Kida (singer)

{{Short description|Kosovo-Albanian singer (born 1997)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2021}} {{Infobox person | name = Kida | image = | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1997|12|21}} | birth_place = Rahovec, Kosovo | other_names = | education = | nationality = | occupation = Singer | years_active = 2014{{spaced ndash}}present | notable_works = | style = | television = | awards = | module = {{Infobox musical artist | embed = yes | genre = | instruments = Vocals | label = Yellowcake Music Group, Sony<ref>{{cite web |work=Insajderi |title=Kida arrin në tregun ndërkombëtar, projektin e radhës e realizon në bashkëpunim me Sony Music |url=https://insajderi.com/kida-arrin-ne-tregun-nderkombetare-projektin-e-radhes-e-realizon-ne-bashkepunim-me-sony-music/ |access-date=18 February 2020 |language=sq |date=14 February 2020}}</ref>}} }}

'''Orhidea Latifi''' ({{IPA|sq|ɔɾhiˈdɛa laˈtifi|lang}}; born 21 December 1997), known professionally as '''Kida''', is a Kosovo-Albanian singer.

== Life and career ==

Kida was born as Orhidea Latifi on 21 December 1997 into an Albanian family in the city of Rahovec, then part of the FR Yugoslavia, present-day Kosovo.<ref>{{cite web |publisher=TeksteShqip |title=Kida{{spaced ndash}}Biografia |url=https://www.teksteshqip.com/kida/biografia |access-date=25 March 2021 |language=sq}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |publisher=Top Music Awards |title=Kida #Bio |date=28 November 2017 |url=http://topawards.top-channel.tv/index.php/artist/kida/ |access-date=8 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201025172405/http://topawards.top-channel.tv/index.php/artist/kida/ |archive-date=25 October 2020 |language=sq}}</ref> In July 2020, her singles "Paranoia" and "Pishmon" featuring Kosovo-Albanian rapper Mozzik reached number one in Albania and peaked at number 56 and 98 in Switzerland, respectively.<ref>{{cite web |last=Velija |first=Kreizia |publisher=Top Albania Radio |title=Dy bashkëpunime në një, Kida dhe Mozzik na suprizuan të gjithëve |url=https://www.topalbaniaradio.com/v7/dy-bashkepunime-ne-nje-kida-dhe-mozzik-na-suprizuan-te-gjitheve/ |access-date=24 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210424152050/https://www.topalbaniaradio.com/v7/dy-bashkepunime-ne-nje-kida-dhe-mozzik-na-suprizuan-te-gjitheve/ |archive-date=24 April 2021 |language=sq |date=3 July 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref> Featuring pop and R&B music, her follow-up single "Drunk" peaked at number seven in her native country.<ref>{{cite web |publisher=Sounds European! |title=Kida with "Drunk" |url=https://www.soundseuropean.com/2021/02/kosovo-kida-drunk.html |access-date=24 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210424153104/https://www.soundseuropean.com/2021/02/kosovo-kida-drunk.html |archive-date=24 April 2021 |date=8 February 2021 |url-status=usurped}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |publisher=Top Channel |title=Kida, më e pjekur dhe e dehur! |url=http://topawards.top-channel.tv/index.php/kida-me-e-pjekur-dhe-e-dehur/ |access-date=24 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210424153352/http://topawards.top-channel.tv/index.php/kida-me-e-pjekur-dhe-e-dehur/ |archive-date=24 April 2021 |language=sq |date=23 December 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref>

Kida released her debut studio album, ''Orchidé'', on 21 December 2021. In June 2021, the albums's lead single "Lila" featuring German rapper Samra reached number ten in Albania and had peaked within the top 35 in Austria, Germany and Switzerland. The follow-up non-album release "Dale" with Kosovo-Albanian singers Butrint Imeri and Ledri Vula peaked at number one on the native Top 100 in July 2021.

