Emre Aydın

Emre Aydın (born 2 February 1981) is a Turkish rock singer-songwriter. The singer won the MTV Europe Music Awards 2008 in the "Europe's Favourite Act" category. He is also the former lead singer for the Turkish rock band 6. Cadde.

Biography Emre Aydın was born in Isparta on 2 February 1981 as the first child of Şaban and Nermin Aydın, who are both pharmacists. He has a younger brother named Yiğit. In his early years, the family moved to Antalya. Emre began playing saz at an early age and later opted for guitar. In a 2009 interview, Emre admitted that he never attended a musical conservatory, because he did not want to have his musical experience transformed into school lessons and exam sessions, which he thought would make him lose interest in music.

Career Sing Your Song competition In 2002, while at Dokuz Eylül University, Emre saw the advertisement of a musical competition, Sing Your Song, aired by a domestic television channel, Show TV. The jury included well-known Turkish rock singer Koray Candemir. With a friend, Onur Ela, they decided to apply with Emre's own song, Dönersen (If you come back), and out of 1500 applicants, they won the competition. The song was selected by Universal Music into a selection album and their band, named 6. Cadde was offered a contract with Universal Music Turkey.

6. Cadde

6. Cadde (previously named EQ) was established in İzmir in 1999, by Emre Aydin and fellow students from the same university and published demo recordings for two songs, Rüyamdaki Aptal Kadın (Foolish Woman in my Dream) and Tesadüfen (By Chance) on the internet. The group went through major transforming during the years, with changing band members, the final set-up with Onur Ela applied for the musical competition Sing Your Song, which they won. This made them possible to record their first professional album, produced by Haluk Kurosman and published by Universal Music Turkey in 2003. The recording was done in Istanbul in a month's time, while all-round production of the album took months. The first single from the album was Sabuha, previously sung by such arabesk performers as Ibrahim Tatlises. Sabuha came to life by one of the tasks the jury of Sing Your Song assigned to the participants, namely that each band had to cover a song outside of their own musical genre. The song was refurbished by 6. Cadde from a different musical approach, changing its style and arrangements, in less than 15 minutes, as they had forgotten about the task and hurriedly recorded Sabuha for next day's competition shooting. Later the song was re-recorded for the album. In an interview Kurosman gave away that the 6. Cadde album was the rough mix of studio recordings, previously prepared for radio promotion, because his computer's hard disk became damaged, all the records vanished, and they did not have time to record them all over again. after he was signed by former 6. Cadde producer Haluk Kurosman and talent manager Hadi Elazzi's own company, GRGDN. The album was recorded in the GRGDN studio in the Ulus district of Istanbul. Emre was assisted by renowned Turkish musicians, bass guitar was played by Cem Bahtiyar of maNga, drums by İllker Baliç of Gripin, electric guitar by Tuğrul Akyüz of Vega and Kurosman himself also contributed as a musician. The storyline was also written by Thomas, who excluded the singer from the scenario of a narcissistic woman, played by Turkish actress Şebnem Dönmez. Emre also won the prestigious Powertürk Music Award as Best Newcomer in 2007 and a year later was awarded for the Best song and Best duet at the same gala (see Awards section for a full list of awards). The album received mostly positive criticism, according to Burhan Ayeri columnist, "Emre Aydın's performance at 2 Renk [a television programme] was extraordinary. With a good manager, he will sweep away Tarkan. As Özcan Deniz said, 'this is the first time we see all songs of an album being top hits'."

The singer is among the most frequently touring Turkish singers, in 2007 he gave 130 live concerts until August. Emre also completed his first European tour in 2008, composed of concerts in Bochum, Cologne and Rotterdam and performed in the Carling Academy, London on 11 May 2008.

On 6 November 2008, he won the MTV Europe Music Awards 2008 as Europe's Favourite Act. Upon this success, the singer decided to release an English single, planned for March 2009, which will be followed by his second Turkish album, ought to be released in May 2009. and more than 150,000 as of October 2009.

