Emre Aydın

Emre Aydın
Background information
Born (1981-02-02) February 2, 1981
Origin Isparta, Turkey
Genres Pop rock
Occupation(s) Singer, Song-writer, Director
Years active 2002–present
Labels Sony Music (2006-2012)
DMC-565 (2012-2015)
Associated acts 6. Cadde

Emre Aydın (born February 2, 1981) is a Turkish rock singer-songwriter. He has been referred to as emreaydın on his official site to establish a trademark. The singer won the MTV Europe Music Awards 2008 in the "Europe's Favourite Act" category.[1] He is also the former lead singer for the Turkish rock band 6. Cadde.

Biography

Emre Aydın was born in Isparta on 2 February 1981 as the first child of Şaban and Nermin Aydın, who are both pharmacists.[2] He has a younger brother named Yiğit. In his early years, the family moved to Antalya. Emre began playing saz at an early age and later opted for guitar.[2] He graduated from Antalya Anadolu Lisesi (high school) and then studied economics at Dokuz Eylül University in İzmir, upon his parents' wish.[3] In a 2009 interview Emre admitted that he never attended a musical conservatory, because he did not want to have his musical experience transformed into school lessons and exam sessions, which he thought would make him lose interest in music.[3]

Career

Sing Your Song competition

In 2002, while at Dokuz Eylül University, Emre saw the advertisement of a musical competition, Sing Your Song, aired by a domestic television channel, Show TV. The jury included well-known Turkish rock singer Koray Candemir. With a friend, Onur Ela, they decided to apply with Emre's own song, Dönersen (If you come back), and out of 1500 applicants, they won the competition.[4][5] The song was selected by Universal Music into a selection album and their band, named 6. Cadde was offered a contract with Universal Music Turkey.

6. Cadde

Main article: 6. Cadde

6. Cadde (previously named EQ) was established in Izmir in 1999, by Emre Aydin and fellow students from the same university and published demo recordings for two songs, Rüyamdaki Aptal Kadın (Foolish Woman in my Dream) and Tesadüfen (By Chance) on the internet.[6] The group went through major transforming during the years, with changing band members, the final set-up with Onur Ela applied for the musical competition Sing Your Song, which they won. This made them possible to record their first professional album, produced by Haluk Kurosman and published by Universal Music Turkey in 2003. The recording was done in Istanbul in a month's time, while all-round production of the album took 2,5 months. The first single from the album was Sabuha, previously sang by such arabesk performers like Ibrahim Tatlises. Sabuha came to life by one of the tasks the jury of Sing Your Song assigned to the participants, namely that each band had to cover a song outside of their own musical genre. The song was refurbished by 6. Cadde from a different musical approach, changing its style and arrangements, in less than 15 minutes, as they had forgotten about the task and hurriedly recorded Sabuha for next day's competition shooting. Later the song was re-recorded for the album.[7] In an interview Kurosman gave away that the 6. Cadde album was the rough mix of studio recordings, previously prepared for radio promotion, because his computer's hard disk became damaged, all the records vanished, and they did not have time to record them all over again.[7] Soon after the first stocks arrived to the shops, Universal Music Turkey closed down, Onur Ela decided to leave the band, and Emre opted for a solo career.

Solo career

Emre Aydın in Cologne, Germany, February 2008.

After 6. Cadde broke up, Emre returned to Izmir, where he went through a difficult phase of his life. He had difficulties at the university, in finding a new rent, and other personal problems that made him write most of the songs of his first solo album, "Afili Yalnızlık" (Ostentatious Loneliness), released by Sony BMG in 2006,[8] after he was signed by former 6. Cadde producer Haluk Kurosman and talent manager Hadi Elazzi's own company, GRGDN. The album was recorded in the GRGDN studio in the Ulus district of Istanbul. Emre was assisted by renowned Turkish musicians, bass guitar was played by Cem Bahtiyar of maNga, drums by İllker Baliç of Gripin, electric guitar by Tuğrul Akyüz of Vega and Kurosman himself also contributed as a musician.[8] His first videoclip was shot for the title song, "Afili Yalnızlık", directed by cinematographer Yon Thomas, who has previously worked with, among others, Norah Jones and Slipknot.[9] The storyline was also written by Thomas, who excluded the singer from the scenario of a narcissistic woman, played by Turkish actress Şebnem Dönmez.[5] The story of the first video was extended to the following two videos, shot for "Kim Dokunduysa Sana" (Whoever Touched You) and "Git" (Go), the latter was also directed by Yon Thomas. Three more videos were shot, for "Belki Bir Gün Özlersin" (Maybe One Day You'll Miss), "Bu Kez Anladım" (I Understood It This Time) and "Dayan Yalnızlığım" (Endure, My Loneliness).

