Nilüfer (singer)

Nilüfer Yumlu (born 31 May 1955), commonly known as Nilüfer, is a Turkish pop singer.

Nilüfer
Nilüfer and Sezen Aksu in a concert in Cemil Topuzlu Open-Air Theatre, 2012
Background information
Birth nameNilüfer Yumlu
Born (1955-05-31) 31 May 1955
Beyoğlu, Istanbul, Turkey
GenresTurkish Pop
Occupation(s)Singer
Years active1972–present
Labels
Websiteniluferonline.org

In 1992, one of her biggest hits, "Show Yapma", was included in the album Yine Yeni Yeniden. Also "Kar Taneleri" (1984, Nilüfer '84), "Mor Menekşe" (1988, Esmer Günler), "Esmer Günler" (1988, Esmer Günler), "Eğrisi Doğrusu" (1994, Ne Masal Ne Rüya), "Mavilim" (1997, Nilüfer'le) and "Dünya Dönüyor" (1998, Yeniden Yetmişe) are her well-known hits.

Together with the band Nazar, she represented Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest 1978, where she shared the 18th place with Seija Simola from Finland. Since 1997 she has been Turkey's National Ambassador to UNICEF.[1] In 1998, she was awarded the honorary title of State Artist of Turkey.[2] She developed breast cancer, but beat the cancer after a nine-month treatment.[3]

Discography

Filmography
Televizyon
Year Title Role Notes
2019 Jet Sosyete[6] Herself Episode 39

References
  1. National ambassadors (UNICEF)
  2. State Artists Archived 2008-05-01 at the Wayback Machine (in Turkish)
  3. http://www.bursaport.com/haber/magazin/sanat-dunyasi/nilufer-kanseri-yendi,-sahnelere-donuyor-24040.html
  4. "2011 Dolum Faturalarına Göre İlk 50 Yerli Albümleri" (PDF). MÜ-YAP. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 June 2013. Retrieved 24 June 2013.
  5. "ŞOK!.. 2013 Ve 2014 Yılı Albüm Basım Rakamlarını Açıklıyoruz!." muzikonair.com. 7 August 2015. Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
  6. "'Jet Sosyete'de Nilüfer sürprizi!". Hürriyet. 30 April 2019. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
Achievements
Preceded by
Semiha Yankı
with "Seninle Bir Dakika"		 Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest
1978		 Succeeded by
Ajda Pekkan
with "Pet'r Oil"
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