Emre Altuğ Explained

Emre Altuğ
Background:solo_singer
Birth Name:Niyazi Emre Altuğ
Birth Date:14 April 1969
Birth Place:Levent, Istanbul, Turkey
Genre:Pop, rock, dance-pop
Occupation:Singer-songwriter
actor
performer
Instrument:Vocals, guitar
Years Active:1993–present

Niyazi Emre Altuğ (born 14 April 1969) is Turkish actor and singer.[1]

Biography

Emre Altug was born in Levent, Beşiktaş, Istanbul as the second son to a housewife mother and dentist father. His family is of Niğde origin.[2] He graduated from theatre department of Istanbul University State Conservatory. He is best known for films, theatre sketches "Güldür Güldür" (as different roles) and series "Tatlı Hayat" Turkish remake of The Jeffersons, youth series "Lise Defteri", "Elde Var Hayat", fantasy child series "Sihirli Annem".

He acted on stage in various plays and sang backing vocals to such established artists like Sezen Aksu, Sertab Erener, Levent Yüksel and Nilüfer, before his first album, titled İbreti Alem was released on 28 August 1998. In July 2000 he sang a song called Bir de bana sor for Melih Kibar 's album entitled Yadigar. The song became a huge hit with radio stations. His second album, Sıcak was released on 3 March 2003. In the meantime he appeared in commercials, television films and feature films, like Kolay Para. His third album, Dudak Dudağa came out in 2004, followed by Sensiz Olmuyor 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.[3] On 12 June 2007 he released another album, Kişiye Özel. Emre Altuğ was planning to release an English album, for which he traveled to the US and wanted to start working with Mark Feist and Damon Sharpe[4] (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 started to work on four songs with him.[5]

He married the Turkish model Çağla Şıkel in August 2008, with whom he has two sons. The couple divorced in 2015.[6]

Discography

Albums

YearTitleLabelEnglish title
1998İbret-i Alem Topkapı Müzik[7] /Prestij Müzik A Lesson To Everyone
2003Sıcak DSM[8] /Raks Müzik/Prestij MüzikHot
2004Dudak Dudağa DSMLips To Lips, Sales: 115,000[9]
2005Sensiz OlmuyorDMCCan't Do Without You
2007Kişiye ÖzelDMC[10] Personal
2011Zil DSMBell
2017Yıldırım Gürses ŞarkılarıPoll ProductionYıldırım Gürses Songs

EPs

YearTitleLabelEnglish title
2010Emre Altuğ'danDSMFrom Emre Altuğ
2013Hangimiz TertemizDSMWhich One of Us is Immaculate?
2016ÇıtaPoll ProductionCheetah
2022Aşk İçin (Live)Emre AltuğFor Love
2022Dans İçin (Live)Emre AltuğFor Dance

Singles

YearTitleLabelEnglish title
2011Bu Son Olsun (feat. Dervişan)Dokuz Sekiz MüzikIt'd Better be the Last Time
2012Resimdeki GözyaşlarıDokuz Sekiz MüzikTears in the Picture
2016Bu Kadar Mı [Is it] this much
2018Zalim Sultan (with Doğukan Manço)Emre Grafson MüzikCruel King
2020Zahmet Olmazsa (feat. Sıla)Poll ProductionIf You Don't Mind
2021Etme EylemeAvrupa MüzikDon't Take Action
2022Bal GibiEmre AltuğPure and Simple
2022Avut BeniEmre AltuğConsole Me
2023Sevenler AyrılmazDMCLovers Are Inseparable
2023Yanabilir Her ŞeyiDMCEverything Can Burn
2023Seni Sevmek İçin Ölmek Mi LazımDMCDo I Have to Die to Love You?
2024Ne AlaDMCHow Fantastic
2024TatildeyimDMCI'm on Holiday
2024Aşk BenceDMCLove, in My Opinion

Filmography

Television series

Feature films

Sources

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Emre Altuğ kimdir?. 30 March 2016 .
  2. http://emrealtug.com.tr/biyografi.html
  3. http://www.showtvnet.com/dizi/sensizolmuyor/oyuncular.shtml Sensiz OLmuyor Cast List at Show TV
  4. http://www.hitquarters.com/index.php3?page=intrview/2003/March3_15_27_0.html Damon Sharpe
  5. http://arsiv.sabah.com.tr/2006/12/22/gny/gny150-20061222-200.html Emre gelecek ay Amerika'ya açılıyor (Emre is opening towards the USA next month)
  6. Web site: Çağla Şikel ile Emre Altuğ resmen boşandı. 14 January 2015 .
  7. http://www.topkapitr.com/yerli_album.php?x=1&aid=72&aAlbum=%DDbret-i%20Alem Album details at Topkapi Müzik Official site
  8. http://www.dokuzsekiz.com.tr/ Dokuz Sekiz Müzik Official Website
  9. Web site: MÜYAP Turkish Album Sales 2004 . 21 January 2007 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070927222110/http://www.mu-yap.org/upload/2004/ilk200yerlialbum.xls . 27 September 2007 . dead .
  10. http://www.dmc.com.tr/v2/sanatcilar.asp?id=76 DMC Müzik Official site