Xhonatan Isufi (; born 8 April 2000), known professionally as Don Xhoni, is a Kosovar-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. After rising to prominence, Isufi was featured on Albanian singer Enca's "Break Down" in July 2020. The song attained commercial success in Albania, reaching number 1 on the country's Top 100 chart. He further gained international recognition in late 2020, after his single, "Make a pose (Freestyle)", turned viral on the social media platform TikTok. 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. 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. A month later, he was featured on Kosovo-Albanian singer Butrint Imeri's successful single "Corazon" in December 2021.
Discography
Extended plays (2022)
Singles
As lead artist
+ List of singles as lead artist, with selected chart positions Title Year Peakchartpositions Album Note: "The Top List" are the charts conducted by Top Channel since December 2015. For peak positions in Albania: For "Trust me": For "": For "": For peak positions in Greece: For "": For "": "" 2018 — — — rowspan="25" "" 2019 — — — "" 2020 — — — "Baby" — — — "Cash Cash" — — — "" — — — "Make a pose (Freestyle)" — — — "Kokaina" — — — "Maffia" 2021 — — — "" — — — "" — — — "Trust me" 13 — 72 "" 2 — 36 "" 2022 — — — "Crypto" — — — "" — — 38 "" 23 — 25 "" 2023 — — — "" — — 80 "" — — — "" — — — "" — 10 12 "" 2024 — — 62 "" — 45 45 "" — — — "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
As featured artist
+ List of singles as featured artist, with selected chart positions Title Year Peakchartpositions Album For peak positions in Albania: For "Break Down": For "": "Break Down" 2020 11 — rowspan="2" "" 2021 5 35 "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
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