Sibel Tüzün

Infobox musical artist
Name=Sibel Tüzün


Img_capt=
Background=solo_singer
Born=Birth date and age|1971|9|29|mf=y
Origin=Turkey
Genre=Pop, Rock
Occupation=Singer, Song-writer
Years_active=1978 - present
Label=Raks, Ezgi, Bay
URL= [http://www.sibeltuzun.com sibeltuzun.com]

Sibel Tüzün (born 29 September 1971 in Istanbul) is a Turkish pop/rock singer.

Life and career

Sibel began her musical education at the TRT Istanbul Children's Choir. During her secondary school years she joined the "Youth Choir of TRT" where she met Gökçen Koray, Cenan Akın and Hikmet Şimşek.

She showed an interest in pop and rock music during her years at Beşiktaş Atatürk Anadolu Lisesi , culminating in a third place finish in a Song Contest among high-school students in Turkey.In 1988, she enrolled in Istanbul University's famous Music Conservatory. In 1991, she decided to pursue a professional musical career, signing up with the "Raks Müzik" label.

Her first solo album "Ah Biz Kızlar" was released in 1992. The next year was spent on an exhaustive tour. After working with Robert Bricknell in London for a while, she returned to Turkey and released her second album, "Nefes Keser Asklar" in 1995. This too was extremely successful, proving that her debut was no flash in the pan.

After completing a 1997 tour of Europe, Sibel started her own production company Arinna Muzik. Her album ‘Hayat Buysa Ben Yokum Bu Yolda’ (If This Is Life, I'm Not In) was released in 1998 and contained eight songs with lyrics written by Sibel. The album also demonstrated Sibel's production talents, adding to her reputation as an artist, where even French channel MCM took notice of her talent. Her continental fame was sealed with the hit "Yine Yalınzım" in 2002, with her lover Serhat Merdivenci.

By 2003, she released her fifth album, "Kırmızı" (Red). This was an attempt to get ahead of other singers in her league. Unfortunately this attempt was not as succeeful as she hoped. That's when she started looking for opportunities in other countries. Her sixth album, "Kıpkırmızı" ("Crimson") which included Greek versions and remixes of songs of "Kırmızı", came out a year later and conceivably contributed to the bankruptcy of her record company. It was at this point that Sibel announced that she would take some time off following the birth of her first child.

Sibel Tüzün represented Turkey at the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 which was held in Athens with the song "Süper Star" ("Superstar"). She also recorded English and Greek versions of the song, however, just like Gülseren's song, Sibel's song failed to obtain even her own people's support with her unsuccessful song, she finished in 11th place, and it was not enough for Turkey to secure an automatic final spot for the following year's competition.

She was working on her new album's CD release, "Saten". It was only digitally available in Turkey, released over internet in November 2005 and it sold less than five thousand copies. "Saten" was to be released in Asia with a different title, "Satin", translation of "Saten". She released a single from "Satin" at 2005, named "Seviyorum Seveceğim".

However, due to the Eurovision entry in 2006, she didn't released the album "Saten".

Nowadays, Sibel Tüzün is working for her new studio album. But she has already released two singles before the album is out: Aç Telefonu & Yaz Aşkı.

Among other things, she is an avid sailor and an accomplished co-driver, having assisted Rally driver Ethem Genim for 2 seasons.

Discography

Albums

*"Ah Biz Kızlar" ("Oh, us girls") (1992)
*"Nefes Keser Asklar" ("Love takes your breath away") (1995)
*"Hayat Buysa Ben Yokum Bu Yolda" ("If this is life, I'm not in") (1998)
*"Yine Yalnızım" ("I'm alone again") (2002)
*"Kırmızı" ("Red") (2003)
*"Kıpkırmızı" ("Crimson red") (2004)
*"Saten" ("Satin") (2006)
*"TBA" (2008)

ingles

*"Seviyorum Seveceğim" ("I love and will love") (2005)
*"Süper Star" ("Super star") (2006)
*"Aç Telefonu" ("Answer the Phone") (2008)
*"Yaz Aşkı" ("Summer Love") (2008)

External links

* [http://www.sibeltuzun.com Official Website]
* [http://www.sibeltuzun.net Fan Site]
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See also

*Music of Turkey
*List of Turkish pop music performers