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Teodora Rumenova Andreeva (Bulgarian: Теодора Руменова Андреева; born 23 January 1987), better known by her stage name Andrea (Bulgarian: Андреа), is a Bulgarianpop-folk singer,[1] songwriter and video director. She was also part of the famous group Sahara,[2] 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. She took music lessons at an early age from her aunt who was an opera singer in the Vratsa Opera.[3] During her teenage years she entered and won several beauty pageants (Miss Sofia, Miss Tourism Bulgaria).[citation needed]
After graduating high school, she signed with Bulgarian record label Payner.[citation needed]
In 2008, Andrea met Costi Ioniță and together they produced the track "Само мой". During the next year, they created the duo Sahara.[4] Their next hit song "Tyalee" was released in 2009 and featured the artist Lenox Brown.[5] The song was released worldwide and known abroad by the name "Tyalee", but by the name "Избирам теб" in Bulgaria.[6] The English version of the song was produced by Cat Music and soon after Serdar Ortaç released a Turkish version with Sahara.[citation needed]
Sahara released another single called "Bellezza" with Buppy and Geo Da Silva.[citation needed] "Bellezza" and its Bulgarian version "Моята порода" was released in Romania, Bulgaria, Italy and France.[citation needed]
In 2010, Andrea released "Неблагодарен" and "Хайде опа".[7]
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.[8]
The next Sahara song was called "Mine" featuring American R&B singer Mario Winans.[9]
She followed up with the track "Champagne", featuring previous collaborator Shaggy.[11]
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.[citation needed]
Andrea appeared on the cover of the Italian fashion magazine Donna Salon International.[12]
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.[citation needed]