Hadise Açıkgöz (born 22 October 1985; Mol, Belgium) is a Belgian-Turkish singer and songwriter.
Mol was born and raised in Belgium as the daughter of the Sivas family. She entered the 2003 Idol competition in 2003, although she didn’t come first, she started preparing for the album after receiving an album offer. He rose to fame in Belgium and Turkey with the song “Stir Me Up”, which was included on his debut studio album, Sweat, which was released in 2005.
After interest from the Turkish press, he shifted his career to Turkey. In 2008, she released her second studio album Hadise. The song “Deli Boy”, which is included in the album which consists of English and Turkish songs, became a hit in Turkey. The following year, she represented Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 with “Düm Tek Tek” and came fourth. Thanks to the competition, he increased his popularity. In the same year, he released the albums Fast Life and Kahraman. Kahraman’s debut single “We Should Get Married” regained its place in the charts. In 2011, he released his fifth studio album, Aşk Kaç Body Giyer?. “Superman” on the album, “What Size Does Love Take?” and the music video for “He Has Taken My Message”. In 2014, he released the album Recommended.
After signing an album contract with 2 Brains Records, Hadise worked with Yves Gaillard to prepare her first song “Sweat” and released it as a single on November 1, 2004. The song peaked at number 19 on Belgium’s official Ultratop chart. In May 2005, he released his second single “Stir Me Up” and filmed his first music video for this song. Thanks to his song, his name became famous in the Turkish press. In October 2005, her third single, Milk Chocolate Girl, was put up for sale. The song peaked at number 13 on the Ultratop chart and became Hadise’s best single.
In February 2008, the album’s second single “My Body” was released. The music video for the song was directed by Şenol Korkmaz. She participated as a duet singer in the song “Enemy” on Serdar Ortaç Nefes’ album, which was released in June 2008. The first news that Hadise could represent Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest came at the end of 2007. In October 2008, it was announced that the singer would represent Turkey in Eurovision Song Contest 2009. On 31 December 2008, he sang the song “Düm Tek Tek”, which he composed for the contest with Sinan Akçıl and Stefaan Fernande, on TRT for the first time.
He traveled to countries like Greece, Malta, Romania, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Bulgaria to promote his songs. During this time he suffered from various health problems. In the competition held in Moscow, the capital of Russia, on 16 May 2009, Azerbaijan got full points from Belgium, Great Britain, France, Switzerland and Macedonia; With a total of 177 points, he is fourth after Norway, Iceland and Azerbaijan.
In the second week of May 2009, he released his third studio album, Fast Life, for sale in countries other than Turkey. The album peaked at number 16 on the Indonesian music chart and at number 16 on the Belgian chart. The song “Fast Life” was released as the album’s first cut; It received an award in Best Song from Turkey in the Balkan category at the Balkan Music Awards. Her competitor won the Turkish O Ses, where she sat on the judges’ bench.
Discography
Sweat (2005)
Hadise (2008)
Fast Living (2009)
Kahraman (2009)
Ask Kaç Beden Giyer? (2011)
Tavsiye (2014)
Champion (2017)
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