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Don Xhoni

{{Short description|Kosovo-Albanian rapper (born 2000)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2022}}

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| birth_name = Xhonatan Isufi

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|2000|4|8}}

| birth_place = Çikatovë e Re, Drenas, Kosovo

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| occupation = Rapper

| years_active = 2018{{spaced ndash}}present

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| genre = Hip hop

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Xhonatan Isufi ({{IPA|sq|ˈdʒɔnatan iˈsufi|lang}}; born 8 April 2000), known professionally as Don Xhoni, is a Kosovo-Albanian rapper.

Life and career

= 2000–present: Early life and career beginnings =

Don Xhoni was born as Xhonatan Isufi on 8 April 2000 into an Albanian family in the village of Çikatovë e Re near Drenas.{{cite web |publisher=TeksteShqip |title=Don Xhoni{{spaced ndash}}Biografia |url=https://www.teksteshqip.com/don-xhoni/biografia |access-date=18 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211026162925/https://www.teksteshqip.com/don-xhoni/biografia |archive-date=26 October 2021 |language=sq |url-status=live}}{{cite web |publisher=Top Music Awards |title=Don Xhoni #Bio |url=http://topawards.top-channel.tv/index.php/artist/don-xhoni/ |access-date=18 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211205163708/http://topawards.top-channel.tv/index.php/artist/don-xhoni/ |archive-date=5 December 2021 |language=sq |url-status=live}} After rising to prominence, Isufi was featured on Albanian singer Enca's "Break Down" in July 2020.{{cite web |work=Telegrafi |title=Enca dhe Don Xhoni publikojnë këngën e re 'Break Down' |url=https://telegrafi.com/enca-dhe-don-xhoni-publikojne-kengen-e-re-break/ |access-date=1 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210301125811/https://telegrafi.com/enca-dhe-don-xhoni-publikojne-kengen-e-re-break/ |archive-date=1 March 2021 |language=sq |date=29 July 2020 |url-status=live}} The song attained commercial success in Albania, reaching number 1 on the country's Top 100 chart.{{cite web |publisher=Top Channel |title=The Top List{{spaced ndash}}16/08/2020 |url=http://topawards.top-channel.tv/index.php/16-08-2020/ |access-date=1 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030171234/http://topawards.top-channel.tv/index.php/16-08-2020/ |archive-date=30 October 2020 |language=sq |date=16 August 2020 |url-status=live}} He further gained international recognition in late 2020, after his single, "Make a pose (Freestyle)", turned viral on the social media platform TikTok.{{cite web |publisher=Top Channel |title=Shqiptari kthehet në fenomenin e 'TikTok', 'freestyle' i tij përdoret nga gjithë bota |url=https://top-channel.tv/2021/01/12/fotot-shqiptari-kthehet-ne-fenomenin-e-tiktok-freestyle-i-tij-perdoret-nga-gjithe-bota/ |access-date=3 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210303144823/https://top-channel.tv/2021/01/12/fotot-shqiptari-kthehet-ne-fenomenin-e-tiktok-freestyle-i-tij-perdoret-nga-gjithe-bota/ |archive-date=3 March 2021 |language=sq |date=12 January 2021 |url-status=live}}{{cite web |work=Telegrafi |title=Pas suksesit me 'freestyle', Don Xhoni: Mbani shënime, ka kohë që po ju them |url=https://telegrafi.com/pas-suksesit-freestyle-don-xhoni-mbani-shenime-ka-kohe-qe-po-ju/ |access-date=3 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125140755/https://telegrafi.com/pas-suksesit-freestyle-don-xhoni-mbani-shenime-ka-kohe-qe-po-ju/ |archive-date=25 January 2021 |language=sq |date=16 January 2021 |url-status=live}}{{cite web |work=Telegrafi |title='Make a Pose' edhe në profilin e Don Xhonit në TikTok arrin shifra të larta klikimesh |url=https://telegrafi.com/make-pose-edhe-ne-profilin-e-don-xhonit-ne-tiktok-arrin-shifra-te-larta-klikimesh/ |access-date=3 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210303143854/https://telegrafi.com/make-pose-edhe-ne-profilin-e-don-xhonit-ne-tiktok-arrin-shifra-te-larta-klikimesh/ |archive-date=3 March 2021 |language=sq |date=24 January 2021 |url-status=live}} Isufi's chart success ensued into October 2021 with the single, "Trust me", which peaked at number 13 in Albania and number 72 in Switzerland.{{cite web |work=Telegrafi |title=Don Xhoni lanson projektin e ri 'Trust Me' |url=https://telegrafi.com/don-xhoni-lanson-projektin-e-ri-trust/ |access-date=13 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211001221304/https://telegrafi.com/don-xhoni-lanson-projektin-e-ri-trust/ |archive-date=1 October 2021 |language=sq |date=1 October 2021 |url-status=live}} By November 2021, his collaboration with Swiss-Albanian rapper Loredana on his follow-up "Gjuj për to" had reached the top five in Albania and number 32 in Swiss Singles Top 100 chart.{{cite web |work=Telegrafi |title=Don Xhoni dhe Loredana publikojnë këngën e re 'Gjuj për to' |url=https://telegrafi.com/don-xhoni-dhe-loredana-publikojne-kengen-e-re-gjuj-per/ |access-date=18 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211112083449/https://telegrafi.com/don-xhoni-dhe-loredana-publikojne-kengen-e-re-gjuj-per/ |archive-date=12 November 2021 |language=sq |date=12 November 2021 |url-status=live}}{{cite web |publisher=Top Channel |title=Kreu nuk ndryshon, por shikoni kush hyn menjëherë në vend të dytë! |url=http://topawards.top-channel.tv/index.php/kreu-nuk-ndryshon-por-shikoni-kush-hyn-menjehere-ne-vend-te-dyte/ |access-date=18 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211209200419/http://topawards.top-channel.tv/index.php/kreu-nuk-ndryshon-por-shikoni-kush-hyn-menjehere-ne-vend-te-dyte/ |archive-date=9 December 2021 |language=sq |date=22 November 2021 |url-status=live}} A month later, he was featured on Kosovo-Albanian singer Butrint Imeri's successful single "Corazon" in December 2021.

Discography

= Extended plays =

  • {{lang|sq|Shah mat|i=yes}} (2022){{cite web |publisher=Apple Music |title=Shah Mat{{spaced ndash}}Ep by Don Xhoni |url=https://music.apple.com/xk/album/shah-mat-ep/1659874868 |access-date=4 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230604143912/https://music.apple.com/xk/album/shah-mat-ep/1659874868 |archive-date=4 June 2023 |date=16 December 2022 |url-status=live}}

= 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="3" | Peak
chart
positions

! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Album

scope=col style="width:3em; font-size:85%;" | The Top List
Note: "The Top List" are the charts conducted by Top Channel since December 2015. For peak positions in Albania:

  • For "Trust me":{{cite web |publisher=Top Channel |title=The Top List{{spaced ndash}}30 October 2021 |url=http://topawards.top-channel.tv/index.php/30-10-2021/ |access-date=30 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211030151654/http://topawards.top-channel.tv/index.php/30-10-2021/ |archive-date=30 October 2021 |language=sq |date=30 October 2021 |url-status=live}}
  • For "{{lang|sq|Gjuj për to|i=no}}":{{cite web |publisher=Top Channel |title=The Top List{{spaced ndash}}20 November 2021 |url=http://topawards.top-channel.tv/index.php/20-11-2021/ |access-date=20 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211120131752/http://topawards.top-channel.tv/index.php/20-11-2021/ |archive-date=20 November 2021 |language=sq |date=20 November 2021 |url-status=live}}
  • For "{{lang|sq|Hala|i=no}}":{{cite web |publisher=Top Channel |title=The Top List{{spaced ndash}}12 November 2022 |url=https://topawards.top-channel.tv/12-11-2022/ |access-date=19 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221119132828/https://topawards.top-channel.tv/12-11-2022/ |archive-date=19 November 2022 |language=sq |date=12 November 2022 |url-status=live}}

! style="width:3em; font-size:85%;" | IFPI Greece
For peak positions in Greece:

