Mustafa Sandal
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Mustafa Sandal, commonly known as Musti, is a famous Turkish
Turkey
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 pop singer. He is fluent in English
English language
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, Turkish
Turkish language
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, Italian
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 and French
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. He emerged in the early 1990s with the revival of Turkish pop music
Turkish pop music
Turkish pop music had its humble beginnings in the late 1950s with Turkish cover versions of a wide range of imported popular styles, including rock and roll, tango, and jazz...

 and is one of the most successful pop
Pop music
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 singers in Turkey with overall sales of 13 million copies. Musti is famous in Europe
Europe
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 for his songs "Moonlight
Aya Benzer 2003
"Aya Benzer 2003" - The original version of this song is part of the Maxi Sandal 2003 / Moonlight Maxi single .-Tracklist:* Aya Benzer 2003, 2003** Track 1: "Aya Benzer 2003 "...

", "Araba
Araba
Araba may refer to one of the following places:*Álava, a province in northern Spain *Arabah, a section of the Great Rift Valley*Arraba, an Arab-Israeli town in Israel*Arrabah, a Palestinian village in the West Bank...

" and "İsyankar
Isyankar
"İsyankar" was Mustafa Sandal's fourth CD single and third CD single to be internationally released. It was recorded and released in 2005.-Turkish Release:* İsyankar, 2005...

" in countries such as Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

, Belgium
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 Switzerland
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, and Austria
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. He is also known in the United States
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, Russia
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, Azerbaijan
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 and Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan
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. Sandal is married to popular Serbian Muslim(Sandzak) singer Emina Jahović
Emina Jahovic
Emina Jahović Sandal , is a Serbian pop singer. She is married to singer Mustafa Sandal from Turkey, where she is known as Emina Sandal.- Biography :...

 and has a son with her.

Early life

Mustafa Sandal was born on 11 January 1970 in Istanbul
Istanbul
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. When he started school, his classmates and teachers quickly realized his talents in music. When Musti heard a song, he was immediately able to pick out the different instruments and their melodies throughout the music. He finished high school at Collège du Léman in Geneva
Geneva
Geneva In the national languages of Switzerland the city is known as Genf , Ginevra and Genevra is the second-most-populous city in Switzerland and is the most populous city of Romandie, the French-speaking part of Switzerland...

, Switzerland
Switzerland
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. He then attended New Hampshire College in the United States. After graduating, he went back to Istanbul. During this time, Musti became involved in writing music with many songwriter
Songwriter
A songwriter is an individual who writes both the lyrics and music to a song. Someone who solely writes lyrics may be called a lyricist, and someone who only writes music may be called a composer...

s. In a short time, he began to write his own music and wrote songs for famous Turkish
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...

 singers Zerrin Özer
Zerrin Özer
Zerrin Özer is a famous Turkish pop singer. She is called as Turkey's Janis Joplin by several fans. She has very famous hits such as "Gönül" , "Dayanamıyorum" , "Dünya Tatlısı" and "Paşa Gönlüm" -Biography:She was born in 1957 in Ankara, Turkey...

, Hakan Peker, Ant Eater and Aysegül Aldinç.

Career

Mustafa Sandal released his debut album Suç Bende
Suç Bende
Suç Bende is the debut album released in 1994 of the Turkish pop singer Mustafa Sandal. This was the album that launched him onto the Turkish pop scene.-Track listing:* Suç Bende, 1994#"Bu Kız Beni Gormeli" - – 3:41...

in 1994. It sold 1.7 million copies and became the greatest selling album of the year with a landslide victory. During this time, Musti gave 140 concerts throughout Turkey as well as thirty concerts in Europe. Musti was interested in working with all areas of music; he wanted to be not only a singer, but also a songwriter
Songwriter
A songwriter is an individual who writes both the lyrics and music to a song. Someone who solely writes lyrics may be called a lyricist, and someone who only writes music may be called a composer...

 and producer
Record producer
A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...

