Muazzez Ersoy

Hatice Yıldız Levent, better known by her stage name Muazzez Ersoy, (born 9 August 1958) is a Turkish classical music singer. In 1998, with the suggestion of the 33rd government of Turkey's Ministry of Culture, she was chosen as a State Artist.[1][2] Due to singing nostalgic songs, she is also known with the title "Nostalgia Queen" inside Turkey.[3][4] In 2006, she was chosen as a goodwill ambassador for United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.[5][6][7]

Muazzez Ersoy
Birth nameHatice Yıldız Levent
Also known asNostalgia Queen
Born (1958-08-09) 9 August 1958
Uzunköprü, Edirne, Turkey
GenresTurkish classical, Pop, Aranesque
InstrumentsVocals
Years active1982–present
LabelsElenor Müzik (1991–1992)
Raks Müzik (1993)
Levent Müzik Yapım (1994–2000)
DMC (2002, 2013–present)
Avrupa Müzik (2004–2006)
Öncü Müzik (2007–2010)
WebsiteMuazzezErsoy.net

Ersoy spent her childhood and early adulthood in Kasımpaşa, Beyoğlu.[8] She became initially interested in music due to her mother's affinity for music. This passion of her mother influenced Ersoy during her youth, and after finishing secondary school, she decided to continue her studies by taking music lessons. She took lessons from music teachers such as İrfan Özbakır and Baki Duyarlar. She did a «clerkship»[9][10] and spent her savings on music lessons.

Ersoy, who achieved great sales with her nostalgia album series, recently rerecorded the pop songs that were released in the 90s. In the album titled “90’dan POP”, Ersoy performed the songs of Tarkan, Sezen Aksu, Serdar Ortaç, Yıldız Tilbe, Harun Kolçak, Eda and Metin Özülkü, and released the first music video of the album for Serdar Ortaç's song "Değmez".[11]

She also hosted the TV program "Yıldız Akşamı" on TRT Müzik.[12]

Studio albums
Year Album Sales Producer Ref
1991 Seven Olmaz Ki 400,000 Elenor Plak [13]
1992 Her Şeyim Sensin 600,000 Elenor Plak [13]
1993 Sizi Seviyorum 500,000 Raks Müzik [13]
1994 Sensizlik Bu 500,000 Levent Müzik [13]
1994 Seninle Olmak 750,000 Levent Müzik
1995 Nostalji 1,200,000 Levent Müzik [13]
1996 Nostalji 2 1,700,000 Levent Müzik [13]
1997 Nostalji 3 1,100,000 Levent Müzik [13]
1998 Nostalji 4-5-6 1,500,000 Levent Müzik [13]
1999 Nostalji 7-8-9 2,000,000 Levent Müzik [13]
2000 Nostalji 10-11-12 1,000,000 Levent Müzik [14]
2002 Senin İçin 300,000 DMC [15]
2004 Seni Seviyorum 210,000 Avrupa Müzik [16]
2006 Nankör 70,000 Avrupa Müzik [17]
2007 Kraliçeden Nostaljiler 20,000 Öncü Müzik
2010 Mozaik 67,000 Öncü Müzik
2013 Şarkılarla Gel 115,000 DMC
2016 90'dan Pop 2,006,178 DMC

Notes
  1. Evin Doğu (19 July 2000). "Sanatçılar ünvansız kaldı". NTV-MSNBC. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
  2. "Archived copy" (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 2007-12-13. Retrieved 2007-09-10.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. "Kredi alıp vergi ödüyorum". Hürriyet. 15 March 1999. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
  4. "Nostalji kraliçesi taçlandı!". Magazinsortie.
  5. Evin Doğu (31 May 2006). "Muazzez Ersoy, BM iyi niyet elçisi". NTV-MSNBC. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
  6. "İyi niyet Muazzez Ersoy'a kısmet!". Posta. 27 December 2012. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
  7. "Archived copy" (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 2007-09-30. Retrieved 2007-09-10.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  8. "Müezzinden Tabut Cilacısına 49 Ünlünün İlk Meslekleri". Rota Haber. 22 July 2013. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
  9. Yunus Emre Erk (13 September 2013). "Müezzinden Tabut Cilacısına 49 Ünlünün İlk Meslekleri". Listelist. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
  10. "Ünlülerin geçmişi". Vaybeee. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
  11. http://www.magazinsortie.com/muzik/nostalji-kralicesi-pop-albumle-dondu-h8374.html
  12. "Yıldız Akşamı TRT Müzik resmi sitesi". Archived from the original on 2013-03-08. Retrieved 2018-09-29.
  13. "10 yılın tiraj rekortmenleri". Milliyet. 12 April 2000.
  14. 'Elbette' Candan dinledik, En çok satan albümler Zaman newspaper archive. Date published: 31 December 2000
  15. Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine „Mü-Yap“. official website: the best-selling albums awards
  16. 01.01.2004 - 31.12.2004 Tarihleri Arasında En Çok Bandrol Alan İlk 200 Yerli Albüm („Mü-Yap“. verileri) 2004.
  17. "„Mü-Yap". albüm satış grafiği". Archived from the original on 2009-05-09. Retrieved 2020-04-09.
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