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Azis
Vasil Troyanov Boyanov (; born 7 March 1978), professionally known as Azis (), is a Bulgarian recording artist of Romani ethnicity. Azis initially rose to prominence in Eastern Europe performing songs mostly in chalga, a genre which can be described as the Bulgarian rendition of pop-folk. Azis has collaborated with other Bulgarian pop-folk singers, such as Gloria, Malina, Sofi Marinova, Toni Storaro, and with Bulgarian rap artists – Ustata and Vanko 1. Other than that, his repertoire includes duets with singers from the former Yugoslavia, including Indira Radić, Marta Savić, Jelena Karleuša, Severina and Tea Tairović. Boyanov performed " Let Me Cry" at the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 with Mariana Popova, staying in the semi-finals. Other than his acclaimed career as a vocalist, he competed unsuccessfully in the 2005 Bulgarian parliamentary election as a member of the Euroroma party. Azis remains a prominent figure in the Bulgarian music scene. Biogra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Severina (singer)
Severina Vučković (born 21 April 1972), better known mononymously as Severina, is a Croatian singer-songwriter and actress. In 2006, the Croatian weekly '' Nacional'' listed her among the 100 most influential Croats, calling her "the only ''bona fide'' Croatian celebrity", as well as "''Queen of Croatian music''". She represented Croatia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2006, held in Athens, Greece, with the song " Moja štikla", finishing 12th. She won the award "Zlatna ptica" for the best selling artist of the decade in Croatia. In 2015, she was the most searched person on Google in Croatia and Slovenia. She is considered one of the most popular figures in Croatia and Croatia's pop-culture, and one of the most popular musicians on Balkan region, having collaborated with numerous artists like: Jala Brat, Ministarke, Azis, Marina Tucaković, Saša Matić, Miligram, Petar Grašo, Kemal Monteno, Željko Bebek, Crvena Jabuka, Goran Bregović, Boris Novković, Lana J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malina (Bulgarian Singer)
Malina Stancheva Stancheva ( Bulgarian: Малина Станчева Станчева) or Malina (Bulgarian: Малина),(born 7 June 1967) is a Bulgarian Chalga (pop-folk Folk-pop is a broad musical fusion genre that includes contemporary folk songs with pop arrangements, and pop songs with intimate, acoustic-based folk arrangements. Folk-pop has been popularized by mainstream media in recent years. Music ...) singer. Studio albums Огнена звезда (2001) # Да или не # Огнена звезда # Към теб вървя # Луда светлина # Между ад и рай # Музика # Не е грях # Нежна любов # Дива страст # Само ти # Любовната стрела # Горски плод # Хай-ли-ли # Болка Malina (2003) # Леден свят # Само ме обичай # Тръгвам си # Кажи обичам те # Любовта е... # Само миг (ремикс) # Само м� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gloria (Bulgarian Singer)
Galina Peneva Ivanova (), born 28 June 1973), known professionally as Gloria (), is a Bulgarian singer, sometimes referred to as the "Honorific nicknames in popular music, Prima of Bulgarian pop-folk music". She was awarded the title Singer of the year in 1999, 2000, 2003 and 2004, and Singer of the decade in 2007. Gloria is the only representative of the pop-folk genre with 4 independent concerts in Hall 1 of the prestigious National Palace of Culture in Sofia. Early life Gloria was born to Stefka Ivanova and Penko Ivanov on 28 June 1973 in Ruse, Bulgaria, Ruse, Bulgaria, and after her parents' divorce was raised with her brother by their grandparents in the town of Ruse, Bulgaria, Ruse. Music Gloria has been a performer since 1992. Her debut album ''Щастието е Магия'' ("The Happiness is Magic") sold over 100 000 copies. ''За Добро или Зло'' ("For Good or Evil"), her second album, topped the charts with 400 000 – 500 000 copies, achieving a golden ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chalga
