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Sibel Redžep Сибел Реџеп | |
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 Sibel Redžep in May 2008 during the Rix FM Festival inJönköping, Sweden | |
| Background information | |
| Born | (1987-12-12)12 December 1987 (age 37) |
| Origin | Kristianstad, Sweden |
| Genres | Pop, rock,ambient,house |
| Occupation | Singer |
| Instrument | Vocals |
| Years active | 2008–present |
| Labels | Warner Bros. Records,Warner Music Sweden (2008–present) |
| Website | sibel |
Sibel Redžep (Turkish:Sibel Recep,Macedonian:Сибел Реџеп; born 12 December 1987) is a Macedonian-born Swedish pop singer. She is known from the Swedish television showIdol 2005, where she was the second runner up.She was also a semi-finalist ofIdol 2004, where she placed fourth in her group but didn't make it to the finals.
Before she joined the show she lived inKristianstad, Sweden. Sibel speaks Swedish, Turkish, Macedonian, English, French and a little Chinese and German. She was also the background vocalist for the 2009 hit single "It's Alright, It's OK" byAshley Tisdale.
She was born inRadoviš in the mountains ofsoutheasternNorth Macedonia, thenYugoslavia, to an ethnicMacedonian Turkish family. Her family lived in the nearby small Macedonian village ofTopolnica.
In 2004, 16-year-old Redžep entered Swedish talent contestIdol. She sang "Beautiful" byChristina Aguilera, reducing the usually hard-faced judgePeter Swartling to tears.The following year, she was beaten to the final byAgnes Carlsson andSebastian Karlsson.
Sibel's management team includes "Idol" judgePeter Swartling, who immediately after the loss of Sibel in the penultimate round ofIdol 2005. Swartling stood to his word and in the summer of 2006, he started work with Sibel in the studio with songwriter/producer Christian Antblad in Dublin. With Sibel at the microphone it was decided that they would work with big ballads for her voice. One of the ballads, "How I Tried To Let You Go" was originally a small idea for a chorus sung by Sibel over the phone, which was taken to the studio where Christian and Peter immediately fell for it. With a total of about thirty songs recorded, Sibel returned to the home town of Kristianstad to graduate from high school.
Redžep participated inMelodifestivalen 2008 with theballad "That Is Where I'll Go", in the last semi-final, where she advanced to "Andra chansen" (second chance), and subsequently made it to the finals. In hope of representing Sweden atEurovision Song Contest 2008 in Belgrade, Serbia. She was lost toCharlotte Perrelli, who later represented Sweden in theEurovision 2008.
Since the show Sibel has released her albumThe Diving Belle and two singles, "That Is Where I'll Go" and "Make Believe. There are plans to release her debut album in her native language,Turkish.
Redžep participated inMelodifestivalen 2010 with the song "Stop". She performed in semi-final 4, held on 27 February. The song was written byMikaela Stenström andDimitri Stassos. She competed for the chance to representSweden at the Eurovision Song Contest, but she failed, as she only placed 7th.
In 2010, Sibel Redžep recorded the song "Our Generation" forDisney Channel's TV seriesShake It Up, which is featured on the soundtrackShake It Up: Break It Down.
Sibel is also a songwriter signed to BMG after several years of songwriting at Warner Chappell. Since 2014 she's mostly writing songs for other artists. She has sung backing vocals on Ariana Grande's hit singles Into You, Love Me Harder, and Bad Decisions; Carly Rae Jepsen's Run Away With Me; and other artists such as Victoria Justice, Ashley Tisdale and Hilary Duff. Sibel is frequently between Stockholm and Los Angeles writing songs.
| Sibel Redzep discography | |
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| Studio albums | 1 |
| Singles | 2 |
| Music videos | 2 |
| B-sides | 1 |
| Year | Information | Sweden[1] | Sales and Certifications |
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| 2008 | The Diving Belle
| 9 | Swedish sales: 22,000 (Gold) |
| Year | Song | Sweden[2] | Certification | Album | |||||||||||||||
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| 2008 | "That Is Where I'll Go" | 6 | — | The Diving Belle | |||||||||||||||
| "Make Believe" | 56 | — | |||||||||||||||||
| "Walking Away" | Promo | — | |||||||||||||||||
| 2009 | "I'm Sorry" | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
| 2010 | "Stop" | 27 | — | TBA | |||||||||||||||
| "The Fall"(feat.Lazee) | — | — | |||||||||||||||||
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| 2010 | "United As One"(withAlex Sayz) | — | — | Single Only | |||||||||||||||
| 2011 | "Wake Up" | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
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