Sertab Erener is a Turkish singer, songwriter and composer. With her coloratura soprano voice, she started working as a backing vocalist for Sezen Aksu, and with Aksu's help she released her first studio album in the 1990s. Because of her education in classical music, she initially had difficulties in performing pop music. Although she did experimental works from time to time, she eventually preferred to focus on making pop music instead of avant-garde works, in order to make her music heard by a larger audience. In some of her works, she combined Western music and Eastern music, and benefited from operas as well as classical Turkish music with ethnic elements. With her entrance to Europe's market in the early 2000s, many of her works were also sold in Turkey as well as European countries.
Tarkan Tevetoğlu is a Turkish singer-songwriter. Since the early 1990s, with the successful sales of his albums, he has been a prominent figure of pop music, recognized in Turkey and worldwide.
Ayşe Ajda Pekkan is a Turkish singer. She is known by the title "superstar" in the Turkish media. Pekkan became a prominent figure of Turkish pop music with her songs, in which she tried to create a strong female figure. By keeping her works updated and getting influence from Western elements, she managed to become one of Turkey's modern and enduring icons in different periods. Her musical style has kept her popular for more than 50 years and has inspired many of her successors. Pekkan is highly respected in the music industry and her vocal techniques together with many of her albums were praised by music critics.
Sami Yusuf is a British singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and composer. He gained international attention with the release of his debut album, Al-Muʽallim, in 2003. As of 2020, he has released eight studio albums, five live albums and one compilation album. His studio albums were mostly released by Andante Records, with the first two being released by Awakening Records. He has sold over 34 million albums as of 2016.
Ebru Gündeş is a Turkish pop-folk and arabesque singer, actress, and television personality.
Brilliant Suleyman gyzy Dadashova is an Azerbaijani pop singer.
Gülşen Çolakoğlu is a Turkish singer-songwriter. Born and raised in Istanbul, she graduated from Şehremini High School. After finishing high school, Gülşen enrolled in Istanbul Technical University and at the same time began performing at bars and later left the university. In 1995, while performing at a bar, she was discovered by a composer and contracted with Raks Müzik for her first studio album.
Cem Filiz, better known by his stage name Cem Adrian, is a Turkish musician of Bosniak descent, singer-songwriter and record producer.
Murat Boz is a Turkish singer, songwriter and actor.
Demet Akalın is a Turkish singer and former model. Due to the popular songs she has released since the middle of the 2000s, she has become one of the most recognizable names of Turkish pop music.
Sırrı Murat Dalkılıç is a Turkish pop singer, songwriter, music producer, film and animation producer, director and actor.
The Azerbaijan State Song and Dance Ensemble was created in 1938 by Uzeyir Hajibeyov, the founder of classic Azerbaijani music. Composers such as Said Rustamov, Jahangir Jahangirov, Vasif Adigozalov, Haji Khanmammadov, Telman Hajiyev and Ramiz Mirishli managed the ensemble along with Hajibeyov at various times. After Fikret Amirov’s death, the ensemble was renamed after him.
Gökçe Dinçer is a Turkish singer, songwriter and composer. Gökçe was born in Istanbul to Muhacir Bosniaks parents. She took piano and drums lessons at school. During her university years, she worked as a soloist for several amateur group. She studied art management and graduated from Yeditepe University's Department of Fine Arts. After two years of working for a commercial company, she decided to start a career as a musician. She began her work by performing as a drummer on the girl band The Eva Band. For about two years, they performed at numerous cities across Turkey.
Aynur Aydın is a Turkish German singer and songwriter. After having some musical experiences in "Sürpriz" band in Germany, she moved to Turkey and released her debut album, 12 Çeşit La La - 12 Ways to La La. She won a Golden Butterfly Award for "Best New Artist" category. In 2016, she released her second album Emanet Beden featuring the hits "Günah Sevap" and "Bi Dakika".
Aleyna Tilki is a Turkish singer and songwriter.
Simge Sağın is a Turkish singer. From early 2010s, she started to make Turkish pop songs, and with the release of her single "Miş Miş" in 2015 she became one of the well-known artists in Turkey.
Turkish singer Sıla's discography consists of seven studio albums, two compilation albums, three promo singles and 32 music videos. She started her career by working as a backing vocalist for Kenan Doğulu, and in the late 2007, she released her first studio album Sıla. With its lead single, "...Dan Sonra", which topped Turkey's music charts, she became a well-known singer in Turkey. After a year, she collaborated with the Colombian group Ciclon on their album Shaker and a music video was made for one of its songs "Yaz Geliyor Heyoo".
Aşk Kaç Beden Giyer? is the fifth studio album by Turkish-Belgian singer Hadise. It was released on 12 April 2011 by Seyhan Müzik. The preparations began in 2010 and Hadise announced that she had planned to publish it by the end of the year. However, due to her break up with her then-boyfriend Sinan Akçıl in November 2010, and Akçıl's decision to take back some of the songs that he had prepared for the album, the release date for the album was postponed. Hadise produced the album and worked with Alper Narman, Deniz Erten, Erdem Kınay and Gülşen on this project.
Fatma Turgut is a Turkish rock music singer.
Kolpa are a Turkish rock band originating from Adana.
