Emre Altuğ


Niyazi Emre Altug is a Turkish pop singer and actor. He has starred in popular television series, television films, movies and musicals.

Biography

Emre Altug was born in Levent, Beşiktaş, Istanbul as the second son to a housewife mother and dentist father. His family is of Niğde origin. 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 and Nilüfer, before his first album, titled İbreti Alem was released on 14 August 1999. In July 2000 he sang a song called Bir de bana sor for Melih Kibar 's album entitled Yadigar. The song became a huge hit with radio stations. His second album, Sıcak was released on 3 March 2003. In the meantime he appeared in commercials, television films and feature films, like Kolay Para. His third album, Dudak Dudağa came out in 2004, followed by Sensiz Olmuyor 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 and in which Emre played the leading character. The series was aired on Show TV. On 12 June 2007 he released another album, Kişiye Özel.
Emre Altug was planning to release an English album, for which he traveled to the US and wanted to start working with Mark Feist and Damon Sharpe, who found Emre's voice outstanding and started to work on four songs with him.
He married the Turkish model Çağla Şıkel in August 2008, with whom he has two sons. The couple divorced in 2015.

Discography

Albums

YearTitleLabelEnglish title
1999İbret-i AlemTopkapı MüzikA Lesson To Everyone
2003SıcakDSMHot
2004Dudak DudağaDSMLips To Lips, Sales: 115,000
2005Sensiz OlmuyorDMCCan't Do Without You
2007Kişiye ÖzelDMCPersonal
2011ZilDSMBell
2017Yıldırım Gürses ŞarkılarıPoll ProductionYıldırım Gürses Songs

EPs

YearTitleLabelEnglish title
2010Emre Altuğ'danDSMFrom Emre Altuğ
2013Hangimiz TertemizDSMWhich One of Us is Immaculate?
2016ÇıtaPoll ProductionCheetah

Singles

YearTitleLabelEnglish title
2011Bu Son Olsun Dokuz Sekiz MüzikIt'd Better be the Last Time
2012Resimdeki GözyaşlarıDokuz Sekiz MüzikTears in the Picture
2018Zalim Sultan Emre Grafson MüzikCruel King
2020Zahmet Olmazsa Poll ProductionIf You Don't Mind

Filmography

Television series