1. Lilyana Ivanova Petrova, known professionally as Lili Ivanova is a Bulgarian singer.
14 Facts About Lili Ivanova
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Lili Ivanova graduated from the nursing school in Varna and worked as a nurse for a very short time.
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Lili Ivanova stated in an interview that she has Romanian roots on her maternal side.
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Lili Ivanova achieved recognition in 1963 as a singer with the variete show at Ambassador Hotel and the Constantin Tanase Music Hall Theatre in Bucharest.
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In 1999 Lili Ivanova was awarded the highest Bulgarian State Award, "Stara Planina" medal, for her contribution to the Bulgarian pop music.
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Lili Ivanova has formed several own bands during her long singing career occasionally changing her style.
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Lili Ivanova started her career singing popular Italian, French and Russian hits.
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Lili Ivanova has recorded and released 35 albums and 29 singles altogether in Bulgaria, USSR, Romania, Turkey, Germany, Spain and other countries.
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Lili Ivanova has had over 11,000 concerts and many tours abroad, mainly in the former USSR.
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Lili Ivanova has performed in Germany, Cuba, Japan, Turkey, the Czech Republic, Yugoslavia, Hungary, Poland, Greece, Portugal, Brazil, etc.
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Lili Ivanova is the first Bulgarian performer with a concert in the newly built Armeets Arena in Sofia, gathering 15,000 people on November 22,2012.
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Lili Ivanova became the first person to perform in the brand new Bulstrad Arena sports hall in Ruse, Bulgaria with a concert on July 23,2015.
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Lili Ivanova was awarded with a golden vinyl plate from Balkanton for selling 2 million albums for a year.
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Lili Ivanova returned it back publicly in an act of a protest after Balkanton lowered the criteria for getting such a recognition in 1990.