TARKAN

• Tarkan Tevetoğlu (born October 17, 1972 in Alzey, West Germany), popularly known as Tarkan, is a World Music award winning Turkish pop singer.

• He was born in Germany and raised in Turkey.

• He has also been listed by Rhapsody as a key artist in the history of European pop music, with his signature song

• Tarkan has been known for the use of sexual and romantic themes in his work and has been nicknamed the "Prince of Pop" by the media.

• He has released several platinum-sellingalbums during his career, with an estimated 29 million albums and singles sold. He also produces music through his company HITT Music, which he established in February 1997.

• One of a few European singers that has managed to span chart success over three continents without singing in English, the artist is also noted for his live stage performances.

• Tarkan's effect on Turkey has been compared by The Washington Post as analogous to Elvis in America circa 1957 and Atlantic Records co-founder Ahmet Ertegün described him as one of the best live performers he had ever seen.