Galena (singer)


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Galina Vicheva Gencheva known professionally as Galena, is a Bulgarian pop-folk singer.

Biography and personal life

Galena was born May 21, 1985 in Smyadovo, Bulgaria. She has studied folk singing at the music school of Shumen for 4 years. Two years after that she moved town and continued her music education in Dimitrovgrad.
In February 2008, Galena was engaged to her boyfriend Galin. On June 22, 2009 they had their first child, Stefan. On February 17, 2017 they welcomed a second son - Aleksandar.

Career

2003-06: The beginning: Galya and Galena

Galena was discovered by the singer Milko Kalaydzhiev. She started her career under the stage name Galya and recorded her first single "Можеш ли" in 2003.
Her debut studio album was named after her - Galena and was released under the Payner Music label on 21 May 2006 - the singer's 21st birthday. The album consists of 12 songs, 3 of which unheard before.
On 31 October 2007, a short pornographic video with her in it was leaked on the internet. The clip was quickly gaining popularity in Bulgarian media - thousands of views, articles in online and traditional media. One of the most popular magazines at the time Blyasuk called it "Hit of the year".
On 12 September her second album „След 12“ was released, and she introduced her single "Неплатена сметка" on Planeta TV's Christmas programme.

2010-11: „Aз“ (''lit. Me'')

2012 – 15: ''„Кой''“ (''lit. Who'')

2016 - Present

Galena has since has collaborated with a great number of Bulgarian artists including Niki Nankov, Malina, Preslava and Andrea and is currently one of the most popular singers in the country.
Galena is the first Bulgarian pop-folk singer and singer of her size in the country to openly support the Bulgarian LGBT+ community by performing live at Sofia Pride in 2019.

Other projects

In 2013 she created her own line for Beyond, called G Spot - Galena for Beyond. The singer is working in collaboration with her stylist Dobromir Kiryakov and Borche Ristovski.

Awards

;Planeta TV Awards
;Nov Folk Magazine Awards
;Others

Albums

;Studio albums
;Duet albums
;Compilation albums
;Video albums / DVDs