  • For "{{lang|sq|Lej|i=no}}":{{cite web |publisher=International Federation of the Phonographic Industry Greece (IFPI Greece) |title=Official IFPI Charts Digital Singles Chart (International){{spaced ndash}}Εβδομάδα: 02/2024 |url=https://www.ifpi.gr/digital_iel.html |access-date=1 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240119031631/https://ifpi.gr/digital_iel.html |archive-date=19 January 2024 |url-status=dead}}
  • For "{{lang|sq|Kokaina 2.0|i=no}}":{{cite web |publisher=International Federation of the Phonographic Industry Greece (IFPI Greece) |title=Official IFPI Charts Digital Singles Chart (International){{spaced ndash}}Εβδομάδα: 26/2024 |url=https://www.ifpi.gr/digital_iel.html |access-date=1 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240703081842/https://www.ifpi.gr/digital_iel.html |archive-date=3 July 2024 |url-status=dead}}

! scope=col style="width:3em; font-size:85%;" | Swiss Hitparade
{{cite web |publisher=Swiss Hitparade |title=Discographie{{spaced ndash}}Don Xhoni |url=http://swisscharts.com/search.asp?cat=s&from=&to=&search=Don+Xhoni |access-date=4 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230604145428/http://swisscharts.com/search.asp?cat=s&from=&to=&search=Don+Xhoni |archive-date=4 June 2023 |language=de |url-status=live}}

scope="row" | "{{lang|sq|Jena me ekip|i=no}}"

| 2018

| — || — || —

| rowspan="25" {{n/a|Non-album singles}}

scope="row" | "{{lang|sq|Ajo don|i=no}}"{{cite web |publisher=Apple Music |title=Ajo don{{spaced ndash}}Single by Don Xhoni |url=https://music.apple.com/xk/album/ajo-don-single/1515935716 |access-date=4 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210303144240if_/https://music.apple.com/xk/album/ajo-don-single/1515935716 |archive-date=3 March 2021 |date=28 May 2020 |url-status=live}}

| 2019

| — || — || —

scope="row" | "{{lang|sq|Tjera llafe|i=no}}"{{cite web |publisher=Apple Music |title=Tjera llafe{{spaced ndash}}Single by Don Xhoni |url=https://music.apple.com/xk/album/tjera-llafe-single/1518216947 |access-date=4 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210304115148/https://music.apple.com/xk/album/tjera-llafe-single/1518216947 |archive-date=4 March 2021 |date=14 June 2020 |url-status=live}}

| rowspan="6" | 2020

| — || — || —

scope="row" | "Baby"{{cite web |publisher=Apple Music |title=Baby{{spaced ndash}}Single by Don Xhoni |url=https://music.apple.com/xk/album/baby-single/1522652030 |access-date=4 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210303144408if_/https://music.apple.com/xk/album/baby-single/1522652030 |archive-date=3 March 2021 |date=8 July 2020 |url-status=live}}

| — || — || —

scope="row" | "Cash Cash"{{cite web |publisher=Apple Music |title=Cash Cash{{spaced ndash}}Single by Don Xhoni |url=https://music.apple.com/xk/album/cash-cash-single/1532638157 |access-date=4 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210304115425/https://music.apple.com/xk/album/cash-cash-single/1532638157 |archive-date=4 March 2021 |date=19 September 2020 |url-status=live}}

| — || — || —

scope="row" | "{{lang|de|Alles Gute Criminale|i=no}}"{{cite web |publisher=Apple Music |title=Alles Gute Criminale{{spaced ndash}}Single by Don Xhoni |url=https://music.apple.com/xk/album/alles-gute-criminale-single/1534559710 |access-date=4 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210303144526if_/https://music.apple.com/xk/album/alles-gute-criminale-single/1534559710 |archive-date=3 March 2021 |date=4 October 2020 |url-status=live}}

| — || — || —

scope="row" | "Make a pose (Freestyle)"{{cite web |publisher=Apple Music |title=Make a pose (Freestyle){{spaced ndash}}Single by Don Xhoni |url=https://music.apple.com/xk/album/make-a-pose-freestyle-single/1549202416 |access-date=4 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210303144555if_/https://music.apple.com/xk/album/make-a-pose-freestyle-single/1549202416 |archive-date=3 March 2021 |date=6 December 2020 |url-status=live}}

