Göksel Demirpençe (born 25 November 1971) is a

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singer-songwriter.

Biography

Göksel was born in

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on 25 November 1971. In 1988 she applied to

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to study

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. 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

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, two of

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'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

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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

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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

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band

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; their duet called "Dursun zaman" (Time should stop) is popular with radio stations and appears on the soundtrack of the film ''

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'' (starring

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). 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

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.''"Şarkı yapmak için yaralı olmak lazım" (You have to be hurt to write a song)''
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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" (). She did a cover of "Paroles Paroles" (

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) 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

Albums

Singles

Charts

Music videos

Filmography

Notes

External links

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Göksel's official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Goksel 1971 births Living people Folk rock musicians Singers from Istanbul Turkish pop musicians Turkish women singer-songwriters Turkish singer-songwriters 21st-century Turkish women singers