The Most Famous
MUSICIANS from Albania
This page contains a list of the greatest Albanian Musicians. The pantheon dataset contains 2,662 Musicians, 1 of which were born in Albania. This makes Albania the birth place of the 97th most number of Musicians behind Mauritania and Somalia.
Top 1
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Albanian Musicians of all time. This list of famous Albanian Musicians is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Bledar Sejko (1972 - )
With an HPI of 37.12, Bledar Sejko is the most famous Albanian Musician. His biography has been translated into 25 different languages on wikipedia.
Bledar Sejko (born February 19, 1971) is an Albanian guitarist, composer, and singer who represented Albania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 in Malmö with his song "Identitet", which he performed with Adrian Lulgjuraj. According to Sejko, the song includes combined motives from Northern Albania and Chameria. He also appeared in the 2011 edition of the contest, performing alongside Aurela Gaçe in her song Feel the Passion. Sejko's first group, which included Redon Makashi and Elton Deda was one of the first pop groups of Albania created in clandestinity in the late 1980s: Communist Albania did not allow pop music to be recorded, performed or broadcast. Sejko's nickname has always been Qepa (Onion). He taught guitar to Makashi and has always been known as a great performer of the instrument in Albania. He created Megahertz, the first rock band in Albania. Sejko's last participation to the Festivali i Këngës before "Identitet" had been in 1992 with his group Thunder Way. Their song, "Legjenda e Heroit" (The Hero's Legend), had come last in that festival.
Pantheon has 1 people classified as musicians born between 1972 and 1972. Of these 1, 1 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living musicians include Bledar Sejko.
