''Burhan G'' is the third studio album from the Danish R&B singer

Burhan G Burhan Genç Koç (), known as Burhan G (born 20 January 1983), is a Danish R&B and pop singer, songwriter and producer. He has released three albums including '' Burhan G'' in 2010 and ''Din for evigt'', both certified platinum in Denmark. Hit ...

which was released on 12 April 2010 at

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. This is however his first

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album after two all-English language albums ''Playground'' in 2004 and ''Breakout'' in 2007. The album Burhan G was developed with the collaboration of

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and

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and producers Jon & Jules (Jon Andersson Ørom and Johannes Jules Wolfson) of

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. The album reached #2 in the Danish Albums Chart making it the most successful album thus far of Burhan G. The album's first single, "Kun dig" (translated as "Only You") came in late May 2008. The second single "Jeg vil ha' dig for mig selv" (translated as "I Want You for Myself") followed in June 2009. It was written in collaboration with Rasmus Seebach, and samples

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's 1988 hit "

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". Parts of the lyrics are taken from

's "I Love Ya". In November 2009, Nik & Jay released a version with their own vocals. On 8 March 2010 the third single from the album "

Mest Ondt "Mest ondt" is a Danish language hit song by Burhan G, a Danish pop singer, songwriter and producer of Kurdish origin, featuring Danish-Chilean singer Medina. "Mest ondt" (translated as What hurts the most) was released on the Danish record label ...

" (translated as "What Hurts the Most"). The song was written by Burhan G and Sarah West and featured the guest singer

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. The song was Burhan G's first ever number one hit on the

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, the Danish Singles Chart. Following the big success of the song, Burhan G released yet another single from the album "

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" (translated as "Closer to Heaven") this time featuring Nik & Jay, which again reached #1 in the Danish charts. Burhan G explains his reasoning behind making the album in Danish in a press release: "I made this record in Danish mainly because I love music and because I love all the different ways of expressing them. I had made English albums so far. But then I began to delve into old Danish pop classics from various artists like Kim Larsen and Sanne Salomonsen and many others and took on myself to convey myself this way".Copenhagen Records: Burhan G ude med nyt albumd. 12. April
(in Danish)

Track list (2010)

#"I stedet for dig" (3:40) #" Jeg vil ha' dig for mig selv" (3:44) #"

Mest ondt "Mest ondt" is a Danish language hit song by Burhan G, a Danish pop singer, songwriter and producer of Kurdish origin, featuring Danish-Chilean singer Medina. "Mest ondt" (translated as What hurts the most) was released on the Danish record label ...

" (featuring

) (3:53) #"Hvor er du" (3:48) #"

" (featuring

) (4:46) #"Sommerregn" (4:24) #"Kun dig" (3:47) #"Kryptonit" (3:53) #"Søvnløs" (4:02) #"Min sang til dig" (4:51)

Burhan G ''Special Edition'' (2011)

With the great success of self-titled album ''Burhan G'' in 2010, he released ''Burhan G Special Edition'' on 3 October 2011 containing 15 tracks. They included 9 of the initial 10 tracks of the initial album. To the 9 tracks, he added 6 more tracks in the Special Edition. These included notably "Tag hvad du vil", a collaboration with

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that was released as a single and "Jeg' i live" also a single. #"I stedet for dig" (3:40) #" Jeg vil ha' dig for mig selv" (3:44) #"

" (featuring

) (3:53) #"Hvor er du?" (3:48) #"

" (featuring

) (4:46) #"Sommerregn" (4:24) #"Kun dig" (3:47) #"Kryptonit" (3:53) #"Søvnløs" (4:02) #"En sang til dig" (4:52) #"Jeg' i live (2011)" (3:14) #"Tag hvad du vil" (

& Burhan G) (3:26) #" Jeg vil ha' dig for mig selv" (feat.

) (4:08) #"Smuk i nat" (2008)" (3:59) #"Tiden heler ingen sår" (2008) (3:40)

DVD

The release also came with a package that included DVD for Beta Sessions and with music videos as follows: #"I stedet for dig" (beta session) #"Jeg vil ha' dig for mig selv" (beta session) #"Søvnløs" (beta session) #"Mest ondt" (featuring Stine Bramsen; beta session) #"Tættere på himlen" (featuring Nik & Jay; beta session) #"Jeg vil ha' dig for mig selv" (music video) #"Mest ondt" (featuring Medina; music video) #"Tættere på himlen" (featuring Nik & Jay; music video) #"Søvnløs" (Music video) #"I stedet for dig" (3:40) #" Jeg vil ha' dig for mig selv" (3:44) #"

" (featuring

) (3:53) #"Hvor er du" (3:48) #"

" (featuring

) (4:46) #"Sommerregn" (4:24) #" Kun dig" (3:47) #"Kryptonit" (3:53) #"Søvnløs" (4:02) #"Min sang til dig"

2012 ''Burhan G'' rerelease

A 2012 release contained the same track list plus five more tracks: #"I stedet for dig" (3:40) #" Jeg vil ha' dig for mig selv" (3:44) #"

" (featuring

) (3:53) #"Hvor er du" (3:48) #"

" (featuring

) (4:46) #"Sommerregn" (4:24) #" Kun dig" (3:47) #"Kryptonit" (3:53) #"Søvnløs" (4:02) #"Min sang til dig" (4:51) #"Jeg' i live" (3:13) #"Tag hvad du vil" (

featuring Burhan G) (3:22) #" Jeg vil ha' dig for mig selv" (featuring Nik & Jay) (4:08) #"Smuk i nat" (3:59) #"Tiden heler ingen sår" (3:41)

Singles

There were 4 singles released from the album: *"Kun dig" *"Jeg vil ha' dig for mig selv" *"

" feat.

*"Søvnløs"

Charts

Certifications and sales

References

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