Dhurata Murturi was born into an Albanian family in the city of Nuremberg in Bavaria, Germany.[1] She went to elementary school in the town of Fürth. She started singing as a young woman under the name Dhurata Dora. She began her music career in Kosovo, where she released her first single and music video in 2011, "Vete kërkove". Following success from her first single, she collaborated with Don Arbas, releasing "Get Down" in 2012. The song proved to be even more popular than her first. The following year she launched "I Like Dat". In summer of 2013, she released the hit song "Edhe Pak", in a collaboration with Blunt & Real and Lumi B.
In November 2014, Dora's single "A bombi" was released. During spring of 2015, Dora began working with production company Max Production Albania.
March 2023 she released her Album "Dhurata". The album has 16 original songs, eight of which are collaborations with different artists. In July 2023 she published her single "Pa mu". The song is produced by Panda Music, lyrics and melody by Dhurata Dora, Denk and Tonic. Also in July 2023 she collaborated with RAF Camora and published the song "Palma".
She also collaborated with Romanian singer Inna and English rapper Stefflon Don on the single "Yummy" in 2023.[6]
Discography
Albums
Studio albums
List of studio albums, with selected chart positions
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For "Gajde":"The Top List – 29 October 2022" (in Albanian). Top Channel. 29 October 2022. Archived from the original on 5 November 2022. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
For "Bongo":"The Top List – 03 July 2016" (in Albanian). Top Channel. 3 July 2016. Archived from the original on 24 October 2020. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
For "Only You":"The Top List – 12 June 2021" (in Albanian). Top Channel. 12 June 2021. Archived from the original on 13 June 2021. Retrieved 13 June 2021.