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Citi Zēni

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Citi Zēni
Left to right: Roziņš, Višķeris, Ozols, Pētersons, Kagainis and Memmēns
Left to right: Roziņš, Višķeris, Ozols, Pētersons, Kagainis and Memmēns
Background information
OriginLatvia
Genres
Years active2020 – present
Members
  • Jānis Pētersons
  • Dagnis Roziņš
  • Reinis Višķeris
  • Krišjānis Ozols
  • Roberts Memmēns
  • Toms Kagainis

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

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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.

Band members

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  • Jānis Pētersons – vocals[4]
  • Dagnis Roziņš – vocals, saxophone[4]
  • Reinis Višķeris – keyboards[4]
  • Krišjānis Ozols – guitar[4]
  • Roberts Memmēns – bass, vocals[4]
  • Toms Kagainis – drums[4]

Discography

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Studio albums

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List of studio albums
Title Album details
Suņi Iziet Ielās
Cits Līmenis

Singles

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List of singles, with selected chart positions
Title Year Peak chart positions Album
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 [lv]
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

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  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "Citi Zēni – Suņi Iziet Ielās", Discogs, 2021, archived from the original on 22 July 2023, retrieved 22 July 2023
  6. ^ Peak chart positions for airplay songs in Latvia:
  7. ^ Peak chart positions for domestic airplay songs in Latvia:
  8. ^ "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.
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Awards and achievements
Preceded by Latvia in the Eurovision Song Contest
2022
Succeeded by