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Anlieaq
Anlieaq
Svetla and Georgi Atanasov. The family members on her maternal side were
professional musicians. She has an older sister, Radost.
In the second course of her studying, Anelia began singing more and training
her voice to improve her singing technique. In her third year at the school,
she began singing in public bars in her native city. In the summer of 2005,
Anelia was accepted in Pancho Vladigerov as number one in her grade for
pop and jazz.
Professional career
In 2002 she recorded her first song "Chuzhdi ustni" (English: "Strangers lips")
. Her second song recorded for Payner "Pogledni me v ochite" ("Look me in
the eyes") became an instant hit in Bulgaria.[1] It became one of the fastest
selling singles in the Bulgarian music history and is still the most successful
single of Anelia.
In December 2002 she released her first album. The album Pogledni me v
ochite had become her all-time best-selling album. According to her official
website up to 100,000 copies of the album had been sold by year 2003.[3] All
the songs were co-written and co-produced with Todor Dimitrov. Dimitrov was
also her manager, until the end of their cooperation in 2007.
In April 2004 Anelia released her second album. Ne poglejdaj nazad ("Don't
look back") sold over 60,000 copies and brought hits like "Obichaj me" ("Love
me"), "Iskam te" ("I want you"), "Dve tela" ("Two bodies") and "Edna minuta"
("One minute"). The song "Obichaj me" was dedicated to now her exhusband, Konstantin Dinev. In March 2005 her first DVD compilation was
released. In August, Anelia released her third studio album Vsichko vodi kam
teb ("Everything leads to you"). The single "Everything leads to you" became
the biggest summer hit in the BG. In 2006 she released her fourth album,
called Pepel ot rozi ("Rose ashes"). "Pepel ot rozi" produced hits like "Do zori"
("By dawn"), Samo za mig ("Only for a moment"),Viatar v kosite ti ("Wind in
your hair") and "Shtom si do men" ("When you are by my side").
On her fifth studio album Edinstven ti (One And Only You), released in 2008,
she cooperated with Tencho Yanchev and Ivan Ivanov.[4] The album features
a new musical direction for Anelia into a pop dance music genre rather than
chalga. The song "Vse endo mi e" shows electronic, house and club music
influences, other songs like Zabraniavan si (I forbid you) or Edistven ti
surprise with a more up-beat, electronic arrangements.