Gloria   (Bulgaria)

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Latest Gloria news

24/12/2024 : Gloria recorded with her daughter Simona Zagorova and Neli Rangelova, Dragomir Draganov and Stefan Ilchev a song called Nova Godina

03/12/2023 : Gloria released a video for her 2019 duet with Ustata Skapi, Kupi Mi Neshto. It was directed by Ivaïlo Spassov

04/01/2022 : Gloria published a new song entitled Danas Mi Je Dan

01/02/2020 : Last month, Gloria released a new album entitled Lyubovta Nastoyava

08/12/2019 : Gloria released the video for a new song entitled Gost Ne Si.

27/11/2019 : Gloria wrote a book entitled "Do poslednata usmivka" (meaning Until the Last Smile in Bulgarian where she tells about her life and carreer. A limited number of authographed copies can be preordrered, with 15% off.

27/10/2019 : New from Gloria, song Lyubima

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Gloria albums

	Shtastieto e Magiya	Nov 1994	BUY X
	Za Dobro ili Zlo	Nov 1995	BUY X
	Angel s Dyavolska Dusha	30th Sep 1996	BUY X
	Nostalgiya	Sep 1997	BUY X
	100% Zhena	1998	BUY X
	Gloria - The Best	1999	BUY X
	12 Diyamanta	20th Apr 2000	BUY X
	Iluziya	2001	BUY X
	Krepost	May 2003	BUY X
	10 Godini 2 CDs	2004	BUY X
	Vlyubena v Zhivota	2005	BUY X
	Blagodarya	Mar 2007	BUY X
	15 Godini	21st Oct 2009	BUY X
	Imam nuzhda ot teb	18th Oct 2011	BUY X
	Pyteki	25th Sep 2013	BUY X
	Pyasachni Kuli	2015	BUY X
	Lyubovta Nastoyava	19th Dec 2019	BUY X

Gloria DVDs and VHS

	Shtastieto e Magiya	1994	VHS
	Za Dobro ili Zlo	1995	VHS
	Nostalgiya	1997	VHS
	100% Zhena	1998	VHS
	12 Diyamanta	2000	DVD
	Best Video Selection I	2003	DVD
	Krepost Live	2003	DVD
	Best Video Selection II	2007	DVD
	Gloria-15 Godini	2010	DVD

