# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kayahan
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:37:16.014Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kayahan"
name: "Kayahan"
slug: "kayahan"
description: "Kayahan Açar was a Turkish pop music singer-songwriter. He was an accomplished composer, consistently ranking among the best-selling Turkish musicians of all time. Kayahan composed all of his own material and released more than eight best-selling albums during a career spanning three decades. Kayahan released a number of compact cassettes, CDs and albums and had major singles. He represented Turkey in Eurovision Song Contest 1990 with \"Gözlerinin Hapsindeyim\"."
tagline: "Turkish singer (1949–2015)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kayahan.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Turkey"
  isoCode: "TR"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1949-03-29"
deathDate: "2015-04-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           52.64
  momentum:             1.528223999172814
  historical:           18.10375733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZrhIZ6UUoQlbWqTtRDdgUw"
    handle:    "UCZrhIZ6UUoQlbWqTtRDdgUw"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1485636/"
    handle:    "nm1485636"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/71wTGSTWEPSLnfe7tA2wkX"
    handle:    "71wTGSTWEPSLnfe7tA2wkX"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.kayahan.info"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/957424"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "كاياهان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "کایاهان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kayahan"
    title: "Kayahan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kayahan_A%C3%A7ar"
    title: "Kayahan Açar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kayahan"
    title: "Kayahan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kayahan"
    title: "Kayahan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kayahan"
    title: "Kayahan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "کایاهان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kayahan"
    title: "Kayahan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%B9%B4%EC%95%BC%ED%95%9C"
    title: "카야한"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kayahan_A%C3%A7ar"
    title: "Kayahan Açar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kayahan_A%C3%A7ar"
    title: "Kayahan Açar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kayahan"
    title: "Kayahan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kayahan"
    title: "Kayahan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%8F%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%BD"
    title: "Каяхан"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kayahan"
    title: "Kayahan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kayahan_A%C3%A7ar"
    title: "Kayahan Açar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kayahan"
    title: "Kayahan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%8F%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%BD"
    title: "Каяхан"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikiquote.org/wiki/Kayahan"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/b409514e-0a3a-4948-8a95-20a0fef03a51"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1347777"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump