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 ''Din for evigt'' is the fourth studio album of Danish singer Burhan G.''Berlingske'': Blødt ind ...

'', both certified platinum in Denmark. Hit singles include the five number one hits " Mest ondt" featuring

Medina Medina,, ', "the radiant city"; or , ', (), "the city" officially Al Madinah Al Munawwarah (, , Turkish: Medine-i Münevvere) and also commonly simplified as Madīnah or Madinah (, ), is the Holiest sites in Islam, second-holiest city in Islam, ...

, "

Tættere på himlen "Tættere på himlen" is a Danish language hit song by Burhan G, a Danish pop singer, songwriter and producer of Kurdish people, Kurdish/Turkish people, Turkish origin, featuring Denmark, Danish duo Nik & Jay. "Tættere på himlen" (translated as C ...

" featuring

Nik & Jay Nik & Jay is a Danish hip-hop/pop duo made of Niclas Genckel Petersen (born 8 November 1980 in Herlev) and Jannik Brandt Thomsen (born 16 June 1981). Their #2 single ''Hot!'' won them Hit of the Year and Best New Artist at the Danish Music ...

, "Din for evigt", "Kalder mig hjem" and "Karma" featuring L.O.C.

Beginnings

Burhan Genç is of

Kurdish Kurdish may refer to: *Kurds or Kurdish people *Kurdish languages *Kurdish alphabets *Kurdistan, the land of the Kurdish people which includes: **Southern Kurdistan **Eastern Kurdistan **Northern Kurdistan **Western Kurdistan See also * Kurd (dis ...

origin. His parents are from

Haymana Haymana is a town and district of Ankara Province in the Central Anatolia region of Turkey, 72 km south of the capital, Ankara. According to the 2010 census, the population of the district is 33,886, of whom 9,091 live in the town of Haymana. ...

, Turkey. He lived in

Brøndby Strand Brøndby Strand (in English: 'Well Town' Beach) is a suburb in Brøndby Municipality, approximately south-west of central Copenhagen, Denmark Overview Brøndby Strand contains a large housing project, in which 8,000 of the suburb's 11,000 inhabit ...

(

Copenhagen County Københavns Amt () is a former county (Danish, ''amt'') on the island of Zealand (''Sjælland'') in eastern Denmark. It covered the municipalities in the metropolitan Copenhagen area, with the exception of Copenhagen and Frederiksberg. Effective ...

) 13 kilometers south-west of central

Copenhagen Copenhagen ( or .; da, København ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a proper population of around 815.000 in the last quarter of 2022; and some 1.370,000 in the urban area; and the wider Copenhagen metropolitan ar ...

and sang in the "Københavns Drengekor" (Copenhagen Boys Choir) as a solo soprano. He was also a backing singer for the popular Danish hip hop group

Outlandish Outlandish is a hip-hop music group based in Denmark. Formed in 1997, it consisted of Isam Bachiri (born in Denmark and of Berber background), (born in Denmark and of Pakistani background), and (born in Honduras and of Cuban and Honduran de ...

. The group originated from

projects and Burhan G toured with the group as backing vocals and also delivered the chorus in the Outlandish hit "Walou" from their debut album ''

Outland's Official ''Outland's Official'' is the debut album by Outlandish Outlandish is a hip-hop music group based in Denmark. Formed in 1997, it consisted of Isam Bachiri (born in Denmark and of Berber background), (born in Denmark and of Pakistani backgroun ...

''. Collaborations followed with various other acts including

Funk Flush Funk is a music genre that originated in African Americans, African American communities in the mid-1960s when musicians created a rhythmic, danceable new form of music through a mixture of various music genres that were popular among African A ...

, Cas and U$O.

