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Elif Demirezer

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Elif
Elif in 2020
Elif in 2020
Background information
Birth nameElif Demirezer
Born (1992-12-12) 12 December 1992 (age 31)
Berlin, Germany
GenresPop
Occupation(s)Singer, songwriter
Years active2009–present

Elif Demirezer (born 12 December 1992), also known by her stage name ELIF, is a German pop musician of Turkish descent.[1]

Early life

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Demirezer was born as the daughter of Turkish immigrants in Berlin and is the third of four children. She grew up in the Berlin district of Moabit and attended the OSC KIM school. In addition to performing in both the school musical and the school choir, Demirezer took guitar lessons as a teenager. It was during that time that she wrote her first songs.

Career

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Popstars

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At 16 years old, Demirezer competed in the eighth season of the ProSieben talent show Popstars. She made joint appearances with the All American Rejects (The Wind Blows) and Cassandra Steen (Never Knew I Needed) and finished together with her partner Niklas Dennin to earn second place in the final.

Elif's performances in Popstars
Show Song Original artist
Casting
10. September 2009		 Fliegen
I Caught Myself		 Self-composed
Paramore
Recall
17. September 2009		 – –
Bewährungsshow
Elif und Agi vs. Esra und Julia
17. September 2009		 Stone Cold Sober Paloma Faith
1. Workshopwoche
Elif, Elena, Esra und Manuela
24. September 2009		 Waking Up in Vegas Katy Perry
2. Workshopwoche
Elif und Niklas
1. Oktober 2009		 Another Way to Die Jack White und Alicia Keys
3. Workshopwoche
Elif und Aytug vs. Marc und Julia
8. Oktober 2009		 "Beautiful Liar" Beyoncé und Shakira
4. Workshopwoche
Elif, Sandra, Andy, Esra, Daniel
15. Oktober 2009		 The Scientist Coldplay
5. Workshopwoche
Aytug und Manuela vs. Elif und Sandra
22. Oktober 2009		 Burning Down the House Talking Heads
Las Vegas – New York
Niklas und Elif
29. Oktober 2009		 Free Fallin' Tom Petty
Las Vegas – New York
Elif und Dagmara
29. Oktober 2009		 Love Story Taylor Swift
1. Bandhauswoche
Elif und Manu vs Sandra und Valentina
5. November 2009		 Bulletproof La Roux
2. Bandhauswoche
Elif und Marc
12. November 2009		 "Rehab" Rihanna
3. Bandhauswoche
Elif, Niklas und The All American Rejects
19. November 2009		 The Wind Blows The All American Rejects
1. Finalphase
Elif und Niklas
26. November 2009		 Shadow of the Day Linkin Park
1. Finalphase
Elif und Niklas
26. November 2009		 How to Save a Life The Fray
2. Finalphase
Elif und Niklas
3. Dezember 2009		 Free Fallin' Tom Petty
2. Finalphase
Elif und Niklas
3. Dezember 2009		 Too Perfect Hanne Sørvaag
Halbfinale
Elif, Niklas und Cassandra Steen
8. Dezember 2009		 Never Knew I Needed Cassandra Steen und Ne-Yo
Halbfinale
Elif, Niklas, Leonardo, Vanessa und Leona Lewis
8. Dezember 2009		 Run Leona Lewis
Finale
Elif und Niklas
10. Dezember 2009		 We Are Broken Paramore
Finale
Elif, Niklas und Rihanna
10. Dezember 2009		 "Don't Stop the Music" Rihanna
Finale
Elif, Niklas, Leonardo und Vanessa
10. Dezember 2009		 Too Perfect Hanne Sørvaag

Solo career

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Elif in 2019

After Popstars, Demirezer reinforced her internet presence on Facebook and YouTube by introducing her own songs, which were mainly in German language. She also worked as a blogger for Webradio's "I Love Radio". In 2012, Demirezer joined Tim Bendzko for his November tour of German clubs. Later, in February 2013, Demirezer became the opening act for Ronan Keating during his tour of Germany.

Later in the year, her first single "Unter meiner Haut" (Under My Skin) was released by Universal Music, and reached number 80 in the German single charts in mid-April. On 7 April 2013, Demirezer joined Seeed, Blumio, Glass Bead Game and Andreas Bourani at the memorial concert in Admiral Palace "I Am Jonny – Voices for Our Brother" commemorating the murder of Jonny K. In early August 2013, a single entitled "200 Days Summer" was released. The video, which shows Demirezer along with tame elephants on the island of Sri Lanka, was directed by Justin Kruse, who worked with Ivy Quainoo, Max Herre, Max Prosa, Leslie Clio and Joy Dena Lane on previous productions.

At the end of August 2013, Demirezer's debut album Unter meiner Haut was released. It was produced by Demirezer herself and Philipp Schwär and reached number 23 on the German album charts. In January 2014, she completed her first tour through German clubs.

Discography

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Studio albums

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Title Album details Peak chart positions
GER AUT SWI
Unter meiner Haut 23 — —
Doppelleben 18 62 —
Nacht 7 18 45

EP's

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  • 2013: Unter meiner Haut
  • 2015: Als ich fortging

Singles

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As lead artist

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Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
GER AUT SWI
"Unter meiner Haut" 2013 80 — — Unter meiner Haut
"Augen zu"

(feat. Samra)

2020 9 28 40 Nacht

Other singles

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  • 2009: Last Man Standing (download only; as Nik & Elif)
  • 2013: 200 Tage Sommer
  • 2013: Nichts tut für immer weh (download only)
  • 2015: Als ich fortging
  • 2016: Auf halber Strecke
  • 2017: Doppelleben
  • 2017: Fort Knox
  • 2020: Freunde
  • 2020: Gitarre
  • 2020: Nur mir
  • 2020: Alaska
  • 2020: Ein letztes Mal
  • 2020: Kann das bitte so bleiben
  • 2020: Schwarz
  • 2020: Aber wo bist du
  • 2021: Du liebst nur dich selbst
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Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
GER AUT SWI
"Zu Ende"

(Samra feat. Elif)

2020 4 3 8 Jibrail & Iblis
"Bitte geh"

(Mero feat. Elif)

14 33 37 Seele

Awards and nominations

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Results

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Year Award Nomination Work Result Ref.
2019 Deutscher Musikautorenpreis Nachwuchs (Sparte U) Herself Won [2]
2020 Bravo Otto Awards Newcomer / Breakthrough Bronze [3]

References

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  1. ^ "Elif: Deutscher Herzschmerz-Pop" (in German). NDR. 29 August 2014. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  2. ^ "Deutscher Musikautorenpreis 2019: Elif Demirezer und Mark Barden erhalten Nachwuchspreis - Deutscher Musikautorenpreis". www.musikautorenpreis.de (in German). Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  3. ^ "BRAVO Otto Wahl | BRAVO". Bravo.de. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
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