Emre Aydın was born on February 2nd, 1981 in Isparta, Turkey. In 2002, his band “6. Cadde” that he started with Onur Ela joined the song composition contest “Sing Your Song”. 6. Cadde took the first place in the contest. The following year 6. Cadde came out with their album carrying the same name as the band. The album 6. Cadde was a great success as an alternative rock album. After Onur Ela decided to end his professional music career, emreaydın began his solo career. He webcasted his song “Belki Bir Gün Özlersin” on the internet and got great attention and support from the public. His first solo album “Afili Yalnızlık” was produced in October 2006 under SONY/BMG label. His first video for his title track “Afili Yalnızlık” was directed and shot by Yon Thomas. The absance of emreaydın in the video script in the title track, surprised the fans and it was a big success. emreaydın’s lyrical and musical talent made his first album “Afili Yalnızlık” a great success. 5 of the 10 songs in the album was solely written and composed by emreaydın. He also included a cover of “Hareket Vakti” which was previously performed by Umay Umay. A re-recorded version of“Git” from the album 6. Cadde was also included in emreaydın’s first solo album. The first three videos for the first album were for “Afili Yalnızlık”, “Kim Dokunduysa Sana O’na Git”, and “Git”. After the first three videos that had the parallel theme of “loneliness” two videos were shot, in order, for “Belki Bir Gün Özlersin” and “Bu Kez Anladım”. The video “Belki Bir Gün Özlersin” was directed by Gürcan Keltek and won the Altın Kelebek award for “Best Video of the Year” in 2008. emreaydın’s 6th video was shot for “Dayan Yalnızlığım” and came out in summer of 2008 and is still airing on TV stations. Apart from his album, emreaydın wrote the song “Sensiz İstanbul’a Düşmanım” for the band gripin which became one of the top songs on the billboards in 2007 and won the “Best Song of the Year” and “Best Duet of the Year” awards for emreaydın and gripin. In MTV’s anual “European Music Awards” contest in 2008 emreaydın took the first place and was awarded the “Best Artist of the Year” in the Pop-Rock category in the Turkey leg of the contest. In the second and the final leg of the contest emreaydın competed in Liverpool against the winners of 21 other European countries and brought home to Turkey the “2008 Europe’s Favourite Act” award. emreaydın gave more than 130 concerts within the first year of his debut album and more than 250 by the end of the second year. He was given more than 25 awards by many national educational institutions and production and publishing companies, including “Best Rock Artist of the Year” and “Best New Artist of the Year” Currently emreaydın is working on his second album which is expected to come out at the end of 2009. After the “loneliness” theme on his debut album, the artist chose the theme “melancholy” for the songs that will take place on his new album. The album is expected to feature a synthesis of eastern and western sounds and is expected to be another great success for emreaydın.