Singer Anca pop has died after her car plunged into the Danube River in southwestern Romania.
Emergency authorities identified her after divers found the Romanian-Canadian the body of the singer-songwriter who had a big following in Japan.
The 34-year-old’s sister alerted police after she failed to arrive at the family home Sunday evening.
Singer Anca pop has died after her car plunged into the Danube River in southwestern Romania
Police said they were investigating the death of Pop
The singer’s hits included Loco Poco, Super Cool and Free Love
Emergency authorities identified Anca after divers found the Romanian-Canadian singer-songwriter’s body
Her style was a fusion of Balkan and mainstream pop. She had a big following in Japan
Pop collaborated with Bosnian musician Goran Bregovic on his ‘Champagne for Gypsies’ album.
In 1987, Pop fled communist Romania with her family, crossing the Danube into then-Yugoslavia where they became political refugees. Months later, they emigrated to Canada.
Police said they were investigating the death of Pop who released her self-titled debut album on July 12, 2017 in Japan.
News website A1 reported Anca drowned a few miles from her home in the Şviniţa viaduct, Mehedinţi County after her car plunged into the river.
She had reportedly been on her way to visit her mother.
The news website also published a statement from Corina Moraru of Border Police, which read: ‘The Mehedinti border police officers, while on a patrol-research mission of the area of responsibility, observed a river car 993 in the village of Sviniţa, a car fallen in the Danube river.
‘The Border Police immediately took the measure to notify the Inspectorate of Emergency of the County Police Inspectorate and of the Orsova chapel, for taking the necessary legal measures.’
Anca’s style was a fusion of Balkan and mainstream pop.
She also collaborated with Bosnian musician Goran Bregovic on his ‘Champagne for Gypsies’ album.
The singer’s hits included Loco Poco, Super Cool and Free Love.
Tributes have poured in for Pop on Twitter.
One fan said: ‘RIP Anca Pop, you were such an amazing artist and my best friend, I’m so broken right now, I don’t even have words.’
She was born in a small town on the shore of the Danube in South-Western Romania on October 22 1984.
In 1987 when she was three years of age, Pop fled communist Romania with her family, crossing the Danube in an inflatable raft, in her mother’s arms.
Once arrived on the Serbian shore they handed themselves in to Serbian authorities and were taken to a refugee camp near Belgrade, called ‘Hilijade Ruza’ where they became political refugees.
At age 15 Anca was invited to the Presidential Palace in Bucharest to receive a merit diploma from then President, Emil Constantinescu, in recognition of her community work and an essay she wrote on the topic.
In 1987 when she was three years of age, Pop fled communist Romania with her family, crossing the Danube into then-Yugoslavia where they became political refugees.
After signing the Roton record label in 2013, Anca released the debut single ‘free Love’ in April 2015.
Free Love enjoyed success in the being voted by more than 100,000 people as the best pop song of July in a survey conducted by the OurStage site
News website A1 reported Anca drowned a few miles from her home in the Şviniţa viaduct, Mehedinţi County after her car plunged into the river.
Anca released her self-titled debut album on July 12, 2017 in Japan
Her family were held in a camp of political refugees for seven months before emigrating to Ontario Canada.
When her family settled in Ontario , Canada , she developed a love for music.
Age seven she started playing the mandolin and singing, as well as taking up sports drawing and writing.
In 1993 Anca’s parents decide to return back to Romania.
At age 15 Anca was invited to the Presidential Palace in Bucharest to receive a merit diploma from then President, Emil Constantinescu, in recognition of her community work and an essay she wrote on the topic.
Her family later returned to Romania after communism ended but Anca decided to return to Canada.
In 2004 one of Anca’s demos was heard by record label chairman Jonathan Simkin, who encouraged her musically.
In 2008 she met Yugoslav musician Goran Bregović and began composing songs with him for one of his albums.
After signing the Roton record label in 2013, Anca released the debut single ‘free Love’ in April 2015.
In a statement about her life and career on her Facebook page, Anca said: ‘And now I realize just how much of what I am today, the thoughts that I have today, as well as the songs that I write today, are a result of the unique circumstances that surrounded my life and my family since day one. I wasn’t born a musician, but somehow along the way I became one.’
Free Love enjoyed success in the being voted by more than 100,000 people as the best pop song of July in a survey conducted by the OurStage site.