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Yana may refer to:

Locations[link]

• Yana, an administrative capital in Bauchi State, Nigeria
• Yana, Burma, a village in Hkamti Township in Hkamti District in the Sagaing Region of northwestern Burma
• Yana, India, a village in the Uttara Kannada district of Karnataka, India
• Yana, Sierra Leone, a town in Northern Province of Sierra Leone
• Yana River, a river in Sakha in Russia
• Yana Point, the point forming the west side of the entrance to Bruix Cove, Antarctica

People[link]

• Yana Gupta (born 1979), Czech-Indian model-actress
• Yana Toboso (born 1984), Japanese manga artist

Other[link]

• Professor Yana, a fictional character from the Doctor Who episode "Utopia"
• Yana (Buddhism), a mode or method of spiritual practice in Buddhism
• Yana language, an extinct language isolate
• Yana people, a group of Native Americans indigenous to Northern California in the central Sierra Nevada Mountains
• "Yana Yana", a single by the Lebanese pan-Arab singer Sabah

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Yana Gupta
Yana Gupta at Jhalak Dikhla Jaa Bash
Born	(1979-04-23) 23 April 1979 (age 33)
Occupation	Model, Actress
Spouse	Satyakam Gupta(2001 - 18 May 2005) (divorced)

Yana Gupta or Yaana (born Jana Synková) is a Czech model and actress working in Mumbai.^[1] Gupta is a citizen of the Czech Republic.^[2]

Yana Gupta turns writer, pens book on health "How To Love Your Body And Get The Body You Love".^[3]

Personal life[link]

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Yana Gupta at the launch of Lotus Refineries

Gupta was born on April 23, 1979, in Brno. She is 5' 8" tall and has knowledge of English, Czech, Hindi, Spanish, and Japanese. Yana started modeling in the mid-1990s and did rouse considerable curiosity due to her unique last name, and her European looks. She has been to almost every corner of the world including Milan, Paris Vienna, Munich, Hamburg, Prague, Tokyo, just to name a few. She has modeled for high profile clients such Calvin Klein, Victoria's Secret, Toyota, Honda, Sony, and cosmetic products such as Nivea, Rexona, Shuemura, and Shisheido. After graduating in Park Architecture and Gardening, she left for Japan, where she modeled for a considerable period of time. Her restless spirit then took her to India. She acquired her last name, when she fell in love and married Satyakam Gupta, and re-located to Pune, Maharashtra, India. After her marriage, she continued her modeling stints in Mumbai with Limca, MTV, Lakme, and made her entry into Bollywood with an item in 'Dum'. Since then she has appeared in two Telugu, one Tamil, one Kannada movie, and another Bollywood movie 'Ek Ajnabee' opposite Arjun Rampal. Amongst her interests and hobbies are playing the piano, the flute, dancing, aerobics, health, fitness, and computers. She is a vegetarian.She is the TV Anchor of a musical countdown show on Zoom TV, and was named as the Lakme new face of the year, replacing model-actress, Lisa Ray. She has signed up with Indiagames and will be featured in their future ventures, which will include games, puzzles, etc. Although she is now divorced, she does plan to remain in India, where she will be launching her very own album in English. After the completion of this project, Gupta may consider entering Bollywood movies.

References[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Yana Gupta

• Yana Gupta at the Internet Movie Database

Daniel Kandi (born November 29, 1983) is a Danish trance producer and DJ currently living in Aalborg.^[1] Kandi entered the trance scene with the release of "Breathe" in 2006, on the successful Anjunabeats label. In 2010 he was ranked #77 in DJ Magazine's Top 100 DJ Poll.^[2]

Biography[link]

Musical career[link]

Daniel Kandi began producing trance music in 2000 under the name DJ Mendoza. He was a member of the Danish music community then known as MyMusic (now known as BandBase), where he published his music. In 2003 he formed the duo Duval and Mundo with another member of the community, Anders Duvald Mikkelsen (also known as Stalker). They released their first single as Aurelius, titled "Sorrow," with Jamie P. and vocals by David Hughes, in September 2005 on the Dutch label Intrenze.

