Beni Durdursan mı?
2013 studio album by Gülşen / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Beni Durdursan mı? (Would You Stop Me?) is the eighth studio album by Turkish singer Gülşen. It was released on 20 February 2013 by Doğan Music Company, her first album to be released by this company. Following the release of Önsöz in 2009, Gülşen released the singles "Yeni Biri" and "Sözde Ayrılık" in 2011, and in the same year began working on a new album with Ozan Çolakoğlu. She wrote all of the songs herself and composed a number of them on her own, and composed the rest together with the album's producer Çolakoğlu. The recording was done in Istanbul in 2012, and lasted until the early months of 2013.
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Released | 20 February 2013 | |||
Recorded | 2012–2013 | |||
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Genre | Pop | |||
Length | 43:17 | |||
Label | DMC | |||
Producer | Ozan Çolakoğlu | |||
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The album contained nine new songs by Gülşen, in addition to an acoustic version of "Seyre Dursun Aşk", which had been originally released on Çolakoğlu's album in 2012. Considered a pop album, Beni Durdursan mı? features elements of electronic and arabesque as well. Music critics praised the compositions and infrastructures, but gave mixed reviews for the album and noted that the work included both dance and arabesque songs, giving the audience the freedom of choosing the style that suits them. For the album's photographs and cover, Gülşen's hair was dyed in shades of brown.
Three music videos were released for this album, all of which entered Turkey's music chart as hits. The album's lead single, "Yatcaz Kalkcaz Ordayım", which was released a week before the album, ranked number one on Türkçe Top 20 for seven consecutive weeks and became the most searched song in 2013 on Google in Turkey. The second music video was released for "Kardan Adam", which also stayed on top of Turkey's music chart for seven weeks. "Irgalamaz Beni" was also turned into music video and ranked third on the official chart. Its music video was compared to Miley Cyrus's "Wrecking Ball" by some critics.
Topping D&R Best-Selling list for weeks, Beni Durdursan mı? sold 100,000 copies by the end of 2013 and was downloaded 366,000 times on digital platforms, becoming Turkey's number one best-selling album of 2013 and received a gold certification from DMC. It won the Album of the Year award at the 2nd Turkey Music Awards, and its lead single was also chosen as the Song of the Year. The album also earned Gülşen the Best Female Artist award. The lead single, "Yatcaz Kalkcaz Ordayım", also won the Best Song award at the 41st Golden Butterfly Awards. To promote the album, Gülşen gave concerts in various cities and appeared on a number of television programs. She also performed at the Cemil Topuzlu Open-Air Theatre for the first time throughout her career.