Gloria singles

	Takto Moi	1994	BUY X
	Pasenta	1994	BUY X
	Ostavete me na mira	1994	BUY X
	Shtastieto e Magiya	1994	BUY X
	Nai-shtastlivata zhena	1994	BUY X
	Neka ostanem priyateli	1994	BUY X
	Tya ili Az	1994	BUY X
	Dentsata	1994	BUY X
	Tchuy me	1994	BUY X
	Obicham te	1994	BUY X
	Usmivka Nezhna	1994	BUY X
	Moya zemha sedba	1994	BUY X
	Za Dobro ili Zlo Video only	1994	BUY X
	Idi si tega	1994	BUY X
	Stsenata obitcham ludo	1994	BUY X
	Eh, more Video only	1995	BUY X
	Priyatelko ti moya nai-dobra Video only	1995	BUY X
	Pervo v sen se poyavi Video only	1995	BUY X
	Kato v stihiya Video only	1995	BUY X
	Dai mi Video only	1995	BUY X
	Za tebe maiko Video only	1995	BUY X
	Ti roden dom	1995	BUY X
	Dar ot boga	1995	BUY X
	Sviri Violina	1995	BUY X
	Angel s Dyavolska Dusha	1996	BUY X
	Umorih se ot teb	1996	BUY X
	Pepeliashka	1996	BUY X
	Otkradnat mig	1997	BUY X
	Pogreshen Adres	1998	BUY X
	Izostaveni momitseta	1998	BUY X
	Dosaden den	1998	BUY X
	Skepi Kypi Mi Netcho	1998	BUY X
	100% Zhena	1998	BUY X
	Radost - Trevoga	2000	BUY X
	Jenite sa tsvetya (with Toni Dacheva)	2001	BUY X
	Pusta hubost	2001	BUY X
	Ledena Kralitsa	2001	BUY X
	Kato kuche i kotka	2001	BUY X
	Iluziya	2001	BUY X
	Ako biah se rodila reka	2001	BUY X
	Dobre Doshel	2001	BUY X
	Po navik (with Iliya Zagorov)	2002	BUY X
	Ne ostariavaj, mamo	2002	BUY X
	Krepost	2003	BUY X
	Feniks	2003	BUY X
	Ne zasluzhavash	2003	BUY X
	Labyrint	2003	BUY X
	Sbogom, adios	2003	BUY X
	Belite manastiri	2003	BUY X
	Moma voda naliva	2003	BUY X
	Liuboven dyzhd	2003	BUY X
	Zlatna kletka	2003	BUY X
	Chervena svetlina	2003	BUY X
	Ochakvane	2003	BUY X
	Na neveren da sym viarna	2003	BUY X
	Prisyda	2004	BUY X
	Nameri si majstora	2004	BUY X
	Happy End	2005	BUY X
	Svoboda	2005	BUY X
	Obich moia	2005	BUY X
	Vlyubena v Zhivota	2005	BUY X
	Spasenie	2005	BUY X
	50 50	2005	BUY X
	Piana vishna	2005	BUY X
	Izpoved	2005	BUY X
	Grad na greha	2006	BUY X
	Prilicham li na vyatara	2006	BUY X
	Sezoni	2006	BUY X
	Ne ostavljaj me (with Luna)	2006	BUY X
	Blagodarya	Dec 2006	BUY X
	Opiat	2007	BUY X
	Ako te nyama	2007	BUY X
	100 karata lyubov	2007	BUY X
	Na mazhete koyto ne obichah	2007	BUY X
	Za parvi pat	2007	BUY X
	Pravi lyubov a ne voyna (with Azis)	Oct 2007	BUY X
	Ednoposochen pat	2008	BUY X
	Dyavolska lyubov	2008	BUY X
	Useshtane za mazh	2008	BUY X
	Krasiv svyat	2009	BUY X
	Mozhesh li da me obichash	2009	BUY X
	Lyatno palnoludie	2009	BUY X
	Hipnoza	Oct 2009	BUY X
	Az ne placha (feat Deep Zone Project)	2010	BUY X
	Vyarvam v lyubovta	2010	BUY X
	Tseluvay oshte Video only	2010	BUY X
	Pochti nepoznati (feat. Iliyan) Video only	2010	BUY X
	Ostani (Tazi Nost) Video only	Mar 2010	BUY X
	Do poslednata salza Video only	9th Sep 2010	BUY X
	Nenasitna	2011	BUY X
	Jenskoto sarce Video only	12th Mar 2011	BUY X
	Kralitsa Video only	2012	BUY X
	Imam nuzhda ot teb (with Simona Zagorova)	2012	BUY X
	Dvoina Igra Video only	15th Oct 2012	BUY X
	Puls	Apr 2013	BUY X
	Ubivash na myasto	Apr 2013	BUY X
	Vrano Konche Video only	Sep 2013	BUY X
	Pyasachni Kuli Video only	19th Sep 2013	BUY X
	Bezsanie (Insomnia) Video only	Jan 2014	BUY X
	Obratno Broene	26th Jun 2014	BUY X
	Ako Schupyat Vsyaka Nota (with Simona Zagorova) Video only	30th Sep 2014	BUY X
	Krile Video only	8th Dec 2014	BUY X
	Izsvirete Neshto Udarno Video only	9th Sep 2015	BUY X
	Nyama Koy Da Me Spre (with Simona Zagorova) Video only	28th Jun 2016	BUY X
	Poludyavash Po Men	2nd Aug 2016	BUY X
	Ne Lazhi Na Kolene	14th Sep 2016	BUY X
	Obichay Me Takava	14th Sep 2016	BUY X
	Dokosvaneto Ima Pamet	2nd Dec 2016	BUY X
	Na Po-Dobrite Streltsi	5th Jul 2017	BUY X
	Vesela Koleda Video only	5th Dec 2017	BUY X
	Nyuansi Sivo	5th Jun 2018	BUY X
	Dobre Doshla, Skitnitse	19th Jul 2018	BUY X
	Ne Te Davam	19th Jul 2018	BUY X
	Ludo Mlado	14th Aug 2018	BUY X
	Angele-Dyavole	15th Aug 2018	BUY X
	Lyubovta Nastoyava	4th Oct 2018	BUY X
	Lyubima	24th Oct 2019	BUY X
	Gost Ne Si	5th Dec 2019	BUY X
	Ochite Ne Lazhat	5th Dec 2019	BUY X
	Skapi, Kupi Mi Neshto (with Ustata)	10th Dec 2019	BUY X
	Alo, Kak Si	2nd Jul 2020	BUY X
	S Lyubimite Hora (with Nikolay Slaveev)	23rd May 2021	BUY X
	Danas Mi Je Dan	Dec 2021	BUY X
	Prosto Savarsheni (with Toni Storaro)	24th Jun 2022	BUY X
	Kadife	8th Nov 2022	BUY X
	Zvezda Na Vecherta (with Toni Dacheva) Video only	28th Jun 2023	BUY X
	Nay-Dobrite	28th Jun 2023	BUY X
	Valk (fet. Sakis Coucos)	28th Nov 2023	BUY X
	Ego	28th Jun 2024	BUY X
	Nova Godina (with S. Zagorova, N. Rangelova, D. Draganov, S. Ilchev)	20th Dec 2024	BUY X

