| Enes Meral | |
| Birth Date: | 28 July 2000 |
| Birth Place: | Rüsselsheim am Main, Germany |
| Occupation: | Rapper |
| Years Active: | 2018–present |
| Label: | Groove Attack TraX |
Enes Meral (born 28 July 2000), known professionally as Mero, is a German rapper. He rose to prominence in 2018 with the release of his debut single "Baller los", which debuted at the top of the German and Austrian single charts. His follow-up singles "Hobby Hobby" and "Wolke 10" also topped the German and Austrian charts. In 2019, he was featured in the hits "Ferrari" by Eno and in "Kein Plan" by Loredana both topping the German chart. Mero has released three albums: Ya Hero Ya Mero and Unikat in 2019 and Seele in 2020.
Enes Meral was born and raised in Rüsselsheim am Main, Germany and is of Turkish descent. His family comes from the Kelkit district of Gümüşhane province in the Black Sea region of Turkey. He started posting videos filmed on a mobile phone where he is rapping on Instagram in 2016. He built a large following and was later signed by rapper Xatar and Groove Attack.[1] His debut single "Baller los" was released on 22 November 2018. The single became an immediate success and reached the top of the German and Austrian single chart.[2] His second single "Hobby Hobby" was released on 17 January 2019 and became the first German rap track to reach the Spotify 200. It again reached the top of the German single charts in end of January 2019. It broke the records for most streams in one day and one week.[3] He released his first album Ya Hero Ya Mero on 15 March 2019 which has 12 tracks and his second album Unikat on 27 September 2019 which has 14 tracks.
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GER [4] | GER HH [5] | AUT [6] | BEL (FL) [7] | BEL (WA) [8] | NLD [9] | SWI [10] | |||
| Ya Hero Ya Mero |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 173 | 168 | 60 | 1 | |
| Unikat |
| 4 | 2 | 6 | 198 | — | 71 | 14 | |
| Seele |
| 14 | — | 29 | — | — | — | 24 | |
| Renaissance |
| 7 | — | 50 | — | — | — | 28 | |
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GER | AUT | SWI | ||||
| "Baller los"[12] | 2018 | 1 | 1 | 3 | Ya Hero Ya Mero | |
| "Hobby Hobby"[15] | 2019 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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| "Wolke 10" | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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| "Malediven"[16] | 7 | 9 | 13 | Unikat | ||
| "Olabilir"[17] | 6 | 8 | 14 | |||
| "Mein Kopf"[18] | 11 | 17 | 28 | |||
| "Olé Olé" | 13 | 25 | 32 | |||
| "No Name" | 17 | 33 | 42 | |||
| "Meine Hand" | 18 | 36 | 50 | |||
| "Bogota" | 2020 | 13 | 17 | 29 | Seele | |
| "Ohne dich" | 21 | 36 | 44 | |||
| "Perspektive" | 17 | 36 | 36 | |||
| "Désolé" | 3 | 10 | 13 | |||
| "Ben elimi sana verdim" | 13 | 23 | 58 | |||
| "Double Cup" | 2021 | 43 | — | 56 | rowspan="7" | |
| "3AM" | 2022 | 25 | 62 | 69 | ||
| "Rapstars" | 10 | 31 | 39 | |||
| "Konum Gizli" | 25 | 61 | 74 | |||
| "Du & ich" | 49 | — | — | |||
| "Favorites" | 2023 | 27 | 53 | 46 | ||
| "Leben lang" | 2024 | 39 | 68 | 53 | ||
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GER | AUT | SWI | ||||
| "Ferrari" | 2019 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Fuchs |
| "Kein Plan" | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| King Lori | |
| "Kafa Leyla" | 9 | 12 | 19 | DB1 | ||
| "Regen" | 2021 | 33 | 60 | 85 | Ali | |
| "Gece Gündüz" | 36 | 48 | 79 | rowspan="3" | ||
| "Sie weiß" | 2023 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
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| "Karma" | 12 | 18 | 16 | |||
| Year | Peak chart positions | Album | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GER | AUT | SWI | |||
| "Jay Jay" | 2019 | 5 | 6 | 11 | Ya Hero Ya Mero |
| "Träume werden wahr" | 7 | — | — | ||
| "Wie Buffon" | 9 | 8 | 19 | ||
| "Hops" | 12 | — | — | ||
| "Gib ihn" | 18 | — | — | ||
| "Mill'n" | 19 | — | — | ||
| "Auf dem Weg" | 22 | — | — | ||
| "Enes Meral" | 26 | — | — | ||
| "Intro" | 36 | — | — | ||
| "QDH Family" | 45 | 59 | 99 | Unikat | |
| "Hayati" | 2020 | 10 | 31 | 23 | Vintage |
| "Bitte geh" (feat. Elif) | 14 | 33 | 37 | Seele | |
| Year | Director(s) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| As lead artist | |||
| "Baller los" | 2018 | MG | [19] |
| "Hobby Hobby" | 2019 | PLUG | [20] |
| "Wolke 10" | Jakub and Tatjana | [21] | |
| "Olabilir" | Leeroy | [22] | |
| "Mein Kopf" | Arif Baynaz | [23] | |
| "Olé Olé" | Leeroy | [24] | |
| "No Name" | Junior Ratchel | [25] | |
| "Meine Hand" | Daniel Zlotin | [26] | |
| "Bogota" | 2020 | PLUG | [27] |
| "Ohne Dich" | Kevin Jerome, Noosh Latifi | [28] | |
| "Perspektive" | Leeroy | [29] | |
| "Désolé" | Henning Brix (IMUN) | [30] | |
| "Ben Elimi Sana Verdim" | Max Elyx | [31] | |
| "Double Cup" | 2021 | 1Take Films | |
| As featured artist | |||
| "Ferrari" | 2019 | Michael Jackson | [32] |
| "Kein Plan" | Fati.TV | [33] | |
| Year | Awards | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Bravo Otto Awards | Hip-Hop national | Himself | [34] | |
| HipHop.de Awards | Best Newcomer | [35] | |||
| Best Song National | Ferrari (with Eno) | rowspan=1 | |||
| Rap-Solo-Act National | Himself | rowspan=1 | |||
| Hype Awards | Best Male Artist | [36] | |||
| Newcomer | [37] | ||||
| Pantene Golden Butterfly Awards | Best Newcomer Artist | [38] | |||
| Song of the Year | Olabilir | rowspan=1 | |||
| 2021 | Music Moves Europe Talent Awards | German-Act | Himself | [39] [40] |