Imany | |
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 Imany performing in Paris on Bastille Day 2011 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Nadia Mladjao |
| Born | 5 April 1979 Martigues, Bouches-du-Rhône, France |
| Genres | |
| Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter |
| Years active | 2008–present |
| Labels |
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| Website | www |
Nadia Mladjao (born 5 April 1979), better known by her stage name Imany (/ˈɪməni/ IM-ə-nee), is a French pop-soul recording artist of Comorian descent. Her debut album, The Shape of a Broken Heart,[1] which was released in 2011, reached platinum status in France, Greece and triple platinum in Poland.
She was born in Martigues near Marseille, in a family from the Comoros[2] in 1979. Her stage name, Imany (Imani) means faith in Swahili (from Arabic ايمان - imaan). As a youth, she was an athlete, doing high jump.
She became a model for the Ford Models Europe. She went to the United States for seven years,[3][4] before coming back to France, when she started her singing career.[5][6][7]
In 2008, she began singing. She performed at the Beau Lounge, at the Réservoir, at the Bellevilloise, and at the China Club.
Imany’s first album, The Shape of a Broken Heart, which was named after a drawing she made with closed eyes,[8] contains twelve songs written in English.
Imany produced the soundtrack for the 2014 film French Women by Audrey Dana.[9]
In 2016 the Filatov & Karas remix of her song "Don't Be So Shy" became a Europe-wide hit, topping the charts in Austria, Germany, Poland and Russia.
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FRA [10] |
AUT [11] |
BEL (Fl) [12] |
BEL (Wa) [13] |
GER [14] |
ITA [15] |
POL [16] |
SWI [17] | ||||||
| The Shape of a Broken Heart |
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19 | — | 55 | 47 | 47 | 10 | 4 | 36 | ||||
| The Wrong Kind of War |
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7 | 23 | 49 | 19 | 19 | 40 [20] |
10 | 9 | ||||
| Voodoo Cello |
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24 | — | — | 92 | 34 | — | 34 | 47 | ||||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||
| Title | EP details |
|---|---|
| Acoustic Sessions |
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| There Were Tears |
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| No Reason No Rhyme |
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| Time Only Moves |
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| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FRA [10] |
BEL (Wa) [13] |
POL [16] | |||
| Sous les jupes des filles (soundtrack - Imany and various artists) |
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84 | 120 | 16 |
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| Single | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FRA [10] |
AUS [24] |
AUT [11] |
BEL (Wa) [25] |
GER [14] |
ITA [15] |
JPN [26] |
POL [27] |
RUS [28] |
SWI [29] | ||||
| "You Will Never Know" | 2011 | 26 | — | — | —[A] | — | 2 | — | 5 | 1 | — | The Shape of a Broken Heart | |
| "Please and Change" | — | — | — | — | — | — | 56 | — | — | — | |||
| "The Good the Bad & the Crazy" | 2014 | 79 | — | — | —[B] | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | Sous les jupes des filles soundtrack | |
| "Don't Be So Shy" (Filatov & Karas remix) |
2015 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 22 | — | 1 | 1 | 3 | The Wrong Kind of War | |
| "There Were Tears" | 2016 | 50 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 38 | — | — | ||
| "Silver Lining (Clap Your Hands)" | 38 | — | — | —[C] | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Nothing to Save" | 179 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "No Reason No Rhyme" | 2017 | 171 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Hey Little Sister" | 2019 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Time Only Moves | |
| "Wonderful Life (Stream Jockey Rework)" | 2021 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 19 | — | — | Voodoo Cello | |
| "The A Team" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Like a Prayer" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||
| Single | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FRA [10] |
BEL (Wa) [25] | |||
| "Le mystère féminin" (Kery James featuring Imany) |
2013 | 120 | —[D] | Dernier MC |
