Derya Uluğ

Derya Uluğ (born 21 February 1986) is a Turkish singer.

Derya Uluğ
Derya Uluğ in March 2024
Born	(1986-02-21) 21 February 1986 (age 39) İzmir, Turkey
Education	Muğla University Haliç University
Occupation	Singer
Musical career
Genres	Pop
Years active	2016–present
Labels	DMC, Noya
Website	www.deryaulug.com

Uluğ was born in İzmir in 1986 as one of four siblings and was raised there. She is of Bulgarian Turkish and Albanian origin.^[1][2] From her childhood, she was interested in music and at the age of 8 took part in a music competition. She studied music and violin at the Muğla University and later graduated from Haliç University Conservatory.^[2]

She worked as Ebru Gündeş's backing vocalist for 3 years, until she decided to start her own music career. She released her first single "Okyanus" (Ocean) in 2016. The song was written by herself and Asil Gök, and composed by Burak Yeter. On 13 November 2016, Uluğ won the "Best Newcomer Soloist" award at the 43rd Golden Butterfly Awards.^[3]

Discography

Studio albums

• Nefes (2023)

Singles

List of singles as lead artist, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing year released and album name

Title	Year	Peak chart positions	Album
		TUR Dom. Air. [4]
"Okyanus"	2016	*	Non-album singles
"Canavar"	2017
"Nabız 180"
"Ne Münasebet"	2018
"Kafalar Karışık" (with Ece Seçkin)
"Ah Zaman"	2019
"Göremedim Bi de Sen Bak"
"Kanunlar Gibi [tr]"	2021	1
"Bizim Çocuklar" (with Mustafa Sandal, Eypio & Irmak Arıcı)		—
"Sana Çıkıyor Yollar"		—
"Canım Dediklerim"	2022	—	Saygı Albümü: Bergen [tr]
"Hadi Çal"		—	Non-album singles
"Esmerin Adı Oya (Sarışınlar Çat)"	2023	—
"Nefes"		2	Nefes
"Yansıma" (with Asil Gök)		4
"Yabani"	2024	5	Şehrazat Bir Ömrün Hikayesi
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. "*" denotes the chart did not exist at that time.

As featured artist

• "Sen Maşallah" (with Güven Yüreyi) (2017)
• "Ayrılığın Yükü Ağır" (from the album Yıldız Tilbe'nin Yıldızlı Şarkıları) (2018)
• "Sürgün Aşkımız" (with Emrah Karaduman) (2018)
• "Leyla & Mecnun" (with Cem Belevi) (2020)
• "Canım Dediklerim" (from the album Saygı Albümü: Bergen) (2022)
• "Hadi Çal" (from the album Serdar Ortaç Şarkıları, Vol. 1) (2022)
• "Yazık" (with Ceylan Ertem) (from the album Duyuyor Musun?) (2022)
• "Yabani" (from the album Şehrazat Bir Ömrün Hikayesi) (2024)