Sofi Marinova was born on 5 December 1975 in Sofia, Bulgaria, although her family was living near Etropole at the time.

Her repertoire included songs of Dragana Mirković, Michael Jackson, Sandra, Whitney Houston as well as Romani music.

She won the singers event and the admirations of the jury, chaired by the famous Bulgarian Romani musician Angelo Malikov.

After Osikovitsa, Marinova won the Grand prize at the Stara Zagora festival with her songs "Stari rani" (Old wounds) and "Slanchitse moe" (My Little Sun).

Marinova was introduced to the big stage by Nencho Kasamov, president of the record company Ara Music, after he saw her performing in a restaurant.

In that period, she also recorded a Romani cover of "Vetrove" by Lili Ivanova, Bulgaria's most established music artist.

The compilation Sofi Marinova Best MP3 Collection consisting of her 64 most popular songs from her Sunny Music period, was released in 2009.

She stated that she was "happy that my project was accomplished and I hope my fans accept it as a gift for their loyalty and love for me for so many years.

[5][6] In 2008, Marinova and Ustata joined a campaign against human trafficking, for which they recorded "Chuzhdi ustni" (A Stranger's Lips).

[15]) The song is in Bulgarian but contains the phrase "I love you" in Turkish, Greek, Spanish, Serbo-Croatian, French, Romani, English, Azerbaijani, Italian and Arabic.