- Hepsi
Infobox musical artist
Name = Hepsi
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Background = group_or_band
Origin =Turkey
Genre = Pop,R&B ,pop rock
Years_active = 2004-Present
Label = Stardium Labels
Current_members =Eren Bakıcı
Cemre Kemer
Gülçin Ergül
Yasemin Yürük
URL = http://stardium.com.trGroup Hepsi, commonly known as Hepsi, is a famous Turkish pop/
R&B girl group, all of which its members are from the city ofIstanbul . The group rose to fame in the year 2005 with their debut album Bir, which spawned the hit songs "Olmaz Oğlan ", "Üç Kalp ", "Herşeye Rağmen" and the hugely successful songYalan . They later went on to release their first officialEP , "Tempo", in association withPepsi , and worked with op legendSezen Aksu , famous for working withTarkan . In 2006 they also released their secondstudio album ,Hepsi 2 , which spawned the huge hit "Kalpsizsin ", andAşk Sakızı . The group has just released their thirdstudio album on 24 May 2008 called "Saka " meaning "Joke" in English. The group released their first single for this album on 23 May 2008, called "4 Peynirli Pizza " meaning "4 cheesed pizzas".The group is largely followed in Turkey, with their audience being made up mainly of teenaged (boys and girls) and pre-teen girls. [http://www.gruphepsi.org/gruphepsibiography.html Grup Hepsi Biography - Discography - Other Info ] ] The group also star in their own
soap opera , called "Hepsi 1" on one of the main channels,ATV Turkey .The group has also announced that they have been working on a cinema movie due for release on 16th of January 2009 which was quite shocking because it was not expected and this also meant that the soap opera may be delayed also with their promotion of their new album.
2004: Bir
The groups debut album "Bir", meaning "one", was released in April 2005. It has sold over 149,000 copies ranking it the 19th best-selling albums of 2005 in
Turkey .No official singles were released physically or digitally from the album as the was not an official online music store at the time, ironically the group went on to advertising for the Pepsi Power Club music download site, however from this album the group recorded music videos for "Olmaz Oğlan", as their debut single followed by the single "Yalan", which became a huge hit in Turkey followed by "Herşeye Rağmen" and then "Üç Kalp" were released later.
2006-2007: Hepsi 2
In June 2006 the group released the second studio "Hepsi 2". There were two singles off the album, which were "Kalpsizsin" and "Aşk Sakızı". The first single from the album was "Kalpsizsin", in 2006, also becoming a huge hit, winning them an award at the Kral TV Music Awards for the best group. The second single was "Aşk Sakızı" in 2007 which also became a huge hit.
2008-Present:Şaka (10+1)
The group has released their third studio album on 24th of May 2008. The group stated that the third album was gonna be "'different", [ [http://arsiv.sabah.com.tr/2007/11/18/gny/haber,021BD733D58943B6AA7C27B0D4284731.html Günaydın - 18 Kasım 2007, Pazar - En büyük hayalimiz bir müzikale imza atmak! ] ] suggesting there could be featured artists on this album as they have only had 2 featured artist 1 on their first albums and 1 on their tempo single. Also many people thought this meant that the group would be recording in a new genre, most predicting Rock.The album name was expected to be called "Hepsi 3" or "Üç"(Three), to continue the pattern of the previous two albums, named "one" and "Hepsi 2", however as of
May 03 2008 the album title has been confirmed to beŞaka (10+1) .The albums name includes "(10+1)", because the 10 songs featured on the album are covers of famous songs Hepsi have re-produced for their unique style. Some of the featured songs are from very famous singers in
Turkey such asAjda Pekkan andSezen Aksu , however there is only 1 brand new song in this album which is "4 Peynirli Pizza ", written byKenan Dogulu . "4 Peynirli Pizza " is the first single for this album and was released on 23 May 2008.On their official website [www.hepsi.com.tr] ,there was a questionaire asking for the visitors to vote on which song they want to be released as a single and it is predicted that the next single may go to a song from the album called 'Hep Bana' meaning 'All For Me'.
Hepsi 1
Hepsi 1 is a Turkish soap which airs once a week on ATV, originally on Show TV. The soap shows the girls as pre-famous and how they became famous. The characters of themselves are over the top, however the show has some truth about the girls, such as their likes and dislikes.Season one attracted many views with an average of 3.2 million viewers a week. Season two had an average of 2.5 million to 6 million viewers a week.
