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Keremcem in 2012
Background information
Birth name	Kerem Cem Dürük
Born	Muğla, Turkey
Genres	Pop, R&B
Occupation(s)	Singer-songwriter, actor
Instruments	Vocals
Years active	2001–present

Kerem Cem Dürük , known professionally as Keremcem, is a Turkish pop singer and actor. He is best known for popular series Aşk Oyunu and O Hayat Benim. He also hosted the short-lived television show Keremcem ile Söyle Söyleyebilirsen on Star TV.

Biography

Keremcem was born on 28 December 1977 in Milas. He attended Milas Sakarya Primary School, before enrolling in İzmir Private Fatih College (junior high). He graduated from high school in Turgutreis in 1995. He graduated from Ege University (University of Aegean) majoring in International Relations in 2003. He started playing guitar in high school.

His first composition "Elimde Değil", meaning "not in my hands", was made in 1996 in Ankara. He came to Istanbul in 2001. During this period, his friend Yunus Adak composed "Eylül". Yonca Evcimik introduced him to Aykut Gürel and so began his professional musical career as a singer. Two solo albums; Eylül (2004), Aşk Bitti (2006) and a duet album Maia (2005, feat. Seden Gürel) were produced by Iremrecords. He performed over 130 concerts all over Turkey, Cyprus, and Germany. He also performed the starring role in two TV series; Aşk Oyunu (2005–2006), İki Yabancı (2007) and Elif (2008) played as lead role in the series.

Discography

Filmography

Awards

List of awards Keremcem has won during his career

• 2005, POPSAV Başarı Ödülleri
  • En İyi Çıkış Yapan Şarkıcı (Best Breakthrough Artist)
• 2005, 33. Altın Kelebek Ödülleri
  • En İyi Çıkış Yapan Erkek Soloist (Best Breakthrough Male Soloist)
• 2005, Future Gençlik ve Müzik Dergisi
  • En İyi Çıkış Yapan Erkek Sanatçı (Best Breakthrough Male Artist)
• 2006, 13. Kral TV Video Müzik Ödülleri
  • En İyi Pop Erkek Sarkıcı (Best Pop Male Artist)
• 2006, Google Türkiye
  • Yılın En Çok Ziyaret Edilen Web Sitesi "keremcem.com" (Most Visited Web Site of the Year "keremcem.com"
• 2006, 10. İFA Ödülleri
  • En İyi Pop Erkek Şarkıcı (Best Pop Male Artist)
• 2006, NetBul Magazin
  • Türkiye'nin erkek pop star’ı (Turkey's male pop Star)
• 2007, Jetix
  • En Sevilen Türk Erkek Şarkıcı (The most popular Turkish male Singer)
• 2007, Walt Disney
  • HSM-2 Şarkılarını Kendi Diline En İyi Adapte Eden Şarkıcı (Best Adapted to he's songs in he's language Singer)
• 2008, Yılın En Has Bilişimcileri -Kadir Has Üni-
  • En İyi Resmi Web Sitesi www.keremcem.com.tr (Best Official Web Site www.keremcem.com.tr)
• 2009, Algida Max
  • En Sevilen Erkek Sanatçı (The most popular male Artists)
• 2009, Gerçek Pop
  • En İyi Orkestralı Video Klip "Sana Ferrari Gerekti" (Best Video Clip orchestral "Sana Ferrari Gerekti")
• 2010, Ayaklı Gazete
  • Türkiye'nin En Güzel Yüzlü Erkek Dizi Oyuncusu (Turkey's Most Beautiful Faces Female Player of the Series)
• 2010, Magazin Plus
  • Yılın En İyi Erkek Pop Sanatçısı (Best Pop Male Artist)
• 2010, Altın Kariyer Ödülleri -Muğla Üni.-
  • En İyi Türk Pop Sanatçısı (Best Turkish Pop Artist)

See also

In Spanish: Keremcem para niños