emreaydin

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Emre Aydin was born on February 2nd, 1981 in Isparta, Turkey.

In 2002, his band “6. Cadde” that he started with Onur Ela joined the song

composition contest “Sing Your Song”. 6. Cadde took the first place in the

contest.



The following year 6. Cadde came out with their album carrying the same name as the band. The album 6. Cadde

was a great success as an alternative rock album. After Onur Ela decided to end

his professional music career, emreaydin began his solo career. He webcasted his

song “Belki Bir Gün Özlersin” on the internet and got great attention and

support from the public.



His first solo album “Afili Yalnizlik” was produced

in October 2006 under SONY/BMG label. His first video for his title track

“Afili Yalnizlik” was directed and shot by Yon Thomas. The absance of emreaydin

in the video script in the title track, surprised the fans and it was a big

success. emreaydin’s lyrical and musical talent made his first album “Afili

Yalnizlik” a great success.



5 of the 10 songs in the album was solely written and composed by emreaydin. He

also included a cover of “Hareket Vakti” which was previously performed by Umay

Umay. A re-recorded version of“Git” from the album 6. Cadde was also included in

emreaydin’s first solo album.



The first three videos for the first album were for “Afili Yalnizlik”, “Kim

Dokunduysa Sana O’na Git”, and “Git”. After the first three videos that had the

parallel theme of “loneliness” two videos were shot, in order, for “Belki Bir

Gün Özlersin” and “Bu Kez Anladim”. The video “Belki Bir Gün Özlersin” was

directed by Gürcan Keltek and won the Altin Kelebek award for “Best Video of the

Year” in 2008. emreaydin’s 6th video was shot for “Dayan Yalnizligim” and came

out in summer of 2008 and is still airing on TV stations.



Apart from his album, emreaydin wrote the song “Sensiz Istanbul’a Düsmanim” for the band gripin which became one of the top songs on the billboards in

2007 and won the “Best Song of the Year” and “Best Duet of the Year” awards for

emreaydin and gripin.



In MTV’s anual “European Music Awards” contest in 2008 emreaydin took the first

place and was awarded the “Best Artist of the Year” in the Pop-Rock category in

the Turkey leg of the contest. In the second and the final leg of the contest

emreaydin competed in Liverpool against the winners of 21 other European

countries and brought home to Turkey the “2008 Europe’s Favourite Act” award.



emreaydin gave more than 130 concerts within the first year of his debut album

and more than 250 by the end of the second year. He was given more than 25

awards by many national educational institutions and production and publishing

companies, including “Best Rock Artist of the Year” and “Best New Artist of the

Year”



Currently emreaydin is working on his second album which is expected to come out

at the end of 2009. After the “loneliness” theme on his debut album, the artist

chose the theme “melancholy” for the songs that will take place on his new

album. The album is expected to feature a synthesis of eastern and western

sounds and is expected to be another great success for emreaydin.

 



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