Göksel (singer)

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Göksel was born in Istanbul on 25 November 1971. In 1988 she applied to Boğaziçi University to study philosophy. However, she quit her studies to become a professional musician. She started to take private singing lessons and began singing for various orchestras. For two years she was a backing vocalist to Sezen Aksu and Sertab Erener, two of Turkey's most acknowledged female singers.

In September 1997, her first album, entitled Yollar (Roads), was released, of which the first single, "Sabır" (Patience), became a hit.

She released her second album, Körebe (Blind Man's Bluff), in October 2001 under a Sony Music label. Its most successful single was "Depresyondayım" (I'm depressed).

Her third album came out in May 2003 under the title Söz Ver (Promise). That year Göksel gave a successful concert in Babylon with the Greek band, Omega Vibes.

In March 2005, Göksel published her latest album, Arka Bahçem (My Backyard). The album's biggest hit was "Bi seni konuşurum" (I'm only talking about you).

Göksel is also featured in the album of Turkish rock band maNga; their duet called "Dursun zaman" (Time should stop) is popular with radio stations and appears on the soundtrack of the film Sınav (starring Jean-Claude Van Damme).^[1][2]

Göksel's fifth album, entitled Ay'da Yürüdüm (I Walked on the Moon), was released on 13 April 2007. The first single is titled "Yarabbi Şükür" (Thanks God). The album features a duet with Ferman Akgül, the singer of maNga and renowned Turkish rock star Teoman. The song's title is "Taş Bebek" (Doll) and according to Göksel, the song was written (together with Akgül, Alper Erinç and Teoman) to show how much the women have to suffer to be always beautiful. Göksel states that women are designed to do much more useful things than just dolling themselves up for the sake of men, so she wrote this song to remind women that beauty lies inside and not in clothes or make-up.^[3][4]

She released her sixth studio album Mektubumu Buldun mu? (Did you find my letter?) in May 2009, in which she performed covers of popular Turkish songs. In September 2009, her previous company released a compilation best-of album, which allegedly released without artist's permission.

On 28 April 2010 Göksel released her second covers album, seventh over all, called "Hayat Rüya Gibi" (English: Life is like a dream). She did a cover of "Paroles Paroles" (Dalida) named "Palavra" (Lies) and a ballad with the name of "Tek Başına" (Alone).

In 2018, Göksel collaborated with electronic musician Hey Douglas to create a song called "Duruyor Dünya" (The world is stopping).

Albums

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Year	Released	Title	Label
1997	3 September 1997	Yollar (Roads)	Karma Müzik Yapım
2001	4 October 2001	Körebe (Blind Man's Bluff)	Sony Music
2003	29 May 2003	Söz ver (Promise)	Sony Music
2005	17 March 2005	Arka Bahçem (My Backyard)	Sony Music
2007	15 April 2007	Ay'da Yürüdüm (I Walked on the Moon)	Sony Music
2009	May 2009	Mektubumu Buldun mu? (Did You Find my Letter?)	Avrupa Müzik
2009	17 September 2009	The Best of Göksel	Sony Music
2010	26 April 2010	Hayat Rüya Gibi (Life is Like a Dream)	Avrupa Müzik
2012	18 January 2012	Bende Bi' Aşk Var (I Have a Love)	Avrupa Müzik
2015	14 January 2015	Sen Orda Yoksun (You're not There)	Avrupa Müzik
2024	10 May 2024	B'Aşka Şarkılar (Different Songs)	Soles Music
2026	15 May 2026	Rüyaların İşi (Dreams' Work)	Soles Music

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Singles

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Year	Title
2017	"Tam da Şu An"
2019	"Bu da Geçecek"
2019	"Hiç Yok"
2020	"Ben Fena Aşığım"
	"Lütufsuz Yaz"
2021	"Çölde Bi' Vaha"
2022	"Haklıydın"
	"Canım"
	"Sen Varsın"
2023	"Burda Kalayım"
	"Başkası"
2024	"Bıçak"
	"Boş Vere Boş Vere"
	"Bir Günah Gibi"
2025	"Pardon"
	"Olmaz mı?"
2026	"Peki Öyle Olsun"
	"Alev Alev"

