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Mustafa Sandal Profile |
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Birth Date: January 11, 1970
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Birth Place: Istanbul, Turkey
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Birth Name: Mustafa Sandal
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Biography |
Mustafa Sandal, commonly known as Musti, is a famous Turkish
pop singer. He is fluent in English, Turkish, Italian and
French. He emerged in the early 1990s with the revival of
Turkish pop music and is one of the most successful pop
singers in Turkey. Musti is famous in Europe for his songs
"Moonlight" and "İsyankar" in countries such as Germany,
Belgium Switzerland, and Austria. He is also known in the
USA.
Mustafa Sandal was born on January 11, 1970 in İstanbul.
When he started school, his classmates and teachers quickly
realized his talents in music. When Musti heard a song, he
was immediately able to pick out the different instruments
and their melodies throughout the music. He finished high
school at Geneva, Switzerland. He then transferred to New
Hampshire College in the United States. After graduating, he
believed that his own dreams were more important and went
back to İstanbul. During this time, Musti became involved in
writing music with many songwriters. In a short time, he
began to write his own music and wrote songs for famous
Turkish singers Zerrin Özer, Hakan Peker, Yonca Evcimik and
Aysegül Aldinç.
Mustafa Sandal released his debut album Suç Bende in 1994.
It sold 1.7 million copies and became the greatest selling
album of the year with a landslide victory. During this
time, Musti gave 140 concerts throughout Turkey as well as
thirty concerts in Europe. Musti was interested in working
with all areas of music; he wanted to be not only a singer,
but also a songwriter and producer. In 1995, Musti helped
write songs and produce Turkish pop singer Sibel Alaş's
album "Adam" ("Man"). The album was successful and sold
400,000 copies. In 1996, Musti moved to London to isolate
himself from fans while preparing his next album. Later that
year, he released his second album Gölgede Aynı and it sold
2.6 million copies. After the outstanding popularity of this
album, he performed 140 concerts throughout Turkey. The
third music video of the album for the song "Bir Anda" used
tie-clip techniques which were a first for Turkish fans.
Musti also produced Turkish pop singer İzel's album "Emanet"
("Possession") later that year. Musti's third album Detay
was the first album released from his newly established
record label YADA Productions. In 2000, after the success of
Tarkan, Musti signed a contract with Sony Music France and
released a compilation album titled Araba. Later that year,
Musti released his fourth album Akışına Bırak but had
disappointing sales. However, the duet with Natalia for the
song "Hatırla Beni," originally a Greek/Egyptian song called
"ELEOS" sung by Angela Dimitriou and Amr Diab became very
successful and a concert tour of Turkey followed.
In 2001, Prestij Müzik, the parent company of Musti's YADA
Productions, was bankrupted and Musti signed into Erol Köse
Productions. In 2002, Musti released his fifth studio album
Kop which contained the 2002 hit "Pazara Kadar" ("Until
Sunday"/"Until the Market") as well as releasing his first
promotional single for the song Kopmam Lazım with Turkish
phone service Telsim. In 2003, Musti released his first Maxi
Single (EP/Hybrid Album) titled Maxi Sandal 2003 / Moonlight
which included a Turkish/Greek duet of the Greek folk song
"Anaveis Foties" as well as releasing his first European
single Aya Benzer 2003. Musti also wanted to release English
songs in his next album Seven but due to conflicts with
producer Erol Köse he released the album under a Universal
label. In 2004, Musti released his second European single
Araba 2004 along with a second version of Seven titled Seven
New Version with little success.
Later in 2004, Musti released his second Maxi Single titled
İste ("Want") which contained his 2004 hit İsyankar
("Rebellious"). The song was believed by some to be a remake
of a song by Punjabi MC. Musti later performed the song with
Punjabi MC in 2005. On August 11th, 2005, Musti released his
third single İsyankar in Europe and later won a Gold Record
for high sales in Germany. The song reached the top 20 of
several European countries peaking at number four in
Switzerland. Later that year, Musti later released a third
version of the Seven album titled Seven Reloaded. After
disappointing sales, Musti announced that he was taking a
career break. During this time, Musti worked on three
commercials for Muhabbet Kart ("Chat Card"), a new promotion
provided by Türkcell[citation needed]. Musti also started
giving concerts throughout Turkey. During one concert, he
said "Bu yaz çok sessiz geçti. Yine iş bize duştu" ("This
summer has been too quiet. It is again my responsibility to
make the hits"). Suddenly, Musti started singing his Yamalı
Tövbeler ("Patched Repentances") song. Unfortunately, Yamalı
Tövbeler sold poorly and caused more tension between Musti
and Erol Köse. Musti's contract was transferred to Seyhan
Müzik. In 2006, Musti started to appear on Doğuş Otomobil's
safe driving commercials. It was also announced on his
official website that his 1996 hit "Araba" would be
translated and put into Shakira's next album.
Musti originally announced that his new album would be
released in December, 2006. In 2007, the new Musti FM radio
on his official website confirmed that his album had been
delayed to April 23rd, 2007, May 19th, and later to its
official release date of June 13th, 2007. In May, Musti
invited Emina Jahovic to İstanbul and showed her three
tracks he had written for her in his new album. She was
deeply affected by them. To promote his album, Musti starred
in three commercials for Muhabbet Kart with his grandfather,
famous percussionist Hüseyin İleri Musti also explained in
an interview that his grandfather raised him during his
childhood and gave him motivation and interest towards
music. In an interview with Turkish entertainment show Canlı
Canlı, Musti admitted that he is again in a relationship
with Emina Jahovic. Later in June, Seyhan Müzik announced
that the Devamı Var album sold 200,000 copies in its first
week and has reached number one in all music store listings
in western areas of Turkey. Overall, in 2007 2.3 million
copies of Devamı var CD was sold in Turkey and some European
countries. |
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Other Information |
Sang his hit-single "Aya Benzer" in a duet with the
well-known Viva-VJ Gülcan Karahanci.
He speaks English, Turkish, Italian, and French. |
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since May 14, 2008