Zana Nimani is a former singer from Serbia

Serbia

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. She is an ethnic Albanian born in Belgrade

Belgrade

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. Throughout her carrier she sang in Serbian language

Serbian language

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 and resided in Belgrade, and she was the first frontress of the prominent Yugoslav band Zana

Zana (band)

Zana is a popular music group from Belgrade, Serbia, which was especially successful during the 1980s in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.-Early years:...

 from 1980 to 1985 as well as a successful solo artist. She released her solo album "Noćas pevam samo tebi" (This night I sing for you only) for the Jugoton

Jugoton

Jugoton was the largest record label and chain record store in the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia based in Zagreb, Socialist Republic of Croatia. After the breakup of Yugoslavia the company continued to work in independent Republic of Croatia under the name Croatia...

 major label in 1986. With the outbreak of political crisis and war in the former Yugoslavia she moved to British Columbia

British Columbia

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, Canada

Canada

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. She was invited to perform in Belgrade for the 25th Anniversary reunion concert of the band Zana but did not attend the event.

Singles

• Nastavnice/Sveta (Jugoton
  Jugoton
  Jugoton was the largest record label and chain record store in the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia based in Zagreb, Socialist Republic of Croatia. After the breakup of Yugoslavia the company continued to work in independent Republic of Croatia under the name Croatia...
  
   1980)
• Moj deda/Pepito pantalone (Jugoton 1981)
• Leto/Snovi od slame (PGP RTB 1981)
• On/Ti si neko staro lice (Jugoton 1981)
• Jabuke i vino/Instrumental (Jugoton 1983)

Albums

• Loše vesti uz rege i pivsku flašu (Jugoton 1981)
• Dodirni mi kolena (Jugoton 1982)
• Natrag na voz (Jugoton 1983)

Compilations

• Svi marš na ples!
  Svi marš na ples!
  Svi marš na ples! is a compilation album released by Jugoton in 1981 in SFR Yugoslavia.The compilation features various pop and rock artists, mostly from the local new wave scene...
  
   (Jugoton 1981)
• Vrući dani i vrele noći
  Vruci dani i vrele noci
  Vrući dani i vrele noći was a compilation album released by Jugoton in 1982 in the former SFR Yugoslavia....
  
  (Jugoton 1982)

External links

• Official site of the band Zana
• Zana band Bio at Balkanmedia
• Short info at Discogs
• Zana Nimani at Last fm
• Dejan Djokić: Ex-Yugoslav Rock at openDemocracy Ltd. (incl. Zana)
• CD "Prijatelji" promotion at Glas javnosti magazine, Serbia
• Promotion of the album "Kao nekad" - Republika daily newspaper, Montenegro
• City Records, Serbia - Catalogue of 1980s Retro compilations incl. Zana
• 25th Anniversary of Zana the band- Večernje novosti newspaper, Belgrade, Serbia