Mariya Panayotova Kirova (; born 13 January 1982), better known mononymously as Maria (), is a former Bulgarian-Gipsy pop-folk singer. Career Maria made her debut on a children's show for young talents, where she sang a Lili Ivanova's song Detelini (Clovers). Her first media appearance is at the annual concert of Payner in Plovdiv in 2000. She released the albums "Спомен" and "Първа Луна" in 2000 and 2001. Her third album, "Истинска" (True to herself), was released in 2003, and the song "Обичай ме така" won the Golden Hit Fresh Award in the same year. At the 2003 Planeta TV Music Awards, Maria wins a special award to the general sponsors of the most engaging videos for the songs "Всичко си ти" and "Обичай ме така". Following are the albums "Maria - 2004", "Осъдена душа" (Damned Soul) and "Единствен" (The only one) in 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006, respectively. The video clip "Твоят град" (Your City) won the award for Best Video at the 2004 Awards of "Planeta", and the song "I Do not Love You" won the 2006 Convert to the annual New Folk Music Awards. She has been successful since then and has had many popular hits, including: "Спомен" (Spomen/Memory) "Първа луна" (English: First Moon) "Бисери в очите" (Biseri v ochite/Pearls in the eyes) "Родени за любов" (Rodeni za lyubov/Born for love) "Обич на заем" (Obich na zaem/Love for rent) "Искаш мойто тяло" (Iskash moyto tyalo/You want my body) "Обичай ме така" (Obichai me taka/Love me that way) "Край" (Kray/) "За теб" (Za teb/For You) "Направи го" (Napravi go/Do it) "Желая те" (Zhelaya te/I desire you) "Не съвсем" (Ne suvsem/Not Really) "Не те обичам" (Ne te obicham/I don't love you) "Просто ти" (Prosto ti/Simply you) "Осъдена душа" (Osudena dusha/Damned soul) "Единствен" (Edinstven/The One) "Точно за мен" (Tochno za men/Right for Me) "Изпепелена" (Izpepelena/Prostrated) "Не ме обичай" (Ne me obichai/Don't Love Me) "Луд в любовта" (Lud v lubovta/Mad in love) "Не, не, не" (Ne, ne, ne/No, no, no) "Обичам само теб" (Obicham samo teb/Love Only You) "Най-доброто място" (Nay-dobroto myasto/The Best Place) "Ако бях заменима" (Ako byah zamenima/If I was replaceable) "Сладко, сладко" (Sladko, sladko/Honey, honey) "Мойте задръжки" (Moyte zadryzhki/My Obstacles) "Най-добрият" (Nay-dobriyat/The Best) "Дай жега" (Dai Zhega/Give heat) "Ти позна ли ме?" (Ti pozna li me/Did you recognise me) "Какво правим сега" (Kakvo pravim sega/What are we doing now) feat. Cvetelina Ianeva "Давай, ти си"(Davai, ti si/Come on,