Emre Altuğ

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Emre Altug
Birth name	Niyazi Emre Altug
Also known as	Emre Altug
Born	April 14, 1970 (1970-04-14) (age 39)
Origin	Istanbul, Turkey
Genres	Pop, pop rock, dance-pop
Occupations	Singer-songwriter actor performer
Instruments	Vocals, Guitar
Years active	1999 - Present
Labels	DMC, DSM, Topkapı Music

Niyazi Emre Altug (April 14, 1970, Istanbul) is a Turkish pop singer, actor.^[1] He starred in popular television series, television films, movies and musicals. He is also one of the most popular male singers in Turkey.

Contents 1 Biography 1.1 Discography 2 Albums 3 Singles 4 Filmography 4.1 Television series 4.2 Feature films 5 Sources 6 External links 6.1 Fan Site 6.2 Emre in the media 6.3 Official sites 7 Notes

[edit] Biography

Emre Altug was born in Levent, Istanbul as the second son to a housewife mother and dentist father. He graduated in Theatrical Studies from the State Conservatory of Istanbul University. He acted on stage in various plays and sang backing vocals to such established artists like Sezen Aksu, Sertab Erener, Levent Yüksel or Nilüfer, before his first album, entitled İbreti Alem (A Lesson to Everyone) was released in 1999. In 2000 he sang a song called Bir de bana sor (Ask Me, Too) for Melih Kıbar's album entitled Yadıgar. The song became a huge hit with radio stations. His second album, Sıcak (Hot) was released in 2003. In the meantime he appeared in commercials, television films and feature films, like Kolay Para (Easy Money). His third album, Dudak Dudağa (Lip to Lip) came out in 2004, followed by Sensiz Olmuyor (Won't Work Without You) a year later. The song, which the album was named after, became the theme song of a television series that was given the same title (Sensiz Olmuyor) and in which Emre played the leading character. The series was aired on Show TV.^[2] In June 2007 he released his latest album Kişiye Özel (Personal).

Emre Altug is planning to release an English album, for which he traveled to the U.S. and is about to start working with Mark Feist and Damon Sharpe^[3] (who have worked with such artists like Anastacia or Jennifer Lopez and are the producers and co-writers of the charity song Come Together Now), who found Emre's voice outstanding and have already started to work on four songs with him.^[4]

He is married to Turkish famous top-model Çağla Şikel since August 2008.

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

Year	Album	Name	Label	Info
1999		İbret-i Alem	Topkapı Müzik[5]	A Lesson To Everyone
2003		Sıcak	DSM[6]	Hot
2004		Dudak Dudağa	DSM[6]	Lips To Lips, Sales: 115,000[7]
2007		Kişiye Özel	DMC[8]	Personal

[edit] Singles

Year	Album	Name	Label	Info
2005		Sensiz Olmuyor	DMC[8]	Doesn't Work Without You

[edit] Filmography

[edit] Television series

• 2001: Tatlı Hayat (Sweet Life): Başar Yıldırım
• 2003: Lise Defteri (High School Book): Genc
• 2005: Sensiz olmuyor (Won't work without you): Arda
• 2006: Hasret (Yearning): Poyraz (mini-series)
• 2006: Gülpare: Aslan (mini-series)
• 2008: Mert ile Gert: Mert

[edit] Feature films

• 1999: Asansör (Elevator)
• 2000: Ağaçlar ayakta ölür (Trees die at their roots) (television)
• 2002: Kolay para kazanma klavuzu: Eray
• 2004: Neredesin Firuze (Where's Firuze?): singer
• 2005: Balans ve Manevra (Balance and Maneuvre): guest appearance
• 2006: Eve giden yol (The road home): Halit

[edit] Sources

• Emre Altuğ fan site (Turkish)
• Biyografi.org (Turkish)

[edit] External links

[edit] Fan Site

• Un-Official Fan Site(Turkish)

[edit] Emre in the media

• Sinematürk Data Sheet (Turkish)
• Emre Altug interview in Hürriyet (Turkish)

[edit] Official sites

• The official site of Gülpare (Turkish)
• The official site of Sensiz Olmuyor (Turkish)
• The official site of Tatli Hayat (Turkish)
• Eve giden yol - Production company website (Turkish)
• Hasret Official website (Turkish)

[edit] Notes