{"id":230335,"date":"2025-04-30T16:26:04","date_gmt":"2025-04-30T15:26:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/?p=230335"},"modified":"2025-04-30T18:33:09","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T17:33:09","slug":"universal-acquires-recorded-music-rights-to-catalog-of-turkish-superstar-sezen-aksu1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/universal-acquires-recorded-music-rights-to-catalog-of-turkish-superstar-sezen-aksu1\/","title":{"rendered":"Universal acquires recorded music rights to catalog of Turkish superstar Sezen Aksu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Universal Music T\u00fcrkiye, a division of Universal Music Group (UMG), has acquired the recorded music rights to the catalog of superstar Turkish singer, songwriter and producer, Sezen Aksu.<\/p>\n<p>Known as the \u201cQueen of Turkish Pop\u201d, Sezen Aksu is one of the most successful Turkish singers, songwriters, and producers of all time.<\/p>\n      <div class=\"mb-advert__incontent\">      <div class=\"mb-advert mb-advert__tweeny hidden-xs hidden-ms hidden-sm\" data-loaded=\"no\" data-sizes=\"992 1200 1440\" data-name=\"628x90 Sponsor banner #5 (992+1200+1440)\" data-params=\"dfp_sponsor5_628\" id=\"dfp_sponsor5_628\"><\/div>      <div class=\"mb-advert mb-advert__banner mb-advert__banner--inline hidden-xs hidden-sm hidden-md hidden-lg\" data-loaded=\"no\" data-sizes=\"480\" data-name=\"468x60 Sponsor banner #5 (480)\" data-params=\"dfp_sponsor5_468\" id=\"dfp_sponsor5_468\"><\/div>      <div class=\"mb-advert mb-advert__mobile mb-advert__mobile--inline hidden-ms hidden-md hidden-lg\" data-loaded=\"no\" data-sizes=\"320 768\" data-name=\"300x50 Sponsor banner #5 (320+768)\" data-params=\"dfp_sponsor5_300\" id=\"dfp_sponsor5_300\"><\/div>      <\/div>      \n<p>Universal noted on Wednesday (April 30) that Aksu has been the most-streamed female artist in Turkey for the last seven consecutive years.<\/p>\n<p>Aksu currently counts over <strong>6 million<\/strong> monthly listeners on Spotify. Her most-streamed track with over <strong>100 million<\/strong> plays on Spotify is <em>Biliyorsun.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">      <div class=\"mb-advert__incontent\">      <div class=\"mb-advert mb-advert__spu\" data-loaded=\"no\" data-name=\"300x250 Sponsor MPU #1\" data-params=\"dfp_spu1\" id=\"dfp_spu1\"><\/div>      <\/div>      <\/p>\n<p class=\"whitespace-pre-wrap break-words\">Sezen Aksu&#8217;s career spans over five decades, during which she has released numerous hit albums and singles.<\/p>\n<p>Some of her most well-known songs include <em>Firuze<\/em>, <em>G\u00fcl\u00fcmse<\/em>, and <em>Kutlama.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">      <div class=\"mb-advert__incontent\">      <div class=\"mb-advert mb-advert__spu\" data-loaded=\"no\" data-name=\"300x250 Sponsor MPU #2\" data-params=\"dfp_spu2\" id=\"dfp_spu2\"><\/div>      <\/div>      <\/p>\n<p>Aksu has released <strong>21<\/strong> singles and <strong>30<\/strong> albums and sold more than <strong>40<\/strong> <strong>million<\/strong> physical albums worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>Commenting on the deal, Nazan Haciguzeller, MD Universal Music T\u00fcrkiye, said: \u201cWe are thrilled to become the custodian of this hugely successful catalog.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cWe are thrilled to become the custodian of this hugely successful catalog.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Nazan Haciguzeller, Universal Music T\u00fcrkiye<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Added Haciguzeller: &#8220;We have long-admired Sezen Aksu\u2019s career as one of Turkey\u2019s most successful songwriters and producers.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We believe this catalogue has huge potential and will work hard to ensure Sezen Aksu\u2019s music is enjoyed around the world for years to come.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We look forward to partnering closely with Sezen and her team to continue to drive Universal Music Group\u2019s presence in such a vibrant and fast-growing market.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;We\u2019re excited to work together and help take Turkish music to the world stage.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00c7agdas Kurtoglu, SN M\u00fczik <\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\u00c7agdas Kurtoglu, SN M\u00fczik executive and previous custodian of Sezen Aksu\u2019s catalog, added: \u201cWe\u2019re delighted to be working with Universal Music Group on this next phase of our journey.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They bring incredible appreciation for and understanding of Turkish culture, and their global reach will take our music to existing and new fans around the world.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We\u2019re excited to work together and help take Turkish music to the world stage.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sezen Aksu has sold over 40m physical albums worldwide<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":230380,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-230335","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230335","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=230335"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230335\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/230380"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=230335"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=230335"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=230335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}