Featurings and collaborations

	Keba - Jace, Jace	8th Dec 2022	BUY X
	Simona Zagorova, Dragan Kojic Keba - Muzikata E Lek / Pesma Me U Zhivot Vrati	23rd Jun 2024	BUY X

Gloria biography

Gloria (Глория) was born Galina Ivanova Peneva in Ruse on 28th of July 1973. She showed an interest in singing from a very early age. After her parents' divorce, her and her brother Nikolai moved to Dve Mogili, where their grandparents took care of them. Gloria graduated from the Agricultural Technical School there.

She started singing in Izvor Orchestra at the age of 17, after being spotted during her performance at the wedding celebration of her cousin. They did a successful tour in Serbia in 1991. After two years, they split. Gloria founded her own group, called Lyra, which lasted only 5 months. Then, she started singing in the best variety-bars and nightclubs in the country, managed by impresario Kapka Petkova. Her repertoire consisted of the songs of Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston, Madonna, Kylie Minogue and other famous singers. "It was a wonderful period of my life, Gloria says, but extremely exhausting, every month I was in different town, I was bored from singing somebody else's songs, I wanted to produce my own ones". In 1993, in Kardjali, she met her future husband Ilia Zagorov, who would compose some of Gloria's biggest hits, such as Nostalgia, 100% zhena, Sbogom adios, Ne ostariavai mamo, Tsigansko sartse.

With the money she had earned, Gloria recorded her first songs in Maxim Goranov's studio in Pleven. The day she met Toni Dacheva, who gave her advice, became a turning point in her career and life, and she changed the original conception of the album's music style. Released on November 1994, this album was very different from the popular songs on the moment. She met her future producers Maria and Mitko Dimitrovi – the owners of Payner Studio, at the Night Bar in the Interhotel of Veliko Tarnovo. "That moment started all my successes. I produced my first album Shtastieto e magia (Happiness is magic) and it happened to be one of the most succesful on the Bulgarian musical market. The sold numbers of copies overpassed all my anticipations, as well as those of my publishers and producers".

Videoclips were shot by Nedelcho Yordanov for every song of the album, and one year later, Gloria's first videotape was released. Of all the songs from the album Shtastieto e magia were shot video clips. Gloria got more and more involved into the producing process, and took part to many of her videoclips as a scriptwriter and assistant producer. In November 1995, the second album Za Dobro ili Zlo was released. It sold over 600,000 copies, making it the biggest selling album in Bulgaria for the year.

Between 1996 and 2001, Gloria released one album per year. Style ranged between pop-folk (chalga) and more folkloric style, leading her to the title of "The Queen of Pop-Folk".

1996 : She gave birth to a daughter called Simona on September 30th, the same day as her third album Angel s Dyavolska Dusha (Angel with devil soul). Later the same year, she did her first live tour. Her videoclip for Angel s Dyavolska Dusha was awarded Music clip of the year.

1997 : In September, Gloria released the album Nostalgia. The title song, written by Gloria and composed by Ilia Zagorov, played a key role in her career, and become a hymn to all immigrants. Album release party was held the restaurant "Perfect" in Sofia in front of hundreds of fans. This was also the year where Payner started releasing the first Superstar Fiesta compilation, featuring songs from their artists, which would become a tradition in the coming years.

