Hadise

Childhood and early career

Hadise was born on October 22, 1985 in the city of Mol in the province of Antwerp ( Belgium ) ^[4] in the family of Lezgin and Kumychka who emigrated to Belgium from the Turkish city of Sivas . She has two sisters and a brother. The name Hadise in Turkish means “incident” or “occurrence” ^[5] , the surname Achikgöz means “insightful” or “cautious” ^[6] .

In childhood, in addition to her hobby for equestrian sports, she began to take lessons in the music school. Despite the fact that Hadise from an early age wanted to be a singer, she began to make music professionally only at the age of 17. After Hadise graduated from Koninklijk Atheneum School in Mol in 2003, she received a degree in economics and modern languages, she continued her education at the High School of Provenciale Hogeschool Limburg in Hasselt . She graduated in 2006. Hadise speaks five languages: Turkish , Dutch , English , French and German . She demonstrated her knowledge of languages ​​at the Ibo show on June 20, 2008.

In 2002, Hadise won the beauty contest, received the title of "Miss Mole", but abandoned her modeling career in favor of the singer's career. In 2003, Hadise took part in the show "Idol" (in Russia, " Become a star "). Despite the fact that Hadise was far from winning - she did not enter the final ten, she was noticed and offered to sign a contract to record her debut album.

Sweat (2005–2006)

Shortly after her appearance on the Idol show, Hadise received an offer from the 2Brains Entertainment Group manager Johan Hendrix to record the first album. On November 1, 2004, the debut single Sweat came out, which reached number 19 on the Ultratop 50 chart. First, Hadise released the singles Stir Me Up ( May 6, 2005 ) - which gained popularity both in Belgium and in Turkey - and Milk Chocolate Girl (September 9 2005), which reached the 13th spot on the Ultratop 50 charts. The first video was filmed for the song Stir me up .

A year after the release of the first single, November 3, 2005, Hadise released her debut album, Sweat. Produced by Yves Gailard and Serge Ramaekers, his style was defined as urban pop with influences of jazz , soul , funk and oriental music. As a bonus, the album featured the song “Sakin Gitme”. She was translated into English as "When ya Breathing On Me".

In the same year, Hadise was nominated for the “Best New Artist of the Year” award, but lost to the singer Katerina.

In April 2006, the Turkish channel Star TV offered Hadise the place of the leading Turkish analogue of the show “Idol” - “Popstar Türkiye”. This was Hadise's debut work as a TV host. The Popstar Türkiye show has become one of the most popular shows in Turkey, gathering an audience of about 20 million viewers every week. Hadise manager Johan Hendrix joined the jury.

On October 14, 2006, Hadise received the first TMF Prize. She was nominated in the Urban nomination along with Kee Styles, Leki and Brahim. Hadise won by typing 42.9% of the vote.

Hadise (2008)

Hadise began work on her second album in December 2007 . The album has been released in many countries, including Belgium, Turkey, France and Italy . The single “A Good Kiss” was released in support of the album in October 2007. He gained great popularity in Turkey. The song “A Good Kiss” was translated into Turkish and performed by Sezen Aksu , becoming one of the most popular songs in clubs in 2008 . Hadise also released the singles “My Body” and “My Man and the Devil on His Shoulder” ^[7] .

In the same year, Hadise, along with Ronnie Mosuse, was appointed Flemish Ambassador for Intercultural Dialogue 2008.

In late 2008, Hadise got her first job as a television host in Belgium. She became the only presenter of the second season of the X-Factor show on the channel Vtm.

Eurovision Song Contest (2009)

Despite the fact that back in 2006, Hadise said that she would never take part in Eurovision after her friend Kate Ryan , who represented Belgium at this contest in 2006, could not reach the final, Hadise still expressed her desire to represent Turkey on Eurovision 2009 in Moscow . On October 24, 2008, TRT Director General Ibrahim Sahim confirmed the participation of Hadise in the competition.

Hadise herself controlled the production of the song for the contest. She had the right to choose the style, music, poems and language of the future composition. She told the Belgian newspapers that she wanted to represent Turkey, not Belgium, because she had already won many Belgian awards and, moreover, the competition in Turkey was more popular ^[8] .

December 31, 2008 there was a presentation of the song from which Hadise will represent Turkey at the Eurovision Song Contest 2009. This is the song " Crazy For You " or "Düm Tek Tek".

As a result, at Eurovision Hadise took fourth place.

On May 15, 2009, Capitol Records released in Belgium the third studio album of the singer, called Fast Life ^[9] . For 2 weeks in June, Fast Life maintained the 16th line of the Flemish charts ^[9] .

Hadise was repeatedly criticized for her sexual image and clothes.

The video for the song “Deli oğlan” was severely criticized in Turkey. Scenes in which Hadise participated together with the model , the Turkish media considered erotic . The most piquant moments were cut ^[10] .

The choice of Hadise as the representative of Turkey at Eurovision 2009 was very controversially met by other musicians of the country ^[11] .

Armenian Question

On September 2, 2009, in her interview with Show TVnet, Hadise emotionally supported the opening of the Armenian-Turkish border and expressed a desire to become a “dove of peace” in order to help reconcile the peoples-neighbors. According to the singer, Armenia and Turkey are fraternal countries, and the border between them should be opened ^[12] . Hadise invited Eurovision 2009 participants from Armenia - Ingu and Anush Arshakyan to come to Turkey with a concert. The joint concert of the Turkish singer and the Armenian duet was not chosen by chance. On October 14, 2009, a return football match was held in Turkey as part of the qualifying games for the European Championship, which was visited by Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan. In Turkey and Azerbaijan, the Hadith interview was very critical. The famous Turkish newspaper Hurriyet urged Turkish citizens not to buy Hadise discs and ignore her concerts.

Nahid Emiloglu, the organizer of the Hadith concerts in Azerbaijan, told APA news agency that he would no longer organize Hadise concerts and that it would be better for her not to come to Baku after the interview with Show TVnet.

According to the Posta newspaper, the words of the singer in relation to Armenia hit her image in Turkey very strongly. As the newspaper notes, she made a big mistake.

According to Hadise herself, such artists as Shakira , Christina Aguilera , Janet Jackson , Prince , Alisha Keese and Mariah Carey ^[13] had a major influence on her work. Hadith is often called “Turkish Beyonce ” ^[14] , but the Turkish-Belgian singer herself doesn’t like this comparison:

“As an artist, I don't want to imitate anyone. I am inspired by many artists, but I am not someone else's imitator. ”

- Hadise ^[15]

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Albums

• 2005 : Sweat
• 2008 : Hadise
• 2009 : Fast Life
• 2009: Kahraman
• 2011 : Aşk Kaç Beden Giyer?
• 2014 : Tavsiye
• 2017 : iyampiyon

Singles

• My body
• Love loss
• A good kiss
• Don't ask
• Milk Chocolate Girl
• Stir me up
• Sister
• Never trust a man
• Bad boy
• Deli oğlan
• Düm Tek Tek
• Evlenmeliyiz
• Kahraman
• Superman
• Aşk Kaç Beden Giyer?
• Mesajımı Almıştır O
• Visal

Charts

• Hadise Açıkgöz (English) . - official site. The date of circulation is January 8, 2009. Archived March 22, 2012.