Emre Altuğ

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**Emre Altuğ**
Emre Altuğ on the cover of Dudak Dudağa
Born:	April 14, 1970 Istanbul, Turkey
Occupation:	singer, actor

Emre Altuğ (April 14, 1970, Istanbul) is a Turkish pop singer, actor^[1]. He starred in popular television series, television films, movies and musicals. He is also one of the most popular male singers in Turkey.

1 Biography
2 Discography
3 Filmography
- 3.1 Television series
- 3.2 Feature films
4 Sources
5 External links
- 5.1 Emre in the media
- 5.2 Official sites
6 Notes

[edit] Biography

Emre Altuğ was born in Levent, Istanbul as the second son to a housewife mother and dentist father. 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 or Nilüfer, before his first album, entitled İbreti Alem (A Lesson to Everyone) was released in 1999. In 2000 he sang a song called Bir de bana sor (Ask Me, Too) for Melih Kıbar's album entitled Yadıgar^[2]. The song became a huge hit with radio stations. His second album, Sıcak (Hot) was released in 2003. In the meantime he appeared in commercials, television films and feature films, like Kolay Para (Easy Money). His third album, Dudak Dudağa (Lip to Lip) came out in 2004, followed by Sensiz Olmuyor (Won't Work Without You) 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 (Sensiz Olmuyor) and in which Emre played the leading character. The series was aired on Show TV.^[3]

Emre is planning to release an Englsih album, for which he travelled to the USA and is about to start work with Mark Feist and Damon Sharpe^[4] (who have worked with such artists like Anastacia or Jennifer Lopez and are the producers and co-writers of the charity song Come Together Now), who found Emre's voice outstanding and have already started to work on four songs with him.^[5]

[edit] Discography

Cover	Year	Title	Label
	1999	İbreti Alem (A Lesson to Everyone)	Topkapı Müzik ^[6]
	2003	Sıcak (Hot)	Raks Müzik^[7]
	2004	Dudak Dudağa (Lip to Lip)	Dokuz Sekiz Müzik^[8] Sales: 115,000^[9]
	2005	Sensiz Olmuyor (Won't Work Without You)	DMC Müzik^[10]