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Tarkan discography

This is a discography for Turkish singer and composer Tarkan.

Releases

Translated English titles in parentheses.

Domestic

Albums

Year Title Sales
1992 Yine Sensiz (Without You Again) Turkey: 1 million
1993 Yine Sensiz (Extended Mix)
1994 A-Acayipsin (Oh You're Something Else) Turkey: 2 million Europe: 1 million
1997 Ölürüm Sana (I'd Die For You) Turkey: 4.5 million 2nd best-selling album of all time in Turkey
2001 Karma Turkey: 2 million 6th best-selling album of all time in Turkey
2003 Dudu (Woman) Turkey: 2.5 million / Russia: 1 million Second best selling album (Turkey) and best selling foreign artist (Russia) in 2003
2006 Come Closer
2007 Metamorfoz Turkey: 300 000 in the first week
2008 Metamorfoz Remixes

Soundtracks

Year Title Info
1998 Disney's Hercules Tarkan sang the Disney accredited Turkish version of Michael Bolton's "Go The Distance" and voiced the adult Hercules, replacing the original vocals by Tate Donovan.

Appearances

Year Title Info
1998 Müzeyyen Senar ile Bir Ömre Bedel (A Lifetime's Worth with Müzeyyen Senar) Artist: Müzeyyen Senar Genre: Turkish classical
2003 Türkü Söylemek Lazım (Folksongs Should be Sung) Artist: Pınar Sağ Genre: Turkish folk
2004 Yan Yana Fotoğraf Çektirelim (Let's Take Photographs Together) Artist: Nazan Öncel Genre: Turkish pop
2006 Gülümse Kaderine (Smile at your Fate) Artist: Kibariye Genre: Roma and Arabesque
2007 Maximum (Maximum) Artist: Murat Boz Genre: Turkish pop music
2007 Akşam Sefası (The evening way) Artist: Sibel Can Genre: Turkish classical

International

Albums

Year Title
1999 Tarkan
2006 Come Closer
2008 Come Closer

Soundtracks

Year Title Info
1998 Beau Travail for his track "Şımarık"
2000 Geboren in Absurdistan for his track "Şımarık"
2002 XX/XY for his track "Şımarık"
2005 Mr Socrates for his track "Ölürüm Sana"

Singles

Year Title Chart positions
Turkey Russia Germany Austria France Belgium Swiss

1999 Şımarık 6 14 3 1 3
Şıkıdım 35 40 10 6 22
Bu Gece 71 19 29
2001 Kuzu Kuzu 110
Hüp 144
2005 Bounce 25 15 43 60
2006 Start The Fire 17 160 43
2007 Vay Anam Vay 1 105
2008 Pare Pare 2
Arada Bir 2
Dilli Düdük 4

Domestic Promo Singles

These were singles released as part of a campaign.
Year Title Info Sales
2001 Hüp (Whoop) Pepsi Campaign, not sold separately. Had to collect Pepsi labels to obtain this.
2002 Özgürlük İçimizde (Freedom Is Within Us) Turkcell Ad Campaign, not sold separately. The campaign consisted of TV adverts, calendar and phone card designs, using the concept that a phone enables a person to travel free in nature and still keep in touch.
2002 Bir Oluruz Yolunda (United For You) Football anthem, World Cup Song for Turkey. This was available at retail outlets.
2005 Ayrılık Zor (Separation is Hard) Avea GSM Ad Campaign, not sold separately. The campaign also included TV adverts, calendar and phone card designs. The concept involved lovers separated by distance using the phone as a means of contact. 460.000 Best-selling disc (Turkey) in 2005

International Promo Singles

12-inch Club Promos

None of these LP promos were counted as regular releases. Special dance mixes were released to promote his international releases Tarkan and Come Closer at the clubs.

Year Title Info
1998 Şımarık (Spoilt) (12-inch), 5 Tracks
1999 Şımarık (Spoilt) (12-inch), Ned Devine Remixes
1999 Şımarık (Spoilt) (12-inch), Şınan Mixes
1999 Bu Gece (Tonight) (12-inch), DJ Tomcraft Remix
2006 Bounce (12-inch), Black Release
2006 Bounce (12-inch), White Release
2006 Start the Fire (12-inch), Red Release (1-sided limited ed)
2006 Start the Fire (12-inch), Red Release

Indoor Promos.

Year Title Info
1995 Hepsi Senin Mi The record company manufactured an indoor promo CD single to promote Tarkan in Germany in 1995. Some were sent to radio stations.

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