10 Things You Didn’t Know About Imany

The French pop soul singer, Imany was born Nadia Mladjao on 5^th April 1979 in Martigues, Bouches-du-Rhone. She became a model for the Ford Models Europe. She produced the soundtrack for the 2014 film Sous les jupes des filles by Audrey Dana. Her debut album, The Shape of a Broken Heart was released in 2011. It reached platinum status in France, Greece and triple platinum in Poland. There is no doubt that the 37-years-old sensational French pop soul singer is definitely a name to be reckon with in the music industry.

Here are 10 things you probably didn’t know about the French pop soul singer, Imany:

1. Imany was born Nadia Mladjao on 5^th April 1979 in Martigues, Bouches-du-Rhone.

2. Her stage name, Imany (Imani) means faith in Swahili (from Arabic imaan).

3. As a youth, she was an athlete, doing high jump.

4. She became a model for the Ford Models Europe.

5. In 2008, she began singing. She performed at the Beau Lounge, at the Réservoir, at the Bellevilloise, and at the China Club.

6. She produced the soundtrack for the 2014 film Sous les jupes des filles by Audrey Dana.

7. Her first album, The Shape of a Broken Heart, which was named after a drawing she made with closed eyes contains twelve songs written in English.

8. Her debut album, The Shape of a Broken Heart was released in 2011. It reached platinum status in France, Greece and triple platinum in Poland.

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.

10. She is signed to Think Zik!.