. In 1995, Musti helped write songs and produce Turkish pop singer Sibel Alaş
Sibel Alas
Sibel Alaş is a Turkish pop music singer. She was born in February 13, 1973 in İzmit. She graduated from American Culture and Literature Department in İstanbul University. Her first hit was 'Adam' from her album of the same name in 1995. She was both vocalist and dancer of Yonca Evcimik before...

's album "Adam" ("Man"). The album was successful and sold 400,000 copies. In 1996, Musti moved to London
London
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 to isolate himself from fans while preparing his next album. Later that year, he released his second album Gölgede Aynı
Gölgede Ayni
Gölgede Aynı is the second album released in 1996 of the Turkish pop singer Mustafa Sandal. This album is considered to be his most commercially successful album.-Original Version:* Gölgede Aynı, 1996#"Araba" - – 4:41#"Kalmadı" - – 3:56...

and it sold 2.6 million copies. After the outstanding popularity of this album, he performed 140 concerts throughout Turkey. The third music video of the album for the song "Bir Anda" used tie-clip techniques which were a first for Turkish fans. Musti also produced Turkish pop singer İzel's album "Emanet" ("Possession") later that year. Musti's third album Detay
Detay
Detay is the third album released in 1998 of the Turkish pop singer Mustafa Sandal.-Track listing:* Detay, 1998#"Aya Benzer" - – 3:56#"Top" - – 4:12#"Bombacı" - – 3:05#"Teyze" - – 4:24#"Onca" - – 5:31...

was the first album released from his newly established record label YADA Productions. In 2000, after the success of Tarkan
Tarkan (album)
Tarkan is a 1999 compilation album by Tarkan, composed of songs released in his 1994 A-Acayipsin and 1997 Ölürüm Sana albums. It was initially released in France in 1998 but due to the success of his single "Şımarık", it was given a wider European release on 1 April 1999, with 14 tracks. Due to its...

, Musti signed a contract with Sony Music France and released a compilation album titled Araba
Araba
Araba may refer to one of the following places:*Álava, a province in northern Spain *Arabah, a section of the Great Rift Valley*Arraba, an Arab-Israeli town in Israel*Arrabah, a Palestinian village in the West Bank...

. Later that year, Musti released his fourth album Akışına Bırak
Akisina Birak
Akışına Bırak is the fourth album released in May 2000 of the Turkish pop singer Mustafa Sandal. This album is not a pop music album in fact, it has classical art songs such as "Alkışlarla", "Mesela" and "Akışına Bırak"...

but had disappointing sales. However, the duet with Natalia for the song "Hatırla Beni," originally a Greek/Egyptian song called "ELEOS" sung by Angela Dimitriou
Angela Dimitriou
Angela Dimitriou is a Greek pop folk singer.She is also famous in the Arab countries across the Middle East, with her song "Margarites" hitting the top of the charts in Lebanon, among other places...

 and Amr Diab
Amr Diab
Amr Abdol-Basset Abdol-Azeez Diab is an Egyptian singer and composer of geel music; the contemporary face of Egyptian el-geel pop music, according to World Music. Diab is the best-selling Arab recording artist of all time, according to Let's Go Egypt...

 became very successful and a concert tour of Turkey followed.

In 2001, Prestij Müzik, the parent company of Musti's YADA Productions, was bankrupted and Musti signed into Erol Köse Productions. In 2002, Musti released his fifth studio album Kop
KOP (album)
KOP is the fifth album released in 2002 of the Turkish pop singer Mustafa Sandal.-Track listing:* Kop, 2002#"Pazara Kadar" - – 3:27#"Geçmiş Olsun" - – 4:08#"Gururumdan" - – 3:58#"Kopmam Lazım" - – 3:44...

 which contained the 2002 hit "Pazara Kadar" ("Until Sunday"/"Until the Market") as well as releasing his first promotional single for the song Kopmam Lazım with Turkish phone service Telsim. In 2003, Musti released his first Maxi Single (EP/Hybrid Album) titled Maxi Sandal 2003 / Moonlight
Maxi Sandal 2003 / Moonlight
Maxi Sandal 2003 / Moonlight is the first Maxi Single released in 2003 of the Turkish pop singer Mustafa Sandal and the Greek pop singer Natalia.-Track listing:* Maxi Sandal 2003 / Moonlight, 2003...

 which included a Turkish/Greek duet of the Greek folk song
Greek folk music
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 "Anaveis Foties" as well as releasing his first European single
CD single
A CD single is a music single in the form of a standard size Compact Disc, not to be confused with the 3-inch CD single, which uses a smaller form factor. The format was introduced in the mid-1980s, but did not gain its place in the market until the early 1990s...

