Galena (singer)

Galena
Birth name Galina Vicheva Gencheva
Born May 21, 1985
Smyadovo,Bulgaria
Genres Pop-folk
Occupation(s) Singer
Years active 2004 - present
Labels Payner

Galina Vicheva Gencheva (in Bulgarian Галина Вичева Генчева, May 21, 1985, Smyadovo, Bulgaria ), better known by her stage name Galena (in Bulgarian Галена) is a Bulgarian singer.[1]

Galena attended music school in Shumen in popular song. Two years later she moved to the music school in Dimitrovgrad. Galena was discovered by the singer Milko Kalaidjiev. She started her career under the name Galia and recorded her first single "Možeš li", and her debut studio album as Galena came in 2006, on Payner Music. Another song, a duet with Boris Dali titled "Namerih te" found an even bigger success.

A leaked video showed Galena in a bath tub performing oral sex on her fiance, a video that created huge controversy and notoriety and brought in further fame to the singer.[2][3]

Galena has released further albums, Sled 12 in 2008 and Oficijalno zabranen in 2010. She has also collaborated with a great number of Bulgarian acts including Niki Nankov,[4] Malina, Preslava and Andrea. She has also appeared in a number of high profile promotional ads.[5]

Covers

Covers of Galena's song

Name of original Singer of original Year of original Language of original Name of cover Singer of cover Year of cover Language of cover
Chik chik (Mnogo mi otivash) Galena 2012 Bulgarian Čiki liki lajka Viki Miljković, Costi 2013 Serbian
DJ-ya me izdade Galena 2011 Bulgarian Pobednički tron Saša Nebrigić Nebriga 2012 Serbian
DJ-ya me izdade Galena 2011 Bulgarian Anđeo pakla Saša Miranović 2013 Serbian
DJ-ya me izdade Galena 2011 Bulgarian Bye bye Sandra Afrika, Costi 2014 Serbian
Koy Galena, Fiki 2013 Bulgarian Pes mou Thanos Petrelis 2014 Greek
Koy Galena, Fiki 2013 Bulgarian Më mirë vonë se kurrë Linda Hakaj, Dritero 2014 Albanian
Shte se provalya Galena 2011 Bulgarian Hej živote Dragana Mirković 2014 Serbian
Havana tropikana Galena, DJ Zhivko Miks 2014 Bulgarian, Spanish Dosada Viki Miljković, DJ Spaza, Costi 2014 Serbian

Galena's covers

Name of original Singer of original Year of original Language of original Name of cover Singer of cover Year of cover Language of cover
Jumatate eu jumatate tu Mr. Juve, Babi Minune, Denisa 2009 Romanian Blyasak na kristali Andrea, Galena 2010 Bulgarian
Ca la Amsterdam Costi Ioniță, Alberto 2006 Romanian Moy Malina, Galena, Fatih Ürek 2009 Bulgarian, Turkish
Poludela Tanja Savić 2007 Serbian Uteshitelna nagrada Galena 2008 Bulgarian
Otan se chreiazomai Katy Garbi 2001 Greek Losha li sam Galena 2006 Bulgarian

Personal life

In February 2007 she was chosen by Planet television as the "sexiest Bulgarian singer" for 2006. In February 2008, Galena was engaged to her boyfriend Galin and on 22 June 2009 they had their first child.

Awards

Planeta TV Awards
Nov Folk Magazine Awards
Others

Discography

Albums

Studio albums
Compilation albums
Video albums / DVDs

Videos / Songs

References

  1. ↑ http://www.galena-official.com/''. Missing or empty |title= (help);
  2. ↑ Dnes.bg: Домашното порно на поп фолк певицата Галена взе награда (in Bulgarian)
  3. ↑ Mamita-bg.com: Галена и Галин обединени от порно скандала (in Bulgarian)
  4. ↑ Signal.bg: Как изглежда Галена в новия клип (in Bulgarian)
  5. ↑ Signal.bg: Чуйте „Блясък на кристали“ на Андреа и Галена (in Bulgarian)

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