Mustafa Sandal

Mustafa Sandal
Born (1970-01-11) 11 January 1970
Istanbul, Turkey
Genres
Occupation(s)
Years active 1991–present
Labels
  • Şahin Özer
  • Yada
  • Prestij
  • Sony
  • Erol Köse
  • Universal
  • Seyhan
  • Poll
  • DMC
Website www.mustinet.net

Mustafa Sandal (born 11 January 1970) is a Turkish singer-songwriter. At the beginning of the 1990s, he wrote and composed a number of songs for other singers and made a reputation for himself in the music industry. In 1994, with the release of his first studio album Suç Bende and its subsequent success he made a name for himself in Turkey. This was followed by the release of another album titled Gölgede Aynı in 1996. In 1998, the song "Aya Benzer" from his new album Detay became a number-one hit in Turkey. After signing a contract with Sony Music he released the album Araba. The song "Araba" from the album became a massive hit. Throughout his career he continued to release many albums including Akışına Bırak (2000), Kop (2002). Later under the Universal Music-Polydor label he released the album Seven (2003), followed by İste (2004), Devamı Var (2007), and Karizma (2009). In 2011, his single with Gülben Ergen, "Şıkır Şıkır", became the most downloaded song of the year. In 2012, Sandal released his 10th studio album Organik. In 2013, his new single "Tesir Altında" became one of the best-selling singles of 2013. Sandal has won many awards throughout his career. For his album Kop he was voted the "Best Male Artists" in 2002.

In addition to his work in the field of music, television, advertising, cinema and other important achievements, Sandal has sold more than 14 million albums worldwide and has collaborated with many artists, including Ajda Pekkan, Sezen Aksu and Hakan Peker.

Personal life and education

Mustafa Sandal was born in Istanbul. His father Yusuf Sandal was from Erzincan while his mother Tülin İleri was from Adana. The family lived in Arnavutköy, Istanbul. His maternal grandfather was musician Hüseyin İleri who worked for TRT. On 13 Ocak 2008, Sandal married the Serbian singer Emina Jahović. The couple have two sons: Yaman and Yavuz. They divorced in 2018.

Mustafa Sandal got his primary education in Tarabya at Özel Dost School. He later moved to Geneva and got enrolled in Collège du Léman. After 8 years of studying, he went to the United States and started studying at the New Hampshire University. In 1996, he continued his studies at the American College of London. He learned English, Italian and French. He also served in the military for 28 days in 1999 in Malatya. Sandal, known for his passion for flying, a certificated pilot.[1]

Music career

1989–1993: Composing and songwriting

Due to his passion for music, in 1989 he left the US after 2.5 years and returned ti Tukrey. He started his professional music career at the Istanbul Development Studio. There he showed a talent in composing and songwriting.

He wrote and composed his first song "Vazgeçme" together with Bülent Tezcan and the song was given to singer Ajda Pekkan who released it in 1991. Ajda Pekkan, Sezen Aksu, Zerrin Özer, Muazzez Abacı, Ayşegül Aldinç, Yonca Evcimik, Ozan Orhon, Burak Kut, Deniz Arcak, Emel Müftüoğlu, İzel, Reyhan Karaca, Sibel Alaş, Asya, Hakan Peker, Sertab Erener, Ferda Anıl Yarkın and Mert Ekren are among the artists for whom Sandal has written and composed songs.[2][3]

1994–1999: Suç Bende, Gölgede Aynı, Detay

In July 1994, his first studio album Suç Bende was released. The 7 songs on this album were written and composed by Sandal himself and within 3 months, he gave 140 concerts in Turkey and 30 concerts outside the country.[2]

After the succes of the first album, in June 1996 Sandal released his second album Gölgede Aynı which was again entirely composed and written by himself. This album solidified his place in the music market. Following the release of this album he performed at more than 140 events in Turkey.[4] The first music video for this album was released for the song "Araba" and it was recorded in Beşiktaş. Zeki Demirkubuz appeared on his second music video for the song "Jest Oldu". He also recorded an action video clip for the song "Bir Anda". In 1996, Gölgede Aynı became the best-selling album in Turkey with more than 3,600,000 sales.[5]

