Margret Nikolova

Biography

Margret Nikolova (Bulgarian: Маргрет Николова; 10 October 1928 – 13 April 2026) was a Bulgarian pop singer. She was awarded the title of Honored Artist of Bulgaria in 1964.

Life and career

In 1964, Nikolova performed at a Sopot International Song Festival, where she won third place. In 1969 the song I Had a Dream (Bulgarian: Сън сънувах), which she performed together with Kiril Semov, won the grand prize of the festival Golden Orpheus for Bulgarian song. Nikolova became widely known in the Soviet Union in a duet with
Georgi Kordov thanks to the performance of song Alyosha.
Nikolova's husband Pyotr Nikolov is a writer.
In 2000, the then 72-year-old singer stopped her professional and creative activity.
Nikolova died on 13 April 2026, at the age of 97.

Honours

Order of Saints Cyril and Methodius II degrees (1961)
Order of the Red Banner of Labor (1961)
Crystal Necklace Award from the Union of Music and Dance Figures in Bulgaria (2018)