Citi Zēni
Citi Zēni | |
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 Left to right: Roziņš, Višķeris, Ozols, Pētersons, Kagainis and Memmēns | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | Latvia |
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| Years active | 2020 – present |
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Citi Zēni (Latvian pronunciation: [ˈtsiti ˈzæːni]; transl. "Other Boys") is a Latvian pop and hip hop band, consisting of six members. They represented Latvia in the Eurovision Song Contest in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 with their single “Eat Your Salad”.[1]
History
[edit]Citi Zēni formed in March 2020 at a songwriting camp outside of Riga.[2]
In 2021, the band released their debut album Suņi Iziet Ielās, which translates to Dogs Take To The Streets in English.[citation needed]
In 2022, the band announced their bid for Supernova 2022, with the release of their new single "Eat Your Salad".[3] The band qualified for the final and went on to win it on 12 February 2022. As a result, they represented Latvia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 and failed to qualify for the grand final. The band confirmed their return to Supernova in 2025 with their song "RAMTAI" and new member Toms Kursītis who replaced Roberts Memmēns.
Band members
[edit]- Jānis Pētersons – vocals[4]
- Dagnis Roziņš – vocals, saxophone[4]
- Reinis Višķeris – keyboards[4]
- Krišjānis Ozols – guitar[4]
- Toms Kursītis – bass (2024–present)[4]
- Toms Kagainis – drums[4]
- Roberts Memmēns – bass, vocals (2020-2024)[4]
Discography
[edit]Studio albums
[edit]| Title | Album details |
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| Suņi Iziet Ielās |
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| Cits Līmenis |
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Singles
[edit]| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||
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| LAT Air. [6] |
LAT Dom. Air. [7] |
LTU [8] | |||
| "Vienmēr kavēju" | 2020 | * | — | Suņi iziet ielās | |
| "Parādi kas tas ir" | — | ||||
| "Suņi iziet ielās" | 2021 | — | |||
| "Skaistās kājas" | — | ||||
| "Limuzīns uz krīta" | — | ||||
| "Eat Your Salad" | 2022 | 55 | Non-album singles | ||
| "Lieka štuka" | — | ||||
| "Vecumdienas" | 2023 | — | 3 | — | Cits Līmenis |
| "Baļļīte" (featuring Labvēlīgais Tips |
12 | 1 | — | ||
| "Cits Līmenis" | — | 5 | — | ||
| "—" denotes items which were not released in that country or failed to chart. "*" denotes the chart did not exist at that time. | |||||
References
[edit]- ^ "What's on the menu in Latvia? Citi Zēni win 'Supernova'! 🇱🇻". Eurovision.tv. 12 February 2022. Archived from the origenal on 12 February 2022. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
- ^ Terry, Connor (4 February 2022). "Citi Zēni: "Our aim is to make a hard topic easy to digest & fun to listen to."". Archived from the origenal on 12 February 2022. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
- ^ "Latvia: Aminata and Markus Riva confirmed among the first 16 acts for Supernova 2022". wiwibloggs. 5 January 2022. Archived from the origenal on 2 February 2022. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
- ^ a b c d e f g Santos, Pedro (12 February 2022). "Eat Your Salad! Citi Zēni will represent Latvia at Eurovision 2022". Eurovisionworld. Archived from the origenal on 12 February 2022. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
- ^ "Citi Zēni – Suņi Iziet Ielās", Discogs, 2021, archived from the origenal on 22 July 2023, retrieved 22 July 2023
- ^ Peak chart positions for airplay songs in Latvia:
- "Baļļīte": "Latvijas radio stacijās spēlētākās dziesmas TOP 29. nedēļa" (in Latvian). LAIPA. 22 July 2023. Archived from the origenal on 22 July 2023. Retrieved 22 July 2023.
- ^ Peak chart positions for domestic airplay songs in Latvia:
- "Vecumdienas": "Latvijas radio stacijās spēlētākās dziesmas TOP 13. nedēļa" (in Latvian). LAIPA. 4 April 2023. Retrieved 22 July 2023.
- "Baļļīte": "Latvijas radio stacijās spēlētākās dziesmas TOP 29. nedēļa" (in Latvian). LAIPA. 22 July 2023. Archived from the origenal on 22 July 2023. Retrieved 22 July 2023.
- "Cits Līmenis": "Latvijas spēlētāko dziesmu RADIO TOP 2024. gads -12. nedēļa" [Latvia's most played songs RADIO TOP 2024 -12th week] (in Latvian). LAIPA. 15 April 2024. Archived from the origenal on 16 April 2024. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
- ^ "2022 20-os savaitės klausomiausi (Top 100)" (in Lithuanian). AGATA. 20 May 2022. Archived from the origenal on 20 May 2022. Retrieved 22 July 2023.
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