Aleyna Tilki

Biography

Aleyna Tilki (born March 28, 2000) is a Turkish singer and songwriter.

Life and career

Tilki was born in Konya on March 28, 2000. Her father is also from Konya. Her paternal family is of either Turkic or Caucasian descent who immigrated from Caucasus. Her mother is from Of, Trabzon. Her sister Ayça Tilki is a singer and actress.
At the age of fourteen, she was a semi-finalist on the sixth season of Yetenek Sizsiniz Türkiye (Turkish version of the Got Talent series). She caught public attention because of Turkish folk song "Gesi Bağları" was covered as Anatolian rock, which fuses Turkish folk music and rock, on the show. Aleyna Tilki has received critical acclaim for her voice style like pop singers Sertab Erener, Gülçin Ergül, Burcu Güneş, Zeynep Casalini, Atiye, Hadise, Aynur Aydın, and Şebnem Keskin.
She achieved national recognition after the release of her song "Cevapsız Çınlama×Cevapsız Çınlama19 August 2016 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Cevapsız Çınlama3:32" along with its music video, which has more than 600 million views on YouTube. It is considered the most viewed Turkish music video on YouTube. The song went up to No. 2 on the Turkey's Trending List. Aleyna Tilki released her first solo single "Sen Olsan Bari×Sen Olsan Bari25 August 2017 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Sen Olsan Bari2:59" in July 2017 which became number 1 in Turkey's charts. The music video currently has over 500 million views on YouTube.
Tilki temporarily left Turkey to complete English language training and settled in Los Angeles in November 2017. In November 2019, it was announced that she was in negotiations with Warner Music for producing a new album and four singles. This would make her the first Turkish singer ever to work with this company.
In 2020, she agreed on a series of projects on the digital platform Exxen, owned by Acun Ilıcalı. The series shares the similar name as her song "İşte Bu Benim Masalım". She shared the lead roles with Cemal Can Canseven in the series, which premiered in 2021.