On 1 September 1998, his third studio album Detay was released under the label Prestij Müzik. The success of this album enabled Sandal to give more than 120 concerts across the country,[4] and this album also had a good performance on the sales charts.[5]

In May 1999, under a new contract with Sony Music in France, he recorded a new music video for the rearranged version of his song "Araba" in Marrakesh, Morocco. The song was translated into Russian, Arabic and Greek.[2] After the release of this new single, the album Araba was sold in a number of countries outside Turkey. Due to some problems with Sony Music, Sandal decided to finish his career in Europe.[2]

2000–2003: Akışına Bırak, Kop and Aşka Yürek Gerek

In June 2000, his fourth studio album Akışına Bırak was released under the label Prestij Müzik. İskender Paydaş served as the music director for this album. The song "Tek Geçerim" on this album topped the music charts and Sandal recorded and released a music video for it.[6] Another music video was made for the song "Hatırla Beni", a duet with the Greek singer Natalia. The third and final music video was released for the song "Geriye Dönemem". In 2000, his song "Gidesim Gelmiyor" featuring Reyhan Karaca, became one of the best songs in Turkey. In June 2001 he composed the song "Can Cana" for the Istanbul Metro Service. He later performed with Italian singer Eros Ramazzotti in Ali Sami Yen Stadium in front of 25,000 people.[7] He later confessed that among his performances with other stars, the one with Ramazzotti was the most memorable one.[8]

In May 2002, Sandal's new album Kop was released under the label Erol Köse Production and became the second best-selling album of the year.[5] The release of the album in 2002 was conjoined with the 2002 FIFA World Cup' and with the presence of Turkish national football team in the competition, the song "Pazara Kadar" from this album which was written for the national team was well-received by fans. Sandal later developed his own production company called Yada Prodüksiyon. After the release of Kop, Sandal gave a number of concerts in Europe including one in Moscow and another in Olympia, Paris, in 2003.[9]

His first maxi single Maxi Sandal 2003 was released in Turkey in 2003. The first music video for this maxi single was made for the song "Aşka Yürek Gerek" and Sandal again appeared with the Greek singer Natalia on the video clip. He subsequently release the single "Aya Benzer 2003 (Moonlight)" under the label Universal Music and eventually released his new album Seven.[10] The album ranked among the top 10 on the sales charts in Europe. Sandal played in the music video for "All My Life" with Miss World 2002 Azra Akın[11] and recorded it at the Topkapı Palace. Following the success of Seven, German talk show host Stefan Raab came with his team to Turkey to record an exclusive program about Sandal in Karaköy.[12] He also appeared on the cover of Der Spiegel magazine.[13] For the 100th anniversary of the foundation of Beşiktaş football team, Sandal composed the songs "100. Yıl Marşı" and "Hadi Hisset".[14]

2004–2007: Success in Europe

On 13 July 2004, Sandal released another maxi single titled İste. The first music video for this work was released for the song "İsyankar". Later another music video for the Oriental Remix version of the song was recorded using the footage at one of Sandal's concerts. Another music video was released for the song "Kavrulduk". Sandal faced his fans in summer at his concerts under the theme "Volkswagen with Music Love".[15] He even appeared at some of his concerts with his Volkswagen cars.[16] At the same year, under a contract with LR Cosmetics, Sandal 7 different perfumes in 24 different countries.[17]

In 2005, he released "İsyankar" as a single under the label Universal Music. "İsyankar" became one of the best-selling songs in Germany, Austria[18] and Switzerland.[19][2] In 2005, in honor of Turkey's team who was competing at the UEFA Champions League, Sandal gave a concert at Taksim Square in Istanbul during which Mayoe Kadir Topbaş also made an appearance.[20] He later shared the same stage with Shakira at Aspendos Theater on the ZDF program Wetten Dass?.[21] Shakira programın ardından sahneyi paylaştığı Mustafa Sandal için "Mustafa Sandal çok iyi bir dost ve güzel bir arkadaş. Bu dostların varlığı yeter." demiştir. Sandal also met Paris Hilton at the backstage of the program.[22] On 7 May 2005 he initiated Musti TV on his official website. In August his new maxi single "Yamalı Tövbeler" was released. On the day it was released, "Yamalı Tövbeler" sold 180,000 copies which was a record in Turkey.[23]

