Lili Ivanova

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Lili Ivanova (Bulgarian: Лили Иванова) (born April 24, 1939) is a popular Bulgarian singer.

Lili was born in the town of Kubrat. She graduated from the Varna Medical School for Nurses in 1959, but 2 years later started a music career following an audition for singers in the capital of Bulgaria - Sofia. Her first big hit Saturday Evening (Събота Вечер) was released in 1963. Currently, Lili Ivanova supports a foundation for orphans 'Lili Ivanova Foundation'. Some songs were also song by foreigner singers as their languages. Especially, Uteha, when song in 1975, was song by Sezen Aksu as Yaşanmamış Yıllar ("Unlived Years" in Turkish) in 1976.

[edit] Discography

Until now, Lili has released 31 albums (two of them - gold (15,000+), over 500 singles and played over 1,000 live concerts.

[edit] Awards, Nominations & Orders

1. The Golden Key - Bratislava (1966).
2. Over ten international awards (1966 to 1976).
3. Lili Ivanova was nominated as one of the most famous women for the 20th century by the International Association of the Women.^{[citation needed]}^[specify]
4. L. Ivanova received the highest level Order Stara Planina, by the president of the Republic Bulgaria, Petar Stoyanov, for her enormous achievements in Bulgarian Pop Music (1999).