1994–2020: Early life and career beginnings Yll Limani was born on 24 September 1994 into an Albanian family in the city of Pristina, then part of the FR Yugoslavia, present-day Kosovo.
[3][4] The singer's public singing debut was at the first season of The Voice of Albania in 2011, followed by an appearance on the 9th edition of the Albanian music contest Top Fest in 2012.
[9] Following this, the Albanian broadcaster, Radio Televizioni Shqiptar (RTSH), reported in November 2016 that Limani was selected among the 25 contestants to compete in the 55th edition of Festivali i Këngës in December with the song "Shiu".
[13] In July 2019, he scored his second number-one single with the release of "Nuk po kalojka", a collaboration with composers Aida Baraku, Kevin Field, Armend Rexhepagiqi alongside Macedonian producer Darko Dimitrov.
[18][19] He released "A ki me rrejt", his first single as a lead artist in over six months after "Leje", in April 2021 and reached number two.
[23] A month later, he was invited to join Swiss rapper Loredana's Red Bull Symphonic concert in Lucerne, Switzerland.
Limani contributed credited songwriting to the Cypriot entry, "Ela", for the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 by Greek singer Andromache.