2006, Bleona received the "Excellent Career Award." She was the youngest person ever to get this award in Albania. Her eighth album, Mandarin, sold over 800,000 copies in 2007. This broke her own sales record. In 2008, Bleona won two more awards for her song "Magnetic" at the "Magic Song Festival Awards."

Bleona on the cover of CCercle Magazine.

Moving to America and New Music

In September 2010, Bleona moved to the U.S. Soon after, she met producer Timbaland at the Grammy Awards. After talking for a year, they started working on new songs together. Her first English song, "Show Off," came out in September 2010. She also worked with other famous producers like Rodney Jerkins.

In February 2011, Bleona became a citizen of the United States.

In September 2012, Bleona released "Pass Out," a song she worked on with Timbaland. She toured Europe to promote it. She performed in many cities in Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, and Germany. Thousands of people came to her concerts.

Recent Music and TV Appearances

In 2013, Bleona released "Take It Like a Man." This song was called "an uplifting dance floor filler that screams 'GIRL POWER'!" It reached number 7 on the UK club charts. She celebrated this by performing at Las Vegas Gay Pride.

Bleona was also invited to perform at the Palm Springs White Party in both 2013 and 2014.

In 2015, after being a judge on X Factor Europe, Bleona's song "Take You Over" reached number 3 on the Billboard Dance Club Songs chart.

Bleona also recorded her own version of an old Italian hit song called "Su di noi". The music video for this song was filmed at El Matador Beach in Malibu, California. In February 2019, her song "I Don't Need Your Love" became her first number-one hit on the Billboard Dance Club Songs chart.

Other Projects

Television and Movies

Bleona started acting in 2012. She appeared in an episode of Steven Seagal's TV show True Justice. In 2017, she acted with Dolph Lundgren in the movie Dead Trigger. The next year, Bleona was in 211, an action movie starring Nicolas Cage. In 2019, she got a big role as Nova in the series Paper Empire. She acted alongside famous stars like Wesley Snipes and Denise Richards.

In February 2014, Bleona began filming a reality TV show called Euros of Hollywood. It showed her life in America as she worked on her first English album. In 2015, Bleona went back to Albania to be a judge on X Factor. In 2016, she was a judge on Your Face Sounds Familiar in Albania. She continued her role as Nova in Paper Empire in 2020. In 2021, Bleona joined the Albanian reality show Love Story as an opinionist.

Bleona's TV Shows and Movies

Music Albums

Here are some of Bleona's studio albums:

• Kam Qejfin Tim (1997)
• Nese Me Do Fort (1999)
• S'me Behet Vone (2001)
• Ik Meso Si Dashurohet (2002)
• Ti Nuk Di As Me Ma Lyp (2003)
• Greatest Hits (2005)
• Boom Boom (2005)
• Mandarin (2007)

Chart Success

Bleona has had many songs do well on the Billboard Dance Club Songs and Dance/Electronic Songs charts. Here are some of her notable songs and their highest positions:

• "Take It Like a Man" reached number 31 on the Billboard Dance Club Songs chart. This song was very popular in clubs.
• "Take You Over" reached number 28 on the Billboard Dance/Electronic Songs chart and number 3 on the Billboard Dance Club Songs chart. This song showed how Bleona could mix electronic music with pop.
• "Wicked Love" reached number 12 on the Billboard Dance Club Songs chart.
• "I Don't Need Your Love" became number 1 on the Billboard Dance Club Songs chart. This song had a lot of energy and empowering lyrics. It became one of her most famous hits.
• "Monster" reached number 12 on the Billboard Dance Club Songs chart. This song had strong beats and a catchy chorus. It helped Bleona stay popular in the dance music world.

Images for kids

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  Bleona Qereti's Ibiza photo shoot by Vincent Peters

See also

In Spanish: Bleona Qereti para niños