Sezen Aksu
Sezen Aksu ( born July 13, 1954 in Sarayköy, Denizli as Fatma Sezen Yıldırım ) is a prominent Turkish pop singer and composer. Your nickname is Minik Serçe (Eng. Little Sparrow ).
Life
When she was three years old, her family moved with her to İzmir. After terminating his studies of agricultural science, she completed a vocal training. She released her first single Haydi Şansım / Gel Bana 1974 as Sezen Seley. Their first number 1 hit in Turkey was olmaz Olsun / Seni Gidi Vurdumduymaz 1976. Sezen Aksu was previously married four times, but kept the name from her first marriage.
Aksu wrote and composed the music and lyrics of their songs themselves addition to her work she writes and composes for many other musicians. Her most famous songs include, inter alia, Ağlama Sen (1984 ), Belalim (1989 ), Hadi bakalım, Her Seyi Yak (both 1991), tutuklu (1998), Sari Odalar ( 2000) or İstanbul İstanbul Olali ( 2002). The song from the album Hadi bakalım Gülümse also appeared abroad and in 2002 gecovert successfully Loona ( Rhythm of the Night ).
In Turkey, Minik Serçe is also known as a talent promoter. Discovered and support she has been, inter alia, Artists such as Sertab Erener, Aşkın Only Yengi, Isin Karaca, Seden Gurel, Yildiz Tilbe, Şebnem Ferah, Harun Kolčák, Levent Yüksel and Tarkan.
At the Turkish Grand Prix preliminary round 1984 she has failed in her song Bindokuzyüzkırkbeş.
Collaboration with other artists
In Germany they also gained notoriety through a musical collaboration with Udo Lindenberg in the 1990s. In the late 1990s she worked with the ex - Yugoslav musician Goran Bregovic and his Wedding and Funeral Orchestra, from which the album The Wedding and the Funeral was created, which was marketed by Universal International.
In addition to collaborating with major Turkish artists as the writers and poets Murathan Mungan or even the rock musician Teoman Yakupoğlu there were more with Müslüm Gürses or with the famous Turkish rapper Ceza. In 2005, participation in Crossing The Bridge - The Sound of Istanbul, directed by Fatih Akin. She took with him in 2006, the song Gelsin Hayat Gibi Bildiği on, the original version can be found on the album Yerli Plaka of Ceza. A remix version is available on the 2009 double album released Yürüyorum Dues Bahçeleri'nde ... by Sezen Aksu.
In 2009, a collaboration with the Grammy winner India.Arie took place. They recorded the song The Cure, which on the album Testimony: Vol 2 is represented, Love & Politics by India.Arie.
Furthermore, they took with the well-known Greek singer Haris Alexiou to the song Gidiyorum Bu Şehirden, which can be found on the album Deliveren of Aksu in 2000.
On the screen
In addition, she starred in two films with ( Minik Serçe 1979 Büyük yalnızlık 1989). In Fatih Akin's documentary Crossing the Bridge - The Sound of Istanbul from 2005 Sezen Aksu is one of the protagonists.
Discography
She has sold 22 studio albums, one remix album and 17 singles, 40 million albums in Turkey alone.
Albums
Singles
Translations
Albums
Singles