Yıldız Tilbe (born 16 July 1966) is a Turkish singer and one of the best-selling musical artists in Turkey, known especially for her eastern-infused ballads.
Life and career Yıldız Tilbe was born in the Gültepe district of Konak, İzmir, and is of Kurdish origin. She is the youngest of her parents' six children.Hastayız sana, dermansızız Sabah. 23 May 2010. She was known by the nickname "Yadigar" within her family.Hep taşralı, hep bizden, hep kadın Sabah. 28 August 2011 Her mother Altun was from Tunceli, while her father Ali was from Ağrı. Her father Ali Tilbe was a seasonal worker. She attended the Mustafa Rahmi Balaban School, but left after the second grade,Yıldız Tilbe, Biyografi TTNET, Retrieved: 29 December 2012 and started singing from an early age. Mynet, Retrieved: 30 December 2012 At the age of 18, she married Güngör Karahan.Artık Bütün Kapılar Yüzüne Kapatılıyor Milliyet, 14 March 1999 From this marriage she has a daughter, named Sezen Burçin. After five years the couple divorced. She then started singing in various nightclubs in İzmir.
She began her career in 1990 Hürriyet, Kültür Sanat. Yayın tarihi: 19 Ağustos 2003 in a nightclub owned by Cengiz Özşeker. While performing at the nightclub in 1991, she met Sezen Aksu, who asked Tilbe to become her backing vocalist.Yıldız Böyle Şöhret Oldu 29 September 2010, Fozdemir After accepting her offer, Tilbe moved to Istanbul and worked for Sezen Aksu for a while. After parting her way from Aksu, Tilbe started performing at Istanbul's nightclubs. She subsequently got an offer from Cem Özer to perform as a soloist in the program Laf Lafı Açıyor. With her appearance on this show, she became famousBenim bu ülkede gördüğüm ilgiyi ne İbrahim Tatlıses ne de Tarkan gördü Vatan Magazin. 7 April 2012 and released her first album, Delikanlım, in 1994, which became a hit in Turkey. In addition to her singing career, she started songwriting. In her songs, she addresses subjects such as sadness, love and separation and primarily uses romantic themes in her songs and compositions.Magazin, Hürriyet Hürriyet Archive, 4 March 2007 In her romantic songs, she uses an imaginative and powerful language. Tilbe has composed many songs for several other artists and collaborated with them on their music projects.Adı Sezen Aksu Olsaydı Manşetlerden İnmezdi Oda Tv. 31 May 2012 15:14 About her songs Tilbe said:
In 1996, the anti-narcotics police found some cannabis at her house. Tilbe was held in custody and was released after three days. To get rid of her addiction to cannabis, she was hospitalized at Balıklı Greek Hospital for a while.Ünlülerin Kirli Sırları Sabah, 7 October 2010, Thursday In the same year, she released her new album, Aşkperest. In the late 1990s, she worked at various nightclubs in Istanbul, Bursa and Eskişehir. In 2001, the release of her new album Gülüm brought her back to the stardom, which was followed by the album Haberi Olsun in 2002. In 2003, all of the songs on her album Yürü Anca Gidersin became hits in Turkey. Throughout her career, she has won many awards and received various nominations.
In 2004, Tilbe was diagnosed with uterine cancerKarşılıksız aşk kanser yaptı! Bugün. 19 December 2011 Monday and underwent surgery and treatment at Hacettepe University Medical School. Tilbe has related her illness to the personal issues she was dealing with at the time and said:
Once she received a marriage offer from Azer Bülbül but she did not accept his proposal.
Controversies After the 2006 Israeli airstrike on Lebanon, during a television appearance Tilbe said "May God bring down one disaster after another upon Israel," to which the studio audience answered "Amen." In response to Israeli airstrikes on Gaza in early July 2014, Tilbe is reported to have said on social media site Twitter: "God bless Hitler, it was even too few what he did to the Jews, he was right" and "The Jews will be destroyed by Muslims, in the name of Allah, not much time left for it to be done".Yıldız Tilbe'den ırkçı mesajlar Her tweets received support from Melih Gökçek, the mayor of Ankara, who is a member of the ruling Justice and Development Party and himself a controversial figure. Later she tweeted that did not mean to praise Hitler and that she also has some Jewish friends and acquaintances.
Yıldız Tilbe, who was a guest on the İbo Show music program broadcast on the Turkish channel ATV in 2009, got angry and reacted when her song was interrupted by Turkish singer and the program's presenter İbrahim Tatlıses. Tatlıses found Tilbe's behavior disrespectful, reminding her that "I saved you from the pimps." This further caused tension between them and Tilbe left the program.
During an interview in 2012 she called a journalist bitch for which she later went on trial.