From 2004 to 2007 Daniel Kandi worked with A&R and executive producer Fritz Niko in two projects called Weekend Wonderz and Hit'n'Run, remixing for both Danish and international artists like Infernal, Inez, tv-2, Bent Fabric, Christine Milton and Terri Walker. They have been nominated three times at the Danish DeeJay Awards in the category "Danish Remix of the Year"; in 2006 for their remix of "Stronger" by singer Inez and their remix of "Alt det" by rapper Mortito, and in 2007 for their remix of "Ten Miles" by the dance act Infernal.

In 2006 Kandi produced a track called "Breathe," which was signed to the British trance label Anjunabeats in June 2006, as his first solo release. The follow-up EP "Child / Nova" was released in January 2007, and both tracks were featured on the compilation Anjunabeats Worldwide 01. Kandi's third release on Anjunabeats was "Make Me Believe / I Found The Way," which was released on July 2, 2007. Furthermore "Make Me Believe" was featured on the compilation series entitled Anjunabeats Volume Five mixed by Above & Beyond.

On November 15, 2007 Armin van Buuren selected Luke Warner & Mat Lock - "Deep Psychosis (Daniel Kandi's Cure Mix)" as the "Tune of the Week" on A State Of Trance Episode 326.
"Deep Psychosis" was released on December 10, 2007 on DJSA Records, after the track was signed to DJSA from users on HarderFaster. A remix competition for this track also appeared on the site.^[3]

In 2008 Kandi collaborated with Robert Nickson whom he visited in his studio in the Netherlands. This resulted in several tracks, with "Liberate" and "Rewire" being released on the A State of Trance label later the same year.

Every 3rd Friday Daniel Kandi hosts his own radio show called "Always Alive" on the internet radio Afterhours FM from 18–20 CET.^[4]

In April 2010 Kandi released the track "Symphonica." It was selected by Dutch DJ Armin van Buuren as the best track of 2010 on his personal top 20.^[5]

On 8 May 2010, Daniel Kandi released his cover of Lady Gaga's "Just Dance" in coallition with Alfie. It reached over 3500 views 50 comments and 2 favourites on Youtube. Overall, a successful moment in Kandi's Music career. It got 11 dislikes.

In January 2011, he launched the record label Always Alive Recordings, in collaboration with Phillip Alpha, as a sub-label to Enhanced Music.^[6]

In January 2011 Kandi was nominated at the 2011 Danish DeeJay Awards in the category Danish DJ of the Year.^[7]

Kandi has mentioned in several interviews that the only equipment he's used to produce his tracks has been Propellerhead's Reason software.

On March 3, 2011 Armin van Buuren selected Daniel Kandi & Phillip Alpha – If It Ain’t Broke as the "Tune of the Week" on A State Of Trance Episode 498.

His new track, Saggitarius will also be on the Universal Religion Vol. 5 from Armin Van Buuren

Snooker career[link]

Daniel Kandi has won the Danish snooker championship for five consecutive years from 2004 to 2009.^[8]

Discography[link]

Remixes[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Daniel Kandi at MySpace
• Daniel Kandi at Discogs

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Mohamed Hamaki
Mohamed Hamaki
Background information
Birth name	Mohamed Ibrahim Mohamed El-Hamaki
Also known as	Master Pop Music
Born	(1975-11-04) November 4, 1975 (age 36) Cairo, Egypt
Genres	Pop Music
Occupations	Singer
Instruments	Guitar & Piano
Years active	1997–present
Labels	Voice Of Delta

Mohamed Hamaki (Arabic: محمد حماقي‎; born Mohamed Ibrahim Hamaki in Cairo, on November 4, 1975) is an Egyptian singer. In 2010 he won the award "Best Arabia Act" in the MTV Europe Music Awards and music award in 2006 for "Ahla Haga Fiki"

Biography[link]

Mohamed Hamaki's mother is from Aswan, Egypt. His first appearance was through his song "El Helw Yeheb El Heneya" which was released in 1996 in the album "Leqaa Al Nogoom". The album was the work of Hamid El Shari who discovered and introduced young Hamaky to the music business and to the public. Hamaky's first album "Khallena N'eesh" (Let us Live) in 2003 featured 10 songs all arranged by the famous arranger Tarek Madkour. Hamaki shot one song included in this first album "Betedhak" (You laughing?).