| — || — || —

scope="row" | "Kokaina"{{cite web |publisher=Apple Music |title=Kokaina{{spaced ndash}}Single by Don Xhoni |url=https://music.apple.com/xk/album/kokaina-single/1543862758 |access-date=4 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210303144622if_/https://music.apple.com/xk/album/kokaina-single/1543862758 |archive-date=3 March 2021 |date=8 December 2020 |url-status=live}}

| — || — || —

scope="row" | "Maffia"{{cite web |publisher=Apple Music |title=Mafia{{spaced ndash}}Single by Don Xhoni |url=https://music.apple.com/xk/album/maffia-single/1562288892 |access-date=19 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210419125346if_/https://music.apple.com/xk/album/maffia-single/1562288892 |archive-date=19 April 2021 |date=8 April 2021 |url-status=dead}}

| rowspan="5" | 2021

| — || — || —

scope="row" | "{{lang|sq|Une foli i fundit|i=no}}"{{cite web |publisher=Apple Music |title=Une foli i fundit{{spaced ndash}}Single by Don Xhoni |url=https://music.apple.com/xk/album/une-foli-i-fundit-single/1567737003 |access-date=22 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210522111503/https://music.apple.com/xk/album/une-foli-i-fundit-single/1567737003 |archive-date=22 May 2021 |date=15 May 2021 |url-status=dead}}

| — || — || —

scope="row" | "{{lang|sq|Deri kur|i=no}}"{{cite web |publisher=Apple Music |title=Deri kur{{spaced ndash}}Single by Don Xhoni |url=https://music.apple.com/xk/album/deri-kur-single/1575858666?l=sq |access-date=12 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211012191210/https://music.apple.com/xk/album/deri-kur-single/1575858666?l=sq |archive-date=12 October 2021 |date=8 July 2021 |url-status=dead}}

| — || — || —

scope="row" | "Trust me"{{cite web |publisher=Apple Music |title=Trust me{{spaced ndash}}Single by Don Xhoni |url=https://music.apple.com/xk/album/trust-me-single/1588520178?l=sq |access-date=12 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211012191341/https://music.apple.com/xk/album/trust-me-single/1588520178?l=sq |archive-date=12 October 2021 |date=1 October 2021 |url-status=dead}}

| 13 || — || 72

scope="row" | "{{lang|sq|Gjuj për to|i=no}}"{{cite web |publisher=Apple Music |title=Gjuj për to{{spaced ndash}}Single by Don Xhoni featuring Loredana |url=https://music.apple.com/xk/album/gjuj-per-to-single/1594680610?l=en |access-date=10 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211210150456/https://music.apple.com/xk/album/gjuj-per-to-single/1594680610?l=en |archive-date=10 December 2021 |date=12 November 2021 |url-status=dead}}
{{Small|(featuring Loredana)}}

| 2 || — || 36

scope="row" | "{{lang|de|Albaner|i=no}}"{{cite web |publisher=Apple Music |title=Albaner{{spaced ndash}}Single by Don Xhoni |url=https://music.apple.com/xk/album/albaner-single/1603826814 |access-date=19 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220319150204/https://music.apple.com/xk/album/albaner-single/1603826814 |archive-date=19 March 2022 |date=5 January 2022 |url-status=dead}}

| rowspan="4" | 2022

| — || — || —

scope="row" | "Crypto"{{cite web |publisher=Apple Music |title=Crypto{{spaced ndash}}Single by Don Xhoni |url=https://music.apple.com/xk/album/crypto-single/1614316321 |access-date=20 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220320142732/https://music.apple.com/xk/album/crypto-single/1614316321 |archive-date=20 March 2022 |date=12 March 2022 |url-status=dead}}

| — || — || —

scope="row" | "{{lang|sq|Katile|i=no}}"{{cite web |publisher=Apple Music |title=Katile{{spaced ndash}}Single by Don Xhoni |url=https://music.apple.com/xk/album/katile-single/1633547380 |access-date=4 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230604144757/https://music.apple.com/xk/album/katile-single/1633547380 |archive-date=4 June 2023 |date=7 July 2022 |url-status=live}}

| — || — || 38

scope="row" | "{{lang|sq|Hala|i=no}}"{{cite web |publisher=Apple Music (Kosovo) |title=Hala{{spaced ndash}}Single by Don Xhoni and Era Istrefi |url=https://music.apple.com/xk/album/hala-single/1647844035 |access-date=3 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221001135058/https://music.apple.com/xk/album/hala-single/1647844035 |archive-date=1 October 2022 |date=1 July 2022 |url-status=live}}
{{Small|(with Era Istrefi)}}

