Demet Akalın is a famous Turkish

Turkey

Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...

 pop

Pop music

Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...

 singer, former model and actress.

Professional career

Akalın studied at Gölcük Barbaros Hayrettin Lisesi

Gölcük Barbaros Hayrettin Lisesi

Barbaros Hayrettin Lisesi , is a public high school in Gölcük, Kocaeli, Turkey. The school is named after Ottoman admiral Hayreddin Barbarossa.Short form of the school name is GBHL...

 and initially wanted to become a journalist or a teacher. She won the 'Miss Mayo' beauty competition organized by Yaşar Alptekin. She joined Neşe Erberk Modeling Agency and worked as a professional model for six years. During this period, she also acted as the female lead in the movies 'Sensiz Olmaz' and 'Tele Anahtar'. In 1996 she started her music career with the song "Sebebim" (My Reason).

Her album Unuttum (I've Forgotten) which released in 2003, can be called as her debut album, with this album she has returned active music career which she had break 2000. In 2004, she released her third studio album Banane (I Don't Care), and the album's debut single "Bittim" (I'm Done) made her a famous popstar. Since 2004 she released hits such as, "Aşkın Açamadığı Kapı" (The Door that Love Couldn't Open), "Banane" (I Don't Care), "Vuracak" (It's Gonna Hit), "Afedersin" (Sorry), "Herkes Hak Ettiği Gibi Yaşıyor" (Everybody Lives the Way They Deserve), "Alçak" (Ignoble), "Tatil" (Holiday), "Mucize" (Miracle), "Tecrübe" (Experience), "Evli, Mutlu, Çocuklu" (Married, Happy with Children), "Çanta" (Suitcase), "Olacak Olacak" (It Will Be, It Will Be), "Aşk" (Love).

Her songs are regularly performed in Turkish nightclubs and bars.

Singles & Maxi Singles

1. Yalan Sevdan (Your Fake Love) - 2000
2. Tatil (Holiday) - 2007
3. Mucize (Miracle) - 2008
4. Toz Pembe (A Turkish phrase equivalent to "rose-coloured glasses" in English) - 2009
5. Yanan Ateşi Söndürdük (We Put Out the Burning Fire) - 2011
6. Aşk (Love) - 2011

Albums

1. Sebebim (My Reason) - 1996
2. Unuttum (I've Forgotten) - 2003
3. Banane (I Don't Care) - 2004
4. Kusursuz 19 (The Perfect 19) - 2006
5. Dans Et
   Dans Et
   Dans Et is the fifth studio album by Turkish pop singer Demet Akalın released on 1 March 2008 in Turkey through Seyhan Müzik. Later on, the album was also released in Azerbaijan, Syria, Romania, Bulgaria and other East European countries....
   
    (Dance) - 2008
6. Zirve
   Zirve
   Zirve 2010 is the sixth studio album from Turkish singer Demet Akalın The album was released globally on 27 April 2010, by Seyhan Müzik. The release date was officially announced as April 23, 2010, but postponed because of air travel restrictions during the volcanic eruptions of Iceland.The album...
   
    (Top) - 2010

Music videos

1. Sebebim (My Reason) - 1996
2. Asla Affedilmez (Never Unforgivable) - 1997
3. Sakın Vazgeçme (Never Give Up) - 1997
4. Senin Anan Güzel Mi? ("In your dreams") - 2000
5. Unuttum (I've Forgotten) - 2003
6. Gazete (Newspaper) - 2003
7. Allahından Bul (God Damn You) - 2004
8. Bittim (I'm Done) - 2004
9. Aşkın Açamadığı Kapı (The Door that Love Couldn't Open) - 2005
10. Banane (I Don't Care) - 2005
11. Vuracak (It's Gonna Hit) - 2005
12. Bir Anda Sevmiştim (I Suddenly Had Loved You) - 2005
13. Tamamdır (It's Okay) - 2005
14. Pembe Dizi (Soup Opera) - 2005
15. Adam Gibi (Like a Man) - 2006
16. Affedersin (Sorry) - 2006
17. Herkes Hak Ettiği Gibi Yaşıyor (Everybody Lives the Way They Deserve) - 2006
18. Mantık Evliliği (Marriage of Convenience) - 2006
19. Alçak (Ignoble) - 2007
20. Seven Kızın Romanı (The Novel of the Girl Who Loved) - 2007
21. Tatil (Holiday) - 2007
22. Mucize (Miracle) - 2008
23. Bebek (Bebek - A place in İstanbul
    Istanbul
    Istanbul , historically known as Byzantium and Constantinople , is the largest city of Turkey. Istanbul metropolitan province had 13.26 million people living in it as of December, 2010, which is 18% of Turkey's population and the 3rd largest metropolitan area in Europe after London and...
    
    ) - 2008
24. Selam Söyle (Give Him My Regards) - 2008
25. Gururum (My Pride) - 2008
26. Dans Et -Remix- (Dance) - 2009
27. Toz Pembe (A Turkish phrase equivalent to "rose-coloured glasses" in English) - 2009
28. Tecrübe (Experience) - 2010
29. Evli, Mutlu, Çocuklu (Married, Happy, with Children) - 2010
30. Çanta (Suitcase) - 2010
31. Bozuyorum Yeminimi (I'm Breaking My Oath) - 2010
32. Umutsuz Vaka feat. Fatman Scoop
    Fatman Scoop
    Isaac Freeman III, better known by his stage name Fatman Scoop is a hip hop promoter and radio personality famed for his on-stage rough, raw, loud voice....
    
    -Version Erhan Bayrak- (Hopeless Case) - 2011
33. Olacak Olacak (It Will Be, It Will Be) - 2011
34. Aşk (Love) - 2011
35. Sabıka (Recidivist) - 2011

External links