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Yalın (* 30 March 1980 in Istanbul, actually Hüseyin Yalın) is a Turkish pop musician and songwriter. He had his breakthrough with the song Zalim.

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Yalın wrote his first songs during his school days. Later he studied economics. At this time, he recorded his first demo CD.

His enthusiasm for music goes back to his childhood when he saw his father playing the Gipsy Kings with the guitar. Since then, Yalın's interest in music has grown. Edit CareerQuelltext

After a year and a half his 2004 debut album Ellerine Sağlık appeared. The song Zalim quickly became one of the great hits in Turkey. Within the first week his album was sold 200,000 times. By the end of the first month it reached a sales volume of 300,000 copies. After four months it was sold 500,000 times and became one of the best-selling albums in Turkey in 2004.

With his second album Bir Bakmışsın, Yalın surpassed the musical achievements of his first album. Although he kept the sound of his music similar to Ellerine Sağlık, she received positive comments from critics.

In 2006 a collaboration with the American reggae artist Shaggy and the Japanese singer AI appeared on her album What's Goin 'on A.I .. Discography Edit the source text Weblinks Edit sourcetext

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