# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/valya-balkanska
# Generated: 2026-08-13T18:45:07.722Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/valya-balkanska"
name: "Valya Balkanska"
slug: "valya-balkanska"
description: "Valya Mladenova Balkanska is a Bulgarian folk singer from the Rhodope Mountains known locally for her wide repertoire of Balkan folk songs, but in the West mainly for singing the song \"Izlel ye Delyo Haydutin\", part of the Voyager Golden Record selection of music included in the two Voyager spacecraft launched in 1977."
tagline: "Bulgarian singer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Valyabalkanska-photo.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1942-01-08"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           44.4
  momentum:             3.333333333333333
  historical:           11.87516266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2098965/"
    handle:    "nm2098965"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/517159"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%83%D8%A7"
    title: "فاليا بالكانسكا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ba.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8F_%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0"
    title: "Валя Балканска"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8F_%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0"
    title: "Валя Балканска"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walja_Balkanska"
    title: "Walja Balkanska"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valya_Balkanska"
    title: "Valya Balkanska"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8E%D5%A1%D5%AC%D5%B5%D5%A1_%D4%B2%D5%A1%D5%AC%D5%AF%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%BD%D5%AF%D5%A1"
    title: "Վալյա Բալկանսկա"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B0%D1%99%D0%B0_%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0"
    title: "Ваља Балканска"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valja_Balkanska"
    title: "Valja Balkanska"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walja_Ba%C5%82kanska"
    title: "Walja Bałkanska"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valya_Balkanska"
    title: "Valya Balkanska"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8F_%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F"
    title: "Валя Балканская"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valya_Balkanska"
    title: "Valya Balkanska"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8F_%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D1%8C%D0%BA%D0%B0"
    title: "Валя Балканська"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/1ed945ce-0e37-405b-8bfa-1f4f965aaadc"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q469033"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump