# Albert Stanaj

Albert Daniel Stanaj (Albanian:; born 12 February 1994), known professionally as Stanaj, is an Albanian-American singer and songwriter.

## Life and career
### 1994–present: Early life and continued success

Stanaj was born to an Albanian family on 12 February 1994 in Shkodër and was raised in the city of New York, the United States. He attended the Archbishop Stepinac High School in White Plains, New York. He also participated in numerous music festivals in Albania, Europe as well as the United States. At 18, he moved to Los Angeles to continue his professional musical career. His debut single "Ain't Love Strange" released in 2016 peaked at number two in Albania.

## Artistry

Stanaj has cited Justin Timberlake, Maxwell, Michael Jackson and Whitney Houston as his major influences.

## Discography
### Albums
#### Extended plays

List of extended plays, with selected chart positions :
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions |
| Title | Album details | US |
| The Preview | Released: 9 August 2016 Label: Republic Records Format: Digital download, streaming | — |
| From a Distance | Released: 27 January 2017 Label: Republic Records Format: Digital download, streaming | — |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |||

### Singles
#### As lead artist

List of singles as lead artist, with selected chart positions :
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Album |
| Title | Year | ALB | CIS | NL | Album |
| "Ain't Love Strange" | 2016 | 2 | — | — | The Preview |
| "Bad Woman" | 2017 | — | 295 | — | From a Distance |
| "Romantic" | 2017 | 1 | — | 93 | From a Distance |
| "The Way I Love Her" | 2017 | 18 | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Dirty Mind" (featuring Ty Dolla Sign) | 2018 | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Amorfoda" | 2018 | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Sunflower" | 2019 | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Sweat" | 2019 | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Love Me" | 2019 | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "405" | 2019 | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Last Girlfriend" | 2021 | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. ||||||

#### As featured artist

List of singles as featured artist, with selected chart positions :
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Album |
| Title | Year | US | ALB | NL | Album |
| "Playing to Lose" (Lemaitre featuring Stanaj) | 2016 | — | — | — | Chapter One |
| "Bed of Roses" (Afrojack featuring Stanaj) | 2018 | — | — | 28 | Non-album singles |
| "You Remind Me" (Gryffin featuring Stanaj) | 2018 | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Sober" (Afrojack featuring Rae Sremmurd and Stanaj) | 2019 | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "Momma Always Told Me" (Mike Posner featuring Yung Bae and Stanaj) | 2021 | — | — | — | Non-album singles |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. ||||||

#### Other charted songs

List of other charted songs, with selected chart positions :
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album |
| Title | Year | CIS | Album |
| "Changed" | 2017 | 333 | From a Distance |
| "Find me" | 2017 | 396 | From a Distance |
| "Romantic (NOTD Remix)" | 2017 | 329 | From a Distance |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. ||||

### Songwriting credits

| Song | Year | Artist(s) | Album | Ref. |
| "34+35" | 2020 | Ariana Grande | Positions | |
| "Met Him Last Night" | 2021 | Demi Lovato | Dancing with the Devil... the Art of Starting Over | |