Yıldız Tilbe

Yıldız Tilbe (born 16 July 1966) is a Turkish pop folk singer and one of the best selling musical artists in Turkey, known especially for her eastern-infused ballads.

Early life and career

Yıldız Tilbe is of Kurdish descent. Her father is from Ağrı and her mother is from Tunceli.^[1]

While performing at a nightclub in 1991, she met Sezen Aksu. For some time, she worked as a backing singer and collaborated with several other artists on their music projects. Yıldız released her debut album Delikanlım in 1994 and songs from this and later albums received significant airplay and sold well in both Turkey and internationally. Tilbe has had a turbulent personal life with problems related to drugs and a failed marriage.

Discography

• Delikanlım (My Boy) (1994) Sales: + 3.500.000^[2]
• Dillere Destan (A Legendary Story) (1995)
• Aşkperest (Love Obsessed) (1996) Sales: 290.000
• Salla Gitsin Dertlerini (Let Your Worries Go) (1998)
• Gülüm (My Rose) (2001)
• Haberi Olsun (Let Him Know) (2002) Sales: +1.200.000
• Yürü Anca Gidersin (2003) Sales: +2.000.000
• Yıldız'dan Türküler (Folk Songs From Yıldız) (2004) Sales: 650.000+[1]
• Sevdiğime Hiç Pişman Olmadım (Never Regretted Loving You) (2004) Sales: 380.000 [2]
• Papatya Baharı (Camomile Spring) (2005) Sales: 300.000^[3]
• Tanıdım Seni (Now I Know You) (2006) Sales: 150.000^[3]
• Güzel (Beautiful) (2008) Sales: 123.000
• Aşk İnsanı Değiştirir (Love Will Change Man) (2009) Sales: +100.000
• Hastayım Sana (Crazy for You) (2010)
• Oynama (Do Not Play) (2011)

External links

• yildizcilar.com

Notes