Bengü

Bengü Erden (born 2 April 1979) is a Turkish singer.

She became first familiar with music during her time at the İzmir State Symphony Orchestra.

In İzmir, she was cast in a leading role in the musical "Oliver Twist".

She later took singing lessons with İzmir State Conservatory's general manager, Müfit Bayraş.

In 1998, by performing a song by Müfit Bayşara, she ranked second at the competition Pop Show '98, organized by Mü-Yap and Show TV.

She then studied music at Istanbul Academy.

She worked as a backing vocalist for Kenan Doğulu for three years.

Her first album, Hoş Geldin, was produced by Kenan Doğulu and Ozan Doğulu and released in July 2000.

From 2000, many of her songs, including "Korkumdan Ağladım", "Korkma Kalbim", "Unut Beni", "Ağla Kalbim", "Gezegen", "İki Melek", "Kocaman Öpüyorum", "Aşkım", "Saat 03:00", "Haberin Olsun", "Yaralı", "Saygımdan", "Sahici", "Feveran", "Hodri Meydan" and "Sığamıyorum" have become hits.

To this day she has released eight studio albums and six singles and has received various awards and nominations for her works.

Among her nominations are four Turkey Music Awards and two Balkan Music Awards.

She has also won one Turkey Music Award, one Mü-Yap Music Award and one TTNET Music Award.

Bengü's first album, Hoş Geldin, was released in July 2000 after a preparation process of about three and a half years.

Kenan Doğulu, Şehrazat, Ümit Sayın, and Yıldız Tilbe were among the musicians who helped with its preparations.

It featured nine songs and one remix.

All of the songs were composed by Ozan Doğulu.

Cihan Okan and Sıla were the vocalists whose voice was featured on the album.

All the photographs for the album were shot by Koray Kasap.

Bengü performed at nearly 300 concerts both inside and outside of the country with this album.

Her second studio album, Bağlasan Durmam, was released in 2005.

After two years, she released her third studio album, Taktik.

With the song "Korkma Kalbim" from this album, she received a digital certification from Mü-Yap and the album became one of the best-selling albums of the year.

Bengü's main breakthrough came in 2005 with the release of her second studio album, Bağlasan Durmam.

In 2007, Bengü became the winner of Show TV's singing competition Bak Kim Dans Ediyor.

In 2009, Bengü released İki Melek.

The album sold 125,000 copies and received a gold certification.

By ranking number-one on Türkçe Top 20 for seven weeks, she became one of 2009's Turkish artists who topped the music charts for a long period of time.

In 2011, she released the album Dört Dörtlük.

With its lead single, "Aşkım", she succeeded in attracting the attention of fans and critics.

The song was the most-searched song on Google in Turkey in 2011.

In the same year, Bengü became the "most followed artist" in Turkey.

In 2012, her maxi single "Anlatacaklarım Var" was released.

The song "Yaralı" form this maxi single ranked number-one on Turkey's official music charts for seven weeks.

Her 2013 single "Saygımdan" also topped 'Türkçe Top 20' in 2014 for five weeks.

In 2014, Bengü's single "Yaralı" won the "Most Played Song" award at the Turkey Music Awards.

Bengü's seventh studio album, İkinci Hal, was released in October 2014.

Its lead single, "Sahici", ranked third on Türkçe Top 20 and then remained number-one for five weeks.

By topping the official music charts in Turkey for 10 weeks, she became 2014's second artist with the most number of number-one singles.

According to TelifMetre, Bengü was 2014's Turkish female artist with the most number of streams on TV.

Her other song from İkinci Hal, titled "Feveran", became successful on digital platforms and received a gold certification from DMC.