Sıla Gençoğlu

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Sıla
Birth name Sıla Gençoğlu
Born June 17, 1980 (1980-06-17) (age 27)
Origin Denizli, Turkey
Genre(s) Pop , Electronic
Occupation(s) Singer, Songwriter
Years active 2007–present
Label(s) Sony BMG

Sıla Gençoğlu is a Turkish musician whose music has pop and electronic elements. She usually goes by her first name 'Sıla'

Sıla was born in Denizli. She worked before as a producer, lyricist and background singer for many Turkish artists like Kenan Doğulu and Emel Müftüoğlu. She released her first album in 2007 titled Sıla . The first song released from it called "...Dan Sonra" was the biggest hit song of the year in Turkey. It spent 3 months at number one on the music charts. Also the song reached 79 in the European chart and the video of the song brought her the 12th video which was most watched in 2007-2008 in the worldwide. After the big success of "...Dan Sonra", she released "Kenar Süsü" as her 2nd single from her self-titled album. With again a great success, she reached the 2nd place in the official Turkish chart.

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[edit] Chart Positions

Album Single Peak
Turkey[1] Europe[2]
Sıla ...Dan Sonra 1 (12 weeks) 79
Kenar Süsü 2 -
Ne Desem İnanırsın 32 -
Shaker Yaz Geliyor Heyoo 34 -

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

Year Album Name Info
2007 Sıla Sıla's first national studio album. It achieved great success and helped Sıla to win national awards with the title of "Best New Artist" and "Best New Album"
2008 Shaker Sıla's first international studio album, a corporation with the Colombian group named Ciclon as the 2nd studio album of Drum Project. The productor of the album was Ozan Doğulu. The album was released in May 2008. [3]

[edit] Videos

Year Song Album Director
2007 "...Dan Sonra" Sıla Murad Küçük
2008 "Kenar Süsü" Sıla Murad Küçük
2008 "Yaz Geliyor Heyoo" Shaker

[edit] Awards

Year Organization Category
2008 Power Türk Müzik Ödülleri Best New Artist
2008 Kral TV Video Müzik Ödülleri Best New Female Artist
2008 Altın Kelebek Best New Artist
2008 Radyo Boğaziçi Müzik Ödülleri Best New Artist

[edit] Soundtracks

Year Song Info
2006 Sıla (Töre) Before her studio album, Sıla wrote a song with the most popular female artist in Turkey, Sezen Aksu and the song was the soundtrack of the Television Series called Sıla, which is about a woman named "Sıla" who lives in the east of Turkey and her difficulties that she has to face off.
2008 Yaban Gülü After her album's success, a new television series which is airing on ATV, offered her a generic song just like "Sıla", and before airing on TV, she wrote the song with Efe Bahadır.

[edit] Music & Lyrics

Year Song Info
2003 Demedi Deme Artist: Kenan Doğulu
Album: Demedi Deme
2003 Boğaziçi Artist: Kenan Doğulu
Album: Demedi Deme
2007 Vur Kadehi Ustam Artist: Ferhat Göçer
Album: Yolun Açık Olsun
2007 Ağla Ağla Artist: Emel Müftüoğlu
Album: Eğlenilecek Kızlar Evlenilecek Kızlar

[edit] References

  1. ^ Billboard Turkish Top 20 Chart
  2. ^ Euro Airplay Hot 100
  3. ^ Kolombiyalı Grupla Sürpriz Düet
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Sıla
Studio albums
Sıla (2007)  · "Shaker" (2008)
Singles
"...Dan Sonra" · "Kenar Süsü · "Yaz Geliyor Heyoo"
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