Citi Zēni (Latvian pronunciation: [ˈtsiti ˈzæːni]; transl. "Other Boys") is a Latvian pop band, consisting of six members. They represented Latvia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 with their single “Eat Your Salad”.[1]
Citi Zēni | |
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 Left to right: Roziņš, Višķeris, Ozols, Pētersons, Kagainis and Memmēns | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | Latvia |
| Genres | |
| Years active | 2020 – present |
| Members |
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History
editCiti 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.
Band members
editDiscography
editStudio 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAT Airplay [6] |
LAT Domestic Airplay [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 original 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 original 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 original on 2 February 2022. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
- ^ a b c d e f Santos, Pedro (12 February 2022). "Eat Your Salad! Citi Zēni will represent Latvia at Eurovision 2022". Eurovisionworld. Archived from the original on 12 February 2022. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
- ^ "Citi Zēni – Suņi Iziet Ielās", Discogs, 2021, archived from the original 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 original 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 original 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 original on 16 April 2024. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
- ^ "2022 20-os savaitės klausomiausi (Top 100)" (in Lithuanian). AGATA. 20 May 2022. Archived from the original on 20 May 2022. Retrieved 22 July 2023.