Sandal's single "İsyankar" sold 150,000 copies in Germany which earned him a Golden Certificate.[24] The video clip for "İsyankar" was shot in Istanbul, near Bosphorus, and produced by Universal Music. The clip was number one on the MTV TRL Charts list, leaving behind Blue and Avril Lavigne.[25] After this success, Sandal started his world tour on 5 February in Germany and performed in England, Pakistan, Russia, the Netherlands, Albania and Brazil.[26]

2007–2011: Devamı Var and Karizma

On 12 June 2007, Sandal announced his new album Devamı Var,[27] and it was released a day later on 13 June. The album's lead single "İndir" was written and composed by Sinan Akçıl. The likes of İskender Paydaş, Özgür Yedievli, Sinan Akçıl, Erhan Bayrak and Tolga Kılıç worked on the album for one year about which Sandal said: "For this I can call it the 'album of my life'. My songs will dominate the market in summer. We worked at the studio for a year. I missed doing concerts and being with my fans." Sandal also appeared with his grandfather Hüseyin İleri on the Muhabbet Card commercials.[28]

In 2008, Sandal started a tour of concerts in Turkey under the sponsorship of Muhabbet Cart.[29] He finished the tour in Muğla by performing in front of 10,000 people.[30] In his concert in 15 different cities, he performed for a total number of 500,000 people.[31] His songs "İndir", "Aşka Yürek Gerek" and "İsyankar" appeared on a video game for Play Station 2. The company officials said that they were thinking about including a Turkish pop star in their game console, and chose Sandal due to his popularity in Europe.[32] Sandal received an award for the 2008 Best Commercial Film for his appearance on a mobile phone commercial.[33] The singer, who had 200,000 fans on his website, ranked third in terms of popularity after Madonna and Britney Spears in Europe in 2008.[34]

In June 2009, Sandal released his new album Karizma. About the album he said "My first album as a father is considered to be a milestone for me".[35] He worked on this album with Bojan Dugic who has arranged songs for Britney Spears, Jennifer Lopez and Sting in the past. Bojan Dugic composed the album's lead single "Ateş Et ve Unut" and the song "Karizma". As Dugic decided to give a song he had previously prepared for Jennifer Lopez to Sandal, the release of the album was delayed for two weeks.[36] The album was downloaded 450,000 times from internet websites in 4 days and Sandal ensured that these sites and pirate sellers were identified by a team of 300 people selected from his fan club members.[37] 50,000 dollars was spent on the music video for "Ateş Et ve Unut" which was recorded at Haydarpaşa Port.[38]

The United Nations Children's Fund and UNICEF Germany Committee selected Mustafa Sandal as a European spokesperson for the aid campaign for refugee children in Pakistan.[39] In a poll conducted among Pakistani children and in another one in European countries among a total of 50 thousand people, Sandal was voted the most popular Turkish artist in Europe, which urged him give a message about peace in the world in the UNICEF brochure published in Ramadan 2009. Sandal later said about the offer: "I accepted it without thinking, and we will meet children in our Eastern and Southeastern Anatolian tour."[40] Sandal's English, German and French fans, reacted positively to the song "Ateş Et ve Unut" on internet and some said about Sandal's charity work " Turkey's Michael Jackson has become a goodwill ambassador for our children."[41]

In 2010, Mustafa Sandal and Gökben made a duet called "Nevrin Döner" in the album Dev Devleri, which brings together Nostalgic and new generation artists.[42]

In June 2011, Mustafa Sandal and Gülben Ergen released the duet "Şıkır Şıkır". The song is written by Sandal and composed by the Egyptian artist Amr Mostafa; It was downloaded by 133,253 people and became 2011's best-selling song on the digital platform in Turkey.[43]

2012–present: Organik, 2 Tas Çorba, Tesir Altında, Ben Olsaydım

In summer of 2012, Sandal released the album Organik and described it as the "album of my lief".[44] The songs were first listened to by fans at his concert which was aired pn Turkcellmuzik.com. The album's lead single "Ego" ranked number-one on Top 100 in digital platforms.[45] The album was also discussed in the social media in particular and Sandal expressed his excitement by publishing a video with Mahsun Kırmızıgül through his YouTube channel.[46] The album's first music video was recorded for the song "Ego".[47] Tülay İbak directed the music videos in which 20 actors and members of his team appeared. Sandal said about the music video "It's not a clip, but a short film, I wanted to get away from similar things and show people something different." It was also the fastest-growing work of the week 24 on Nielsen Music Turkey list.[48] Sandal's wife Emina was featured on the song "Çek Gönder". Soner Sarıkabadayı and Eflatun were among the artists featured on this album. Sandal's concert in Beykoz, Istanbul, was attended by 150,000 which was a record at the time.[49] Sandal was among the artists featured on the album Tam 90'dan in tribute to Volga Tamöz and recorded the song "Kalmadı". Together with Turkey National Olympic Committee (TMOK), Sandal became an ambassador for School Olympic Games Project to promote sport for youth and their families[50] and composed the song "Teşekkürler Anne" for the project's campaign.[51]

In 2013 he started working on a new single for which he collaborated with Gülşen and Ozan Çolakoğlu.[52] Due to some certain events in Turkey at the time, Sandal decided to postpone the project and on 6 August 2013 he released the single "Tesir Altında"[53] and it became the best-selling single of 2013.[54]

Cinema and TV career

In 1995, Sandal was cast in a supporting role in the movie Bay E and sang the movie's main song.[55].

In November 2010, the movie New York'ta Beş Minare became the most-viewed film in Turkey[56] in which Sandal portrayed an anti-terrorism police named Acar. At the same year, Sandal worked as a presenter on Star TV's program Kimsin Sen.[57]

In 2011, Sandal played opposite Dolunay Soysert in TRT 1's TV series Başrolde Aşk.[58]

In 2012, he joined Acun Ilıcalı's program O Ses Türkiye (The Voice) on Star TV as a judge together with Hülya Avşar, Hadise and Murat Boz. The program was well-received by fans and İbrahim Şevki from Sandal's team was voted runner-up at the first season. In 2013, Mustafa Bozkurt from Sandal's team won the competition and became the winner. As his main goal was to win the competition once, he departed the program after the second season.[59]

Sandal also continued to appear in commercials and together with his then-wife Emina Jahović, he received 1,250,000 dollars for a Turkcell commercial.[60] He then appeared in 3 commercials for BP as the face of their brand which earned him 1,830,000 dollars.[61] For the first commercial Sandal told a story about one of his interactions with a fan who was a BP user,[62] and for the other commercial he went in front of the camera with scenarist Gülse Birsel.[63]

The Disney movie Planes was released in Turkey on 23 August 2018 in which, Sandal voiced the Turkish version of the character Dusty.[64]

