İsmail YK

Biography

İsmail YK (born July 5, 1978, Hamm, Germany), born as İsmail Yurtseven, is a Turkish German pop singer of Kurdish origin. YK stands for Yurtseven Kardeşler, the siblings group he was a member of at the start of his career. A number of his albums have been top sellers in Turkey. His first solo album Şappur Şuppurתappur ŞuppurMay 2004 · Studio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 16 tracks1Tıkla4:452Ceviz4:473Son Defa5:504Şappur Şuppur4:015Kıt Kıt3:576Patlat Gitsin4:287İsterim Seni4:128Çıtı Pıtı3:409Üfle4:2810Geceler5:3511Neredesin5:4312Benim Yarim3:3913Döktür4:5014Otobüs3:0615Şappur Şuppur (version 2)4:3416Deli Olurum3:53 sold 1.2 million copies. In 2006 his second album Bombabomba.com×bombabomba.comApril 2006 · Studio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 16 tracks1bombabomba.com4:342Allah Belanı Versin4:543Şekerim3:594Git Hadi Git5:285Cicilerini4:466Eskisi Gibi3:577İstemiyorum Seni4:008Gıcık Şey (Amman)3:489Bu Şarkının Sözleri Yok3:5610Of Ne Parça Bu4:0111Seviyorum5:5212Hap Gibi İçerim4:2713Oley5:1514Allah Belanı Versin (version 2)4:5115bombabomba.com (version 2)4:3716Albüm Özetleri2:33 was the best selling Turkish album with over 600,000 copies. In 2008, his third album Bas Gaza×Bas Gaza8 May 2008 · Studio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 15 tracks1Bas Gaza4:092Yar Gitme4:583Bir Numara3:374Gidersen4:205Söndür3:316Düğünün Varmış5:127Çatlak Zilli4:298Canım Acıyor5:089Bir Dudak Ver3:5210Aç Telefonu3:5911Ah Benim Olsan3:5412Seni Ben Kimseye Vermem3:3713Çok Tatlısın3:4614Çalkala3:5715Albümün Özeti2:20 sold 450,000 copies. İsmail YK has won many awards including Best Turkish singer that he won 3 times consecutively in 2006, 2007 and 2008.
İsmail YK, who accelerated his works after a long break, released his album Kıyamet on Valentine's Day 2015. The album consisted of 12 songs, including the song "Yaralıyım" from the album Haydi Bastır×Haydi Bastır2009 · Studio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 16 tracks1Haydi Bastır4:042Neden3:533Çılgın4:514Ayrılmam4:195Kıskandın mı?3:596Yaralıyım4:057Felaketsin3:108Patlat Gitsin3:489Kudur Baby4:1810Dokuz Mevsim5:5511Öptüm mü Tam Öperim3:5412Benim İçin Öldün Sen5:4813Bunlar Senin İçin3:1614Radar3:2615Sanma Sana Dönerim4:0716Albüm Özetleri4:26 which was rerecorded with Hatice. The song "Çıkmam Seneye" which he had written at the age of 12 was included in the album as well.
İsmail YK rerecorded the rock version of the song "Allah Belanı Versin" (2006) and released a music video for it. In its 2006 music video he used an Alfa Romeo 164 while for the new music video he used a Ferrari F430 car. The songs and its music video were among the most discussed subjects on music news in Turkey within the first 3 days of its release. As to why he damaged the car in the music video he said that "he wanted to send this message that instead of hurting someone it's better to cause damage to materialistic things".
He is speaker the television programme in partner of Aysun Kayacı in Şen-Şakrak-Show and YK Show in broadcasting Kanaltürk television channel in 2011.

Albums

2002: Albüm Solo
2004: Şappur Şuppur
2006: Bombabomba.com
2008: Bas Gaza
2009: Haydi Bastır
2011: Psikopat
2012: Metropol
2015: Kıyamet
2018: Tansiyon

Singles

"Doğum Günün Haram Olsun" (2014)
"Ah Leylim" (2015)
"Allah Belanı Versin (Rock Versiyon)" (2016)
"Hep Seninle Olmak" (2019)
"Çikolatam" (2019)
"Yala Dur" (2019)
"Oha" (2020)
"Yaktırdın Bir Sigara" (2020)
"Ayvayı Yemiş" (2020)
"Hadi Ya" (2021)
"Ayrilmama" 2021
"Dokuz Mevsim" (2021)
"Aşkına Memnu" (2021)
"Tatlı Kız" (2021)
"Ağlarsan Ağla" (2021)
"Cehennem" (2022)
"Dondurmalar" Benden (2022)
"Dertli Dertli" (2022)
"Bana Neden Kiyidin" (2022)
"Daglar Seni Delik Delik Delerim (2022)
"Simarik" (2022)
"Agiz Olan Konusuyor (2022)
"Sen Gidemezsin" (2023)
"Hey Siri" (2023)
"Arama Artik" (2023)
"Sen Herkesten Tatlisin" (2023)
"Azma" (2024)
"Için Yaniyor" (2024)