Elif Demirezer

Elif Demirezer (born 12 December 1992), also known by her stage name ELIF, is a German rock musician and model of Turkish descent.

Early life 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

Popstars 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.

Show !! Song !! Original artist

Bewährungsshow Elif und Agi vs. Esra und Julia17. September 2009 1. Workshopwoche Elif, Elena, Esra und Manuela24. September 2009

3. Workshopwoche Elif und Aytug vs. Marc und Julia8. Oktober 2009 4. Workshopwoche Elif, Sandra, Andy, Esra, Daniel15. Oktober 2009 5. Workshopwoche Aytug und Manuela vs. Elif und Sandra22. Oktober 2009

1. Bandhauswoche Elif und Manu vs Sandra und Valentina5. November 2009

3. Bandhauswoche Elif, Niklas und The All American Rejects 19. November 2009

Halbfinale Elif, Niklas, Leonardo, Vanessa und Leona Lewis 8. Dezember 2009

Solo career

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

Studio albums TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsGERAUTSWIUnter meiner Haut Released: 30 August 2013 Label: Vertigo/Capitol, Universal Formats: CD, digital download, streaming23——Doppelleben Released: 26 May 2017 Label: Urban, Universal Formats: CD, digital download, streaming1862—Nacht Released: 4 September 2020 Label: Jive Germany, Sony Music Formats: CD, digital download, streaming71845

EP's

2013: Unter meiner Haut 2015: Als ich fortging

Singles

As lead artist TitleYearPeak chart positionsCertificationsAlbumGERAUTSWI"Unter meiner Haut"201380——Unter meiner Haut"Augen zu" (feat. Samra)202092840Nacht

Other singles 2009: Last Man Standing (download only; as Nik & Elif) 2013: 2013: (download only) 2015: 2016: 2017: 2017: 2020: 2020: 2020: 2020: 2020: 2020: 2020: 2020: 2021:

As featured artist TitleYearPeak chart positionsCertificationsAlbumGERAUTSWI"Zu Ende" (Samra feat. Elif)2020438Jibrail & Iblis"Bitte geh" (Mero feat. Elif)143337Seele

Awards and nominations

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