 Aya Benzer 2003
Aya Benzer 2003
"Aya Benzer 2003" - The original version of this song is part of the Maxi Sandal 2003 / Moonlight Maxi single .-Tracklist:* Aya Benzer 2003, 2003** Track 1: "Aya Benzer 2003 "...

. Musti also wanted to release songs in English in his next album Seven
Seven (Mustafa Sandal album)
Seven is second internationally released album in 2003 of the Turkish pop singer Mustafa Sandal and his first internationally released album of new material.In 2004, the album was re-released under the title Seven New Version...

but due to conflicts with producer Erol Köse he released the album under a Universal
Universal Music Group
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 label. In 2004, Musti released his second European single Araba 2004
Araba 2004
-Tracklist:* Araba 2004, 2004** Track 1: "Araba " ** Track 2: "Araba " ** Track 3: "Araba " ** Track 4: "Fıkra" ** Track 5: "Araba " -Charts:...

along with a second version of Seven titled Seven New Version with little success.

Later in 2004, Musti released his second Maxi Single titled İste
ISTE
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("Want") which contained his 2004 hit İsyankar ("Rebellious"). The song was believed by some to be a remake of a song by Punjabi MC. Musti later performed the song with Punjabi MC in 2005. On 11 August 2005, Musti released his third single İsyankar in Europe and later won a Gold Record for high sales in Germany. The song reached the top 20 of several European countries peaking at number four in Switzerland. Later that year, Musti later released a third version of the Seven album titled Seven Reloaded
Seven Reloaded
Seven Reloaded is the fourth internationally released album in 2005 of the Turkish pop singer Mustafa Sandal.-Track listing:* Seven Reloaded, 2005#"İsyankar " - – 4:01#"Kavrulduk" - – 3:55...

. After disappointing sales, Musti announced that he was taking a career break. During this time, Musti worked on three commercials for Muhabbet Kart ("Chat Card"), a new promotion provided by Türkcell
Turkcell
Turkcell is the leading mobile phone operator of Turkey, based in Istanbul. The company has 34.1 million subscribers as of June 30th, 2011.- Company background :...

. Musti also started giving concerts throughout Turkey. During one concert, he said "Bu yaz çok sessiz geçti. Yine iş bize duştu" ("This summer has been too quiet. It is again my responsibility to make the hits"). Suddenly, Musti started singing his Yamalı Tövbeler
Yamali Tövbeler
Yamalı Tövbeler is the third Maxi Single released in 2005 of the Turkish pop singer Mustafa Sandal.-Track listing:* Yamalı Tövbeler, 2005#"Yamalı Tövbeler" - – 3:45#"Yamalı Tövbeler " - – 4:34...

("Patched Repentances") song. Unfortunately, Yamalı Tövbeler sold poorly and caused more tension between Musti and Erol Köse. Musti's contract was transferred to Seyhan Müzik. In 2006, Musti started to appear on Doğuş Otomobil's safe driving commercials. It was also announced on his official website that his 1996 hit "Araba" would be translated and put into Shakira
Shakira
Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll , known professionally as Shakira , is a Colombian singer who emerged in the music scene of Colombia and Latin America in the early 1990s...

's next album.