== Discography ==

=== Albums ===

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |+ List of studio albums, with album details ! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Album details |- ! scope="row" | ''Orchide'' | * Released: 21 December 2021<ref name="Orchide">{{cite web |publisher=Apple Music |title=Orchide{{spaced ndash}}Album by Kida on Apple Music |url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/orchide/1599245752 |access-date=24 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220524105911/https://music.apple.com/us/album/orchide/1599245752 |archive-date=24 May 2022 |date=21 December 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref> * Label: Urban * Format: Digital download, streaming |- |}

=== Singles ===

==== As lead artist ====

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |+ List of singles as lead artist, with selected chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Year ! scope="col" colspan="4" | Peak chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Album |- ! style="width:3em; font-size:85%" | ALB <ref>Note: ''"The Top List" are the charts conducted by Top Channel since December 2015''. For peak positions in Albania: *For "Ski ide":{{cite web |publisher=Top Channel |title=The Top List{{spaced ndash}}24 January 2016 |url=http://topawards.top-channel.tv/index.php/24012016/ |access-date=13 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200818105912/http://topawards.top-channel.tv/index.php/24012016/ |archive-date=18 August 2020 |language=sq |date=24 January 2016 |url-status=live }} *For "Mi Amore":{{cite web |publisher=Top Channel |title=The Top List{{spaced ndash}}20 March 2016 |url=http://topawards.top-channel.tv/index.php/20032016/ |access-date=13 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160430193538/http://topawards.top-channel.tv/index.php/20032016/ |archive-date=30 April 2016 |language=sq |date=20 March 2016 |url-status=live }} *For "Ja kem nis":{{cite web |publisher=Top Channel |title=The Top List{{spaced ndash}}12 June 2016 |url=http://topawards.top-channel.tv/index.php/12062016/ |access-date=13 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210213195619/http://topawards.top-channel.tv/index.php/12062016/ |archive-date=13 February 2021 |language=sq |date=12 June 2016 |url-status=live }} *For "Uh Baby":{{cite web |publisher=Top Channel |title=The Top List{{spaced ndash}}20 November 2016 |url=http://topawards.top-channel.tv/index.php/20112016/ |access-date=8 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210214213511/http://topawards.top-channel.tv/index.php/20112016/ |archive-date=14 February 2021 |language=sq |date=20 November 2016 |url-status=live }} *For "Andërr":{{cite web |publisher=Top Channel |title=The Top List{{spaced ndash}}9 April 2017 |url=http://topawards.top-channel.tv/index.php/09042017/ |access-date=8 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200202082616/http://topawards.top-channel.tv/index.php/09042017/ |archive-date=2 February 2020 |language=sq |date=9 April 2017 |url-status=live }} *For "Pe du":{{cite web |publisher=Top Channel |title=The Top List{{spaced ndash}}23 July 2017 |url=http://topawards.top-channel.tv/index.php/23072017/ |access-date=8 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170731063914/http://topawards.top-channel.tv/index.php/23072017/ |archive-date=31 July 2017 |language=sq |date=23 July 2017 |url-status=live }} *For "Ti":{{cite web |publisher=Top Channel |title=The Top List{{spaced ndash}}11 March 2018 |url=http://topawards.top-channel.tv/index.php/11-03-2018/ |access-date=8 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200223081855/http://topawards.top-channel.tv/index.php/11-03-2018/ |archive-date=23 February 2020 |language=sq |date=11 March 2018 |url-status=live }} *For "Deja Vu":{{cite web |publisher=Top Channel |title=The Top List{{spaced ndash}}2 June 2019 |url=http://topawards.top-channel.tv/index.php/02-06-2019/ |access-date=8 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210119113714/http://topawards.top-channel.tv/index.php/02-06-2019/ |archive-date=19 January 2021 |language=sq |date=2 June 2019 |url-status=live }} *For "Tela":{{cite web |publisher=Top Channel |title=The Top List{{spaced ndash}}23 June 2019 |url=http://topawards.top-channel.tv/index.php/23-06-2019/ |access-date=8 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200225004258/http://topawards.top-channel.tv/index.php/23-06-2019/ |archive-date=25 February 2020 |language=sq |date=23 June 2019 |url-status=live }} *For "Malli":{{cite web |publisher=Top Channel |title=The Top List{{spaced ndash}}8 December 2019 |url=http://topawards.top-channel.tv/index.php/08-12-2019/ |access-date=9 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200221021457/http://topawards.top-channel.tv/index.php/08-12-2019/ |archive-date=21 February 2020 |language=sq |date=8 December 2019 |url-status=live }} *For "Moti":{{cite web |publisher=Top Channel |title=The Top List{{spaced ndash}}2 February 2020 |url=http://topawards.top-channel.tv/index.php/02-02-2020/ |access-date=9 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201020232026/http://topawards.top-channel.tv/index.php/02-02-2020/ |archive-date=20 October 2020 |language=sq |date=2 February 2020 |url-status=live }} *For "Paranoia":{{cite web |publisher=Top Channel |title=The Top List{{spaced ndash}}26 July 2020 |url=http://topawards.top-channel.tv/index.php/26-02-2020/ |access-date=25 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210123003632/http://topawards.top-channel.tv/index.php/26-02-2020/ |archive-date=23 January 2021 |language=sq |date=26 July 2020 |url-status=live }} *For "Pishmon":{{cite web |publisher=Top Channel |title=The Top List{{spaced ndash}}26 July 2020 |url=http://topawards.top-channel.tv/index.php/26-02-2020/ |access-date=25 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210123003632/http://topawards.top-channel.tv/index.php/26-02-2020/ |archive-date=23 January 2021 |language=sq |date=26 July 2020 |url-status=live }} *For "Drunk":{{cite web |publisher=Top Channel |title=The Top List{{spaced ndash}}26 December 2020 |url=http://topawards.top-channel.tv/index.php/6-12-2020/ |access-date=25 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201228134059/http://topawards.top-channel.tv/index.php/6-12-2020/ |archive-date=28 December 2020 |language=sq |date=26 December 2020 |url-status=live }} *For "Lila":{{cite web |publisher=Top Channel |title=The Top List{{spaced ndash}}12 June 2021 |url=http://topawards.top-channel.tv/index.php/12-06-2021/ |access-date=5 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210613114010/http://topawards.top-channel.tv/index.php/12-06-2021/ |archive-date=13 June 2021 |language=sq |date=12 June 2021 |url-status=live }} *For "Dale":{{cite web |publisher=Top Channel |title=The Top List{{spaced ndash}}17 July 2021 |url=http://topawards.top-channel.tv/index.php/17-07-2021/ |access-date=27 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210712103135/http://topawards.top-channel.tv/index.php/17-07-2021/ |archive-date=12 July 2021 |language=sq |date=17 July 2021 |url-status=live }} *For "Dinero":{{cite web |publisher=Top Channel |title=The Top List{{spaced ndash}}11 September 2021 |url=http://topawards.top-channel.tv/index.php/11-09-2021/ |access-date=11 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210911121053/http://topawards.top-channel.tv/index.php/11-09-2021/ |archive-date=11 September 2021 |language=sq |date=11 September 2021 |url-status=live }} *For "Ike":{{cite web |publisher=Top Channel |title=The Top List{{spaced ndash}}13 November 2021 |url=http://topawards.top-channel.tv/index.php/13-11-2021/ |access-date=13 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211113135639/http://topawards.top-channel.tv/index.php/13-11-2021/ |archive-date=13 November 2021 |language=sq |date=13 November 2021 |url-status=live }} *For "Mo jo":{{cite web |publisher=Top Channel |title=The Top List{{spaced ndash}}1 January 2022 |url=http://topawards.top-channel.tv/index.php/01-01-2022/ |access-date=2 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220102131525/http://topawards.top-channel.tv/index.php/01-01-2022/ |archive-date=2 January 2022 |language=sq |date=1 January 2022 |url-status=live }} *For "Tdu":{{cite web |publisher=Top Channel |title=The Top List{{spaced ndash}}21 May 2022 |url=https://topawards.top-channel.tv/21-05-2022/ |access-date=21 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220524105058/https://topawards.top-channel.tv/21-05-2022/ |archive-date=24 May 2022 |language=sq |date=21 May 2022 |url-status=live }} *For "Luje Belin":{{cite web |publisher=Top Channel |title=The Top List{{spaced ndash}}18 June 2022 |url=https://topawards.top-channel.tv/18-06-2022/ |access-date=7 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220713163307/https://topawards.top-channel.tv/18-06-2022/ |archive-date=13 