Career

Burhan G's solo debut was with the signature track "Burhan G", which was on P3 Radio's ''Uundgåelige'' in September 2003. On 24 May 2004, Burhan G released his debut album ''Playground'' on BMG, with a further track featured on Danish Radio P3's ''Uundgåelige'' with single "Take U Home". The album ''Playground'' got Burhan G nominated in 2005 to 3 categories in the Danish Music Awards. He won the award for Best Danish Newcomer. He was nominated for Danish P3 Radio's "P3 Prisen" and "P3 Gennembrudet" at P3 Guld ceremonies. Same year he won award for "Best Danish Album" at the Danish DeeJay Awards. In March 2007, Burhan G signed with record label

Copenhagen Records Copenhagen Records is a Danish record label formed on 5 January 2004Copenhagen Records (2011)Info & Kontakt. Retrieved 26 April 2011. by former EMI Recorded Music Denmark staff members to give artists more artistic autonomy. It houses artists sp ...

instead of BMG and on 10 September 2007 released with them his second album ''Breakout'' and a single from the album cowritten by Burhan G and Frederik Tao from Maximum Risk and entitled "Who Is He" became a hit. In the summer of 2008, Burhan G released his new single "Kun dig" ("Only you"). It was written in collaboration with Claus Seest and produced by Majid and Saqib. The song was Burhan G's first hit in Danish followed by a Danish-language album, the self-titled ''Burhan G''. This was followed by another successful single written in collaboration with

Rasmus Seebach Rasmus Seebach (; born 28 March 1980) is a Danish singer-songwriter and record producer who had his solo-debut with the Danish-language single "Engel" ( en, "Angel") in April 2009. Seebach has written and produced songs for Danish and internat ...

in Danish entitled "Jeg vil ha' dig for mig selv" ("I want you for myself") that heavily sampled

Milli Vanilli Milli Vanilli were a German-French R&B duo from Munich. The group was founded by Frank Farian in 1988 and consisted of Fab Morvan and Rob Pilatus. Their debut album, '' All or Nothing'' in Europe, reconfigured as ''Girl You Know It's True'' in ...

's 1988 hit "

Girl You Know It's True ''Girl You Know It's True'' is a 1989 album that served as the North American debut of German contemporary R&B duo Milli Vanilli. It is a version of Milli Vanilli's Europe-only release '' All or Nothing'' reconfigured and repackaged for the US ...

". Parts of the lyrics came from

's song "I Love Ya" and in November 2009, that version was released by Nik & Jay providing vocals. In April 2010, Burhan G collaborated with Rasmus Seebach again alongside Sarah West and Nik & Jay. He explained in a press release that he chose to express himself in Danish, "because I love music and because I love all the different ways one can express oneself" claiming he was inspired by artists

Kim Carnes Kim Carnes (; born July 20, 1945) is an American singer and songwriter. Born and raised in Los Angeles, California, she began her career as a songwriter in the 1960s, writing for other artists while performing in local clubs and working as a sess ...

and

Sanne Salomonsen Sanne Salomonsen (born 30 December 1955), is a Danish singer. She has been performing since 1973, and various songs by her band Sneakers were on the charts continuously from 1979 to 1985. She was also a member of the Anne Linnet Band. Salomonsen ...

and

Kim Larsen Kim Mellius Flyvholm Larsen (23 October 1945 – 30 September 2018) was a Danish rock and pop musician. He was a major selling Scandinavian act with over 5 million albums sold. Career Kim Larsen was born in Copenhagen. Inspired by The Bea ...

. This Danish venture proved quite well as it gave Burhan G his first ever Danish No. 1 in " Mest ondt" (translated as What hurts the most) released on 8 March 2010 and reaching the

Tracklisten Hitlisten, also known as Tracklisten, is a Danish top 40 record chart that is updated every Thursday midnight on the website hitlisten.nu. The weekly Danish singles chart Track Top-40 combines the 40 best-selling tracks from legal music downloads ...

(Danish Singles Chart) top spot for 1 week. The single features the Danish singer

. The follow-up single "

" featuring

also topped the charts for three weeks in October 2010. Both were certified platinum in addition to a preceding single "Jeg vil ha' dig for mig selv" also certified platinum. "Who Is He" and "Kun dig" singles have been certified gold in Denmark.