Musti originally announced that his new album
Devamı Var
Devamı Var is the sixth studio album by the Turkish pop singer Mustafa Sandal. The original release date for this album was December 2006 but was later pushed to April 23, May 19, and June 8, 2007. Two weeks before the release, an instrumental version of the song "Çoban" was available on Mustafa...

 would be released in December 2006. In 2007, the new Musti FM radio on his official website confirmed that his album had been delayed to 23 April 2007, 19 May, and later to its official release date of 13 June 2007. In May, Musti invited Emina Jahovic to Istanbul and showed her three tracks he had written for her in his new album. She was deeply affected by them. To promote his album, Musti starred in three commercials for Muhabbet Kart with his grandfather, famous percussionist Hüseyin İleri Musti also explained in an interview that his grandfather raised him during his childhood and gave him motivation and interest towards music. In an interview with Turkish entertainment show Canlı Canlı, Musti admitted that he is again in a relationship with Miss Emina Jahovic. Later in June, Seyhan Müzik announced that the Devamı Var album sold 200,000 copies in its first week and has reached number one in all music store listings in western areas of Turkey. Overall, in 2007 2.3 million copies of Devamı var CD was sold in Turkey and some European countries.

Musti is also going to play in a cinema movie called New York'ta Beş minare produced by Mahsun Kırmızıgül
its expected to come out in 2010. This will be the first experience of Musti in his career as actor

Mustafa Sandal married the Serbian singer Emina Jahovic in January 2008. And they had their first son Yaman in August 2008.

Albums

  • Suç Bende
    Suç Bende
    Suç Bende is the debut album released in 1994 of the Turkish pop singer Mustafa Sandal. This was the album that launched him onto the Turkish pop scene.-Track listing:* Suç Bende, 1994#"Bu Kız Beni Gormeli" - – 3:41...

    (My Fault)(1994)
  • Gölgede Aynı
    Gölgede Ayni
    Gölgede Aynı is the second album released in 1996 of the Turkish pop singer Mustafa Sandal. This album is considered to be his most commercially successful album.-Original Version:* Gölgede Aynı, 1996#"Araba" - – 4:41#"Kalmadı" - – 3:56...

    (Same In the Shadow) (1996)
  • Detay
    Detay
    Detay is the third album released in 1998 of the Turkish pop singer Mustafa Sandal.-Track listing:* Detay, 1998#"Aya Benzer" - – 3:56#"Top" - – 4:12#"Bombacı" - – 3:05#"Teyze" - – 4:24#"Onca" - – 5:31...

    (Detail) (1998)
  • Araba
    Araba (2000)
    Araba is the first internationally released album released in 1999 of the Turkish pop singer Mustafa Sandal.-Track listing:* Araba, 1999#"Aya Benzer" - – 3:56#"Araba [Edit Single]" - – 4:41#"Bombacı" - – 3:05...

    (Car) (2000)
  • Akışına Bırak
    Akisina Birak
    Akışına Bırak is the fourth album released in May 2000 of the Turkish pop singer Mustafa Sandal. This album is not a pop music album in fact, it has classical art songs such as "Alkışlarla", "Mesela" and "Akışına Bırak"...

    (Let It Go) (2000)
  • Kop
    KOP (album)
    KOP is the fifth album released in 2002 of the Turkish pop singer Mustafa Sandal.-Track listing:* Kop, 2002#"Pazara Kadar" - – 3:27#"Geçmiş Olsun" - – 4:08#"Gururumdan" - – 3:58#"Kopmam Lazım" - – 3:44...

    (Break) (2002)
  • Seven
    Seven (Mustafa Sandal album)
    Seven is second internationally released album in 2003 of the Turkish pop singer Mustafa Sandal and his first internationally released album of new material.In 2004, the album was re-released under the title Seven New Version...

    (Lover) (2003)
  • İste
    ISTE
    The International Society for Technology in Education is a nonprofit professional organization with a worldwide membership of leaders and potential leaders in educational technology...

    (Ask for It) (2004)
  • Devamı Var
    Devamı Var
    Devamı Var is the sixth studio album by the Turkish pop singer Mustafa Sandal. The original release date for this album was December 2006 but was later pushed to April 23, May 19, and June 8, 2007. Two weeks before the release, an instrumental version of the song "Çoban" was available on Mustafa...

    (To Be Continued) (2007)
  • Karizma (Charisma) (2009)

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