Ateş (album)

Ateş (Fire) is the eleventh studio album by Turkish singer Demet Akalın. It was released on 18 April 2019 by Doğan Music Company. The album was among Turkey's best-selling albums of 2019 and received a gold certification from DMC.[1]

Ateş
Studio album by
Demet Akalın
Released18 April 2019
Recorded2018–2019
GenrePop
Length53:19
LabelDMC
ProducerSamsun Demir
Demet Akalın chronology
Rakipsiz
(2016)		 Ateş
(2019)

Background and design

Demet Akalın first announced her plans for releasing a new album during her concert at the Bostancı Show Center on 27 October 2018.[2] Akalın's photographs for the album were taken by Erman İştahlı and its cover was designed by Ahmet Terzioğlu.

Promotion

To promote Ateş, Akalın organized a number of concerts in various cities across Turkey in summer 2019.[3]

Music videos

Four of the songs in this album were turned into music videos. The lead single, "N'apıyorsan Yap", was released on 19 April 2019 together with a music video.[4] The second music video was released for the song "Ağlar O Deli". It was directed by Nihat Odabaşı.[5] Tamer Aydoğdu directed the music video for the album's third music video "Esiyor".[6] Another music video, also directed by Aydoğdu, was released for the song "Yekten", which featured vocals by Haktan.[7]

Critical reception

Mayk Şişman from Milliyet believed that "with her new songs, Demet Akalın has thrown us a curve", which he found pleasing and added: "For someone like Demet Akalın, who does not want to take risks, likes to go along the path created by her previous hit songs, and has her name associated with 'guaranteed' criticism, it's actually important to try a new 'sound'."[4] Furkan Can Hazar from the same newspaper described Akalın as "a female vocal who directs the music market" and added that in this album he saw "Demet Akalın as a dynamic and lively artist who is open to innovation."[8] Yavuz Hakan Tok, who wrote a review of the album on his personal website, found it not bad and wrote: "Won't it be listened to? Won't it be loved? It'll be listened to again, it'll be loved again, but as I said, the atmosphere of that time was different, now it's another era. Catching the atmosphere of every period is not an easy task. Not easy for Demet. Because from the beginning, Demet Akalın squeezed herself somewhere between pop and arabesque songs."[9] Writing for Sabah, Özlem Avcı described Akalın as key "manufacturer in music industry" and praised her ability in "choosing songs suitable for her voice."[10]

Track listing
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."N'apıyorsan Yap"Tan TaşçıTan Taşçı2:53
2."Geberesice"Derya BedavacıDerya Bedavacı3:15
3."Esiyor"Ayla Çelik · Şebnem Sungur · Gökhan Tepe · Serdar AslanAyla Çelik · Gökhan Tepe3:31
4."Ağlar O Deli"Hakkı YalçınAyla Çelik · Serdar Aslan3:45
5."Bizi Buluyor"SılaSıla · Efe Bahadır3:44
6."Yekten" (feat. Haktan)Öze Bade DerinözÖze Bade Derinöz3:24
7."Kader"Şebnem SungurAyla Çelik · Serdar Aslan3:47
8."Marlin"Ayla ÇelikAyla Çelik3:51
9."Ateş"Hakkı YalçınAyla Çelik · Serdar Aslan3:39
10."Söz"Hakkı YalçınAyla Çelik · Serdar Aslan3:50
11."Alâ"Cansu KurtçuCansu Kurtçu3:08
12."2'den Sonra"Cansu KurtçuCansu Kurtçu3:33
13."Minik"Murat GüneşMurat Güneş3:23
14."Ödül"Şebnem Sungur · Ayla ÇelikAyla Çelik · Serdar Aslan3:28
15."Bir Demet"Emirkan Yıldız · Ebru PolatEmirkan Yıldız4:07
Total length:53:19

Charts
Chart (2019) Peak
position
Turkey (D&R Best-Selling) 1

Sales
Country Certification Sales
Turkey (DMC) Gold[not 1] 50,000

Release history
Country Date Format(s) Label Ref.
Turkey 18 April 2019 CD Doğan Music Company
23 April 2019 Digital download [12]
Worldwide 23 April 2019 [13]

Notes
  1. The certification was not given by Turkey's official music producers association MÜ-YAP, but by the album's production company DMC. DMC only awards its own artists, while MÜ-YAP awards the best-selling artists in general.[11]

References
  1. "Demet Akalın'a Altın Plak Ödülü". Yine Bir Haber. 31 December 2019. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
  2. Hazar, Furkan Can (30 October 2018). "Demet Akalın'ın yeni albümü geliyor". Milliyet. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
  3. "Demet Akalın'dan yeni albüm müjdesi". Habertürk. 4 April 2019. Retrieved 7 July 2019.
  4. Şişman, Mayk (22 April 2019). "Demet Akalın 'N'apıyorsan Yap' şarkısıyla ters köşe yaptı". Milliyet. Archived from the original on 24 April 2019. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
  5. "Demet Akalın'ın 'Ağlar O Deli' şarkısının klibi izlenme rekoru kırdı". Takvim. 9 May 2019. Archived from the original on 28 May 2019. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
  6. "Demet Akalın, son albümü 'Ateş'in üçüncü klibini 'Esiyor'a çekti". Takvim. 26 June 2019. Retrieved 6 July 2019.
  7. "Demet Akalın sürprizi patlattı". Akşam. 10 October 2019. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
  8. Hazar, Furkan Can (25 April 2019). "Demet Akalın'ın 'Ateş'i düşmüyor!". Milliyet. Retrieved 6 July 2019.
  9. Tok, Yavuz Hakan (25 May 2019). "Demet Akalın - "Ateş"". blogspot.com. Retrieved 6 July 2019.
  10. Avcı, Özlem (20 April 2019). "Müzik sektörünün fabrikatörü Demet". Sabah. Retrieved 7 July 2019.
  11. Yurttaarslan, Ayça (30 December 2019). "Demet Akalın Altın Plak Aldı!". magazinhaberleri.com. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
  12. "Demet Akalın adlı sanatçının Ateş albümü". Apple Music (Turkey). Retrieved 29 March 2020.
  13. "Ateş by Demet Akalın". Apple Music (USA). Archived from the original on 7 July 2019. Retrieved 6 July 2019.
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