Göksel (singer)

Göksel
Göksel in 2016
Born
Göksel Demirpençe

(1971-11-25) 25 November 1971 (age 52)
EducationBoğaziçi University
Occupations
  • Singer-songwriter
  • producer
Spouse
Alper Erinç
(m. 2002; div. 2007)
Musical career
GenresPop rock
InstrumentGuitar
Years active1997–present
Labels
Websitewww.gokselonline.com

Göksel Demirpençe (born 25 November 1971) is a Turkish singer-songwriter.

Biography

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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).

Discography

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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

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"

Charts

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List of singles, release date and album name
Single Year Peak Album
TR
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"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.

Music videos

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Year Song Album Director
1997 "Sabır" Yollar
"Uzun Uzun Yollar" Cansu Akbel [6]
2001 "Depresyondayım" Körebe Murad Küçük [7]
"Bir İhtimal"
"Günün Birinde"
2003 "Hastasıyım" Söz Ver
"Allı Pullu" Mahir Akyol
"Firar"
"Karşı Kıyıya" Atmosfera
2004 "Dursun Zaman" MaNga Onur Uysal [8]
2005 "Arka Bahçemde" Arka Bahçem Devrin Usta [7]
"Bi Seni Konuşurum"
"Benden Geçti Aşk"
"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

Filmography

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Year Title Role Notes
2012 Yalan Dünya Herself Guest appearance
2012 Yol Ayrımı Seyyan Guest appearance
2020 Kalk Gidelim Herself Guest appearance

Notes

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  1. ^ "Michael Show: SINAV Orijinal Film Müzikleri (SONY BMG – 2006)". Archived from the original on 2007-12-23. Retrieved 2007-01-09.
  2. ^ Sony Music Türkiye: Sinav Orijinal Soundtrack Archived 2007-02-04 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Taş bebek olma akıllı ol (Don't be a doll, be wise)- Hürriyet
  4. ^ "Şarkı yapmak için yaralı olmak lazım" (You have to be hurt to write a song) - Milliyet
  5. ^ The songs on Türkçe Top 20:
  6. ^ http://www.sebnemferah.info/fans/viewtopic.php?t=1450&sid=6da8d96e23309a4dc0664162417be8d1 [dead link]
  7. ^ a b c d e "hurriyet.com.tr". Archived from the original on 2012-07-09. Retrieved 2019-06-18.
  8. ^ hurriyet.com.tr
  9. ^ "Göksel'den yeni klip: "Dudaklarında Arzu"". Archived from the original on 20 August 2014. Retrieved 20 June 2009.
  10. ^ "Göksel İle "Ağlamak Güzeldir"". MTV Türkiye. 9 February 2010. Archived from the original on 13 February 2010. Retrieved 9 February 2010.
  11. ^ "Göksel, Yeni Albümünün 2. Klibini "Denize Bıraksam"a Çekti!". PowerTurk. 13 May 2015. Archived from the original on 23 December 2015. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
  12. ^ "Göksel, 'Gittiğinde' şarkısına klip çekti". Hürriyet. 10 November 2015. Archived from the original on 23 December 2015. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
  13. ^ "Göksel "Isırgan" Şarkısına Klip Çekti !". Kral Müzik. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
  14. ^ "'Tam da şu an' Göksel zamanı". Sözcü. 10 May 2017. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
  15. ^ "Göksel'in Yeni Şarkısı: 'Bu da Geçecek' Çıktı". Haberler.com. 8 February 2019. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
  16. ^ Şişman, Mayk (8 February 2020). "Göksel 'Ben Fena Aşığım' şarkısıyla 'eski'yi güncelledi". Milliyet. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
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