Emre's album quickly became a smash hit in Turkey, having won several awards, including Blue Jean Magazine's awards for Best Song, Best Newcomer, Best Music Video and his producer, Haluk Kurosman was named Best Producer.[10] Emre also won the prestigious Powertürk Music Award as Best Newcomer in 2007 and a year later was awarded for the Best song and Best duet at the same gala (see Awards section for a full list of awards). The album received mostly positive criticism, according to Burhan Ayeri columnist, "Emre Aydın's performance at 2 Renk [a television programme] was extraordinary. With a good manager, he will sweep away Tarkan. As Özcan Deniz said, 'this is the first time we see all songs of an album being top hits'."[11]

The singer is among the most frequently touring Turkish singers, in 2007 he gave 130 live concerts until August.[12] Emre also completed his first European tour in 2008, composed of concerts in Bochum, Cologne and Rotterdam and performed in the Carling Academy, London on 11 May 2008.[13]

On November 6, 2008 he won the MTV Europe Music Awards 2008 as Europe's Favourite Act. Upon this success, the singer decided to release an English single, planned for March 2009, which will be followed by his second Turkish album, ought to be released in May 2009.[3]

The singer's popularity is effectively shown at his official forum, which had 79,000 registered members as of October 2007[14] and more than 150,000 as of October 2009.[15]

Discography
"Dayan Yalnızlığım" (2006)
The song gives a clear picture about the melancholic style of the Afili Yalnızlık album and the concept of loneliness it is built upon.
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Albums

With 6. Cadde

Year Band/Title
2003 6. Cadde
(Sixth Avenue)

Solo albums

Year Title Sales
2006 Afili Yalnızlık
(Ostentatious Loneliness)		 120 000[16]
2010 Kağıt Evler
(Paper Houses) 		117 000[17][18]
2012 Beni Biraz Böyle Hatırla
2013 Eylül Geldi Sonra

Guest appearances

Year Title/Artist
2008 Söz Müzik Teoman/Teoman
Sürpriz
2012 Orhan Gencebay İle Bir Ömür
Bir Teselli Ver
2013 Nilüfer:13 Düet
Son Perde

Singles

Year Title
2010Falling Down
Sony Music
Producer: Mats Valentin[19]

Chart positions

Album Single Peak position
Turkey
[20][21]		 Turkey Rock[22]
Afili Yalnızlık "Afili Yalnızlık" 1 1
"Kim Dokunduysa Sana Ona Git" 1 1
"Git" 1 1
"Belki Bir Gün Özlersin" 1 1
"Bu Kez Anladım" 3 1
"Dayan Yalnızlığım" 6 1
Kağıt Evler "Bu Yağmurlar" 1 1
"Hoşçakal" 1 1
"Son Defa" 1 1
Beni Biraz Böyle Hatırla "Soğuk Odalar" 1 1
"Beni Biraz Böyle Hatırla" 4 1
Eylül Geldi Sonra "Eyvah" 1 1
"Bitti Tebrikler" 1 1

