Burak Yeter

Burak Yeter (born May 5, 1982 in Trabzon ) is a Turkish DJ , musician and music producer .

Life

In an interview with the Turkish newspaper Hürriyet in April 2013, Burak Yeter stated that he was born on May 5, 1982 in Trabzon and grew up there until he was 13. On his own website, Amsterdam was named as his place of birth in August 2017 , and Trabzon in an earlier version.

In the interview he further stated that he moved to Samsun at the age of 13 and to Kayseri at the age of 15 because of his father, a civil engineer . when he was 16 years old he moved to Antalya . His mother is a housewife. He has two siblings.

Musical career

According to his own statements, he began playing the piano in 1987 and the guitar in 1990, and in 1999 he founded his first band called "Tatbikat". He studied sound engineering in London.

In 2004 he won the "MTV Burn & Best DJ Contest". From 2006 he produced remixes a. a. for Depeche Mode , Black Eyed Peas , Alicia Keys , Usher , Bruno Mars , Sam Smith and Beyoncé . His first own album "For Action" was released in 2005 by DSM (Dokuz Sekiz Müzik), where his second album "For Message Vol. 2" was also released in 2007. In 2009 he founded the label "Connection Records" with studios in Istanbul , Amsterdam and Los Angeles . Burak Yeter won prizes for his remixes in 2010 and 2012 at the "Kral TV Music Awards" of the Turkish TV station Kral TV . In 2012 his album "Blue" was released.

With his production Tuesday , which was created in collaboration with singer Danelle Sandoval, he achieved a Europe-wide chart hit at the end of 2016, which achieved gold status in Austria, Belgium, France, Italy and Poland. In Germany, the single came to number 2 in March 2017, in the Top 40 in Austria it reached this position in April. The song is a cover version of the song of the same name by Drake and ILoveMakonnen from 2014. He produced the title song My Life is going on , which is recorded in the Haus des Geldes series .

Discography

Albums

year	Title music label	Remarks
2005	For Action DSM	First published: 2005
2007	For Message Volume 2 DSM	First published: April 11, 2007
2012	Blue Connection Records	First published: June 26, 2012

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)			Remarks
year	Title album	DE	AT	CH	Remarks
2016	Tuesday	DE2 × 2 Double platinum (36 weeks)DE	AT2 platinum (40 weeks)AT	CH4th platinum (37 weeks)CH	First published: August 12, 2016 feat. Danelle Sandoval; Sales: + 1,200,000

More singles

2007: Are You Ready
2012: Mr. International (feat. Hot Rod )
2013: Follow the Beats (with Chadash Cort feat. Joleene)
2013: Storm
2014: Power
2014: Pop of House
2014: Eat Sex Rave Again
2014: Speed of Light (feat. Dawn Richard )
2014: Electric Daisy
2014: Summer Time (feat. Jimmie Wilson )
2014: Voynich
2014: Whut!
2015: Butterfly
2015: Kingdom Falls
2016: Reckless (feat. Delaney Jane)
2016: It Ain't Over
2016: Godiva
2016: I Want You
2016: Happy
2016: Go
2017: GO 2.0 (with Ryan Riback)
2017: Echo
2018: crash
2018: French Kiss
2018: My Life Is Going On (with Cecilia Krull)
2018: Another World
2018: HI
2018: Wanna Know U
2019: Scream
2019: Self Control (feat.Maysha)
2019: Winners (with AXA)
2019: Move Like This
2019: Friday Night
2019: California (feat.Nino Lucarelli)
2020: Space
2020: Just Miss Love (with Benny Benassi feat. Saint Wilder)
2020: Fly Away (feat.Emie, Lusia Chebotina & Everthe8)
2020: Teenage Runaway

Guest Posts

2018: Alabama (Almeda feat.Burak Yeter)

Remixes

2017: Alan Walker feat. Iselin Solheim - Sing Me to Sleep
2017: Anne-Marie - Ciao Adios
2017: Reyko - Spinning Over You
2017: Filatov & Karas feat. Rada - Lirika
2018: Mari Ferrari & Monodepth feat. Kinnie Lane - Plus de toi
2018: Morandi - Kalinka

Awards for music sales

Golden record

France France
- 2019: for the single My Life Is Going On
Poland Poland
- 2017: for the single Tuesday

Platinum record

Belgium Belgium
- 2017: for the single Tuesday
Denmark Denmark
- 2018: for the single Tuesday
Italy Italy
- 2018: for the single Tuesday
Netherlands Netherlands
- 2017: for the single Tuesday
Poland Poland
- 2020: for the single My Life Is Going On

2 × platinum record

Italy Italy
- 2019: for the single My Life Is Going On

Diamond record

France France
- 2017: for the single Tuesday

Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.

Country / Region	gold	platinum	diamond	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Belgium (BEA)	0! G-	platinum1	0! D.-	30,000	ultratop.be
Denmark (IFPI)	0! G-	platinum1	0! D.-	60,000	ifpi.dk
Germany (BVMI)	0! G-	2 × platinum2	0! D.-	800,000	musikindustrie.de
France (SNEP)	gold1	0! P-	diamond1	350,000	snepmusique.com
Italy (FIMI)	0! G-	3 × platinum3	0! D.-	150,000	fimi.it
Netherlands (NVPI)	0! G-	platinum1	0! D.-	40,000	nvpi.nl
Austria (IFPI)	0! G-	platinum1	0! D.-	30,000	ifpi.at
Poland (ZPAV)	gold1	platinum1	0! D.-	30,000	bestsellery.zpav.pl
Switzerland (IFPI)	0! G-	platinum1	0! D.-	20,000	hitparade.ch
All in all	2 × gold2	11 × platinum11	diamond1

swell

↑ "Ataturk'e sevgimden şapka kullanıyorum", www.hurriyet.com.tr, April 6, 2013, accessed on August 4, 2017
↑ Burak Yeter: BURAK YETER. Retrieved March 31, 2017 (English).
↑ burakyeter.com, accessed August 4, 2017
↑ ^a ^b Burak Yeter Website: Biography Burak Yeter on burakyeter.com, accessed on February 25, 2017.
↑ Chart sources: DE AT CH

Web links

Official website
Interview 2003 with Hürriyet (Turkish)

personal data
SURNAME	Yeter, Burak
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Turkish DJ, musician and record producer
DATE OF BIRTH	May 5th 1982
PLACE OF BIRTH	Trabzon or Amsterdam

[1] "Ataturk'e sevgimden şapka kullanıyorum", www.hurriyet.com.tr, April 6, 2013, accessed on August 4, 2017

[2] Burak Yeter: BURAK YETER. Retrieved March 31, 2017 (English).

[3] urakyeter.com, accessed August 4, 2017

[ws-4] Burak Yeter Website: Biography Burak Yeter on burakyeter.com, accessed on February 25, 2017.

[charts-5] Chart sources: DE AT CH