Niyazi Emre Halit Altug (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.Contents [hide] 1 Biography 1.1 Discography 2 Albums 3 Singles 4 Filmography 4.1 Television series 4.2 Feature films 5 Sources 6 External links 6.1 Fan Site 6.2 Emre in the media 6.3 Official sites 7 Notes
[edit] Biography
Halit Altug was born in Levent, IstanbulHalit Altug 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. 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.[2] In June 2007 he released his latest album Kişiye Özel (Personal).
Emre Halit Altug is planning to release an English album, for which he travelled to the U.S. and is about to start working with Mark Feist and Damon Sharpe[3] (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.[4]
He married with Turkish famous top-model Çağla Şikel in 2008.
[edit] Discography
[edit] AlbumsYear Album Name Label Info 1999 İbret-i Alem Topkapı Müzik[5] A Lesson To Everyone 2003 Sıcak DSM[6] Hot 2004 Dudak Dudağa DSM[6] Lips To Lips, Sales: 115,000[7] 2007 Kişiye Özel DMC[8] Personal
[edit] SinglesYear Album Name Label Info 2005 Sensiz Olmuyor DMC[8] Doesn't Work Without You
[edit] Filmography
[edit] Television series 2001: Tatlı Hayat (Sweet Life): Başar Yıldırım 2003: Lise Defteri (High School Book): Genc 2005: Sensiz olmuyor (Won't work without you): Arda 2006: Hasret (Yearning): Poyraz (mini-series) 2006: Gülpare: Aslan (mini-series) 2008: Mert ile Gert: Mert
[edit] Feature films 1999: Asansör (Elevator) 2000: Ağaçlar ayakta ölür (Trees die at their roots) (television) 2002: Kolay para kazanma klavuzu: Eray 2004: Neredesin Firuze (Where's Firuze?): singer 2005: Balans ve Manevra (Balance and Maneuvre): guest appearance 2006: Eve giden yol (The road home): Halit
[edit] Sources Emre Altuğ fan site (Turkish) Biyografi.org (Turkish)
[edit] External links
[edit] Fan Site Un-Official Fan Site(Turkish)
[edit] Emre in the media Sinematürk Data Sheet (Turkish) Emre Altug interview in Hürriyet (Turkish)
[edit] Official sites The official site of Gülpare (Turkish) The official site of Sensiz Olmuyor (Turkish) The official site of Tatli Hayat (Turkish) Eve giden yol - Production company website (Turkish) Hasret Official website (Turkish)
