Niyazi Emre Altug (born 14 April 1970) is a Turkish pop singer and
actor. He has starred in popular television series, television films,
movies and musicals.Emre Altug was born in Levent, BeÅŸiktaÅŸ,
Istanbul as the second son to a housewife mother and dentist father.
His family is of NiÄŸde 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 Ä°breti Alem (A Lesson to Everyone) was
released on 14 August 1999. In July 2000 he sang a song called Bir de
bana sor (Ask Me, Too) for Melih Kibar 's album entitled Yadigar. The
song became a huge hit with radio stations. His second album, Sıcak
(Hot) was released on 3 March 2003. In the meantime he appeared in
commercials, television films and feature films, like Kolay Para (Easy
Money). His third album, Dudak DudaÄŸa (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. On 12 June 2007 he released another album, Kişiye Özel
(Personal).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 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 started to work on four songs with him.
actor. He has starred in popular television series, television films,
movies and musicals.Emre Altug was born in Levent, BeÅŸiktaÅŸ,
Istanbul as the second son to a housewife mother and dentist father.
His family is of NiÄŸde 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 Ä°breti Alem (A Lesson to Everyone) was
released on 14 August 1999. In July 2000 he sang a song called Bir de
bana sor (Ask Me, Too) for Melih Kibar 's album entitled Yadigar. The
song became a huge hit with radio stations. His second album, Sıcak
(Hot) was released on 3 March 2003. In the meantime he appeared in
commercials, television films and feature films, like Kolay Para (Easy
Money). His third album, Dudak DudaÄŸa (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. On 12 June 2007 he released another album, Kişiye Özel
(Personal).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 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 started to work on four songs with him.
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