Sezen Aksu asil adi Fatma Sezen Yildirim (d. 13 Temmuz 1954, Sarayköy, Denizli), Türk ..arkici, besteci ve söz yazari.
//////////Sezen Aksu (born July 13, 1954) is a Turkish pop music singer, song-writer and producer popular at home and abroad. She has sold over 40 million albums[1]. Her nicknames include the "Queen of Turkish Pop"[2] and Minik Serçe ("Little Sparrow").Aksu's influence on Turkish pop and world music has continued since her debut in 1975, and has been reinforced by her patronage of and collaboration with many other musicians, including Sertab Erener, --ebnem Ferah, A--k--n Nur Yengi, Hande Yener, and Levent Yüksel.[3] Her work with Tarkan resulted in continental hits like "----mar--k" and "----k--d--m," and her collaboration with Goran Bregovi-- widened her international audience.
Sezen Aksu released her first single, Haydi --ans--m/Gel Bana (Come on My Luck/Come to Me) in 1975 under the name of Sezen Seley. However, she remained undiscovered until her 1976 single Olmaz Olsun/Vurdumduymaz (Wish It Never Happened/Insensitive) reached number one in the Turkish charts. Her first album was 1978's Serçe (Sparrow), which was to give her the nickname, penned by a Turkish journalist.An Aksu drive finally got Turkey to apply for the Eurovision Song contest in the mid-70s. Ironically however, even though she competed in the national finals for the competition three times - "Küçük Bir A--k Masal--" (A Little Love Tale) was a duet with Özdemir Erdo--an, "Heyamola" was performed as a trio with Co--kun Demir and Ali Kocatepe and "1945" was her solo performance - none got the chance to represent Turkey abroad. It was to be left to her pupil Erener to win the Eurovision and realise Aksu's dream to push her musical vision further into Europe.In the 80's, Aksu had a relationship with producer Onno Tunç that was both romantic and professional. The couple put their signatures to works that broke new ground in Turkish pop music, such as Sen A--lama (Don't Cry), Git (Go), Sezen Aksu'88 and Sezen Aksu Söylüyor (Sezen Aksu Sings). Her music matured in the 90's, when she co-produced her best selling album to-date Gülümse (Smile) with Tunç. The A-1 track from the album called Hadi Bakal--m (Come On Now) was a hit in Turkey and Europe, and was published as a single in Germany. It was to be later rediscovered in Europop by singer Loona as Rhythm of the Night. She also began to produce albums for her vocalists, notably producing A--k--n Nur Yengi's debut album Sevgiliye (To the One I Love) again with Tunç. She was to repeat this successfully with artists Erener and Yüksel.Parting ways with Tunç, in 1995, Aksu branched out with the experimental album I----k Do--udan Yükselir (Light Rises From the East), drawing both on western classical and regional Turkish musical traditions. This album made her name outside Turkey and gave her a world music following across Europe. In 1996, she released Dü-- Bahçeleri (Dream Gardens) as a tribute to Tunç, who died that same year tragically when his private plane crashed. In 1997, she released Dü--ün ve Cenaze (The Wedding And The Funeral), this time collaborating with Goran Bregovi--.She returned to her roots with Ad-- Bende Sakl-- (Its Name Is Hidden In Me), which was released in 1998. She began to use experimental sounds and was once again pushing Turkish pop into the future. Aksu continued with this trend with her subsequent albums Deliveren (Crazymaker), --ark-- Söylemek Laz--m (Gotta Sing), Yaz Bitmeden (Before The Summer Ends) between the years 2000 - 2003. After a two year hiatus, she returned with Bahane (Excuse) in 2005. That same year she released Kardelen (Snowdrop) where all proceeds went to charity, and before the end of 2005 released a Bahane/Remixes (Excuse/Remixes) double-CD album which contained the original Bahane album in disc one and the remixes of songs in Bahane in disc two. At the end of the year her albums Bahane, Kardelen and the re-released album --ark-- Söylemek Laz--m were the three best-selling albums in the country.In 2005 she was featured in Fatih Akin's documentary film "Crossing the Bridge: The Sound of Istanbul" with a performance of the song "Istanbul Hatirasi." Aksu has recently been re-releasing all her old classics digitally remastered and with specially designed new sleeves. After her concert tour in summer 2006, she will record a new album in the USA.Sezen Aksu will perform at the Royal Albert Hall in London, on 7th October 2007. After Zeki Muren, she is the second Turkish artist to perform at RAH, London.
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