Artists from Turkey

314 published artists from Turkey, led by Tarkan, Sezen Aksu and Ebru Gündeş. The list below shows the 120 most famous.

At a glance

314 published artists from Turkey; 1,455 studio albums have verified cover art.

Published artists0 tier 1 · 6 tier 2 · 308 tier 3: 314
Release groups: 4,588
Studio albums: 2,151
Albums with cover artverified Cover Art Archive: 1,455
Timeline events: 2,800
Monthly listenerssum across artists: 48.9M
Average career spanfirst to last dated release: 26.8 years
Full biographies: 102
Biography words: 233,823

When they started

Debut decade from each artist's earliest dated release. Most debuts fell in the 1990s (74 artists).

Artists by debut decade
Decade	Artists
1930s	1
1950s	2
1960s	19
1970s	37
1980s	19
1990s	74
2000s	40
2010s	33
2020s	3

86 artists have no dated release or formation year and are not plotted.

Genres in Turkey

Top 8 genres by artist count. pop music is the most common, with 116 artists.

Covers from Turkey

1,455 studio albums have verified cover art. The 12 shown come from the most famous artists.

Kuantum 51
Tarkan · 2024
10
Tarkan · 2017
Ahde Vefa
Tarkan · 2016
Adımı Kalbine Yaz
Tarkan · 2010
Metamorfoz
Tarkan · 2007
Come Closer
Tarkan · 2006
Dudu
Tarkan · 2003
Karma
Tarkan · 2001
Ölürüm Sana
Tarkan · 1997
Aacayipsin
Tarkan · 1994
Yine Sensiz...
Tarkan · 1992
Paşa Gönül Şarkıları
Sezen Aksu · 2025

Leaders

Müzeyyen Senar has the most release groups (158); Müzeyyen Senar the longest career (95 years); Ahmet Ertegün the most awards (6).

Most prolific

Most prolific, by number of release groups
Artist	release groups
Müzeyyen Senar	158
Nesrin Sipahi	131
Ajda Pekkan	121
Zeki Müren	116
Barış Manço	98

Longest careers

first to last dated release

Longest careers, by number of years
Artist	years
Müzeyyen Senar	95
Zeki Müren	74
Ajda Pekkan	62
Barış Manço	61
Ferdi Tayfur	58

Most decorated

Most decorated, by number of awards
Artist	awards
Ahmet Ertegün	6
İdil Biret	5
Barış Manço	3
Zülfü Livaneli	3
maNga	2

Other countries with pop music artists, and the browse view for Turkey.

pop music in other countries

United States 596
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 252
Japan 207
France 160
Canada 129
Sweden 99
Germany 75
Indonesia 66

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Most famous artists from Turkey

Tarkan

Turkey · Person · born 1972

pop music, rhythm and blues, dance-pop, folk-pop

6M listeners · 66 wikis

Sezen Aksu

Turkey · Person · born 1954

pop music

6.1M listeners · 53 wikis

Ebru Gündeş

Turkey · Person · born 1974

6.6M listeners · 19 wikis

Manifest

Turkey · Group

pop music, contemporary R&B, dance music

6.2M listeners · 14 wikis

Blok3

Turkey · Person · born 2002

9.3M listeners · 4 wikis

Lvbel C5

Turkey · Person · born 2001

hip-hop, trap music

8.2M listeners · 7 wikis

Yalın

Turkey · Person · born 1980

pop music

6.5M listeners · 10 wikis

Hande Yener

Turkey · Person · born 1973

pop music, dance music, electronic music

80 wikis

Sertab Erener

Turkey · Person · born 1964

pop music, dance-pop

59 wikis

Ahmet Ertegün

Turkey · Person · born 1923

rock and roll, rhythm and blues, blues, jazz

31 wikis

maNga

Turkey · Group · 2001–present

alternative rock, nu metal, Q3930216

39 wikis

Barış Manço

Turkey · Person · born 1943

rock music, folk rock, psychedelic rock, pop rock, progressive rock, Anatolian rock

37 wikis

Artists from Turkey

At a glance

When they started

Genres in Turkey

Covers from Turkey

Leaders

Most prolific

Longest careers

Most decorated

Related

pop music in other countries

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Most famous artists from Turkey

Tarkan

Sezen Aksu

Ebru Gündeş

Manifest

Blok3

Lvbel C5

Yalın

Hande Yener

Sertab Erener

Ahmet Ertegün

maNga

Barış Manço

More from Turkey

Ajda Pekkan

Can Bonomo

Serhat

Mustafa Sandal

Fazıl Say

İdil Biret

Ferdi Tayfur

Ahmet Kaya

Zülfü Livaneli

Bülent Ersoy

İbrahim Tatlıses

Candan Erçetin

Hülya Avşar

Murat Boz

Gülşen

Mor ve Ötesi

Güler Duman

Leyla Gencer

Zeki Müren

Özcan Deniz

Sıla

Ahmet Adnan Saygun

Ayla Erduran

Kâzım Koyuncu

Aleyna Tilki

Yüksek Sadakat

Ceza

Şehrazat

Selda Bağcan

Yıldız Tilbe

Demet Akalın

Emre Aydın

Kenan Doğulu

Kayahan

Cem Karaca

Sibel Can

Athena

Orhan Gencebay

Dario Moreno

Semiha Berksoy

Arif Mardin

Ayşegül Aldinç

Serdar Ortaç

Şebnem Ferah

Necil Kazım Akses

Erkin Koray

Müslüm Gürses

Nilüfer

Hayko Cepkin

Mustafa Ceceli

Neşet Ertaş

Müzeyyen Senar

Muazzez Ersoy

Teoman