Kenan Doğulu

Kenan Doğulu (; born 31 May 1974) is a Turkish pop musician. He represented Turkey at the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 in Helsinki, where he was placed fourth, with 163 points. In the summer of 2006, Doğulu released the album Festival, containing the hit single "Çakkıdı", in collaboration with Sezen Aksu.

Personal life His father is musician Yurdaer Doğulu. His brother is musician Ozan Doğulu. His sister, Cenan Doğulu, is a fashion designer. He stated in an interview that "My grandfather is from Antep. My father is from Adana. "Doğulu" surname probably came from Israel. In the past, Everyone who came from east is called "Doğulu". My name "Kenan" means Canaan country."

Kenan Doğulu began dating actress Beren Saat in February 2012. Doğulu and Saat became engaged on 23 February 2014 in Istanbul and were married on 29 July 2014 in a private ceremony in Los Angeles, United States.

Education At the age of five, Doğulu joined the piano department of the conservatory with first place. He studied piano for six years, took flute lessons from his teacher Erkan Alpay and guitar lessons from Erdem Sökmen. Meanwhile, he continued his education in theater, soloist in a children's choir, and rhythm instruments.

He completed his high school education at Kültür College. He completed the “Communication” certificate program at Hesser College, New Hampshire, USA. Then, he started study at the L.A. Musicians Institute. He then continued in Turkey, at Istanbul Bilgi University.

Discography Studio albums + List of albums, sales figures and certifications Album Released Label Format Certifications Sales Yaparım Bilirsin (You Know I'll Do It)8 July 1993 (TR) Esen Müzik Cassette Sımsıkı Sıkı Sıkı (Tight, Very Tight)17 December 1994 (TR) Esen MüzikCassette Kenan Doğulu 317 August 1996 (TR) Raks MüzikCassette Ben Senin Herşeyinim (I'm Your Everything)12 August 1999 (TR) Esen MüzikCassette Ex Aşkım (My Ex-Lover)25 July 2001 (TR) Esen MüzikCD, cassette, digital download Demedi Deme (Don't Tell Me I Didn't Tell You)30 June 2003 DMCCD, cassette, digital downloadMÜ-YAP: Diamond Turkey: 300,000 DMCCD, cassette, digital downloadMÜ-YAP: Platinum Turkey: 265,500 Patron4 June 2009 (TR) DMC, Doğulu ProductionsCD, digital downloadTurkey: 94,983 Aşka Türlü Şeyler (Various Kinds of Love)6 July 2012 (TR) Doğulu ProductionsCD, digital downloadTurkey: 60,000 Vay Be (Wow)20 July 2018 (TR)Doğulu ProductionsCD, digital download

Compilation albums + List of albums Album Information The King of Turkish PopReleased: 17 August 2009 (TR) Label: Esen Müzik Format: CD, digital downloadİhtimaller (Possibilities) Released: 24 June 2016 (TR) Label: Doğulu Productions Format: CD, digital download

Remix albums + List of albums Album Information 3,5Released: 26 April 1997 (TR) Label: Şahin Özer Müzik Format: CD, digital download 5,5Released: 8 October 2002 (TR) Label: DMC Format: CD, digital download 6,5Released: 14 July 2004 (TR) Label: DMC Format: CD, digital download 7,5Released: 22 August 2007 (TR) Label: DMC Format: CD, digital download

Split albums + List of albums Album InformationFestival 2009(with Ceza and Pinhani) Released: 26 June 2009 (TR) Label: Pasaj Müzik Format: CD, digital download

EPs + List of EPs EP InformationHayal Kahramanım (My Imaginary Hero) Released: 1 April 2008 (TR) Label: Doğulu Productions Format: CD, digital download

Singles + List of singles Single Released Label FormatGençlik Marşı (March of Youth)15 March 1999 (TR) Bay MüzikCD, digital downloadŞans Meleğim (My Angel of Fortune)Released: 28 June 2011 (TR) DMCCD, digital downloadKız Sana Hayran (The Girl Admires You)(feat. Ozan Doğulu)30 July 2013 (TR) DMC, Doğulu ProductionsCD, digital downloadAşk İle Yap (Do It With Love)30 July 2013 (TR) DMC, Doğulu ProductionsCD, digital downloadİlk Adımı Sen At (You Take the First Step)23 April 2017 (TR)Doğulu ProductionsCD, digital downloadBizimdir (It's Ours)17 April 2020 (TR)Doğulu ProductionsDigital downloadBumaya20 August 2021 (TR)Doğulu SesDigital downloadHezarfen (Polymath)(feat. Erdem Kınay)27 December 2021 (TR) DMCDigital downloadSonsuza Dek (Forevermore)22 April 2022 (TR) Doğulu MusicDigital downloadWhat's Love(feat. Ege Çubukçu)7 October 2022 (TR) Şifne VibesDigital downloadRüya (Dream)(feat. Arem Özgüç & Arman Aydın)13 October 2023 (TR) HVSTLEDigital download

Charts + List of singles, release date and album name Single Year Peak Album TR "Çakkıdı" 2006 1 Festival "Baş Harfi Ben" 2 "Yüzsüz Yürek" 5 "Aşk Kokusu" 2007 9 "...Dan Sonra" (duet with Sıla) 1 Sıla "Shake It Up Şekerim" — Shake It Up Şekerim "Ara Beni Lütfen" 2008 6 Festival "Rüzgar" — "Olmaz" 2009 — "Rütbeni Bileceksin" 2 Patron "Aşkkolik" — "Beyaz Yalan" 13 "Anlıyor musun ?" 2010 — "En Kıymetlim" — "Şans Meleğim" 2011 — Şans Meleğim "Şeytan Tüyü" 2012 — Aşka Türlü Şeyler "Aşka Türlü Şeyler" 2013 — "Kız Sana Hayran" (feat. Ozan Doğulu) 3 Kız Sana Hayran "Rica" 2014 — Aşka Türlü Şeyler "Harika" (feat. Ozan Doğulu & Ajda Pekkan) — 130 Bpm Moderato "Aşk İle Yap" 2015 — Aşk İle Yap "Bir İleri İki Geri" — Aşka Türlü Şeyler "—" indicates that the songs were not included in the lists or the results were not disclosed.