Chalga (; often referred to as Folk-pop#Balkan region, pop-folk or ethno-pop) is a genre of Bulgarian pop music. Chalga is a folk-inspired dance music genre, with a blend of Music of Bulgaria, Traditional Bulgarian music along with influences from Music of Greece, Greek, Music of Serbia, Serbian, Music of Turkey, Turkish, Romani music, Gypsy and Arabic music, Arabic music, as well as American hip-hop and Puerto Rican Reggaeton. It is heavily associated with the Bulgarian Romani people, Romani ethnic minority. It is the most popular form of music in Bulgaria, mostly in low life environtment. Etymology The name ''Chalga'' is derived from the Turkish word ''Çalgı'', meaning "musical instrument". History Although it originated in parallel with ex-Yugoslav turbofolk in the 1960s and 70s, contemporary Chalga music first emerged in 1989 after the collapse of the Bulgarian Communist Party, communist regime of Bulgaria, which persecuted musicians who played western or western influe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toni Storaro
Toni Storaro (; born Tunçer Fikret Ali, , ; on 2 August 1976) (in Bulgarian) is a Bulgarian Turkish singer. He is a leading performer on the Bulgarian music label Diapason Records (). Career Toni Storaro, born Tuncher Fikret Ali, has established himself as one of the largest names in Bulgarian popular and music. A prolific ar ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chalga
Chalga (; often referred to as Folk-pop#Balkan region, pop-folk or ethno-pop) is a genre of Bulgarian pop music. Chalga is a folk-inspired dance music genre, with a blend of Music of Bulgaria, Traditional Bulgarian music along with influences from Music of Greece, Greek, Music of Serbia, Serbian, Music of Turkey, Turkish, Romani music, Gypsy and Arabic music, Arabic music, as well as American hip-hop and Puerto Rican Reggaeton. It is heavily associated with the Bulgarian Romani people, Romani ethnic minority. It is the most popular form of music in Bulgaria, mostly in low life environtment. Etymology The name ''Chalga'' is derived from the Turkish word ''Çalgı'', meaning "musical instrument". History Although it originated in parallel with ex-Yugoslav turbofolk in the 1960s and 70s, contemporary Chalga music first emerged in 1989 after the collapse of the Bulgarian Communist Party, communist regime of Bulgaria, which persecuted musicians who played western or western influe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marta Savić
Marta Savić (; born 7 May 1966) is a Bosnian-born Serbian turbo-folk singer. Early life Marta Savić was born to Bosnian Serb parents in Vranjak, a village near Modriča, Bosnia and Herzegovina. At the age of two months, her family settled in the Serbian town Jaša Tomić. In 1978, the family relocated to Hannover, Germany, where she finished primary and secondary school. Personal life In 1988 she met singer Mile Kitić, whom she married later the same year. Together they have a daughter named Elena (also singer). Marta Savić and Kitić live together in Belgrade, Serbia. In January 2013, Marta Savić underwent gallbladder In vertebrates, the gallbladder, also known as the cholecyst, is a small hollow Organ (anatomy), organ where bile is stored and concentrated before it is released into the small intestine. In humans, the pear-shaped gallbladder lies beneath t ... surgery. Discography *''Zaboravi druge žene'' (1988) *''Proklet bio'' (1990) *''Grešnica'' (1993) *'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jelena Karleuša
Jelena Karleuša ( sr-Cyrl, Јелена Карлеуша; born 17 August 1978) is a Serbian singer and media personality. Born and raised in Belgrade, she began her music career by releasing her debut album ''Ogledalce'' (1995) at the age of 16. Karleuša has so far released twelve studio albums and has held two major solo concerts in Belgrade: All About Diva Show at the Belgrade Arena (2010) and Viva La Diva Show at Ušće Park (2013). Additionally, she also served as a judge on the singing competition '' Zvezde Granda'' between 2015 and 2021. '' Focus'' and '' W'' have described Karleuša as the "Lady Gaga of Serbia" and "Madonna of the Balkans", respectively. Her public perception and popularity have significantly been influenced by her controversial and often scrutinized public persona and work, as well as by her outspoken sociopolitical views and frequent disputes with other public figures. Since 2021, Karleuša, initially an opponent of Aleksandar Vučić and his govern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sliven