Collaborations

Burhan G has collaborated with a great number of artists: * He collaborated early on with various other acts including

and A-Double-B * He appeared in U$O song "I går var det en vild nat" (translated as Yesterday was a wild night) * He also sang in the soundtrack song entitled "Live Ur Life" on director

Hella Joof Hella Joof (born 1 November 1962) is a Danish actress and director. She was born to a Danish mother and an aristocratic Gambian father who belonged to the Joof dynasty. Joof directed '' En kort en lang'' (2001), ''Oh Happy Day'' (2004) and '' ...

's film

Fidibus Fidibus is a Danish film by Hella Joof from 2006. It was first presented at the Roskilde Festival in the summer of 2006, but not did not debut in cinemas until October 13. Starring * Rudi Køhnke as Kalle, the main character * Jonatan Spang, a D ...

. * He had guest appearances with many artists including Majid, Kisa and

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. * Burhan co-wrote and contributed in the vocals of "Let Me Think About It" in

Ida Corr Ida Corr (born 14 March 1977 in Aarhus, Denmark) is a Gambian-Danish singer, songwriter and music producer. Early life Ida Corr was born on the 14th of March 1977 to a Danish mother and a Gambian father in Aarhus, Denmark. Her father was a ...

's album ''Robosoul'' in 2006. * In September 2007 he appeared in Dutch House DJ Fedde le Grand remixed album that was a huge international hit for Fedde le Grand, including Europe and the United States. * In June 2009, Burhan also appeared in an international hit by House DJ Dominik de Leon entitled "Everything Changes" and credits Dominik de Leon vs. Burhan G. * Burhan G has written "Tag med mig" (translated Come with me) for Basim, in the latter's album ''Alt det jeg ville have sagt'' (translated Everything I would have said). * He also worked with American DJ

Roger Sanchez Roger Sanchez (born June 1, 1967) is a Dominican-American house music DJ, remixer and producer. He won a Grammy Award for his remix of " Hella Good" by No Doubt in 2003, and is best known for his song " Another Chance", which was an internati ...

in "Bang That Box". * He co-wrote and produced the song "Domino Effect" to the English dancepop duo Addictive released in October 2009. * His hit " Mest ondt" features the Danish singer

. * The follow-up single "

" features

Awards

* In 2005, nominated for 3 categories in the Danish Music Awards and won the award for "Best Danish Newcomer". * Nominated for Danish P3 Radio's "P3 Prisen" and "P3 Gennembrudet" at P3 Guld ceremonies. * He won award for "Best Danish Album" at the Danish DeeJay Awards in 2005

Discography

Albums

Other albums * 2011: '' Burhan G Special Edition'' (''Burhan G'' album plus additional tracks) * 2012: '' Burhan G'' (''Burhan G'' album plus additional tracks)

Singles

Featured in

* 2007: " Lean on Me" ( Majid featuring Burhan G) * 2008: "

Kun for mig "Kun for mig" (; en, "Just for me") is a song by Danish singer Medina. The song is written by Medina, Jeppe Federspiel and Rasmus Stabell. It was released in 2008 in Denmark by Medina. The song peaked at #1 of the Danish Singles Chart for 7 week ...

" (

featuring Burhan G) * 2011: "Bølgerne ved vesterhavetnik" (

featuring Eivor and Burhan G) * 2011: "Fugt i fundamentet" ( Nik & Ras featuring

Pharfar Søren Schou better known by his stage name Pharfar is a Danish reggae/ dancehall-musician and producer, and known as an award winning producer, solo artist and as part of Bikstok Røgsystem. Career He is a self-taught drummer, DJ, producer, ...

and Burhan G)

Videography

* "Burhan G" * "Who Is He" * "Sacrifice" * "Jeg vil ha' dig for mig selv" * "Mest ondt" feat. Medina * "Tættere på himlen" feat. Nik & Jay * "Søvnløs" * "Jeg' I Live"

References

External links

Burhan G Official website

Burhan G MySpace site

Burhan G page on Discog
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Burhan G 1983 births Living people Danish pop singers Danish male singer-songwriters Danish record producers Danish people of Kurdish descent People from Brøndby Municipality Singers from Copenhagen 21st-century Danish male singers