Aleksandra Pileva

Infobox musical artist
Name = Aleksandra Pileva
"Александра Пилева"
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Background = solo_singer,author
Birth_name = Aleksandra Pileva
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Born = birth date and age|1980|6|10 in Negotino, SFR Yugoslavia
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Origin = Republic of Macedonia
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Genre = Rock, Pop-Rock
Occupation = Singer,author
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Years_active = 1998-present
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URL = [http://aleksandrapileva.com.mk Official website]
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Aleksandra Pileva (in Macedonian: Александра Пилева, born June 10, 1980) is a singer from the Republic of Macedonia.

Biography

Aleksandra Pileva is one of the new popular talents currently gaining media attention in the Republic of Macedonia and across the former Yugoslavian republics where music has remained unaffected by politics. In her hometown of Negotino, she has finished elementary and secondary school and is finished studying at the Technological University in Skopje. Aleksandra married Zoran Cadev in 2007.

Aleksandra started singing at the age of 6 and participated in the program called "The Best Voice". Her first performance at a festival was in 1996 at MakFest with the song "Ti Si Toj" ("You're The One"). In the following year she released her next single "Vo Potraga" ("In Search Of"). In 2000 she performed in clubs as part of the group "Session Selection". Later that year she participated in MakFest again with the song "Iskriveni Sliki" ("Twisted Pictures").

In 2002 with the song "Angel Moj" ("My Angel"), she won award "Play: Search for a new Star" and signed a contract with the company M2 Productions. In 2003, four of her songs were included in a compilation CD from the "Play" competition, which all became hit radio singles receiving lots of airplay. In her third try at the MakFest festival she won the Public Award, Best Interpretation Award, and first place with the song "Nema Uteha" ("No Consolation")composed by Vesna Malinova. In 2005, Aleksandra competed in the "Song for Eurovision" competition against Martin Vucic. She sang four songs titled "Ne" ("No"), "Baknez Za Kraj" ("A Kiss For Goodbye"), "Izvini" ("Sorry"), and "Sonce i Mesecina" ("Sun and Moon"). In the final round she was competing with "Sonce i Mesecina" in a huge scandal, she lost to Martin Vučić's song "Ti si Son". There was a huge fight over who would go to Eurovision, since the jury chosen was biased in Martin's favour and the audience votes were debatable since Aleksandra won the televote unanimously. In the end, Aleksandra did not go to Eurovision and she always said that it was the best for her and her career that she didn't go On Eurovision that year, however, her song "Sonce i Mesecina" became a huge summer hit and launched her into fame, but it wasn't the music that she was wanted to perform. Aleksandra competed in the Montenegrin festival, Budva 2005, with the same song and reached 5th place. In Autumn 2005, Aleksandra released her debut album called "Sonce i Mesecina", which contained 9 songs in total. For promotion, Aleksandra released "Ti Gubis Se" ("You Lose Everything") as a new single from the album. Amidst the sudden interest in the singer, she travelled to France to record brand new English songs with Leroy Chambers for an upcoming English language album, but because of her production M2 in that time the album didn't show up. That September, Aleksandra Pileva went to Braşov, Romania to compete in the Golden Stag Festival with "Sonce i Mesecina". The song was well received and gained a standing ovation from the audience in the hall.

In 2006, Aleksandra travelled to Athens,Greece to provide the backing vocals and show her support for Elena Risteska and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYR Macedonia) entry, "Ninanajna". In June, Aleksandra competed in Budva once again, this time with a Serbian song and in a duet with Lame Alabakoski. They reached the final with "Da Mogu Vreme Vratiti" ("If We Could Turn Back The Time") and finished in 12th place. Aleksandra Pileva officially dropped her record label, M2 Productions, because of poor promotion and management of her career. She stated that she hasn't released a song in over a year and half she feels that M2 cannot help her reach a successful career. Now free of her record label, Aleksandra will participate in this years Makfest in Stip, with the song "Srebreni Vojnici" ("Silver Soldiers")composed by Vesna Malinova. Aleksandra competed in the first semi-final of Makfest and opened the competition as the first performer of the night. Aleksandra qualified to the final by earning second place in her semi-final. The final, which was held on 14 October, saw Aleksandra climb the scoreboard to reach a successful second place overall in the festival. "Srebreni Vojnici" was a favourite in both public and jury vote, and was also awarded "Best Interpretation" by the public.Aleksandra started to work with her ROCK & ROLL PRODUCTION,where she found there anderstanding for her music and performance. Aleksandra filmed a music video for her successful song. The videoclip of the song was released shortly after the Makfest performance. Aleksandra has the honor of being the first performer to sing in the Macedonian language that has entered an MTV chart.After this song Aleksandra started to compose music for herself and she started to write lyrics, "Letaj so Mene" is her first song where Aleksandra is an author of music and the lyrics. "Letaj So Mene" was the latest addition to the MTV Adria playlists in December 2007.

Aleksandra will promote her follow up album to Sonce i Mesecina, called "Get Back To Studio Rock 'n Roll" on 6th September 2008 in Skopje, Macedonia. The album will contain 12 tracks, 9 new tracks and including the songs: Letaj So Mene, Pesna za Makedonija and Pojdi. Aleksandra is the author of the music and lyrics on these albums.

ingles

*Vo Potraga - 1989
*Ti si toj - 1996
*Iskriveni Sliki - 2000
*Angel Moj - 2002
*Pod Isto Nebo Sme - 2003
*Te Sakam - 2003
*Opposite - 2003
*Nema Uteha - 2004
*Ne - 2005
*Baknez Za Kraj - 2005
*Izvini - 2005
*Sonce i Mesečina - 2005
*Ti Gubiš Se - 2005
*Da Mogu Vreme Vratiti - 2006
*Srebreni Vojnici - 2006
*Letaj so mene - 2007
*Pesna za Makedonija - 2007
*Pojdi - 2007

ee also

*Music of the Republic of Macedonia

External links

* [http://www.aleksandrapileva.com.mk Official website] mk icon
* [http://www.mmm.com.mk/IzveduvaciText.asp?id=163 Biography at the Macedonian Music Network] mk icon
* [http://www.aleksandrapileva/myspace.com]
* [http://www.aleksandrapileva/ilike.com]