Selected discography

Albums

Singles

Filmography

Programs

References

  1. ↑ Mustafa Sandal Pilot
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Billboard Mustafa Sandal
  3. ↑ Power Club Mustafa Sandal
  4. 1 2 Biyografi Mustafa Sandal
  5. 1 2 3 Mustafa Sandal'ın albüm tirajları Sabah Gazetesi - 1
  6. ↑ "Mustafa Sandal - Tek Geçerim / HD 16:9 / "Akışına Bırak"". 4 November 2009. Retrieved 18 May 2013.
  7. ↑ Mustafa Sandal - Eros Ramazzotti düeti
  8. ↑ "Eros'la Yaptığı Düeti Unutamadı". Archived from the original on 20 April 2014.
  9. ↑ Mustafa Sandal Paris'te esti.
  10. ↑ Mustafa Sandal Seven albümü
  11. ↑ "Azra Akın, Musti'nin Klibinde".
  12. ↑ "Mustafa Sandal Sonunda Başardı".
  13. ↑ Der Spigel'de Mustafa Sandal
  14. ↑ Mustafa Sandal 100. Yıl Marşı
  15. ↑ Volkswagen ile Müzik Aşkına
  16. ↑ "VW ile Müzik Aşkı Sürüyor". Archived from the original on 4 November 2013.
  17. ↑ Mustafa Sandal Parfüm
  18. ↑ Avusturya Albüm Satış Listesi
  19. ↑ İsviçre Albüm Satış Listesi
  20. ↑ "Kupayı İlk Sandal Kaldırdı". Milliyet.
  21. ↑ "Dünyanın gözü Aspendos'ta". Hürriyet.
  22. ↑ "Paris'in Sandal Hayranlığı".
  23. ↑ "Musti Rekora Koşuyor".
  24. ↑ Musikmarkt Online - Altın Plak Haberi Almanca
  25. ↑ Mustafa Sandal'ın MTV Almanya'daki 1'ncilik videosu
  26. ↑ "Dünya Turnesine Çıkıyor". Hürriyet.
  27. ↑ "İndir'le Geliyor". Hürriyet.
  28. ↑ "Mustafa Sandal muhabbet kart reklamı".
  29. ↑ "Sandal'ın turnesi Ordu'dan Başladı". Sabah.
  30. ↑ "Son Durak Muğla".
  31. ↑ "5 Ayda 500 Bin Seyirci". Sabah.
  32. ↑ Play Station 2'de Mustafa Sandal şarkıları
  33. ↑ MUSTİ, ÖDÜLÜNÜ ALIP STÜDYOYA GİRDİ
  34. ↑ [http://www.mustafaulusoy.de Mustafa] Sandal diyor ki: Hayran sayısında Avrupa 3'üncüsüyüm
  35. ↑ "Mustafa Sandal, Yaman döndü". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
  36. ↑ "Lopez'in şarkısını Musti kaptı". Archived from the original on 17 January 2011.
  37. ↑ "450.000 korsan albüme dava". Archived from the original on 5 March 2016.
  38. ↑ ""Ateş Et ve Unut" kliplendi".
  39. ↑ "Pakistanlı çocukları Musti kurtaracak". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
  40. ↑ "UNICEF'in barış sözcüsü Mustafa Sandal". Archived from the original on 6 March 2016.
  41. ↑ "Musti Avrupa'da Karizma yaptı".
  42. ↑ Her Devrin Devleri Buluştu
  43. ↑ Dijital dünya'da Şıkır Şıkır'a büyük ilgi
  44. ↑ "Mustafa Sandal "Organik" albüm".
  45. ↑ "Musti'nin "Ego"su Patladı".
  46. ↑ "Mustafa Sandal'dan Organik albümünün Trend Topic olması şerefine :)". Archived from the original on 25 January 2014.
  47. ↑ "Ego'ya Aksiyon Klibi".
  48. ↑ "24. haftanın en hızlı yükselen eseri: Ego".
  49. ↑ "Asıl Rekoru Musti Kırdı". Sabah.
  50. ↑ Mustafa Sandal Olimpiyatları elçisi oldu
  51. ↑ Mustafa Sandal - Teşekkürler Anne şarkısı
  52. ↑ "Yazın şarkısını bu üçlü patlatacak". Retrieved 18 July 2013.
  53. ↑ "Tesir Altında çıktı". Milliyet. Retrieved 5 August 2013.
  54. ↑ "Tesir Altında En Çok Satan Single". Archived from the original on 11 March 2016. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
  55. ↑ e Film Müziği - 1
  56. ↑ Türk Filmleri
  57. ↑ O artık bir Tv sunucusu
  58. ↑ Başrolde Aşk Dizisi
  59. ↑ Mustafa Sandal O Ses Türkiye'den neden ayrıldı?
  60. ↑ "Mustafa Sandal Turkcell Reklam Filminde 1 milyon 250 bin dolar aldı".
  61. ↑ "BP'nin yeni yüzü Mustafa Sandal".
  62. ↑ "BP'nin Mustafa Sandal'lı ilk reklam filmi yayına girdi".
  63. ↑ "Mustafa Sandal, Gülse Birsel ile Aynı Reklam Filminde".
  64. ↑ Mustafa Sandal Uçaklar için Stüdyoya girdi.

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