The last episode of the season 2 has aired on 3 June 2008. Although it was said by ATV that season 2 was going to be the last season, it has been confirmed by ATV that a season 3 for Hepsi1 will be made. It did seem quite a hard decission to be made by ATV because of the amount of viewers changing everyweek from approximately 6 million viewers per week to 2.5 million viewers. However because of high amount of requests to ATV and the amount of viewers being quite high, ATV has confirmed that there will be a Season 3 made. Although it was confirmed it may have a long delay because of the groups promotion of their new album and also the recording of their movie.
Products and endorsements
Pepsi sponsorship
Recently (summer 2006) they have starred in the Turkish
Pepsi commercials, advertising the Pepsi Power Club music download site (the first legal music download site in Turkey [tr [http://www.milliyet.com.tr/content/teknoloji/tek015/tekno94.html "MP3'ün yasal adresi belli" milliyet.com.tr] Retrieved 20 Jan 2008] ). There are two adverts, one of which shows what Hepsi were like as they were growing up, starting from when they were children.Stationary
The group have released their own stationary/school equipment line. This contains 160 different types of stationary equipment, varying from books, pens, pencils, art books, diarys etc. This stationary line was released in two parts, the first part of the stationary equipment being released in the beginning of July, these were the books, and the rest of the equipment, pens and pencils were released in the first weeks of september 2008.
Discography
Albums
* 2005: "Bir"
* 2006: "Hepsi 2 "
* 2008: "Şaka (10+1) "Singles and EPs
* 2005: "
Olmaz Oğlan
* 2005: "Yalan " featuringMurat Boz
* 2005: "Herşeye Rağmen"
* 2005: "Üç Kalp "
* 2006: "Kalpsizsin
* 2006: "Tempo" featuringSezen Aksu
* 2007: "Aşk Sakızı "
* 2008: "Sen Bir Tanesin "
* 2008: "4 Peynirli Pizza "Featured
* 2008: "Organik" - Nuhket Duru ft Hepsi
Filmography
"Heaven of The Lost Children"---"Kayip Cocuklar Cenneti"
It came as a shock news to everyone in Turkey that the girls had decided to make a cinema movie however it was not suprising especially after the success of their soap opera. The first name of the movie was "The Song That Not All Can Hear". However it was said that as the time goes by, a lot of the things in the movie and about the movie could be changed including the name, and it was true. The new name was called "Heaven of The Lost Children" and they announced the new name through the promotion video and the news programs they have been going on to.The very first promotion video was aired in Turkey at the end of September 2008. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDIapKFWt48]
In a press conference held for the presentation of their movie project, who the producer is called Selay Tozkoparan and the director Mete Özgencil, its been revealed to everyone that the recording of the movie will begin some time in October 2008 and it is planned to be released to the cinemas on 16 January 2009.
The plot of the movie is about four girls who suddenly meet each other in the summer season and by the end of the summer season something big about each of them seem to be changed in their lives. The main plot in the movie is concentrating on dance, love, music and life of teenagers in the modern century... It is assured that this movie will be a huge hit and itll drop like a 'bomb' to the winter semester.
Cast
Recording:2008
Type: Adventure/Teenage life
Director: Mete Ozgencil
Scenario: Kerem Deren
Main Actors: Gokhan Keser, Gülçin Ergül, Yasemin Yürük, Cemre Kemer, Saygın Soysal, Eren Bakici, Saygin Soysal
Producer: Selay Tozkoparan
Music: Ender Akay
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Release: 16 January 2009
Some of the actors may change as time goes by. However this is all the information which was released to the public in Turkey about the movie.
Awards
*2008 - Will foundation special Atanur Oğuz Schools Soap of the Year - "Won"
*2008 - 11. Istanbul Fm Music Awards - Band of the Year - "Won"
*2008 - PowerTurk Music Award 2008 - Band of the Year - Nominated
*2008 - Kral TV Video Music Awards - Band of the Year - "Won"
*2007 - Power Turk Music Awards 2007 - Band of the Year - "Won"
*2007 - Kral TV Video Music Awards - Band of the year - "Won" [ [http://www.videomuzikodulleri.com/ Kral Tv Video Müzik Ödülleri ] ]
*2007 - Jetix Awards-Band of the Year -"Won"
*2006 - Kral Tv Video Music Awards - Band of the Year - "Won"
*2006 - Jetix Awards-Band of the Year -"Won"
Tours
*2008:
Hepsi Şaka
*2007:GNCTRKCLL 40 Partileri Tour
*2007:Maxland 2007
*2006:Maxland 2006
*2006:Sezen Aksu&Hepsi (Pepsi)
*2005:Hepsi Bir
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