Imany should not be confused with Imaani.
| Imany | |
| Landscape: | yes |
| Birth Name: | Nadia Mladjao |
| Birth Date: | 5 April 1979 |
| Birth Place: | Martigues, Bouches-du-Rhône, France |
| Occupation: | Singer-songwriter |
| Years Active: | 2008–present |
Nadia Mladjao (born 5 April 1979), better known by her stage name Imany, 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.
| Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||||||||||||
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| FRA [10] | AUT [11] | BEL (Fl) [12] | BEL (Wa) [13] | GER [14] | ITA [15] | POL [16] | SWI [17] | |||||||
| The Shape of a Broken Heart |
| 19 | — | 55 | 47 | 47 | 10 | 4 | 36 | |||||
| The Wrong Kind of War |
| 7 | 23 | 49 | 19 | 19 | 40 [20] | 10 | 9 | |||||
| Voodoo Cello |
| 24 | — | — | 92 | 34 | — | 34 | 47 | |||||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||||
| 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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| Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||||
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| FRA | BEL (Wa) | POL | ||||
| Sous les jupes des filles (soundtrack - Imany and various artists) |
| 84 | 120 | 16 |
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| Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||||||||
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| FRA | AUS [24] | AUT | BEL (Wa) [25] | GER | ITA | JPN [26] | POL [27] | RUS [28] | SWI [29] | |||||
| "You Will Never Know" | 2011 | 26 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 5 | 1 | — | The Shape of a Broken Heart | ||
| "Please and Change" | — | — | — | — | — | — | 56 | — | — | — | ||||
| "The Good the Bad & the Crazy" | 2014 | 79 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | Sous les jupes des filles soundtrack | ||
| "Don't Be So Shy" | 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 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "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. | ||||||||||||||