Discography Studio albums YearTitle (Turkish)Title (English)Sales Source1994DelikanlımMy Boy600,000+1995Dillere DestanA Legendary Story1996AşkperestLove Obsessed1998Salla Gitsin DertleriniLet Your Worries Go2001GülümMy Rose2002Haberi OlsunLet Him Know2,000,0002003Yürü Anca GidersinGo, You'll Barely Reach It2,500,0002004Yıldız'dan TürkülerFolk Songs From Yıldız650.000+2005Papatya BaharıCamomile Spring300,0002008GüzelBeautiful123,0002009Aşk İnsanı DeğiştirirLove Changes a Person100,0002010Hastayım SanaCrazy for You100,0002011OynamaDo Not Play2013Yeniden Eskiler. ArabeskAgain Oldies. Arabesque26,500Müzik Onair2014Şivesi Sensin AşkınYou're the Accent of Love23,000Müzik Onair2016OynatPlay2018Bir Seni TanırımI Just Know You2018Kış GülleriWinter Roses2020Seninle Derdim ÇokI Have a Lot of Trouble with You
Live albums YearTitle (Turkish)Title (English)Sales Source2022Yıldız Tilbe Harbiye Konseri, Vol. 1Yıldız Tilbe Harbiye Concert, Vol. 12022Yıldız Tilbe Harbiye Konseri, Vol. 2Yıldız Tilbe Harbiye Concert, Vol. 2
EPs YearTitle (Turkish)Title (English)Sales Source2004Sevdiğime Hiç Pişman OlmadımNever Regretted Loving You380,0002006Tanıdım SeniNow I Know You150,0002015Yıldız Tilbe 2015Yıldız Tilbe 20152017Sevgililer GünüValentine's Day2024Ben Bir ŞarkıyımI'm a Song
Singles YearTitle (Turkish)Title (English)Notes Source2013"Sana Kalbim Geçti"My Heart's Passed on You2017"Ruh-i Revanım"My Flowing Spirit2018"Bir Seni Tanırım"I Just Know You2018"Bizim Oralar" (feat. Çetin Çeto)Our Place2019"Sen Aşıksın Bana"You're in Love with Me2019"Sen Aşk mısın Sevda mısın?"Are you Love or Passion?2019"O Benim Aslanım"He's My Lion2019"Arayacaksın Ayrılınca"You'll Look for Me when We Break Up2019"Seviyor musun?"Do You Love?2019"Kırmızı Koltuğumda"On My Red Chair2019"İstiyorken Ağlıyorum"I Cry When I Want2019"Abur Cubur Yemem"I Don't Eat Junk Food2019"Hikaye"Story2020"O Kız"That Girl2020"Seninle Derdim Çok"I Have a Lot of Trouble with You2021"Peşindeyim Koşa Koşa"I'm After You Eagerly2022"Kendimi Çağırıyorum"I Call Myself2022"Yaşa ve Gör" (feat. RamZan)Live and See2022"Birden Çıksan Karşıma"If You Suddenly Appear before Me2022"Firari" (with Oğuz Yılmaz)Runaway2023"Kapat Şu Perdeyi"Close That Curtain2023"Na Nura Ne"2023"Ağlamam Gülersen"I Won't Cry If You Laugh2023"Dizine Dursun"2023"Bambaşka Yollara" (with Burak Bulut)On Different Paths2024"Kalbimden Çıkmıyorsun"You Don't Leave My Heart2024"Bayılıyorum"I Love It2024"Ben Seninle Mutluyum" (with Halodayı)I'm Happy with You2024"Bakınca Görünüyorsun"You're Seen When I Look2024"Ben mi Aşk mı"Me or Love?2024"O Zaman"Then2024"Bırakma Beni" (with Metin Şentürk)Don't Leave Me2024"Canım Benim" (with Çılgın Sedat)My Darling2024"Yakın Arkadaş"Close Friend2024"Hepsi Aşktan"All Due to Love2024"Aşkımın Yanlışı"My Love's Mistake2025"Senden Başka Bir Şey Bulamam" (with Zeyd)Can't Find Anything Other than You2025"Hep mi Eyvallah"Always Thankful2025"Hiç Vermicem"Won't Ever Give It Up2025"Belli mi Olur"You Never Know2025"Sana Aşk Olsun"Shame On You2025"Aynı Değil Mi"Isn't It the Same2025"Sevmek Çok Güzel"Love Is Very Beautiful2025"Seviyordum Sizi"I Loved You2025"Aşka Doyamadığım"I Can't Get Enough of Love
As featured artist Year Song Project Notes 2011 "Susma" İffet (TV series) Performed by Tilbe and used as a background music in the series. 2012 "Bir Daha Dokunma" Eve Düşen Yıldırım (TV series) Tilbe performed this song for the first season finale of the series. 2012 "Aşkımı Sakla" Orhan Gencebay ile Bir Ömür An album marking the 60th anniversary of Orhan Gencebay's career. 2013 "Gayrı Dayanamam" Baba Şarkılar An album in tribute to Müslüm Gürses 2014 "Lütuf Mucize" Non-album single Performed by Mert Kayıkçıoğlu, featuring Tilbe 2017 "Ağla Gönlüm" Non-album single Performed by Toprak, featuring Tilbe 2019 "Yana Yana" Non-album single Performed by Murat Başaran, featuring Tilbe 2019 "Korktum Deseydin" King of İstanbul Written and composed by Serdar Ayyıldız, featuring Tilbe 2019 "Mutluluğun Bedeli" Fikret Şeneş Şarkıları An album in tribute to Fikret Şeneş 2020 "Hasbelkader" Non-album single Written and composed by Bilal Sonses, featuring Tilbe 2022 "Böyle Halim" Non-album single Performed by Hakan Taşıyan and Tilbe, written and composed by Tilbe 2022 "Bugün Ben Şahımı Gördüm" Musa Eroğlu ile Bir Asır 2 2023 "Bi' Tek Ben Anlarım" Non-album single Performed by KÖFN, featuring Tilbe 2024 "Yalnızlık Eski Bir Ustadır" Bülent Özdemir Şarkıları 2024 "Bu Delikanlıyı Unutamazsın" Non-album single Performed by Rober Hatemo, featuring Tilbe
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