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Kayahan
Sign in to saveKayahan Açar (29 March 1949 – 3 April 2015) was a Turkish pop music singer-songwriter. He was an accomplished composer, consistently ranking among the best-selling Turkish musicians of all time. Kayahan composed all of his own material and released more than eight best-selling albums during a career spanning three decades. Kayahan released a number of compact cassettes, CDs and albums and had major singles. He represented Turkey in Eurovision Song Contest 1990 with "Gözlerinin Hapsindeyim".
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Kayahan Açar was a Turkish male singer, singer-songwriter, and record producer. Born in İzmir in 1949, he began his work period in 1975. He performed pop music and Turkish genres, playing the guitar and using his voice. He was affiliated with Universal Music Group and spoke Turkish.
He participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 1990. Kayahan Açar died in Istanbul in 2015 from lung cancer, a natural cause. He was a Muslim.
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Türkiye
- Active from
- 1949
- Active to
- 2015
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
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Kayahan Açar, stage name Kayahan, (born in March 29, 1949 in Izmir, Turkey, died April 3, 2015 in Istanbul, Turkey) was a Turkish pop singer-songwriter, one of the consistently best-selling musicians in Turkey. He wrote all of his own material and released more than thirteen best-selling albums during a career spanning 40 years. Kayahan was born in Izmir, on March 29th, 1949. He spent his childhood and young adulthood years in Ankara before moving to Istanbul. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music
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- Kayahan
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- 200
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- Kayahan in his yacht at Bodrum in 1997
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- solo_singer
- Musical artist.birth_name
- Kayahan Açar
- Musical artist.birth_place
- İzmir, Turkey
- Musical artist.death_place
- Istanbul, Turkey
- Musical artist.genre
- Pop, Pop-Rock, Spoken word, Ethnic, Folk, Indie
- Musical artist.occupation
- Guitarist, singer-songwriter, record producer
- Musical artist.instrument
- Guitar
- Musical artist.years_active
- 1975–2015
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- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Turkey
- Place of birth
- İzmir
- Place of death
- Istanbul
- Occupation
- record producer
- Languages spoken
- Turkish
- Religion
- Islam
- Participant in
- Eurovision Song Contest 1990
- Genre
- pop music
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Universal Music Group
- Official website
- www.kayahan.info
- Image
- Kayahan.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1949-03-29
- date of death
- 2015-04-03
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- manner of death
- natural causes
- cause of death
- lung cancer
- start of work period
- 1975-00-00
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- 309000
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Kayahan Açar (29 March 1949 – 3 April 2015) was a Turkish pop music singer-songwriter. He was an accomplished composer, consistently ranking among the best-selling Turkish musicians of all time. Kayahan composed all of his own material and released more than eight best-selling albums during a career spanning three decades. Kayahan released a number of compact cassettes, CDs and albums and had major singles. He represented Turkey in Eurovision Song Contest 1990 with "Gözlerinin Hapsindeyim".
==Early years== Kayahan Açar was born in İzmir, Turkey on 29 March 1949. He spent his childhood and young adulthood years in Ankara before moving to Istanbul.
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