Burak Yeter

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Burak Yeter
Born (1982-05-05) 5 May 1982 (age 39)
Trabzon, Turkey[1]
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Years active2000–present
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Websiteburakyeter.com

Burak Yeter (born 5 May 1982) is a Turkish-Dutch DJ, record producer and remixer.[2]

Early life[]

Burak Yeter By age 8, he picked up playing the guitar. After receiving his undergraduate education in Civil Engineering in Akdeniz University, Yeter settled in London and earned his master's degree in Sound Engineering from SAE Institute.

Musical career[]

At the age of 22, Yeter came into recognition by performing at the MTV Dance Floor Chart Party in Malta. The same year, he finished in second place at the Miller Master DJ Competition.

Yeter's debut album, For Action,[3] was released under the record label in 2005. The album is his first solo DJ album to be released worldwide. His second album, For Message Volume 2[4] released in 2007 was in support of raising awareness of global warming. Burak Yeter is also the CEO of Connection Records.[5]

In 2013, he released the single "Storm" in Amsterdam. The song reached within the Top 100 spots on the dance charts Internationally. At the same time, he shot a music video for the song "Storm" in the Netherlands.

After ten years, Yeter started a new page in his career with his "New World" project; "new songs with a new world". He released his first single "Happy" on Spinnin' Records,[6] where the track was voted best song of the week in the Spinnin' Talent Pool.[7] Follow-up single "Tuesday" was a bigger success, reaching the #1 slot on a number of charts globally and was the 10th most Shazam'd song worldwide in 2017. The following year, Yeter scored another hit via his "My Life Is Going On," which was a Top 10 hit in Italy, Hungary, and Poland. In 2020, Yeter made DJ Mag's Top 100 DJ list, coming in at #89 in his debut on the list.[8]

Yeter is currently working on upcoming projects in his studio in Amsterdam.[9]

Discography[]

Studio albums[]

Title Details
For Action Volume 1
  • Released: 2005
  • Label: DSM
  • Format: CD
For Message Volume 2
  • Released: 2007
  • Label: DSM
  • Format: CD
Blue
  • Released: 26 June 2012
  • Label: DSM
  • Format: Digital download, CD

Singles[]

Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications
AUT
[10] 		BEL
[10] 		DEN
[10] 		FIN
[11] 		FRA
[12] 		GER
[13] 		HUN
[10] 		ITA
[14] 		POL
[15] 		SWI
[16]
"Kingdom Falls" 2015 — — — — — — — — — —
"Reckless"
(featuring Delaney Jane) 		2016 — — — — — — — — — —
"Happy" — — — — — — — — — —
"Tuesday"
(featuring Danelle Sandoval) 		2 13 10 4 6 2 1 91 3 4
  • BEA: Platinum[17]
  • BVMI: 2× Platinum[18]
  • FIMI: Platinum[19]
  • IFPI AUT: Platinum[20]
  • IFPI DEN: Platinum[21]
  • IFPI SWI: Platinum[22]
  • SNEP: Diamond[23]
  • ZPAV: Gold[24]
"Go" — — — — — — — — — —
"GO 2.0"
(Burak Yeter x Ryan Riback) 		2017 — 92 — — — — — — — —
"Echo" 2017 — 99 — — — — — — — —
"Crash" 2018 — — — — — — — — — —
"My Life Is Going On"
(with Cecilia Krull) 		2018 — 66 — — 29 — 3 8 5 —
  • FIMI: 2× Platinum[25]
  • ZPAV: Platinum[26]
"Friday Night" 2019 — — — — — — 40 — — —
"Body Talks" 2020 — — — — — — — — — —
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Remixes[]

Awards for music sales[]

Gold Record

  •  Belgium
    • 2017: Single "Tuesday"
  •  Denmark
    • 2017: Single "Tuesday"
  •  Italy
    • 2017: Single "Tuesday"
  •  Poland
    • 2017: Single "Tuesday"
    • 2018: Single "My Life Is Going On"
    • 2020: Single "Fly Away"
    • 2020: Single "Just Miss Love"

