Hepsi
Origin	Turkey
Genre(s)	R&B-pop, dance-pop
Years active	2004-Present
Label(s)	Stardium Labels
Members
Eren Bakıcı Cemre Kemer Gülçin Ergül Yasemin Yürük

Group Hepsi, commonly known as Hepsi, is a Turkish R&B-pop girl group. Its members are all from the city of Istanbul. Each member has her own colour which represents them and is featured in their music videos. They have a large following in Turkey, made up mainly of teenaged and pre-teen girls.^[1] The group have released 2 albums and 1 single, they also star in their own T.V program, called "Hepsi 1". Image File history File links Flag_of_Turkey. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Rhythm and blues (or R & B) is a musical marketing term introduced in the United States in the late 1940s by Billboard magazine. ... This article is about the genre of popular music. ... Dance-pop is a subgenre of pop music that evolved from disco, circa the early 1980s, that combines dance beats with a pop song structure. ... See also: 2004 in music (UK) Musical groups established in 2004 Record labels established in 2004 2000s in music. ... In the music industry, a record label can be a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. ... Rhythm and blues (or R & B) is a musical marketing term introduced in the United States in the late 1940s by Billboard magazine. ... This article is about the genre of popular music. ... The Supremes A Go-Go (1966) was the first album by a female group to reach the top position of the Billboard magazine pop albums chart in the United States. ... Istanbul (Turkish: , Greek: , historically Byzantium and later Constantinople; see other names) is Turkeys most populous city, and its cultural and financial center. ...

Bir

The cover of Hepsi's debut album "Bir".

Main article: Bir (Hepsi album)

The groups debut album "Bir", meaning one, was released in April 2005. It has sold over 149,000 copies ranking it the 19th best-selling albums of 2005 in Turkey.

No official singles were released physically or digitally from the album as the wasn't an official online music store at the time, ironically the group went on to advertising for the Pepsi Power Club music download site, however from this album the group recorded music video's for "Olmaz Oğlan", as their debut single followed by the single "Yalan", which became a huge hit in Turkey followed by "Herşeye Rağmen" and then "Üç Kalp" were released later.

Hepsi 2

The cover of Hepsi's second studio album "Hepsi 2".

Main article: Hepsi 2

In June 2006 the group released the second studio "Hepsi 2". There were two singles off the album, which were "Kalpsizsin" and "Aşk Sakızı". The first single off the album was "Kalpsizsin", in 2006, also becoming a huge hit, winning them an award at the kral TV music awards for best best group. The second single was "Aşk Sakızı" in 2007.

Third Studio Album

The groups third studio album is expected to be released in Spring 2008. The group stated that the third album was gonna be "'different",^[2] suggesting their could be featured artist on this album as they have only had 2 featured artist 1 on their first albums and 1 on their tempo single. The album name is expected to be called "Hepsi 3" or "Üç"(Three), to continue the pattern of the previous two albums, named "one" and "Hepsi 2". The album is expected to be out on April 12 2008. is the 102nd day of the year (103rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... The year 2008 in music is full of events, albums released by major artists and bands, and hit singles. ...

Hepsi 1

Hepsi 1 is a Turkish soap which airs once a week on ATV, originally on show tv. The soap show the girl pre-famous and how they became famous. The characters of themselves are over the top, however the show has some truth about the girls, such as their likes and dislikes. ATV is a nation wide tv channel in Turkey. ...

Season one attracted many views with an averaging of 2.8 million viewers a week. Season two had an averaged of 2.1 million viewers a week.

Pepsi Sponsorship

Recently (summer 2006) they have starred in the Turkish Pepsi commercials, advertising the Pepsi Power Club music download site (the first legal music download site in Turkey^[3]). There are two adverts, one of which shows what Hepsi were like as they were growing up, starting from when they were children. Pepsi Cola is a non-alcoholic carbonated beverage produced and manufactured by PepsiCo. ...

Discography

See also: Hepsi discography

Albums

• 2005: Bir
• 2006: Hepsi 2
• 2007: Tempo
• 2008: Hepsi's third studio album

Singles & EPs

• 2005: "Olmaz Oğlan
• 2005: "Yalan" featuring Murat Boz
• 2005: "Herşeye Rağmen"
• 2005: "Üç Kalp"
• 2006: "Kalpsizsin
• 2006: "Tempo" featuring Sezen Aksu
• 2007: "Aşk Sakızı"
• 2008: "Sen Bir Tanesin"
• 2008: "Sadece Bir Kız"
• 2008: "Sen Yoksun"

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Awards

2007 - Kral Tv Video Music Awards - Band of the year^[4]

2007 - Power Turk Music Awards 2007 - Band of the Year

• • Production Company: Stardium^[1]
  • Executive Producer: Ahu Özışık
  • Producer: Ceyhan Çandır
  • Recording Studio: İmaj Stüdyoları
  • Recording Engineer: Murat Elgün
  • Mixing Engineer: Marek Pompetzki
  • Mastering Engineer: Stefan
  • Graphic Design: Stardium
  • Photographer: Ayten Alpün
  • Styling: Kemal Doğulu

External links

• Grup Hepsi Official Site (Turkish)
• Hepsi at MySpace
• Hepsi discography at MusicBrainz
• Stardium label (Turkish)
• Grup Hepsi (Turkish)

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