July 2022 |language=sq |date=18 June 2022 |url-status=live }} *For "AM":{{cite web |publisher=Top Channel |title=The Top List{{spaced ndash}}23 July 2022 |url=https://topawards.top-channel.tv/23-07-2022/ |access-date=7 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220808201841/https://topawards.top-channel.tv/23-07-2022/ |archive-date=8 August 2022 |language=sq |date=23 July 2022 |url-status=live }} *For "PM":{{cite web |publisher=Top Channel |title=The Top List{{spaced ndash}}23 July 2022 |url=https://topawards.top-channel.tv/23-07-2022/ |access-date=7 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220808201841/https://topawards.top-channel.tv/23-07-2022/ |archive-date=8 August 2022 |language=sq |date=23 July 2022 |url-status=live }}</ref> !style="width:3em; font-size:85%" | AUT <ref name="AUT">{{cite web |publisher=Ö3 Austria Top 40 |title=Diskografie{{spaced ndash}}Kida |url=https://austriancharts.at/search.asp?cat=s&search=Kida |access-date=2 June 2021 |language=de}}</ref> !style="width:3em; font-size:85%" | GER <ref name="GER">{{cite web |publisher=GfK Entertainment Charts |title=Suche Nach "Kixa" |url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/suche |access-date=10 June 2021 |language=de}} Note: ''Due to typing errors in the name of Latifi, search for Kixa instead of Kida.''</ref> !style="width:3em; font-size:85%" | SWI <ref name="SWI">{{cite web |publisher=Swiss Hitparade |title=Diskografie—Kida |url=https://hitparade.ch/search.asp?cat=s&from=&to=&search=Kida |access-date=15 July 2020 |language=de}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" | "Murder" | rowspan="4" | 2014 | rowspan="5" {{n/a}} || — || — || — | rowspan="25" {{n/a|Non-album singles}} |- ! scope="row" | "Rikthejm na" {{Small|(featuring MC Kresha)}} | — || — || — |- ! scope="row" | "O'najr" | — || — || — |- ! scope="row" | "M'ke rrejt" | — || — || — |- ! scope="row" | "Boni zo" | rowspan="2" | 2015 | — || — || — |- ! scope="row" | "Ski ide" | 4 || — || — || — |- ! scope="row" | "Mi Amore" {{Small|(featuring Ermal Fejzullahu)}} | rowspan="3" | 2016 | 6 || — || — || — |- ! scope="row" | "Ja kem nis" | 10 || — || — || — |- ! scope="row" | "Uh Baby" {{Small|(with Xhensila)}} | 1 || — || — || — |- ! scope="row" | "Andërr" | rowspan="3" | 2017 | 4 || — || — || — |- ! scope="row" | "Pe du" | 6 || — || — || — |- ! scope="row" | "Kce" | — || — || — || — |- ! scope="row" | "Ti" | rowspan="5" | 2018 | 1 || — || — || — |- ! scope="row" | "Bileten" | — || — || — || — |- ! scope="row" | "Mas" | — || — || — || — |- ! scope="row" | "Merri krejt" | — || — || — || — |- ! scope="row" | "Ka je" | — || — || — || — |- ! scope="row" | "Deja Vu" {{Small|(featuring Lyrical Son)}} | rowspan="4" | 2019 | 1 || — || — || — |- ! scope="row" | "Tela" {{Small|(featuring Ermal Fejzullahu)}} | 1 || — || — || — |- ! scope="row" | "Malli" | 3 || — || — || — |- ! scope="row" | "Moti" | 11 || — || — || — |- ! scope="row" | "Paranoia" {{Small|(featuring Mozzik)}} | rowspan="4" | 2020 | 1 || — || — || 56 |- ! scope="row" | "Pishmon" {{Small|(featuring Mozzik)}} | 1 || — || — || 98 |- ! scope="row" | "Edhe sa" | — || — || — || — |- ! scope="row" | "Drunk" | 7 || — || — || — |- ! scope="row" | "Lila" {{Small|(with Samra)}} | rowspan="5" | 2021 | 10 || 31 || 23 || 12 | ''Orchidé'' |- ! scope="row" | "Dale" {{Small|(with Butrint Imeri and Ledri Vula)}} | 1 || — || — || 13 | {{n/a|Non-album singles}} |- ! scope="row" | "Dinero" | 10 || — || — || — | rowspan="3" | ''Orchidé'' |- ! scope="row" | "Ike" | 15 || — || — || 54 |- ! scope="row" | "Mo jo" | 4 || — || — || — |- ! scope="row" | "Tdu" {{Small|(featuring Ledri Vula)}} | rowspan="4" | 2022 | 2 || — || — || 34 | rowspan="4" {{n/a|Non-album singles}} |- ! scope="row" | "Luje Belin" {{Small|(with Dafina Zeqiri)}} | 30 || — || — || 49 |- ! scope="row" | "AM" {{Small|(with Butrint Imeri)}} | 25 || — || — || 48 |- ! scope="row" | "PM" {{Small|(with Butrint Imeri)}} | 25 || — || — || 61 |- | colspan="11" style="font-size:90%" | "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |}

== References == {{Reflist}}

== External links == *{{AllMusic|id=kida-mn0003484665|title=Kida}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kida}} Category:1997 births Category:Living people Category:21st-century Albanian women singers Category:Albanian-language singers Category:Kosovan people of Albanian descent Category:Kosovan singers Category:People from Rahovec Category:Sony Music artists