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Niyazi Emre Altug (April 14, 1970, Istanbul) is a Turkish pop singer, actor.He starred in popular television series, television films, movies and musicals. He is also one of the most popular male singers in Turkey.
Biography
Emre Altug was born in Levent, Istanbul as the second son to a
housewife mother and dentist father. He graduated in Theatrical Studies
from the State Conservatory of Istanbul University. He acted on stage
in various plays and sang backing vocals to such established artists
like Sezen Aksu, Sertab Erener, Levent Yüksel or Nilüfer, before his
first album, entitled İbreti Alem (A Lesson to Everyone) was released
in 1999. In 2000 he sang a song called Bir de bana sor (Ask Me, Too)
for Melih Kibar's album entitled Yadigar.The song became a huge hit
with radio stations. His second album, Sıcak (Hot) was released in
2003. In the meantime he appeared in commercials, television films and
feature films, like Kolay Para (Easy Money). His third album, Dudak
Dudağa (Lip to Lip) came out in 2004, followed by Sensiz Olmuyor (Won't
Work Without You) a year later. The song, which the album was named
after, became the theme song of a television series that was given the
same title (Sensiz Olmuyor) and in which Emre played the leading
character. The series was aired on Show TV.In June 2007 he released his
latest album Kişiye Özel (Personal).
Emre is planning to release an English album, for which he travelled to
the U.S. and is about to start work with Mark Feist and Damon Sharpe
(who have worked with such artists like Anastacia or Jennifer Lopez and
are the producers and co-writers of the charity song Come Together
Now), who found Emre's voice outstanding and have already started to
work on four songs with him.
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