İsmail YK explained

İsmail YK
Birth Name:İsmail Yurtseven
Birth Date:5 July 1978
Birth Place:Hamm, West Germany
Origin:Sivas, Turkey
Years Active:1995–present
Label:Avrupa Müzik (2004–2008)Musicom (2009–present)
Website:www.ismailyk.com

İsmail YK (born July 5, 1978, Hamm, Germany), born as İsmail Yurtseven, is a German Turk Arabesque and pop singer. YK stands for Yurtseven Kardeşler, the siblings group he was a member of at the start of his career. A number of his albums have been top sellers in Turkey. His first solo album Şappur Şuppur sold 1.2 million copies. In 2006 his second album Bombabomba.com was the best selling Turkish album with over 600,000 copies. In 2008, his third album Bas Gaza sold 450,000 copies. İsmail YK has won many awards including Best Turkish Arabesque-Fantasy singer that he won 3 times consecutively in 2006, 2007 and 2008.İsmail YK, who accelerated his works after a long break, released his album Kıyamet on Valentine's Day 2015.[1] The album consisted of 12 songs, including the song "Yaralıyım" from the album Haydi Bastır which was rerecorded with Hatice.[2] The song "Çıkmam Seneye" which he had written at the age of 12 was included in the album as well.[3] [4] İsmail YK rerecorded the rock version of the song "Allah Belanı Versin" (2006) and released a music video for it. In its 2006 music video he used an Alfa Romeo 164 while for the new music video he used a Ferrari F430 car. The songs and its music video were among the most discussed subjects on music news in Turkey within the first 3 days of its release. As to why he damaged the car in the music video he said that "he wanted to send this message that instead of hurting someone it's better to cause damage to materialistic things".[5] He is speaker the television programme in partner of Aysun Kayacı in Şen-Şakrak-Show and YK Show in broadcasting Kanaltürk television channel for 2008-2012.

Discography

Albums

Singles

Filmography

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sevgililer Günü'nde 'Kıyamet' kopacak . 17 January 2016 . . 7 February 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20160406100228/http://www.haberturk.com/magazin/muzik/haber/1040182-sevgililer-gununde-kiyamet-kopacak . 6 April 2016.
  2. Web site: Sevgili Arkadaşım İsmail Yk'nın Yepyeni Albümü #Kıyamet Çıktı #Yaralıyım Adlı Şarkıdada Düetim Var İnşallah Beğenirsiniz . 17 January 2016 . . 13 February 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20160904150849/https://twitter.com/haticeofficiall/status/566284054073737216 . 4 September 2016.
  3. Web site: İsmail YK'dan aşka dair sözler.. . 17 January 2016 . sacitaslan.com . 19 February 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20160405214159/http://www.sacitaslan.com/ismail-ykdan-aska-dair-sozler-haberi-228479 . 5 April 2016.
  4. Web site: İsmail YK'nın Yeni Albümü 'Kıyamet' . 17 January 2016 . . 4 March 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20160408064734/http://www.kralmuzik.com.tr/News/Detail?siteSlug=kral-tv&slug=ismail-yknin-yeni-albumu-kiyamet . 8 April 2016.
  5. Web site: Yeni klibi için Ferrari parçaladı! . 28 March 2016 . . 9 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160408163625/http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/ismail-yk-yeni-klibi-icin-ferrari-parcaladi-40065947 . 8 April 2016.

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