Videos

  1. Afili Yalnızlık (Ostentatious Loneliness) (directed by Yon Thomas)
  2. Kim Dokunduysa Sana Ona Git (Whoever Touched You) (Emre Can)
  3. Sensiz İstanbul'a Düşmanım (I Loathe Istanbul Without You) - duet with Gripin (directed by Gürcan Keltek)
  4. Git (Go) (Yon Thomas, Mike Norman)
  5. Belki Bir Gün Özlersin (Maybe One Day You'll Miss) (directed by Gürcan Keltek)
  6. Bu Kez Anladım (This Time I Understood)
  7. Dayan Yalnızlığım (Hold On My Loneliness)
  8. Bu Yağmurlar (These Rains)
  9. Hoşçakal (Good Bye)
  10. Son Defa (Last Time)
  11. Tam Dört Yıl Olmuş Dün (It's Been Exactly Four Years Ago From Yesterday)
  12. Dipteyim Sondayım Depresyondayım (I am at the bottom, at the end, in depression)
  13. Soğuk Odalar" (Cold Rooms)
  14. Beni Biraz Böyle Hatırla (Remember Me At Least Like This)
  15. Eyvah (Alas)
  16. Bitti Tebrikler (It's up, congrats)
  17. Son Perde (Last Scene)
  18. Bir Pazar Kahvaltisi (A Sunday Breakfast)
  19. Ses Ver (Make a Sound)

Awards

Emre Aydin's awards listed in timely order, international awards in bold:

Sources

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References

  1. ↑ MTV EMA Awards profile: Emre Aydin
  2. 1 2 Ailesi Emre Aydın'la gurur duyuyor
  3. 1 2 3 "Konservatuara gitmeyi hiç düşünmedim"
  4. ↑ Hürriyet: 6. Cadde'den son model Sabuha (The last model from 6. Cadde is "Sabuha") (Turkish)
  5. 1 2 Emre Aydın ile Çok Özel
  6. ↑ Anatolian Rock: 6. cadde
  7. 1 2 Haluk Kurosman interview (Turkish)
  8. 1 2 Mutsuz değil melankoliğim
  9. ↑ Yon Thomas Cinematographer
  10. 1 2 Blue Jean Magazine 1/2007
  11. ↑ "2 Renk'teki Emre Aydın'ın besteleri olağanüstü. İyi bir menajerle, Tarkan'ı silip süpürür. Özcan Deniz'in dediği gibi 'Bir albümdeki tüm parçaların zirve yaptığı çalışma'yı ilk defa yaşıyoruz". Burhan Ayeri, Aksam Gazetesi
  12. ↑ Konser fabrikasi
  13. ↑ Emre Aydin at Carling Academy flyer
  14. ↑ Screenshot of the forum statistics as of 25 October 2007 -
  15. ↑ Screenshot of , 13th October 2008
  16. ↑ KRAL TV interview, 26 March 2008
  17. ↑ "2010'da En Çok Tarkan Sattı, İkinci Sırada Serdar Ortaç Var". habershow. 2011-01-08. Retrieved 2011-05-21.
  18. ↑ "2010’da en çok satan albümler". ntvmsnbc. 2010-12-20. Retrieved 2011-05-21.
  19. ↑ Official website > Discography
  20. ↑ Billboard Türkiye Top 20
  21. ↑ Turkey Top 20 Chart
  22. ↑ Turkish Rock Top 20
  23. ↑ Istanbul FM Awards
  24. ↑ Dream Magazine 1/2007
  25. ↑ One of Turkey's biggest and most prestigious music television/radio channels
  26. ↑ Powerturk Music Awards website
  27. ↑ A short clip from the awards announcing Emre Aydin as winner
  28. ↑ News announcing the winners(Turkish)
  29. ↑ 34. Hürriyet - Altın Kelebek Ödülleri sahiplerini buldu ("34. Golden Butterfly Awards was given out) - myNet Haber
  30. ↑ 14. Altın Objektif Ödülleri 2006
  31. ↑ 11. Istanbul FM Awards
  32. ↑ Dream Magazin. 2008/1.
  33. ↑ Dream TV 2007 Top 50
  34. ↑ Powertürk müzik ödülleri 2008
  35. ↑ Kral TV Video Müzik Ödülleri
  36. ↑ 35. Altin Kelebek- CNN Türk
  37. ↑ MTV Turkey: Best Turkish Act 2008
  38. ↑ Blue Jean 2008 December, page 27

External links

Awards and achievements
New title Europe's Favourite Act in the MTV Europe Music Awards
2008 		Succeeded by
Turkey maNga
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