Yonca Evcimik
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Yonca Evcimik is a Turkish
Turkish people
Turkish people, also known as the "Turks" , are an ethnic group primarily living in Turkey and in the former lands of the Ottoman Empire where Turkish minorities had been established in Bulgaria, Cyprus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Greece, Kosovo, Macedonia, and Romania...

 pop
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...

 singer and actress.

Biography

Evcimik studied dance and ballet at the academy of music at Mimar Sinan University. In an interview she revealed that she worked as a sales agent for a life insurance company before starting her career. After graduation she worked at plays as actress and dancer. She also acted in the films "Hababam Sınıfı Güle Güle
Hababam Sinifi
Hababam Sınıfı is a 1975 Turkish comedy film, directed by Ertem Eğilmez based on a novel by Rıfat Ilgaz, starring Kemal Sunal as a highschool student in a private school who is challenged by the arrival of a new headmaster...

" ve "Kızlar Sınıfı".

Her debut album named "Abone" was released in 1991 and was a great success selling around 2 million copies. "Kendine Gel" was her second album and was released in 1993. Her third album "Yonca Evcimik '94" was released in 1994. In 1995 she released "I'm Hot For You" followed by her fifth album called "Günaha Davet" in 1998. In 2001 she released "Herkes Baksın Dalgasına" and in 2002 a remix album called "The Best of Yoncimix Remixes". Yonca is affectionately called "Yoncimik" by her fans.

She was a judge on the reality talent program "Benimle Dans Eder misin?
So You Think You Can Dance (Greece)
Mega Channel in Greece has picked up the rights to the So You Think You Can Dance franchise. It airs its own version of the show which first aired in early 2007 following auditions held in Athens, New York City, Melbourne, Munich, and Cyprus in late 2006...

" on Kanal D.

Evicimik is one of the pioneers of 90s Turkish Pop Music which is characterized by easy listening.

Discography

  • Abone "Dansçı" - Subscriber "Dancer" (1991-Ozer Plak)
  • Kendine Gel - Get a Hold of Yourself (1993-Ozer Plak)
  • 8:15 Vapuru - 8:15 Ferry (Single, 1994-Ozer Plak, using the music cover of ルージュ ("Rouge") by Miyuki Nakajima
    Miyuki Nakajima
    is a Japanese vocalist, guitarist, lyricist, composer and radio personality. As a principal Japanese female veteran singer-songwriter she is often compared to Yumi Matsutoya, she has released 37 studio albums, 40 singles, 2 live albums and multiple compilations to date, and whose sales have been...

    )
  • Yonca Evcimik '94 - (1994-Ozer Plak)
  • I'm Hot For You (1995-Istanbul Plak)
  • Yaşasın Kötülük - Long Live Evilness (1997-Sahin Ozer)
  • Günaha Davet - Call for Sin (1998-Raks Muzik)
  • Herkes Baksın Dalgasına - Leave Well Alone (2001-Universal Muzik)
  • The Best of Yoncimix Remixes (2002-Sahin Ozer)
  • Aşka Hazır - Ready to Love (2004-DMC)
  • Oldu Gözlerim Doldu - I Don't Believe You (2005-Sony BMG)
  • Şöhret (İbret Öyküsü) - Fame (Parable) (2008)

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