Discography

Albums With 6. Cadde Year Band/Title 2003 6. Cadde(Sixth Avenue) 2019 Uyut Beni(Make Me Sleep)

Solo albums Year Title Sales 2006 Afili Yalnızlık(Ostentatious Loneliness) 120,000 2010 Kağıt Evler (Paper Houses) 117,000 2013 Eylül Geldi Sonra (September Arrived Afterwards)

Guest appearances Year Title/Artist 2008 Söz Müzik Teoman/TeomanSürpriz 2012 Orhan Gencebay İle Bir ÖmürBir Teselli Ver 2013 Nilüfer:13 DüetSon Perde 2025 Sana DeğmezFeridun Hürel Albüm

Singles Year Title2010Falling DownSony MusicProducer: Mats Valentin 2012 Beni Biraz Böyle HatırlaDMC / 565 Yapım 2014 Bir Pazar Kahvaltısı (featuring Model)DMC / 565 Yapım / GNL Entertainment 2016 Ölünmüyor DMC 2016 Sen Beni Unutamazsın DMC 2017 Beni Vurup Yerde Bırakma DMC 2018 Ölüm Kalım Meselesi (feat. Yaprak Çamlıca) Wovie & DMC 2018 I Don't Wanna Fall Down Hangar 2018 My Favourite Pain Hangar 2018 Çocuğum Belki Hangar 2019 Her Şey Biraz Hala Sen Hangar 2019 Güllerim Soldu Hangar 2020 Yalnızım Dostlarım Hangar 2020 Ve Gülümse Şimdi (Acoustic) Hangar 2020 Yani (Acoustic) Hangar 2020 Bu Sefer Sorun Bende Collabel 2020 Blame Hangar 2021 Chasing Cars Wava Stockholm 2021 Beni Anla Hangar 2021 Hırka Wovie 2021 Ratatan Wava Stockholm 2022 Kör Kuyu DMC 2022 Kırlangıç Wovie 2022 Yansın (feat. Çağan Şengül) Sony 2022 Kuytu Köşelerde (Live) (feat. Şanışer) Collabel 2023 Fırtınam DMC 2023 Hayaletler (feat. Vera) Vera 2024 Gidiyorum DMC 2024 Herkes Mi Terk Etmiş Sony 2025 Bir Şişe Kırmızı Sony 2025 Son Yalancı Sony

Chart positions

Awards Emre Aydin's awards listed in timely order, international awards in bold: 10. Istanbul FM Gold Awards: Best Newcomer (En iyi çıkış) Blue Jean Magazin Best of 2006 Awards: Best Turkish Male Singer Best Turkish New Singer Best Turkish Album Best Turkish Song Best Turkish Video (for Afili Yalnızlık) Powertürk Music Awards Best Newcomer (En İyi Çıkış Yapan Sanatçı) 34. Hürriyet Altın Kelebek Ödülleri (34th Golden Butterfly Awards) Best Newcomer (En iyi çıkış yapan solist) 14. Altın Objektif Ödülleri 2006 (14. Golden Objective Awards 2006) Yılın En İyi Çıkış Yapan Yorumcusu (The Best Newcoming Singer of the Year) 11. Istanbul FM Gold Awards 2007 Best rock male singer Best song with best lyrics & music (together with Gripin for the song Sensiz İstanbul'a Düşmanım) Dream Magazine 2007 Awards En İyi Erkek Sanatçı (Best male singer) Yılın Yerli Şarkısı (Domestic Song of the Year): Git Yılın Yerli Müzik Olayı (Domestic Music Event of the Year): Gripin-emreaydın: Sensiz İstanbul'a Düşmanım duet Dream TV 2007 Top 50 Songs 3rd place: Gripin-emreaydın: Sensiz İstanbul'a Düşmanım (first among Turkish songs) 38th place: Kim Dokunduysa Sana Powertürk Music Awards 2008 Best song: Gripin& emreaydın: Sensiz İstanbul'a Düşmanım Best duet: Gripin& emreaydın: Sensiz İstanbul'a Düşmanım 14. Kral TV Video Müzik Ödülleri Best Rock Singer 35. Altın Kelebek TV Yıldızları Ödülleri Best Video: Belki Bir Gün Özlersin MTV Türkiye 2008 Best Turkish Act MTV Europe Music Awards 2008 Best European Act Blue Jean Magazine: The Best of 2008 Best male singer Türkiye Müzik Ödülleri : Turkish Music Awards 2012 Year's Best Duet: Soğuk Odalar (Turkish Music Awards/ Türkiye Müzik Ödülleri) 2012 Year's Best Single: Beni Biraz Böyle Hatırla (Turkish Music Awards/ Türkiye Müzik Ödülleri)