Kenan Doğulu

One of the most prominent names in Turkish pop music, Kenan Doğulu's rise to stardom coincided with his debut album in 1993 and he enjoyed immense success ever since as a singer-songwriter, producer, philanthropist and occasional actor. His career highlights include 14 studio albums, 13 singles, 63 music videos, countless awards for best album, best song, best music video and thousands of concerts that attracted hundreds of thousands of people.

His albums sold more than 15 million copies; including “Festival” which became the best selling album of the year in 2006, with its first single “Çakkıdı” holding the record of the most downloaded song of all time. His other accolades include more than a dozen number one hits, albums and videos. His popularity landed him appearances in successful advertising campaigns. Doğulu composed and performed the Turkish entry for 2007 Eurovision Song Contest “Shake It Up Shekerim”, finishing in fourth place.

In his career spanning for more than three decades, Doğulu gained further attention for his collaborations with other artists and composing songs in different genres; including a film score for "Unutursam Fısılda" for which he won a SİYAD award and a jazz album "İhtimaller". He has combined electronic, pop, ethnic and house genres for his latest album “Vay Be” in 2018. He lent his voice to several animation movie characters and took part in more than one hundred charities for WWF, UNICEF, Code.org, TEMA, TEV, TEGV, Koruncuk Foundation among others, focusing primarily on nature, children and education.