Emel Aykanat

Emel
Emel
Birth name	Emel Aykanat
Born	8 June 1975 (age 49)
Origin	Switzerland
Genres	Dance, Hi-NRG, Europop, Eurodance
Occupation(s)	Singer, songwriter, dancer
Years active	1993–present

Emel Aykanat (born 8 June 1975),^[1] better known as Emel, is a Turkish-Swiss singer. Her first big success came with the single Somebody Dance with Me with DJ BoBo.

Career

At the age of 17 years, she toured as a background singer with Six Was Nine a German pop and soul band through Europe.

Aykanat's first success was in 1993 as a female voice in the song Somebody Dance with Me by DJ BoBo which appeared in various clubs.^[2] Her first album Can we Talk appeared in 1996 and reached 26th in the Swiss charts.^[3]

In 2001, Aykanat was part of a duet with the Swiss rapper Bligg.

In 2004, Aykanat was the Swiss spokesperson for Eurovision Song Contest 2004. Aykanat was also part of the Swiss jury in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009.

The current album Come into my life was the first German-language album in 2007.

She entered the Swiss selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2012, with a song called "She".

Discography

Singles

1996: "Sunshine"
1997: "On And On"
1999: "Everything"
2001: "Alles scho mal ghört" (with Bligg)
2008: "Wenn es regnet"
2011: "She"

Albums

1996: Can We Talk
1999: Free
2007: Komm in mein Leben

Chart positions

Year	Single	Chart positions											Album
Year	Single	SWI	GER	AUT	SWE	FIN	NL	NOR	AUS	FRA	BEL	ITA	Album
1992	Somebody Dance with Me	1	4	3	1	5	3	3	13	-	-	-
1993	Keep On Dancing!	2	5	7	7	1	9	9	54	-	-	-
1994	Everybody	3	2	24	20	1	12	3	85	-	35	-

References

^ [1] ^{[dead link]}
^ Steffen Hung. "Interview mit Emel". Hitparade.ch. Retrieved 30 May 2015.
^ Steffen Hung. "Emel – Can We Talk". Hitparade.ch. Retrieved 30 May 2015.

External links

[1] [1] ^{[dead link]}

[hitparade.ch_Interview-2] Steffen Hung. "Interview mit Emel". Hitparade.ch. Retrieved 30 May 2015.

[3] Steffen Hung. "Emel – Can We Talk". Hitparade.ch. Retrieved 30 May 2015.

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