Margret Nikolova Explained

Margret Nikolova
Birth Date:	1928 10, df=y
Birth Place:	Sofia, Kingdom of Bulgaria
Occupation:	singer
Years Active:	1948 – 2000
Label Name:	Balkanton^[1] Melodiya Boyko Kanev BG Company
Module:	Embed: yes Background: solo_singer Instruments: vocals Genre: pop, romance, ballad Associated Acts: Georgi Kordov Kiril Semov Petar Petrov Petar Chernev Nikolay Lyubenov Boni Milcheva Zornitsa Popova

Margret Nikolova (Bulgarian: Маргрет Николова; born October 10, 1928, Sofia) is a Bulgarian pop singer. She was awarded the title of Honored Artist of Bulgaria in 1964.^[2]

Biography

In 1964, Margret Nikolova performed at a Sopot International Song Festival, where she won third place.^[3] In the same 1969 the song, which he performed together with Kiril Semov I Had a Dream (Bulgarian: Сън сънувах), won the grand prize of the festival Golden Orpheus for Bulgarian song.^{[3] [4]} Nikolova became widely known in the Soviet Union in a duet with Georgi Kordov thanks to the performance of song Alyosha.^[5]

Margret's husband Pyotr Nikolov is a writer.^[3]

In 2000, the 72-year-old singer stopped her professional and creative activity.^[6]

Honours

• Order of Saints Cyril and Methodius II degrees (1961)^[7]
• Order of the Red Banner of Labor (1961)^[8]
• Crystal Necklace Award from the Union of Music and Dance Figures in Bulgaria (2018)^[3]

External links

• Маргрет Николова – Музикални следи (2006 г., биографичен филм)

Notes and References

1. http://www.balkanton.su/image/comment/9858 Обложка на касетата Любили сме – ВТМС 7715 в сайта Плочи от Балкантон
2. https://politika.bg/bg/a/view/margret-nikolova-osinovena-ot-lelja-si-75424 Маргрет Николова или да се докоснеш до легендата
3. http://www.bta.bg/bg/c/BO/id/1885068 Маргрет Николова: Животът ми е песен и песента е моят живот
4. Web site: Златният Орфей – История на фестивала в БГестрада . 2016-11-12.
5. https://zen.yandex.ru/media/mkiosker/chtoby-pomnili-margret-nikolova-i-georgii-kordov-alesha-5eb021ededf71008373a39b6 Чтобы помнили... Маргрет Николова и Георгий Кордов. «Алёша»
6. https://www.flagman.bg/article/252245 Эстрадная легенда претерпела онкологична операции
7. https://www.bgestrada.com/bgestrada/?q=content/Маргрет%20Николова Маргрет Николова. Энциклопедия болгарской эстрады
8. https://trud.bg/маргрет-николова-царицата-на-шлагера/ Маргрет Николова – Царицата на шлагера