Emel   (Switzerland)

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Latest Emel news

13/11/2017 : Former DJ Bobo vocalist Emel just released a new single entitled Dragon.

26/10/2007 : Emel, former DJ Bobo vocalist, released a new album entitled Komm in mein Leben. It does not contain any eurodance.

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Emel albums

	Can We Talk	1997	BUY X
	Free	2001	BUY X
	Komm in mein Leben	Oct 2007	BUY X
	She	1st Apr 2012	BUY X

Emel singles

	Slowly	1995	BUY X
	(I Love) The Way You Smile	1995	BUY X
	Sunshine	1996	BUY X
	On And On	25th Dec 1997	BUY X
	Everything	12th Apr 1999	BUY X
	Wenn es regnet	2008	BUY X
	Salla	2008	BUY X
	She	2011	BUY X
	Spy On Your Phone	2012	BUY X
	Dragon	10th Nov 2017	BUY X

Featurings and collaborations

	Nite Squad - Mr Dee Jay	1993	BUY X
	Youturn - It's Allright	1993	BUY X
	DJ Bobo - Somebody Dance With Me	Feb 1993	BUY X
	DJ Bobo - Keep On Dancing	1st Aug 1993	BUY X
	Major T - Keep The Frequency Clear	14th Mar 1994	BUY X
	Marquis - Melody	1997	BUY X
	Bligg - Alles scho mal ghört	2001	BUY X
	Bligg - Predicto	2001	BUY X
	Stress - Juste Nous Trois	2003	BUY X
	Bligg - Wundervoll	2005	BUY X
	Samurai & P Moos - Lah Mi Fluege	2008	BUY X

Compositions

Twin Control - U and Me

30th May 1994

BUY X

Songwriting

Twin Control - U and Me

30th May 1994

BUY X

Emel biography

Emel in Arabic means "wish for the future". Emel Aykanat was born June 8th, 1975. Already in the tender days of her childhood her musical talent was so obvious (she played the accordion, keyboards, violin and bass) that her father invested his savings in microphones, tape recorders or drum machines in order to satisfy the artistic restlessness of his offspring, rather then spending them on vacations.

At the age of 17, she toured through Europe as a background singer with a German pop and soul band called Six Was Nine. She took part to eurodance project Nite Squad with rapper Soul SK. She was then hired by DJ Bobo to sing the hits Somebody Dance With Me and Keep On Dancing with him. This is how she took part to DJ Bobo's very first album, but she was not credited for this, so she sued the company and won the trial... DJ Bobo had to re-record both songs with new vocals by Christiane Eiben. In 1993, these "new vocal versions" were released.

Then Emel felt self-assured enough to tackle a solo career. In 1996, she published her first song Can We Talk, causing quite a lasting sensation with it. she singles Slowly, Sunshine and On And On all appeared in the charts of Switzerland and the respective video clips were taken up for rotation by Viva and MTV. These singles were soul and r'n'b oriented... She also visited the B-side of Soul SK's single Son Of A Preacher Man, which was entitled Once Bitten Twice Shy

2001 : she was part of a duet with the Swiss rapper Bligg.

2004 : Emel was the Swiss spokespersons for Eurovision Song Contest 2004. She was featured by P. Moos on a song of his album entitled Gib Nöd Uf.

2005 : Emel did a 1 year and a half tour with the German group Fettes Brot.

2007 : Emel released a new album entitled Komm in mein Leben (meaning : come in my life)

2009 : she was also part of the Swiss jury in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009.

2011 : Emel entered the Swiss selection for 2012's Eurovision Song Contest with a song entitled She. She performed it on 10 December 2011.

2012 : she released a single called Spy On Your Phone and a new album entitled She.

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Emel biography was last updated Mon, September 23rd 2019

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