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Mustafa Sandal, commonly known as Musti, is a famous Turkish pop singer. He is fluent in English, Turkish, Italian and French. He emerged in the early 1990s with the revival of Turkish pop music and is one of the most successful pop singers in Turkey with overall sales of 13 million copies. Musti is famous in Europe for his songs "Moonlight", "Araba" and "İsyankar" in countries such as Germany, Belgium Switzerland,^[1] and Austria.^[2] He is also known in the United States, Russia, Azerbaijan and Uzbekistan. Sandal is married to popular Serbian singer Emina Jahović and has two sons with her.

Early life[link]

Mustafa Sandal was born on 11 January 1970 in Istanbul. When he started school, his classmates and teachers quickly realized his talents in music. When Musti heard a song, he was immediately able to pick out the different instruments and their melodies throughout the music. He finished high school at Collège du Léman in Geneva, Switzerland. He then attended New Hampshire College in the United States. After graduating, he went back to Istanbul. During this time, Musti became involved in writing music with many songwriters. In a short time, he began to write his own music and wrote songs for famous Turkish singers Zerrin Özer, Hakan Peker, Ant Eater and Aysegül Aldinç.

Career[link]

Mustafa Sandal released his debut album Suç Bende in 1994. It sold 1.7 million copies and became the greatest selling album of the year with a landslide victory. During this time, Musti gave 140 concerts throughout Turkey as well as thirty concerts in Europe. Musti was interested in working with all areas of music; he wanted to be not only a singer, but also a songwriter and producer. In 1995, Musti helped write songs and produce Turkish pop singer Sibel Alaş's album "Adam" ("Man"). The album was successful and sold 400,000 copies. In 1996, Musti moved to London to isolate himself from fans while preparing his next album. Later that year, he released his second album Gölgede Aynı and it sold 2.6 million copies. After the outstanding popularity of this album, he performed 140 concerts throughout Turkey. The third music video of the album for the song "Bir Anda" used tie-clip techniques which were a first for Turkish fans. Musti also produced Turkish pop singer İzel's album "Emanet" ("Possession") later that year. Musti's third album Detay was the first album released from his newly established record label YADA Productions. In 2000, after the success of Tarkan, Musti signed a contract with Sony Music France and released a compilation album titled Araba. Later that year, Musti released his fourth album Akışına Bırak but had disappointing sales. However, the duet with Natalia for the song "Hatırla Beni," originally a Greek/Egyptian song called "ELEOS" sung by Angela Dimitriou and Amr Diab became very successful and a concert tour of Turkey followed.

In 2001, Prestij Müzik, the parent company of Musti's YADA Productions, was bankrupted and Musti signed into Erol Köse Productions. In 2002, Musti released his fifth studio album Kop which contained the 2002 hit "Pazara Kadar" ("Until Sunday"/"Until the Market") as well as releasing his first promotional single for the song Kopmam Lazım with Turkish phone service Telsim. In 2003, Musti released his first Maxi Single (EP/Hybrid Album) titled Maxi Sandal 2003 / Moonlight which included a Turkish/Greek duet of the Greek folk song "Anaveis Foties" as well as releasing his first European single Aya Benzer 2003. Musti also wanted to release songs in English in his next album Seven but due to conflicts with producer Erol Köse he released the album under a Universal label. In 2004, Musti released his second European single Araba 2004 along with a second version of Seven titled Seven New Version with little success.

Later in 2004, Musti released his second Maxi Single titled İste ("Want") which contained his 2004 hit İsyankar ("Rebellious"). The song was believed by some to be a remake of a song by Punjabi MC. Musti later performed the song with Punjabi MC in 2005. On 11 August 2005, Musti released his third single İsyankar in Europe and later won a Gold Record for high sales in Germany. The song reached the top 20 of several European countries peaking at number four in Switzerland.^[1] Later that year, Musti later released a third version of the Seven album titled Seven Reloaded. After disappointing sales, Musti announced that he was taking a career break. During this time, Musti worked on three commercials for Muhabbet Kart ("Chat Card"), a new promotion provided by Türkcell^{[citation needed]}. Musti also started giving concerts throughout Turkey. During one concert, he said "Bu yaz çok sessiz geçti. Yine iş bize duştu" ("This summer has been too quiet. It is again my responsibility to make the hits"). Suddenly, Musti started singing his Yamalı Tövbeler ("Patched Repentances") song. Unfortunately, Yamalı Tövbeler sold poorly and caused more tension between Musti and Erol Köse. Musti's contract was transferred to Seyhan Müzik. In 2006, Musti started to appear on Doğuş Otomobil's safe driving commercials^{[citation needed]}. It was also announced on his official website that his 1996 hit "Araba" would be translated and put into Shakira's next album.

