Milena Slavova was born on 24 February 1966 in Sofia, Bulgaria. To devote herself to music was a childhood's dream of hers. As a teenager she brought her friends to secret places and basements, where they could listen to the forbidden at that time in Bulgaria rock/punk music. The first band she got to know well, was 'Kiss'. After that, she worked for some time as a model. Her first professional attempts were in 1985.
Ivo Papazov (Bulgarian: Иво Папазов) (born 16 February 1952 in Kardzhali), nicknamed Ibryama (Ибряма), is a Bulgarian clarinetist. He leads the Ivo Papazov Wedding Band in performances of jazz-infused Stambolovo music, and is one of the premier creators of the genre known as "wedding band" music in Bulgaria, along with saxophonist Yuri Yunakov and accordionist Neshko Neshev. He was only nine years old when he first got involved with music.
There are many bands with the same name: 1) Vendetta is a hardcore band from Sofia, Bulgaria. They took part on few split CD's - one with Last Hope and Skinflick, one with Outrage and one with Born From Pain. Vendetta have one recorded album:
"Amici Dei, Inemici Mundi" or "Friends Of God, Enemies Of The World", translated from Latin. This album recieved very positive reviews throughout the world and is regarded as one of the best European Hardcore records ever done. Unfortunately the band has disbanded two years ago, starting a new project, called ADIM. As of late 2009 Vendetta reunited.
There is more than one artist with the name of Sofia : 1) Sofia Berntson (born 1979 in Stockholm, Sweden), known professionally as Sofia is a Swedish singer who often sings in Greek. She has released three CD singles since 2007 and has taken part in the Swedish song selection process for the Eurovision Song Contest, Melodifestivalen, twice, in 2007 and more recently in 2009. In 2007, Sofia participated in Melodifestivalen with the song "Hypnotized".