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Yusuf Güney
Person · male · Turkey · Trabzon · born 1984 · recording since 2009
Turkish singer (born 1984)
Timeline
1980s
2000s
· Debut release
Debut release: Bir Sevda Masalı
First documented Album in the MusicBrainz discography.
source: musicbrainz
2010s
Biography
Biography
Yusuf Güney is a Turkish singer who currently lives in London. Together with Rafet El Roman, their song Aşk-ı Virane was the number one single for 16 weeks in the Turkish charts in 2008 and thus the most successful song of the year.
Life and career
He initially worked as a songwriter and in 2008 his song "Aşk-ı Virane" was included in Rafet El Roman's album Bir Roman Gibi and he was featured on it as well. The two later shot a music video for the song and it became a successful hit, ranking number-one on Türkçe Top 20 for 17 weeks. In 2009, the song was chosen as "Song of the Year" at the Turkey Music Awards.
Following this success, Güney released his first album Bir Sevda MasalıBir Sevda MasalıSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 10 tracks1Heder Oldum Aşkına2Sualsiz3Aşkım Aşklarından Bulasın4Talihsiz Bir Sevda5Git Bedenim Buralardan6Kopamam Senden7Elimde Değil8Maskara9Bir Sevda Masalı10Canımdın Sen which was produced by Rafet El Roman and released on 12 February 2009 under the label Emre Plak. The first music video for this album, was made for the song "Heder Oldum Aşkına" written by Rafet El Roman. The song ranked second on Turkey's official music charts, and 99th on Europe Radio List. In May, another music video was recorded for the song "Aşkım Aşklarından Bulasın", which was written by himself. It ranked number 6 on Turkey's charts. Güney's second album Aşka İnat
Aşka İnatSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 10 tracks1Serserin Oldum2Unut Onu Kalbim3Aşka İnat4Etme5Bir Deli Aşık6Seninle Ben7Dayan Bu Gönül8El Oldun Yar9Kurbanım Gül Yüzüne10Adı Sensin, which included 10 songs, was released on 3 May 2010 by Emre Plak.
Albums
Bir Sevda Masalı (2009)
Aşka İnat (2010)
Sevgi Arsızı (2013)
Kaptan (2016)
Singles
"Bunalım" (2013)
"Hazin" (2014)
"Kördüğüm" (2016)
"Yaradanım" (2018)
"Çak Bi Beşlik" (2019)
"Duydun Mu?" (2020)
"Zamansız Yağmur" (Musa Eroğlu ile Bir Asır 2) (2022)
"Boş Kafalar" (2022)
Duets
"Aşk-ı Virane" (with Rafet El Roman)
"Aşka İnat
Aşka İnatSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 10 tracks1Serserin Oldum2Unut Onu Kalbim3Aşka İnat4Etme5Bir Deli Aşık6Seninle Ben7Dayan Bu Gönül8El Oldun Yar9Kurbanım Gül Yüzüne10Adı Sensin" (with Rafet El Roman and Eren Atsoy)
"Değilsin" (with Şeyma Erdoğan)
"Kendine İyi Bak" (with Semra San)
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 9 | 54.3th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 5 | 78.9th |
| Studio albums | 4 | 82.8th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 6 | 80.8th |
| Recording span (years) | 7 | 21th |
| Genres | 1 | 56th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (5 release groups · 4 studio albums)
Albums · 4
2009 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks
1Heder Oldum Aşkına2Sualsiz3Aşkım Aşklarından Bulasın4Talihsiz Bir Sevda5Git Bedenim Buralardan6Kopamam Senden7Elimde Değil8Maskara9Bir Sevda Masalı10Canımdın Sen2010 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks
1Serserin Oldum2Unut Onu Kalbim3Aşka İnat4Etme5Bir Deli Aşık6Seninle Ben7Dayan Bu Gönül8El Oldun Yar9Kurbanım Gül Yüzüne10Adı Sensin2013 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 39:57
1Bunalım4:112Ördü Kader Ağlarını4:113Hayat4:314Bela Gözlerin4:015Felek3:426Tövbeler Olsun3:327Sevgi Arsızı4:138Melekler Seni Bana Yazmış3:339Denedim3:5110Unut Beni4:122016 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks
1Hadi Aşkım ( Yorgan Yakalım )2Evlen Benimle3Kaptan4Sevdaluğun Sarmadı5Aşkım Olur Musun6Sevme Yanarsın7Umudun Yolu8Elini Vicdanına Koy9Ben Ordan Geliyorum10Hazin ( Remix )
EP · 1
| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Kader RüzgarıSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 6 tracks1İki Romantik Deli 2Kader Rüzgarı 3Deli Dumrul 4İki Romantik Deli (Remix) 5Unut Onu Kalbim (Remix) 6İki Romantik Deli (Enstrumantal) | 2012 |
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Yusuf Güney head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 9 | 54.3th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 5 | 78.9th |
| Studio albums | 4 | 82.8th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 6 | 80.8th |
| Recording span (years) | 7 | 21th |
| Genres | 1 | 56th |
Awards & honours
Where this record comes from
portrait—Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Yusuf_G%C3%BCney.jpgaliases/urls—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/3b6e8011-25c4-4f95-ba17-f35429337a97discography—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/3b6e8011-25c4-4f95-ba17-f35429337a97core—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8061949genre—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8061949seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yusuf_G%C3%BCneybiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yusuf_G%C3%BCney
Why this artist is in the database
- List of Turkish musicians
Tier rule: curated genre/region list
Image: Şafak Kent · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Wikidata: Q8061949 · MusicBrainz: 3b6e8011-25c4-4f95-ba17-f35429337a97
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