Platinum record

  •  France
    • 2017: Single "Tuesday"
Country Gold record icon.svg Gold Platinum record icon.svg Platinum Website
 Belgium 1 2 ultratop.be
 Denmark 1 2 ifpi.dk
 Germany 2 1 musikindustrie.de
 France 3 2 snepmusique.com
 Italy 2 2 fimi.it
 Austria 2 3 ifpi.at
 Poland 2 2 bestsellery.zpav.pl
  Switzerland 3 1 hitparade.ch
 Finland 2 2 warnermusicfi
Total 18 17

Awards and nominations[]

Year Award Category Nominated work Result
2012 Kral TV Music Awards Best Remixer Haberin Olsun by Bengü Nominated
2011 Arada Sırada by Ajda Pekkan Won
2010 Oyalama Beni by Ajda Pekkan
2006 Malta Shakedown DJ Contest Best Electronic Artist or DJ Burak Yeter
2005 Miller Master DJ Contest
2004 MTV and Burn DJ Contest

References[]

  1. ^ [1]
  2. ^ "BIOGRAPHY | Official Website" (in Turkish).
  3. ^ "iTunes – Music – For Action by Dj Burak Yeter". iTunes.
  4. ^ "iTunes – Music – For Message Volume 2 by Dj Burak Yeter". iTunes.
  5. ^ "Connection DJ Academy".
  6. ^ "Burak Yeter New Releases: Happy on Beatport". www.beatport.com. Retrieved 11 April 2017.
  7. ^ Records, Spinnin' (24 June 2016), Happy | Burak Yeter | Spinnin' Records, retrieved 11 April 2017
  8. ^ https://djmag.com/top-100-djs/poll-2020-burak-yeter
  9. ^ "Storm on Beatport".
  10. ^ Jump up to: a b c d "Discographie Burak Yeter". Austrian Charts Portal. Hung Medien. Retrieved 7 December 2016.
  11. ^ "Discography Burak Yeter". Austrian Charts Portal. Hung Medien. Retrieved 7 December 2016.
  12. ^ "Discographie Burak Yeter". French Charts Portal. Hung Medien. Retrieved 7 December 2016.
  13. ^ "Discographie Burak Yeter". Offizielle Deutsche Charts. GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
  14. ^ "Discography Burak Yeter". Italian Charts Portal. Hung Medien. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  15. ^ Peak chart positions for Poland:
  16. ^ "Discographie Burak Yeter". Swiss Charts Portal. Hung Medien. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
  17. ^ "Goud en Platina – Singles 2017" (in Dutch). Belgian Entertainment Association. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
  18. ^ "BVMI Gold-/Platin-Datenbank" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  19. ^ "FIMI Certifivazioni" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
  20. ^ "IFPI Austria Gold & Platin". IFPI Austria. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
  21. ^ "IFPI Denmark Gold & Platin". IFPI Denmark. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
  22. ^ "Edelmetall" (in German). IFPI Swiss. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
  23. ^ "SNEP Les Certications" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Archived from the original on 18 August 2017. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
  24. ^ "Albums and singles certified Gold in 2017" (in Polish). ZPAV. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
  25. ^ "Albums and singles certified Platinum in 2020" (in Polish). ZPAV. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
  26. ^ "Albums and singles certified Platinum in 2020" (in Polish). ZPAV. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
  27. ^ "Sing Me to Sleep (Burak Yeter Remix) – Single by Alan Walker on Apple Music". 3 February 2017. Retrieved 8 April 2017.
  28. ^ Ciao Adios (Remixes) – Single by Anne-Marie on Apple Music, 21 April 2017, retrieved 8 September 2017
  29. ^ Spinning Over You (Remixes) – Single by Reyko on Apple Music, 12 May 2017, retrieved 8 September 2017
  30. ^ Lirika (feat. Rada) [Burak Yeter Remix] – Single by Filatov & Karas on Apple Music, 28 November 2017, retrieved 25 April 2018
  31. ^ My Life Is Going On [Burak Yeter Remix] – Single by Burak Yeter on Apple Music, 28 March 2018, retrieved 25 April 2018

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