Preslava is a famous singer from Bulgaria. Her real name is Petya Koleva Ivanova. She began her professional career in 2004. She is a representative of the pop-folk style in music.
Short biography and family
The future singer was born in Bulgaria, in the city of Dobrich. Date of birth June 26, 1984. Preslava's parents are ordinary workers, Yanka and Kolya. The mother of the heroine of the article worked as a seamstress, and her father was a driver. The mother's relatives lived in the city of Kavarna (one of the resort towns of Bulgaria), and the fathers from the village of Syrnino. Children in this family showed interest in creativity. Preslava's older sister is also a singer. Her name is Ivelina, the difference in their age is 3 years.
In the city of Dobrich, the future star received her musical education at the Art School "St. Kliment Ohridski". She was awarded a degree in folk singing and violin musical instrument.
Preslava performed her first song at the age of 7, when she was a member of the orchestra "Tragnala mi e Milena" ("She left me Milena"). Then, at the age of 14, she took part in a municipal city competition. From the age of 15, she began to gradually build her musical career, although her parents were against it. While studying at school, together with her classmates, she created the "Chance" group. She was also a member of the Mega group.
Career and creativity
Milko Kalaydizhev (a famous singer in Bulgaria) accidentally met the singer in the summer of 2003 and immediately decided to invite her on a tour of the cities on the Black Sea coast. A few months later Preslava signed a contract with the record company "Payner". It was then that she took this pseudonym for herself.
At first, it was produced by Milko Kalaydizhev himself. With him, she also recorded her first song called "Nezhen Racket" ("Gentle Racket").
In the spring of 2003 she released 2 solo tracks - the dance song "Tazi Nosh is Mad" ("I'm Going Crazy Tonight") and the ballad "Duma for Varnost" ("The Word of Truth"). In the summer of the same year, the song "Mili my" ("My dear") was recorded. But the singer earned the greatest popularity and popularity thanks to the composition "Nyamash srtse" ("You have no heart").
In the fall of 2003, the first music album was released, and at the end of 2004, the video clip "Obicham ti" ("I love you") was created.
In 2012, the song "Ludata Doyde" ("The Crazy Came") was created. Then the singer was on the jury of the second season of the "Glasat na Bulgaria" project (the Bulgarian version of the "Voice" TV project). In the summer of the same year, she toured the United States.
At the beginning of 2014, Preslava recorded a video for the song "Indecent Regime" ("Obscene Regime"). She is one of the first representatives of the pop-folk genre to perform in Russia.
In the first half of 2015, the singer shot a video for the song Ako Utre Me Gubish (If I Lose Tomorrow).
In 2016, the star recorded her first English-language song "In Control". Then, in the same year, he takes part in the fourth season in the TV show “Kato two kapki voda” (the Bulgarian version of the show “One to One”).
Personal life
In early 2018, Preslava announced that she was pregnant. On September 14 this year, she gave birth to a daughter. The singer decided not to disclose information about the father of her child.
