Mihail Drobov ( Bulgarian: Михаил Дробов), known as Milko Kalaidjiev (Bulgarian: Милко Калайджиев) is the first Bulgarian singer signed to the Payner label. He was born on 23 September 1951 in

Svilengrad Svilengrad ( bg, Свиленград; el, Σβίλενγκραντ; ota, Cisr-i Mustafapaşa) is a town in Haskovo Province, south-central Bulgaria, situated at the border of Bulgaria, Turkey and Greece. It is the administrative centre of the h ...

Bulgaria Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkans, and is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Mac ...

Personal life

Milko has three children. His eldest son works as a lawyer in

Sofia Sofia ( ; bg, София, Sofiya, ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Bulgaria, largest city of Bulgaria. It is situated in the Sofia Valley at the foot of the Vitosha mountain in the western parts of the country. ...

. His twins, Aleks and Antonio (born 1987), are from his wife Margarita. He works as a farmer and a businessman. In 2019, he ran as a mayor for the

Svilengrad Municipality Svilengrad Municipality is a municipality in Haskovo Province, Bulgaria. The administrative centre is Svilengrad Svilengrad ( bg, Свиленград; el, Σβίλενγκραντ; ota, Cisr-i Mustafapaşa) is a town in Haskovo Province, sout ...

from

Movement for Rights and Freedoms The Movement for Rights and Freedoms ( bg, Движение за права и свободи ''Dvizhenie za prava i svobodi'', ДПС, DPS; tr, Hak ve Özgürlükler Hareketi, HÖH) is a centrist political party in Bulgaria with a support base ...

(DPS) in the

2019 Bulgarian local elections The first round of the local elections for mayors and municipal councilors on both the local and provincial level in Bulgaria were held on 27 October 2019. The second round of the election took place on 3 November, as per the decree signed by the ...

and gained 4% of the vote.
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Albums

*1996 - ''Има ли Господ?'' (''Is there a God?'') *1997 - ''Прошка'' (''Forgiveness'') *1998 - ''Спомен за обич'' (''Memory of love'') *1999 - ''Най-доброто'' (''The Best'') *2000 - ''GSM'' *2001 - ''Софиянка'' (''Woman from Sofia'') *2002 - ''Тарикат и тарикатка'' (''Wiseguy and wisewoman'') *2002 - ''Европеец - произведено в България'' (''European - Made in Bulgaria'') *2003 - ''Танцувай с мен'' (''Dance with me'') *2004 - ''Десетият'' (''The Tenth'') *2013 - ''Кръчма е душата ми'' ("My soul is a pub")

Foreign performances

Milko has performed in

North Macedonia North Macedonia, ; sq, Maqedonia e Veriut, (Macedonia before February 2019), officially the Republic of North Macedonia,, is a country in Southeast Europe. It gained independence in 1991 as one of the successor states of Socialist Feder ...

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 U.S. state, states, a Washington, D.C., federal district, five ma ...

Albania Albania ( ; sq, Shqipëri or ), or , also or . officially the Republic of Albania ( sq, Republika e Shqipërisë), is a country in Southeastern Europe. It is located on the Adriatic The Adriatic Sea () is a body of water separating the ...

Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with ...

Netherlands ) , anthem = ( en, "William of Nassau") , image_map = , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Kingdom of the Netherlands , established_title = Before independence , established_date = Spanish Netherl ...

Greece Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the southern tip of the Balkans, and is located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Greece shares land borders wit ...

Cyprus Cyprus ; tr, Kıbrıs (), officially the Republic of Cyprus,, , lit: Republic of Cyprus is an island country located south of the Anatolian Peninsula in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Its continental position is disputed; while it is ...

and

Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tota ...

Producer

As a singer, Milko discovered the famous Bulgarian pop-folk singers

Preslava Preslava Koleva Ivanova ( bg, Преслава Колева Иванова; born Petya Koleva Ivanova, bg, Петя Колева Иванова, on 26 June 1984), better known mononymously as Preslava, is a Bulgarian singer. She was born in D ...

, Galena, Мira, Anelia, Emilia, Dzhena and others.

Honors

*Duet of the year (Hey, the little) with Mira - 2003 (Planeta TV Bulgaria) *Song of the year 2009 (Planeta TV Bulgaria)

References

External links

Milko on Payner

1951 births 20th-century Bulgarian male singers Bulgarian folk-pop singers Living people Payner artists 21st-century Bulgarian male singers {{Bulgaria-singer-stub