Yll Limani

Yll Limani is a Kosovo-Albanian singer and songwriter, born on 24 September 1994 in Pristina. Music is in the family: his father, Mufail Limani, was a member of the band Minatori. He sings Albanian pop.

He first sang in public in 2011 on the first season of The Voice of Albania, and appeared at the 9th Top Fest in 2012. After a three-year pause he returned in 2015 with "Single", sung with Gent Fatali. "Pritëm se po vi" entered the Albanian top three in 2016, and with "Shiu" he took part in Festivali i Këngës 55, finishing third.

His first number one was "Dritat" with 2po2 in 2017. In 2018 he sang on Majk's "Krejt ti fala", another number one, and in 2019 "Nuk po kalojka" and "Engjej" also reached the top. That summer he performed at the Sunny Hill Festival in Pristina alongside Miley Cyrus, Calvin Harris and Dua Lipa. "Buzët e kuqe" and "Leje" were number ones in 2020, and he sang on Dafina Zeqiri's "Mos shko".

In 2021 he was the voice on Cricket's chart-topper "Ndoshta", sang with Elvana Gjata on "E di" and with Ermal Fejzullahu on "As 1 minut", released the EP Lshoja zanin and appeared at Loredana's Red Bull Symphonic concert in Lucerne. Further number ones followed with "9" in 2022 and "Ulu" in 2023, and "Kaje" with Dafina Zeqiri reached number twelve in Switzerland.

He also writes for others: he wrote songs for Arilena Ara, Elvana Gjata and Nora Istrefi, and co-wrote "Ela", Cyprus's Eurovision entry of 2022. His debut album, Tjetër, came out on 21 December 2023 and reached number 19 in Switzerland. In 2024 he released the EP Vera me ty with Dhurata Dora, a number four in Switzerland, and his second album, Thirrëm sot ose nesër, followed on 18 December 2025 and reached number seven there.