◇ image via WikipediaKenan Doğulu
Kenan Doğulu is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Ozan Doğulu. Those roots explain a lot about how Kenan Doğulu arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Tarkan, Hande Yener, Sertab Erener, Sezen Aksu and Levent Yüksel, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Gülben Ergen, Bengü, Hepsi, Sezen Aksu and Deniz Seki, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 16 connections around Kenan Doğulu, reaching back through Ozan Doğulu and forward to Gülben Ergen. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Kenan Doğulu is a Turkish pop musician. He represented Turkey at the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 in Helsinki, where he was placed fourth, with 163 points. In the summer of 2006, Doğulu released the album Festival, containing the hit single "Çakkıdı", in collaboration with Sezen Aksu.
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Kenan Doğulu connections
Kenan Doğulu grew out of Ozan Doğulu, shares an orbit with Tarkan, Hande Yener, Sertab Erener and Sezen Aksu, went on to shape Gülben Ergen, Bengü, Hepsi and Sezen Aksu. 16 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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