Gergana

Gergana Georgieva Katsarska (Гергана Георгиева Кацарска; born 30 November 1984) is a Bulgarian pop-folk singer, often referred to as "the Barbie Doll of pop-folk".

Gergana was born on November 30, 1984, in Dimitrovgrad, to Lilyana and Georgi Katsarski but grew up with her grandparents in Govedartsi.

She has an older sister named Lazarina.

Her cousin is popular soccer player Stoyko Sakaliev.

Gergana completed her secondary education at the Dimitrovgrad Music School, where she specialized in Pop Singing.

On prom night, Gergana was among the selected students who performed in front of the entire class.

Her early career (2003–2004) was marked by the runaway success of her debut single "Губя те бавно" followed by a best-selling debut album.

A recording of that performance brought producer Todor Dimitrov – Tokicha's attention on Gergana and in 2003, she signed with Payner Music.

Gergana's star rises in the fall of 2003, when her first single "Губя те бавно" ("Gubya Te Bavno", translated as "Slowly I'm losing you") became a runaway success.

Her eponymous debut album "Губя те бавно" was released in the end of 2003 to become one of the best selling albums of 2003 and 2004 having sold over 70,000 copies.

In the summer of 2004 Gergana recorded her first duet song "For you, love" with her then good friend Anelia.

In late 2004, she released her second studio album "Както Никой Друг" ("Like no one else"), which was dedicated to her mother, who died on September 30, 2004, due to cancer.

The album did very well in charts, selling over 40,000 copies in 2004.

The leading single "Боли" ("It Hurts") was simultaneously released in two versions (original and acoustic) with separate music videos.

The song "Последна Вечер" ("Last Night") was released as a second single in the summer of 2004.

In the summers of 2004 and 2005, Gergana participated in the national summer tour of Payner, "Planeta Prima".

On December 16, 2005, Gergana released her third studio album called "Сини Очи" ("Blue eyes").

It sold 20,000 copies and was ranked 5th in Best-selling album of 2005 charts.

The singer shot music videos for both versions of the leading song "Сини Очи", following the strategy of her second album.

In Spring, Gergana released a new single, "Някой Ден, Може Би" ("Someday, Maybe").

In Spring 2006 Gergana shot a video to the song "Сладката Страна На Нещата" ("The sweet side of things") in the Graf Ignatievo air base.

Music videos for "До Утре" ("'Till Tomorrow") and "Искам Само Любовта Ти" ("I Only Want Your Love") followed.

She also took part for the third time in the summer tour of Payner Music.

On February 14, 2007, she releases her fourth studio album "Sweet Side Of Things," which contains 10 new songs.

Just weeks after the album sold over 5,000 copies.

First released song "Карма" is presented as a chat program on New Year's TV Planeta.

The video was released almost simultaneously with the new album.

On April 20 she releases the video of "Una Passión", the first song performed by Gergana in a foreign language, in this case Spanish.

Summer of 2007, for the fourth consecutive year, she participates in the national tour of Payner Music.

At the same time she released a new song "Може Би Точно Ти", which features new hip-hop singer Zhoro Rapa.

After a short break in early 2008 Gergana issued duet song "Забрави" ("Forget"), which has partnered with Zhoro Rapa.

July 2008 she releases the video for "Върви Си" ("Leave"), which combines computer animation with 3D effects.

Gergana for the first time not participated in the tour Payner Music, but at the expense of singing in over 20 cities as part of a tour Bulsatcom advertising.

In early 2009 released the video for "Защото Те Обичам," which was presented at the Seventh Annual Music Awards of Planeta TV.

On the occasion of March 8 Gergana recorded a song dedicated to her mother, "Благодаря Ти"("Thank You"), and premiered on Planeta TV on 15 April 2009.

On 21 September 2009 she releases the video for "Имам Нужда (I Need)" where she shot her boyfriend, and on December 24 she releases video for "To When".

In mid-May 2010 expires on the internet song "Нова Любов" ("New Love").

Gergana failed to shoot video of this song, but instead, at the end of the same month the singer releases the video for the song "Да Започнем От Средата" ("Let's start from the middle"), which became a summer hit as fans of the show on Planet TV "Folkmaraton."

On October 29, 2010, released the video for the song "Facebook", which in the words of Gergana is dedicated global network Facebook, where she meets many friends.

On December 30, 2010, she releases the video for the ballad "Който Иска Да Вярва" ("Whoever Wants to Believe"), and on June 3, 2011, appears a new single called "Първичен инстинкт," a joint project with her friend Galin, with the video of the song.