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'Özlem Tekin' (born November 18 1971) is a Turkish singer, TV show host and occasional actress, primarily known for her music. Though she started out in the hard rock genre, her music has progressed to incorporate different styles such as house, punk, and Turkish folk music.



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Life and career

Discography

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Life and career

Özlem Tekin was born in California, America into a Turkish-American family. Her father Talat Tekin was a prominent Turkologist at UC Berkeley. The Tekins moved to Turkey when she was just 4. Özlem grew up in Ankara, where she went on to study classical western music at the Hacettepe University Music Conservatory in Ankara, specializing in the clarinet.
She started out as the vocalist in 'The Bad'. The Bad was an underground rock band like most other rock bands and they would perform gigs at clubs, often playing covers of other popular bands. In 1993, she met Şebnem Ferah, who has now also become another recognized rock musician in Turkey, and became the keyboard player of the successful all-female rock band 'Volvox'. Özlem occasionally performed as the lead singer as well.
While still in Volvox, she met Hakan Peker and they started working on her debut solo album in 1994. This album, ''Kime Ne'' (literally, ''who cares?''), was eventually released in January 1996 to widespread critical acclaim. The first single ''Aşk Herşeyi Affeder Mi?'' (Does love forgive everything?) shot to the top of the charts. Other hit tracks include ''Duvaksız Gelin'' (Bride without a veil) and ''Herkes Şanslı Doğmuyor'' (Not everyone is born lucky).

Then, Özlem Tekin left Hakan Peker's record label and went to İstanbul Plak which also had acquired other popular singers like Tarkan. Her second album 'Öz' was released in February 1998. This spawned 'Yol' which became an enormous hit all across Europe.
''Laubali'' came out a year later to great success.
Özlem started up her own TV show on Kanal D called 'Yaz Rüzgarı' (Summer Wind) in 2000. This aired for 1 hour, 5 days a week and received high ratings. In year 2003 she started acting in the TV series "Sil Baştan" (From the Beginning). This show aired for 2 years, also with high ratings.
In 2005, she starred in the stage musical "Mucizeler Komedisi" (The Comedy of Miracles). That very year, her new album "10987654321" was released, which presented a much harder sound than her previous effort.
In 2006 she played in the Cem Yılmaz movie "Hokkabaz" (The TRickster).

Discography

'109876543210' (İstanbul Plak) (2005)

# Değmez
# Gezegen X
# Cinayet
# Belki
# Dene
# Kaf Dağı
# Aşk Yangın
# A) Şık
# Aşinayım Firara
# Adımı Söyle

'Tek Başıma' (İstanbul Plak) (2002)

# Kimbilir
# Dağları Deldim
# Hep Yek
# Oof
# Kırıldım
# Deli Gibi
# Onun İçin
# Aşka Dair
# İki Adım
# Daa

'Laubali' (İstanbul Plak) (1999)

# Laubali
# Vurma
# Biri Var
# Biberi Bol
# Bu Kalp
# Kumdan Kaleler
# Yazmamışlar
# Ve Olamadı Aşk
# Sorma
# Beni Yakan Aşkın
# Bir yaz Günü

'Öz' (İstanbul Plak) (1998)

# Bahar
# Öz
# Yol
# Saat
# Paparazzi
# Tarlalar
# Duvar
# Dünya
# Çok
# Hiç

'Kime Ne' (Peker Müzik) (1996)

# Aşk Herşeyi Affeder Mi
# Sebepsiz Savaş
# Duvaksız Gelin
# Yar Bana Varmadı
# Kime Ne
# Herkes Şanslı Doğmuyor
# Niye Bana Bu Ceza
# Adresler Karıştı
# Var mı Yan Bakan
# Gel Bu Yaz

External links

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