Magdalena-Anca Manole[6] was born in a mountain region in the town of Vălenii de Munte[7] of Prahova County.

As a child, Magdalena-Anca was eager to learn the guitar, and so began taking lessons from Ana Ionescu Tetelea, a folk singer from Ploieşti.

[11] As a young singer she sought musical success by forming a group with Ştefania Ghiţă called Alfa şi Beta,[12][13] that participated at the shows of Cenaclul Flacăra.

[14] As such, Manole became the youngest member to participate in the circle festivities (Cenaclului Serbările Scânteii Tineretului)[15] and at the same time worked with artists including Victor Socaciu and Roșu și Negru.

[16][17] Between 1982 and 1985 the folk singer attended the art school called Şcoala Populara de Arta, as part of the group that had mentored Mihaela Runceanu and Ionel Tudor.

[18][19] In late 1980 Dan Ştefan entrusted her with the song "Pentru noi nu poate fi alt cer" ("For Us There Cannot Be Another Heaven"), which was featured in the movie Nelu directed by Dorin Doroftei.

In 1988, Mădălina Manole met Şerban Georgescu through Costin Diaconescu, an old friend who worked at Radio România.

In the late 1980s, Manole participated with Runceanu and Laura Stoica in a tournament in Transylvania, which was aimed at raising funds for the revitalization of the Oradea State Theater.

Beginning in 1990, Manole gave recitals in different regions of Romania, and a year later a Georgescu song entitled "Lovely Girl" (Fată Dragă) gained radio popularity, becoming the composition that would represent the artist.

The second noteworthy success of this album was that Mădălina Manole became the first pop artist to interpret authentic Romanian folklore in an original way, with a folk orchestra led by the late Dorel Manea.

She was invited to attend the most important television and radio shows, and her name is remembered along with very famous entertainment and music artists.

All the time I was packing and unpacking suitcases, I was missing the bed I had at home, but the auditoriums and the tens of flower bouquets I was receiving, the joy on people's faces when they were seeing me live on the streets of their towns, the dolls I was receiving from children at each show, the autographs and the letters from my fans, the songs they sang along line by line, all of these made me forget of the things less pleasant from my life as an artist, (such as) the longing for the loves ones at home, the scandalous newspaper articles, and the things that at artist has to give up, sacrifice, or keep a diet."