Emil Dimitrov

Emil Dimitrov (1940–2005) was a Bulgarian singer, musician and composer. He was popular for his songs If you have given, My country, my Bulgaria, Our signal, Only one lifetime, Julia, Arlequine and others. In 1970 he was signed to the French record company EMI Pathé-Marconi, which released his first French-language single L'amour c'est toi. His song Monica ('My country, my Bulgaria') sold out with a circulation of over 500,000 copies in Germany and 100,000 copies in Belgium. According to the American magazine Billboard Emil Dimitrov has sold over 40 million copies of his albums in the countries in Eastern Europe and USSR.