Nil Karaibrahimgil

Nil Karaibrahimgil
Born	October 17, 1976 (1976-10-17) (age 35)
Origin	Turkey
Genres	Pop rock, Alternative, Dance pop, Rap
Occupations	Singer, Song-writer
Years active	Late 1990s–present
Labels	Sony Music
Website	http://www.nilkaraibrahimgil.com

Nil Karaibrahimgil (born 17 October 1976 in Ankara, Turkey), also popularly known simply as Nil (Turkish for the Nile), is a well known Turkish singer and songwriter mostly noted for her distinct lyrics. Nil's passion and admiration for music stems from her father; Suavi Karaibrahimgil, who is also a musician although he is not currently active in the Turkish music industry.

Biography

In 2000, she graduated from Boğaziçi University with a degree in International Relations. She also further received the Crystal Apple prize award twice, which recognized her achievements in advertising. Besides academic success, Nil has found fortune in the Turkish music scene. Many of her songs deal with love, marriage and relationships. On January 21, 2010 she married Sertab Erener's brother Serdar Erener near the shore of the Nile River.^[1]

Musical career

Early musical success

Up to 2007, Nil has managed to release 3 successful albums along with several singles of her own here and there. In 2002, her debuting album titled, "Nil Dünyası" managed to bring her into the spotlight with hits that include, "Kek" and "XL". Two years later, Nil managed to follow up with another album called, "Nil FM" which also managed to see similar success as that of her first album. Some of the hit singles released from that album include, "Gitme Yoksa…", "Akbaba", "Ben Aptal Mıyım?" and "Bronzlaşmak" as well.

Tek Taşımı Kendim Aldım

In 2006, Nil would go on to release her 3rd album called, "Tek Taşımı Kendim Aldım". The album managed to bring Nil with some further success with hits including, "Pırlanta", "Peri" and of course, "Organize İşler Bunlar" which is the original soundtrack of the movie Organize İşler. All of the three singles from this album managed to easily top most Turkish charts, which is quite a success considering that the Turkish music industry is a quite competitive one.

Yaş 18

In late 2006, Nil released a single called, "Yaş 18" (Age 18) which is one of the two tracks she recorded for the soundtrack of the Turkish movie Sınav (Exam). Both the movie and the song deal with the pressure Turkish students face preparing for matriculation, as well as angst from coming of age.

Discography

Albums

Year	Album
2002	Nil Dünyası Date: May 2002 Format: MC, CD, digital download
2004	Nil FM Date:2004 Format: MC, CD, digital download
2006	Tek Taşımı Kendim Aldım Date: May 11, 2006 Format: MC, CD, digital download
2009	Nil Kıyısında Date: February 19, 2009 Format: CD, digital download

Singles

Year	Title	Turkish Airplay Chart[2]
2007	"Bu mudur?" [Is that it?]	1

Guest appearances

Year	Song	Album
2001	"Masal"	Komser Şekspir soundtrack
	"Organize İşler Bunlar"	Organize İşler soundtrack
2006	"Yaş 18"	Sınav soundtrack
2008	"İstanbul'da Sonbahar"	Söz Müzik Teoman

Music videos

Year	Song	Album	Director
2002	"XL"	Nil Dünyası	Umur Turagay
	"Kek"
	"Resmen Aşığım"
2004	"Gitme Yoksa..."	Nil FM
	"Bütün Kızlar Toplandık"
	"Akbaba"		Murad Küçük
	"Bronzlaşmak"
	"Ben Aptal mıyım?"
2006	"Organize İşler Bunlar"	Tek Taşımı Kendim Aldım
	"Pırlanta"		Umur Turagay
	"Pırlanta Ozinga Remix"
	"Peri"
	"Bu mudur?" [Is this?]		Emre Özbay
	"Yaş 18"		OST - Sınav
	2008	"Ruhum Desen Desen"	Promo Single
2009	"Seviyorum Sevmiyorum"	Nil Kıyısında	Umur Turagay
	"Duma Duma Dum"		Burcu Yolcu
	"Kırık"		Sinan Çetin
2011	"Hakkında Her Şeyi Duymak İstiyorum"

See also

• Music of Turkey
• Turkish pop music
• Turkish rock music

References

1. ^ "Nil Karaibrahimgil Mısır'da evlendi" (in tr). cnnturk. 2010-01-21. http://www.cnnturk.com/2010/yasam/diger/01/21/nil.karaibrahimgil.misirda.evlendi/560308.0/index.html. Retrieved 2010-01-21. 
2. ^ Nielsen Music Control - www.nielsenmusiccontrol.com

External links

• Official web site: NilKaraibrahimgil.com / NilTakipte.com
• Nil Karaibrahimgil at the Internet Movie Database
• Official Twitter, YouTube and Flickr pages
• Nil Karaibrahimgil discography at MusicBrainz

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