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AndreaАндреа
Background information
Birth name	Teodora Rumenova Andreeva
Born	(1987-01-23) 23 January 1987 (age 37) Sofia, Bulgaria
Genres	Pop-folk pop dance house ethno-electro techno-folk
Occupations	Singer actress
Years active	2006–present
Labels	Roton Payner JHaps Records
Website	andreasite.eu

Teodora Rumenova Andreeva (Bulgarian: Теодора Руменова Андреева; born 23 January 1987), better known by her stage name Andrea (Bulgarian: Андреа), is a Bulgarian pop-folk singer, songwriter and video director. She was also part of the famous group Sahara, together with the Romanian Grammy Awards nominated producer Costi Ioniță they created the song "I Wanna" in collaboration with Shaggy and Bob Sinclar. The song was distributed by Yellow Productions and Ministry of Sound Australia. The track was on the top charts of Belgium, Germany and Switzerland.

Biography and lifestyle

Andrea was born in Sofia and raised in an unknown place. She took music lessons at an early age from her aunt who was an opera singer in the Vratsa Opera. During her teenage years she entered and won several beauty pageants (Miss Sofia, Miss Tourism Bulgaria).

After graduating high school, she signed with Bulgarian record label Payner.

In 2008, Andrea met Costi Ioniță and together they produced the track "Само мой". During the next year, they created the duo Sahara. Their next hit song "Tyalee" was released in 2009 and featured the artist Lenox Brown. The song was released worldwide and known abroad by the name "Tyalee", but by the name "Избирам теб" in Bulgaria. The English version of the song was produced by Cat Music and soon after Serdar Ortaç released a Turkish version with Sahara.

Sahara released another single called "Bellezza" with Buppy and Geo Da Silva. "Bellezza" and its Bulgarian version "Моята порода" was released in Romania, Bulgaria, Italy and France.

In 2010, Andrea released "Неблагодарен" and "Хайде опа".

Andrea and Costi then went to Miami to work on a new track, "I Wanna", performed with Bob Sinclar and Shaggy. "I Wanna" was released in 2010 in over 50 countries.

The next Sahara song was called "Mine" featuring American R&B singer Mario Winans.

She was a TV show host for 3 months on UTV Romania.

She followed up with the track "Champagne", featuring previous collaborator Shaggy.

In May 2012, she joined the biggest music company in Romania, Roton Music, where she released "Only You" in a duet with Gabriel Davi and a solo track "Hayati", produced by Adrian Sînă of Akcent.

Andrea appeared on the cover of the Italian fashion magazine Donna Salon International.

In 2014, Andrea released her song with Alek Sandar "Peaceful Place" in which both of them express their support for the LGBT community and their opposition towards discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. CNN also mentioned Andrea's duet with Alek Sandar on Planeta TV Awards.

Andrea has won over 30 awards, such as Balkan Star award at the Beogradski Pobednik in Belgrade, European Performer of the Year at the Kraljevski Festival in Kraljevo, Balkan Star award at the Montefolk Awards in Montenegro.

Discography

Studio albums

• Огън в кръвта (2008)
• Мен си търсил (2009)
• Андреа (2010)
• Лоша (2012)

References

1. "Андреа: Слушам Бетовен и Вивалди (Andrea: I listen to Beethoven and Vivaldi)". Dneven Trud (in Bulgarian). May 15, 2010. Archived from the original on August 1, 2010. Retrieved June 25, 2010.
2. "Андреа и Шаги в новия албум на Боб Синклер". Novinar (in Bulgarian). December 6, 2009. Retrieved June 25, 2010.(referencing Sahara and the members of Sahara joining on the Shaggy song)
3. Официален сайт на Андреа
4. "Андреа и Златка Райкова впечатлиха с нов клип". July 2, 2008.
5. «Андреа и Кости атакуват световната сцена под името "Sahara"»
6. "Андреа – Моята порода по Планета Signal.bg 16 септември 2009". Archived from the original on November 20, 2015. Retrieved June 26, 2017.
7. ""Андреа и Кости атакуват..."". Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved June 26, 2017.
8. Андреа е най-голямата бг звезда според Youtube
9. "Đ˜ĐˇĐťĐľĐˇĐľ Ń'иКСъра къП парчоŃ'Đž Mine feat Mario Winans – Andrea official Website". Andreasite.eu. July 8, 2010. Retrieved September 12, 2022.
10. Андреа стана водеща в румънската телевизия UTV | Andrea official
11. Андреа и Шаги разливат шампанско и на Балканите – Lifestyle.bg
12. Андреа на корицата на Donna – Salon International – Signal.bg
13. Андреа и Alek Sandar впечатлиха CNN и международната преса

External links

• Official website

• 1987 births
• Living people
• Bulgarian folk-pop singers
• Bulgarian women pop singers
• Bulgarian women folk singers
• English-language singers from Bulgaria
• Musicians from Sofia
• Bulgarian LGBTQ rights activists
• Bulgarian expatriates in Romania
• 21st-century Bulgarian women singers