Hamaki stayed nearly 2 years after the release of his first album that is produced by DeltaSound - that was a great success - not releasing any new songs until he released his single "Yana Yanta" (Either Me or You!) and shot it. After that it was reported that he decided to break up with audio producer Tarek Madkour and working on his own without him and with his same producer Nassif Kauzman the owner of DeltaSound because Madkour has been always busy working on songs for other famous singers. However, these rumors have been denied as Madkour stated on his official site that he will cooperate with Hamaki again on his new album.

Months later, he released his second album "Kheles El Kalam" (All The Words Have Finished!) in 2006 and was awarded with the Platinum CD for being the best selling middle eastern artist for year 2006. Hamaki worked mainly in this album with his friend Hatem Abdel-Aziz or "Tooma" as he used to be called, who replaced Madkour's leading role in Hamaki's work under the umbrella of DeltaSound.

The song "Wahda Wahda" (One By One) which was included in the album and was the soundtrack song of the movie "Ga'alatny Mogreman" was shot featuring the movie star Ahmed Helmy and aired on TV as soon as the album was released. It achieved a great success and wide popularity among different audiences. The song "Ahla Haga Feki" (Best Thing About You) was remixed by DJ.Idriss and shot some time after the album release. In the clip, the Rapper Perry Mystique was there with Hamaki. The clip is also produced by DeltaSound and was shot in Dubai, UAE.

Hamaki released his newest album 18 July 2010, Haga Mosh Tabe3eya (Something Isn't real ) . This album included 11 songs. Hamaki use traditional Arabic musical instruments in this album too. Also Hamaki used techno style in this album firstly.

Hamaki released his newest song for an Arabic movie, November 2010, Zekrayatak Meeh .

On 3 July 2011, Hamaki was rushed to hospital after suffering multiple heart attacks whilst recording his latest album.^[1] He underwent several cardiac catheterisation procedures, to insert three stents into his coronary arteries. Following several days of uncertainty, his health stabilised. Doctors are quoted as saying, that "Hamaki escaped death narrowly".

Discography[link]

• Leqa2 El Nogoom - 1997
• el 7elw - 1997
• welak welak - 1998
• Soltan jmalek - 1999
• Ro7i (ana 3aref) - 2000
• S2ltak 7abibi - 2000
• 5allena N3eesh - 2003
• 2alo lina shajar el lamon - 2003
• Gaylak fe el Kalam - 2004
• Yana Yanta (Delta Hits) - 2005
• Wa7da Wa7da - 2005
• 5eles El Kalam - 2006
• Ba7ebak Kol Youm Aktar - 2007
• Naweeha - 2008
• 2ali kalam - 2008
• ab3ed tigini - 2009
• Kol lela - 2009
• Haga Mosh Tabe3eya - 2010
• Zekrayatak Meeh - November 2010
• [[Ede fe Edek 2011
• sh5bata 3ala el 7eet - 2012

References[link]

Further reading[link]

• Karim (2008). "A blog about Hamaki; Hamaki started working on his next album". Waleg.com. http://www.waleg.com/archives/010452.html. Retrieved 2008-02-11. 

External links[link]

• Hamaki Albums on Mazika
• Hamaki's Page on Nogomi
• Mohamed Hamaki on Ghaneli

Sertab Erener
Sertab Erener & Demir Demirkan
Background information
Birth name	Sertab Erener
Born	(1964-04-04) 4 April 1964 (age 48) Istanbul, Turkey
Genres	Pop
Occupations	Singer-songwriter
Instruments	Vocals
Years active	1992–present
Labels	DMC, Motéma Music
Website	http://www.sertab.com/

Sertab Erener (born 4 December 1964 in Istanbul) is a Turkish pop music singer and also a cross-over soprano with a vocal range that extends to high F. She is one of the most successful female Turkish pop singers in her homeland, and is considered one of the divas of Turkish pop music. In Europe, she is best known for winning the Eurovision Song Contest 2003^[1] with her hit song "Every Way That I Can", although she has had many other achievements outside Turkey.