1998 : Gloria became the first Bulgarian folk singer to be invited on tour in the US. In Chicago, she shot a video of the title song from his upcoming album 100% Zhena (100% woman). She wrote the lyrics of 10 out of 11 songs of the album, and composed 3 of them (7 others were composed by her husband).

1999 : she released her first best of album.

2000 : on April 20th, her new studio album 12 Diyamanta (12 Diamond), with all lyrics written by Gloria herself, was released. CD was certified gold. She performed in Hall 1 of NDK in Sofia (National Palace of Culture, one of the largest concert halls in Bulgaria), for a big concert. Later the same year, she also performed on an open-air concert in her natal city Ruse, in front of 25000 persons.

2001 : Gloria was the first Bulgarian pop-folk singer invited to perform in the UK, in London concert hall Astoria. She gave a special concert for promotion of her new album Iluziya at i-Club, in front of more than 1000 fans. On December 27, Gloria and her husband went to the USA, where performed for the 2nd time in front of expatriate Bulgarian.

Gloria spent in the beginning of 2002 in Chicago. After a change of look, she came back on 15th of March. Two days before her arrival, a concert for the birthday of Nov Folk magazine took place. During this event, Gloria was given three awards : Album of the Year, Best Accomplishments, Original Media Presence. Gloria started working over the videos of the songs from her last album Iliuzia (Illusion). The first one is Liuboven dazhd (Love rain), which totally differed from everything Gloria had done so far and was positively received by the public. On May 19th, Gloria went to Spain to perform at the first Bulgarian pop-folk concert in Alcada city. 2 days after, Tele Madrid brodacasted a report about the concert and an interview with Gloria. On May 24th, along with Desislava and Slavka Kalcheva, she gave a concert in Greece at Iera Odos. In July, together with Ilia, she gave a concert in Tel Aviv, Israel.

In October 2002, at the International Plovdiv Fair, M-tel awarded the most famous voices of Bulgaria : Lili Ivanova (pioneer of Bulgarian music), Nicki Kanchev (popular TV man) and Gloria. She did not release any album in 2002, but she toured a lot in Bulgaria and abroad.

2003 : album Krepost (Fortress) was released on CD and DVD (with videoclips directed by Ludmil Illarionov and Nikolai Nankov).

2004 : in March, she presented a duet with Azis entitled Ne sme bezgreshni (Not our fault), specially recorded for New Folk concert. No video was shot for this song. She toured across Bulgaria with 6 other Payner pop-folk stars. To celebrate her 10 years of carreer, Gloria compiled all her best songs on a double album : 10 Godini, released during the summer.

2005 : it was time for a new studio album, entitled Vlyubena v Zhivota (In Love with Life). In September, Gloria again gave a recital at the festival Pirin Folk, where she also received an honorary prize for contributing to Bulgarian music's development. At the end of the year, Gloria was the first Bulgarian pop folk star to perform in a concert in Australia.

2006 : Gloria shot not less than 5 videoclips. One of them was a collaboration song with popular Serbian group Luna.

2007 : Her studio album Blagodarya was released in Bulgaria in March, and it sold over 16,000 original copies within the first week of release. It contained many danceable tracks, such as Grad Na Greha (which was at first composed under the working title Gorietchta Notcha, then renamed to fit the videoclip's sponsor Sin City, an underwear brand in which Gloria had some shares) and Sezoni (videoclip was shot in Varna, in Zornitza Sands resort). Album also contained a duet whith her daughter Simona. During the first half of 2007, she joined the jury of the first Bulgarian season of real-TV show Music Idol.

2009 : Gloria released a triple album for her 15 years of carreer : 15 Godini, just one day before her solo concert on October 22nd, where she presented her new videoclip, Hipnoza.

2010 : in February, she contributed to a charity project to raise funds for earthquake victims in Haiti. At the end of the year, she took part, for the second time, to charity event Bulgarian Christmas.

2011 : Gloria's new album was entitled Imam nuzhda ot teb (I need you). Simona, her daughter, started a musical carreer. They recorded together the song Imam nuzhda ot teb.

Gloria biography was last updated Sat, May 7th 2022

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