Musti originally announced that his new album would be released in December 2006. In 2007, the new Musti FM radio on his official website confirmed that his album had been delayed to 23 April 2007, 19 May, and later to its official release date of 13 June 2007. In May, Musti invited Emina Jahovic to Istanbul and showed her three tracks he had written for her in his new album. She was deeply affected by them. To promote his album, Musti starred in three commercials for Muhabbet Kart with his grandfather, famous percussionist Hüseyin İleri^{[citation needed]} Musti also explained in an interview^{[citation needed]} that his grandfather raised him during his childhood and gave him motivation and interest towards music. In an interview with Turkish entertainment show Canlı Canlı^{[citation needed]}, Musti admitted that he is again in a relationship with Emina Jahovic. Later in June, Seyhan Müzik announced that the Devamı Var album sold 200,000 copies in its first week and has reached number one in all music store listings in western areas of Turkey. Overall, in 2007 2.3 million copies of Devamı var CD was sold in Turkey and some European countries.

Musti is also going to play in a cinema movie called New York'ta Beş minare produced by Mahsun Kırmızıgül its expected to come out in 2010. This will be the first experience of Musti in his career as actor

Mustafa Sandal married the Serbian singer Emina Jahovic in January 2008. And they had their first son Yaman in August 2008, second son Yavuz in February 2012.

Discography: notable works[link]

Albums[link]

• Suç Bende (My Fault)(1994)
• Gölgede Aynı (Same In the Shadow) (1996)
• Detay (Detail) (1998)
• Araba (Car) (2000)
• Akışına Bırak (Let It Go) (2000)
• Kop (Break) (2002)
• Seven (Lover) (2003)
• İste (Ask for It) (2004)
• Devamı Var (To Be Continued) (2007)
• Karizma (Charisma) (2009)

Singles[link]

• Aya Benzer 2003 (Like The Moon) (2003)
• İsyankar (Rebel) (2005)

Movies[link]

• Five Minarets in New York (Turkish: New York'ta Beş Minare) (2010)

Notes[link]

Web Sites[link]

• Mustafa Sandal Official Web Site
• Geocities - Mustafa Sandal
• Mustafa Sandal at The Internet Movie Database

Damir "Dado" Polumenta (Serbian: Дадо Полумента, Dado Polumenta; born 29 August 1982 in Bijelo Polje, SR Montenegro, Yugoslavia) is a popular Montenegrin singer/songwriter in the Balkans living in his hometown, Bijelo Polje. His uncle, Šako Polumenta, also a singer, has helped Dado's music career.

Music career[link]

His first album, Jasmina, released in 2000 for Best Records, brought little success in his career. However, after a four-year hiatus, Dado became prominent in the Ex-Yugoslav music industry after the release of his second album "100 stepeni" in 2005 for Grand Production.

Controversy and comeback[link]

Dado has a son (Dorijan) with Serbian model Anamarija Kikoš, with whom he has lived for three years. She was his unmarried partner at the time but they broke up shortly after the child was born.

In due course, he left Grand Production and, through his uncle, signed with Gold Music. Soon after, he released his third album, Volim te... in 2007. Shortly after the release of his third album, he won the award for "Best Montenegrin Singer in the Diaspora" at Montefolk Festival 2007, as well as the "Oscar of Popularity" in Podgorica for his contribution in the popularization of Montenegrin music in the diaspora.

Not soon after, he released a cover version of the Greek song "Beautiful" by Christos Dantis. This version of "Beautiful" featured lyrics that showed his constant love for his ex-girlfirend Anamarija even after all the regrets he had faced with her.

A year later, in May 2008, it was announced that Dado had recorded a duet with Šako entitled "Ljepša od noći", which was released on 10 July as part of Šako's studio album "Sanjao sam san..." and became the album's biggest hit. Just two months later, on 26 June 2008, Dado released another single, a ballad titled "Moja srno", which was performed in the "Vogošća Festival 2008" in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

On 15 December 2008, Dado released a fourth album, entitled Zauvijek tvoj (Forever yours), two months later than originally stated for release (October 2008). Dado believes that this album will be his "milestone in work as in life".

On 9 November 2009, Dado released new single "Fali mi ljubav" as announcement of new upcoming album in 2010. All releated information about it can be found on official web site, www.dado-polumenta.com

20.03.2010 – Dado Polumenta created his official Facebook fan page where he will communicate with his fan. Share new video, pictures, news and upcoming events. http://www.facebook.com/dado.polumenta.fanpage

25.05.2010 - As an announcement on upcoming new album, Dado Polumenta issue a new duet song with, one of the most popular Serbian singer, Aca Lukas. New song has the name “Sedam Subota” and can be downloaded from officiral Dado’s web site. www.dado-polumenta.com Shortly after, Dado and Aca made an official video clip.

Discography[link]

• Jasmina (2000)
• 100 stepeni (2005)
• Volim te... (2007)
• Zauvijek tvoj (2008)
• Buntovnik (2010)
• Virus (2011)

Awards[link]

• "Oscar of Popularity", 2007
• "Best Montenegrin Singer in the Diaspora", Montefolk 2007
• "Singer of 2010 year", Nachtwerk 2010

External links[link]

• Official Website