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Charts

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List of singles, release date and album name

Single	Year	Peak	Album
		TR [5]
"Yarabbi Şükür"	2007	3	Ay'da Yürüdüm
"Taş Bebek"		—
"Yabani Otlar"	2008	10
"Dudaklarında Arzu"	2009	17	Mektubumu Buldun mu?
"Ağlamak Güzeldir"	2010	—
"Senden Başka"		—
"Sevil Neşelen"		—	Hayat Rüya Gibi
"Acıyor"	2012	3	Bende Bi' Aşk Var
"Uzaktan"		2
"Yalnız Kuş"		2
"Aşkın Yalanmış"	2013	—
"Sen Orda Yoksun"	2015	5	Sen Orda Yoksun
"Denize Bıraksam"		4
"Gittiğinde"		—
"Bu da Geçecek"	2019	1	Non-album single
"Hiç Yok"		1
"—" indicates that the songs were not included in the lists or the results were not disclosed.

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Music videos

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Year	Song	Album	Director
1997	"Sabır"	Yollar	—N/a
	"Uzun Uzun Yollar"		Cansu Akbel [6]
2001	"Depresyondayım"	Körebe	Murad Küçük [7]
	"Bir İhtimal"		—N/a
	"Günün Birinde"		—N/a
2003	"Hastasıyım"	Söz Ver	—N/a
	"Allı Pullu"		Mahir Akyol
	"Firar"		—N/a
	"Karşı Kıyıya"	Atmosfera	—N/a
2004	"Dursun Zaman"	MaNga	Onur Uysal [8]
2005	"Arka Bahçemde"	Arka Bahçem	Devrin Usta [7]
	"Bi Seni Konuşurum"		—N/a
	"Benden Geçti Aşk"		—N/a
	"Karar Verdim"		Murad Küçük [7]
2007	"Yarabbi Şükür"	Ay'da Yürüdüm	Murad Küçük [7]
	"Taş Bebek"		Murad Küçük [7]
2008	"Yabani Otlar"		Mike Norman, Yon Thomas
2009	"Dudaklarında Arzu"	Mektubumu Buldun mu?	Kemal Başbuğ [9]
2010	"Ağlamak Güzeldir"		Gürcan Keltek [10]
	"Senden Başka"		Walky Talky
	"Sevil Neşelen"	Hayat Rüya Gibi	Kemal Başbuğ
2012	"Acıyor"	Bende Bi Aşk Var	Murat Onbul
	"Uzaktan"
	"Yalnız Kuş"
2013	"Aşkın Yalanmış"
2015	"Sen Orda Yoksun"	Sen Orda Yoksun
	"Denize Bıraksam"		Charles Richards [11]
	"Gittiğinde"		Bora Tarhan [12]
2016	"Isırgan"		Murat Joker [13]
2017	"Tam da Şu An"	Tam da Şu An	Bedran Güzel [14]
	"Unutulmaz"	Mirkelam Şarkıları	Gürcak Keltek
2019	"Bu da Geçecek"	Bu da Geçecek	Murat Onbul [15]
	"Hiç Yok"	Hiç Yok	Koray Birand [16]
2020	"Ben Fena Aşığım"	Ben Fena Aşığım
	"Lütufsuz Yaz"	Lütufsuz Yaz	Eran Hakim, Evren Topaloğlu
2021	"Çölde Bi' Vaha"	Çölde Bi' Vaha	Aytekin Yalçın
2022	"Canım"	Canım	Elif Demiralp
	"Sen Varsın"	Sen Varsın	Aytekin Yalçın
2023	"Burda Kalayım"	Burda Kalayım
2024	"Bıçak"	Bıçak
2025	"Pardon"	Pardon	Abdullah Yazıc
	"Olmaz mı?"	Olmaz mı?
2026	"Peki Öyle Olsun"	Rüyaların İşi	Aytekin Yalçın
	"Alev Alev"
	"Be Oğlum"

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