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maNga | |
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Ankara,Turkey |
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| Years active | 2001–present |
| Labels | Poll Production,GRGDN,Sony Music Entertainment |
| Members | Ferman Akgül (lead singer) Yağmur Sarıgül (guitarist) Cem Bahtiyar (bassist) Özgür Can Öney (drummer) |
| Past members | Orçun Şekerusta (bassist, 2001-2002) Efe Yılmaz (DJ, 2001-2013) |
| Website | www.manga.web.tr |
Manga (stylised asmaNga) is a Turkishrock band whose music is mainly a fusion ofAnatolian melodies withelectronic elements. In 2009, they won both theBest Turkish Act award fromMTV Turkey and consequently theBest European Act award fromMTV Networks Europe inMTV Europe Music Awards 2009. They representedTurkey at theEurovision Song Contest 2010 with the song "We Could Be the Same" and took second place.
maNga was formed in the year 2001. It was guitaristYağmur Sarıgül's idea to name the band afterJapanese comics.[4] Initially, they were mostly underground, playing covers of other rock and metal bands. The band made the music forAşık Veysel's poem "Kara Toprak", and later used a different poem byGöksel for the song "Dursun Zaman". They came into the public spotlight after finishing as runner-up at theSing Your Song music contest. This caught the attention of artist managerHadi Elazzi (GRGDN), who immediately promoted the band toSony Music, which resulted in their first, self-titled album being published in 2004, becoming a hit.[5] Following this, they performed at various music festivals and have worked with various famous Turkish singers asKoray Candemir (ofKargo fame),Vega and Göksel.
On 13 August 2006, maNga became the first Turkish rock band to take stage at theSziget Festival,Budapest,Hungary. In 2006 they also had concerts in theNetherlands andGermany. Most of their songs are written by the group members. Sarıgül, the author of most of the songs, has described the band's genre as blendingnu metal andhip hop with Anatolian melodies. maNga's duet with Göksel is included in one of the most successful (with almost a million viewers[6]) Turkish films,Sınav (featuringJean-Claude Van Damme).[7][8] Their songBir Kadın Çizeceksin was featured among the music of theFIFA 06 game. The band headlined several Turkish music festivals, includingSaklıfest,[9]Patlıcan,[10]Rokofest[11] andRock'n Coke. The band was to take stage in theWembley Stadium inLondon, together withTarkan, but maNga did not perform due to technical difficulties on 13 April 2008.[12] They also played in London'sO2 Academy Islington on 4 December 2009. On 12 January 2010 the Turkish broadcasterTRT announced that maNga would be the Turkish representative at theEurovision Song Contest 2010.[13] They came second with 170 points, behind Germany.[14]
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| TUR Rock [15] | SWE [16] | SWI [17] | RUS [18] | UK [19] | |||||||||
| "Dünyanın Sonuna Doğmuşum" | 2009 | 1 | — | — | 335 | — | Şehr-i Hüzün | ||||||
| "Beni Benimle Bırak" | 1 | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| "Cevapsız Sorular" | 2 | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| "We Could Be the Same" | 2010 | 1 | 29 | 56 | — | 129 | E-akustik | ||||||
| "Fly to Stay Alive" | 2 | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| "Fazla Aşkı Olan Var Mı?" | 2014 | — | — | — | — | — | Işıkları Söndürseler Bile | ||||||
| "Parti" | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| "Hint Kumaşı" | 2015 | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| "Işıkları Söndürseler Bile" | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| Kendi Yolundan Şaşma | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | |||||||
| "Yad Eller" | 2018 | — | — | — | — | — | X | ||||||
| "Süper Güçlerimiz Var" | 2019 | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | ||||||
| "Zor" | 2020 | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| "Bize Her Yer Stat" | 2021 | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| "Kırıla Kırıla" | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| "Uzun İnce Bir Yoldayım" | 2023 | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| "—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released. | |||||||||||||
| Title | Year | Album(s) | Artist |
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| "Raptiye Rap Rap" | 2005 | Mutlaka Yavrum | Cem Karaca |
| "Dursun Zaman" | 2006 | Sınav Soundtrack | — |
| "Beni Unutma" | 2011 | İyilik&Güzellik Spor | Feridun Düzağaç |
| "Fly To Stay Alive" | Anadolu Kartalları Soundtrack | — | |
| "Tek Yön Seçtiğin Tüm Yollar" | |||
| "Yine Yeni Yeniden Sev" | 2015 | Hadi İnşallah Soundtrack | — |
| "Haykıracak Nefesim Kalmasa Bile" | 2019 | Fikret Şeneş Şarkıları | Fikret Şeneş |
| "Para Parra Parrra" | 2020 | Baba Parası Soundtrack | — |
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| Year | Award | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
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| 2005 | POPSAV Ödülleri | Best rock band | Nominated | [20] | |
| Best video | Nominated | ||||
| Hürriyet Altın Kelebek Ödülleri (Golden Butterfly Awards) | Best Newcomer Band | Nominated | [21] | ||
| 2006 | MÜYAP Ödülleri | Gold Disc | maNga | Won | [22] |
| 2009 | MTV Turkey | Best Turkish Act | Nominated | [23] | |
| 2009 | MTV Europe Music Awards | Best Turkish Act | Won | [24] | |
| Best European Act | Won | ||||
| 2010 | Eurovision Song Contest | "We Could Be the Same" | 2nd | ||
| 2011 | Balkan Music Awards | Best Duet/Group In The Balkans | Nominated | ||
| 2012 | Best Group In The Balkans | Nominated | |||
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| Preceded by | Best European Act in theMTV Europe Music Awards 2009 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Turkey in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Best Group in the Balkans 2010, 2012 | Succeeded by |
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