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arabesque artists

7 published arabesque artists, led by Ferdi Tayfur, Özcan Deniz and Orhan Gencebay.

At a glance

7 published arabesque artists; 26 studio albums have verified cover art.

Published artists0 tier 1 · 1 tier 2 · 6 tier 3
7
Release groups
94
Studio albums
69
Albums with cover artverified Cover Art Archive
26
Timeline events
80
Average career spanfirst to last dated release
43 years
Full biographies
1
Biography words
6,686

When they started

Debut decade from each artist's earliest dated release. Most debuts fell in the 1960s (2 artists).

Artists by debut decade
DecadeArtists
1960s2
1970s1
1990s1
3 artists have no dated release or formation year and are not plotted.

Where they come from

Countries with the most arabesque artists. Turkey leads with 7.

Often paired with

Genres that share artists with arabesque. The most shared is Ottoman classical music, with 2 artists in both.

Covers from arabesque

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

Leaders

Orhan Gencebay has the most release groups (51); Ferdi Tayfur the longest career (58 years); Orhan Gencebay the most awards (2).

Most prolific

Most prolific, by number of release groups
Artistrelease groups
Orhan Gencebay51
Ferdi Tayfur29
Özcan Deniz13
Tülay Özer1

Longest careers

first to last dated release

Longest careers, by number of years
Artistyears
Ferdi Tayfur58
Orhan Gencebay55
Özcan Deniz16

Most decorated

Most decorated, by number of awards
Artistawards
Orhan Gencebay2
Ferdi Tayfur1

Most famous arabesque artists

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