Career[link]

A native of Istanbul, Erener studied history of music in a university in the city before beginning her musical career working with Turkish music icon Sezen Aksu.

She released her first album, Sakin Ol, in 1992, and followed it with four more Turkish-language albums over the next decade. Her album Lâ'l was included by Sony Music in its "Soundtrack For A Century" collection.

After competing unsuccessfully in two national Eurovision Song Contest finals in 1989 and 1990, she was internally selected in 2003 and won the Eurovision Song Contest 2003, representing Turkey with the song "Every Way That I Can", co-written by Demir Demirkan. The song went on to top charts in countries all over Europe, including Sweden and Greece.

In the wake of her Eurovision success, Erener released her first English-language album, No Boundaries, in 2004. Her renditions of "Here I Am" and Bob Dylan's "One More Cup of Coffee" were used in international movie soundtracks. "One More Cup of Coffee" was used in the soundtrack to Masked and Anonymous a semi-biopic of Bob Dylan.

In 2005, Erener released a Turkish-language album named Aşk Ölmez, promoted with songs such as "Aşk Ölmez, Biz Ölürüz" ("Love Doesn't Die, We Do") and "Satılık Kalpler Şehri" ("City of Hearts For Sale"). She also appeared on the movie soundtrack album of Fatih Akın's Crossing the Bridge: The Sound of Istanbul, with a lauded rendition of Madonna's song "Music".

On 22 October 2005, Erener appeared on Congratulations: 50 Years of the Eurovision Song Contest, a competition to choose the best Eurovision song of all time, performing the final verse and chorus of "Every Way That I Can". The song finished ninth in a field of fifteen. At the same event Erener revealed she was to release another English language album.

In 2009, Sertab Erener and Demir Demirkan created a band called Painted on Water^[2] and they released a self-titled album in the United States on the Motéma Music label.

Discography[link]

Studio Albums[link]

• Sakin Ol! - (Calm Down) - (1992)
• Lâl - (Ruby) - (1994)
• Sertab Gibi - (Like Sertab) - (1996)
• Sertab Erener - (1999)
• Turuncu - (Orange) - (2001)
• No Boundaries - (2004)
• Aşk Ölmez - (Love Does Not Die) - (2005)
• Rengarenk - (Colorful) - (2010)

Remix Albums[link]

• Sertab Goes to the Club (2007)

Compilation Albums[link]

• Sertab (2000) (Europe-only; re-released in 2003)
• The Best of Sertab Erener (2007)

[edit] Painted on Water (Sertab Erener and Demir Demirkan)

• Painted on Water (Motéma Music, 2009)

Singles and EPs[link]

• "Zor kadın" (Difficult Woman) (1999)
• "Bu yaz" (This Summer) (EP) (2000)
• "Yeni" (New) (2001)
• "Every Way That I Can" (2003) (winning song of the Eurovision Song Contest 2003)
• "Here I Am" (2003)
• "Leave" (2004)
• "Aşk ölmez, biz ölürüz" (Love Doesn't Die, We Do) (2005)
• "Satılık kalpler şehri" (City of Hearts for Sale) (2005)
• "Kim haklıysa" (Whoever the Right Is) (2005)
• "I Remember Now" (2007)
• "Hayat beklemez" (Life Doesn't Wait) (2008)
• "Bu böyle" (That's the Way It Is) (2009)
• "Açık adres" (Open Address) (2009)

Charts[link]

See also[link]

• Sezen Aksu
• List of Turkish pop music performers
• Music of Turkey
• Eurovision Song Contest
• Congratulations

References[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Sertab Erener

• Official website
• Official new album website
• Official fan club
• Paramparça : Sertab Erener

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Marie N with "I Wanna"	Winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 2003	Succeeded by Ruslana with "Wild Dances"
Preceded by Buket Bengisu & Group Safir with "Leylaklar Soldu Kalbinde"	Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest 2003	Succeeded by Athena with "For Real"