Burak Kut
Quick Facts
Biography
Burak Kut (born 27 August 1973 in Istanbul, Turkey) is a Turkish pop singer.
Biography
As a child, Burak attended Müziğe Çapa and played in the orchestra for many years. He continued playing in an orchestra until he entered high school at İstanbul Anadolu Güzel Sanatlar Lisesi, where he began to play flute and piano. Burak then attended Kabataş Erkek Lisesi, coming third to Kenan Doğulu in a school competition the first year, he won the competition three years running.
He released his first album Benimle Oynama/Çılgınım with Peker Music. His rise to fame rocketed, performing over 300 concerts soon after the album was released. He also won the European MTV "Local Hero Award" around this time. Burak did most of the work on his second album Nereden Geldim, Nerelere Gideceğim. His song Yaşandı Bitti gained airplay in New York City, and his popularity now stretched out to the United States.
While working on an album, Burak did a duet with Sarah Brightman accompanied by an orchestra ensemble of 100 musicians. He also sang duets with Greek singer Sakis Rouvas in Cyprus at the Border Line (Yeşil Hat) to help the two nations come together. He self-produced his third album Küçük Prens. He also later signed on to Universal Records and they helped him release a fourth self-titled album in 2000. After seven years, he released "Komple", a cover of Daddy Yankee's Rompe with lyrics written by Sezen Aksu. Burak Kut is releasing his new album called "İlaç" on 11 December 2009, album with 12 songs.
Burak Kut released his first Turkish EP, Sevginin Her Hali in 2013. The record just contains 3 songs all been written by Burak self.
In 2015 Burak, released his first 1 track only song - written by himself - "Olduğu Kadar Olmadı Kadar". He also announced in a press presentation in October 2015, he's releasing a featuring album with Greece singer Katy Garbi, expected to release somewhere in December 2015.
Albums
- Benimle Oynama - Cılgınım 1994
- Nereden Geldim Nerelere Gideceğim 1995
- Küçük Prens 1997
- Burak Kut (No title) 2000
- Komple 2007
- İlaç 2009
Singles
- Derdim Var (Deep Inside) (David Morales DefMix (EP/Maxi-Single) 1997
- Sevginin Her Hali (EP/Maxi-Single) 2013
- Olduğu Kadar Olmadı Kader (Single) (2015)
- Kalbine Sor (Single) (2015)