Articles of category "Turkish pop musicians"

Female Turkish pop musicians rank right up there with female pop stars from Pakistan: you know they're out there, but you've never heard of them! Well, believe it or not, there ARE female Turkish pop musicians in the world. Some of them are Ajda Pekkan, Sertab Erener. They took part in "Eurovision". And for example Sertab Erener was the first on Eurovision Song Contest 2004. Sertab Erener was the first from female Turkish pop musicians who sang the song in English in "Eurovision".

So when is the last time you heard a song on the Billboard Top ten that was performed by male Turkish pop musicians? Probably not very recently. But that doesn't matter, because Tarkan and Mustafa Sandal are the two names of male Turkish pop musicians very well-known in the international world of pop music. Their music gained thousands of fans in Europe and the rest of the world due to the remarkable mixture of Western harmonies and technological developments with Eastern exotic: Turkish folk songs and Arabic melodies. They never fail to surprise us with their new creations, which top the world charts, and maybe one day the charts in the US as well.