Sliven ( ) is List of cities and towns in Bulgaria, the eighth-largest city in Bulgaria and the administrative and industrial centre of Sliven Province and municipality in Northern Thrace. It is situated in the Sliven Valley at the foothills of the Balkan Mountains. Sliven is famous for its heroic Hajduk, Haiduts who fought against the Ottoman Turks in the 19th century and is known as the "City of the 100 voyvoda, Voyvodi", a Voyvoda being a leader of Haiduts. The famous rocky massif Sinite Kamani (Сините камъни, "The Blue Rocks") and the associated Sinite Kamani Nature Park, the fresh air and the mineral springs at Slivenski Mineralni Bani offer diverse opportunities for leisure and tourism. Investors are exploring the opportunity to use the local wind (Bora) for the production of electricity. Another point of interest and a major symbol of the city as featured on the coat of arms, is the more than thousand-year-old Stariyat Briast (Старият Бряст, "The Ol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romani People In Bulgaria
Romani people in Bulgaria (; ) constitute Europe's densest Roma minority. The Romani people in Bulgaria may speak Bulgarian language, Bulgarian, Turkish language, Turkish or Balkan Romani language, Romani, depending on the region. Statistics According to the latest census in 2011, the number of the Romani is 325,343, constituting 4.4% of the total population, in which only one ethnic group could be opted as an answer and 10% of the total population did not respond to the question on ethnic group. In a conclusive report of the census sent to Eurostat, the authors of the census (the National Statistical Institute (Bulgaria), National Statistical Institute of Bulgaria) identified the census results on ethnicity as a "gross manipulation". The former head of the National Statistical Institute (Bulgaria), National Statistical Institute of Bulgaria, Reneta Indzhova claims to have been fired by the Bulgarian Prime Minister in 2014 for attempting to check the actual number of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indira Radić
Indira Radić (; ; born 14 June 1966) is a Serbia, Serbian Folk-pop, pop-folk singer. She has established herself on the music scene of the former Yugoslavia and Bulgaria and sings almost exclusively in her native language. In the period from 1992 to 2015 she released 16 albums mixing Pop music, pop, Dance music, dance and Balkan folk music, traditional folk elements. This hybrid style, described as Turbo-folk, pop-folk, brought her success throughout the region with songs like "Ratovanje" that incorporated Music of India, Indian elements. Early life Born Indira Subotić to Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnian Serb parents Živko Subotić and Rosa Radić in the village of Dragalovci near Doboj, she was reportedly named after the Prime Minister of India, Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. Upon completing primary school, she enrolled in a streamlined medical high school in Doboj. She would soon find employment in Zagreb, working as a nurse at the Mladen Stojanović Hospital ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tea Tairović
Tea Tairović-Vardaj ( sr-Cyrl, Tea Таировић-Вардај; born 26 April 1996) is a Serbian singer, songwriter and dancer. Born and raised in Novi Sad, she rose to prominence as a contestant on the reality television singing competition '' Zvezde Granda'' (2015–2016). Following the release of her single "Hajde" (2021), she broke through into the mainstream and has to date released four studio albums: ''Balkanija'' (2022), ''Balerina'' (2023), ''Tea'' (2024) and ''Aska'' (2025), as well as numerous standalone singles, that gained great commercial success. Recognizable for her performances, which include belly dance and Latin dance, and for covering songs from Albania, Bulgaria, Greece and Romania, Tairović was described in Serbia as "Shakira of the Balkans". Early life Tairović was born on 26 April 1996 in Novi Sad, FR Yugoslavia. Her mother, Božica Malević, worked as a television presenter and her father, Zoran Tairović, is an academic painter. Through her father ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
