About emre aydın

Emre Aydın (February 2, 1981) is a Turkish rock singer and songwriter, who used to be the lead singer for 6.Cadde. He has been referred to as emreaydın on his official site to establish a trademark. The singer won the MTV Europe Music Awards 2008 in the "Europe's Favourite Act" category. Emre Aydın was born in Isparta on 2 February 1981. He graduated from Antalya Anadolu Lisesi (high school) and then studied economics at Dokuz Eylül University in İzmir. He won the Sing Your Song music contest in 2002 with his band 6. Cadde.That year his song Dönersen (If you come back) was selected by Universal Music into a selection album. In 2003, the first album of 6. Cadde was published, and that year Emre left the band and took steps towards a solo career. His first album Afili Yalnızlık (Ostentatious Loneliness) was recently released by Sony BMG and GRGDN.Emre's album is currently a smash hit in Turkey, having won several awards, including Blue Jeans Magazine's awards for Best Song, Best Newcomer, Best Music Video and his producer, Haluk Kurosman was named Best Producer. Emre has recently won the prestigious Powertürk Music Award as Best Newcomer and keeps winning awards as "Best Newcomer" (see Awards section for a full list of awards). The singer's popularity is effectively shown at his official forum, which had 79,000 registered members as of October 2007 and more than 120,000 as of October 2008 Emre completed a European tour that comprised of concerts in Bochum, Cologne and Rotterdam and performed in the Carling Academy, London on 11 May, 2008.