| 23 || — || 25

scope="row" | "{{lang|sq|Rruga|i=no}}"{{cite web |publisher=Apple Music |title=Rruga{{spaced ndash}}Single by Don Xhoni |url=https://music.apple.com/xk/album/rruga-single/1675029807 |access-date=4 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230604144148/https://music.apple.com/xk/album/rruga-single/1675029807 |archive-date=4 June 2023 |date=2 March 2023 |url-status=live}}

| rowspan="5" | 2023

| — || — || —

scope="row" | "{{lang|sq|Ike|i=no}}"

| — || — || 80

scope="row" | "{{lang|sq|A m'don|i=no}}"

| — || — || —

scope="row" | "{{lang|sq|Ju përshëndes!|i=no}}"

| — || — || —

scope="row" | "{{lang|sq|Lej|i=no}}"
{{Small|(with Dhurata Dora)}}

| — || 10 || 12

scope="row" | "{{lang|sq|Shoki (Freestyle)|i=no}}"

| rowspan="3" | 2024

| — || — || 62

scope="row" | "{{lang|sq|Kokaina 2.0|i=no}}"
{{Small|(with Gzuz)}}

| — || 45 || 45

scope="row" | "{{lang|sq|M'fal|i=no}}"

| — || — || —

colspan="6" style="font-size:90%" | "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

== As featured artist ==

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|+ List of singles as featured artist, with selected chart positions

! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Title

! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Year

! scope="col" colspan="2" | Peak
chart
positions

! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Album

scope=col style="width:3em; font-size:85%;" | The Top List
For peak positions in Albania:

  • For "Break Down":{{cite web |publisher=Top Channel |title=The Top List{{spaced ndash}}16 August 2020 |url=http://topawards.top-channel.tv/index.php/16-08-2020/ |access-date=1 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030171234/http://topawards.top-channel.tv/index.php/16-08-2020/ |archive-date=30 October 2020 |language=sq |date=16 August 2020 |url-status=live}}
  • For "{{lang|es|Corazon|i=no}}":{{cite web |publisher=Top Channel |title=The Top List{{spaced ndash}}15 January 2022 |url=http://topawards.top-channel.tv/index.php/15-01-2022/ |access-date=15 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220115124331/http://topawards.top-channel.tv/index.php/15-01-2022/ |archive-date=15 January 2022 |language=sq |date=15 January 2022 |url-status=live}}

! scope=col style="width:3em; font-size:85%;" | Swiss Hitparade

scope="row" | "Break Down"{{cite web |publisher=Apple Music |title=Break Down{{spaced ndash}}Single by Enca featuring Don Xhoni |url=https://music.apple.com/xk/album/break-down-break-down-feat-don-xhoni-single/1525558288 |access-date=4 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210304183414if_/https://music.apple.com/xk/album/break-down-break-down-feat-don-xhoni-single/1525558288 |archive-date=4 March 2021 |date=29 July 2020 |url-status=live}}
{{Small|(Enca featuring Don Xhoni)}}

| 2020

| 11 || —

| rowspan="2" {{n/a|Non-album singles}}

scope="row"| "{{lang|es|Corazon|i=no}}"{{cite web |publisher=Apple Music |title=Corazon{{spaced ndash}}Single by Butrint Imeri featuring Don Xhoni |url=https://music.apple.com/xk/album/corazon/1601679256?i=1601679259 |access-date=19 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220319150341/https://music.apple.com/xk/album/corazon/1601679256?i=1601679259 |archive-date=19 March 2022 |date=24 December 2021 |url-status=dead}}
{{Small|(Butrint Imeri featuring Don Xhoni)}}

| 2021

| 5 || 35

colspan="5" style="font-size:90%" | "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

References

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Category:2000 births

Category:21st-century Albanian rappers

Category:Albanian hip-hop singers

Category:Albanian-language singers

Category:Albanian songwriters

Category:Kosovan people of Albanian descent

Category:Kosovan rappers

Category:Living people

Category:People from Drenas