TARKAN, turkish pop singer

Hüsamettin Tarkan Tevetoğlu (born October 17, 1972 in Alzey, Germany), popularly known as Tarkan, is a World Music award winning Turkish pop singer. He was born in Germany and raised in Turkey. Tarkan has been known for the use of sexual and romantic themes in his work and has been nicknamed the "Prince of Pop" by the media. He has released several platinum-selling albums during his career, with an estimated 29 million albums and singles sold. He also produces music through his company HITT Music, which he established in February 1997. One of a few European singers that has managed to span chart success over three continents without singing in English, the artist is also noted for his live stage performances. Tarkan's effect on Turkey has been compared by The Washington Post as analogous to Elvis in America circa 1957 and Atlantic Records co-founder Ahmet Ertegün described him as one of the best live performers he had ever seen. He has also been listed by Rhapsody as a key artist in the history of European pop music, with his signature song "Şımarık" as a keystone track that moved the genre forward.

Awards

List of awards Tarkan has won during his career:

International

• 1999, World Music Awards (Monaco)
  • Best Selling Middle Eastern Artist: Tarkan
• 1999, Record Fair MIDEM (Cannes)
  • Best Selling Pop Single: Şımarık
• 2004, The Pud Award (Russia)
  • "Song of the Year": Dudu

Domestic

• 1998 Kral TV Awards
  • Yılın Şarkısı (Song of the Year): Şımarık
• 2001 MGD Altin Objektif Ödülleri
  • Yılın En İyi Pop Müzik Sanatçısı (Best pop singer of the year)
• 2001 Kral TV Awards
  • Yılın Erkek Pop Sanatçısı (Male Pop Singer of the Year)
  • Yılın Şarkısı (Song of the Year): Kuzu Kuzu
  • Yılın Videosu (Video of the Year): Hup
• 2002 MGD Altin Objektif Ödülleri
  • En İyi Erkek Yorumcu (Best male singer)
  • Yılın Albümü (Album of the year): Karma
• 2003 Kral TV Müzik Ödülleri
  • En iyi pop erkek (Best male pop singer)

David Villa

David Villa

Personal information
Full name	David Villa Sánchez
Date of birth	3 December 1981 (1981-12-03) (age 28)
Place of birth	Langreo, Spain
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Barcelona
Number	7
Youth career
1991–1999	Langreo
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1999–2001	Sporting Gijón B	65	(25)
2001–2003	Sporting Gijón	80	(38)
2003–2005	Zaragoza	73	(32)
2005–2010	Valencia	166	(107)
2010–	Barcelona	0	(0)
National team‡
2000–2003	Spain U21	7	(0)
2005–	Spain	64	(43)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 3 July 2010 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 8 July 2010 (UTC)

This is a Spanish name; the first family name is Villa and the second is Sánchez.

David Villa Sánchez (Spanish pronunciation: [daˈβið ˈβiʎa]; born 3 December 1981), nicknamed El Guaje (The Kid in Asturian), is a Spanish footballer who currently plays as a striker for FC Barcelona and the Spanish national team.

Despite sustaining a serious injury as a child, he started his professional career with Sporting de Gijón and made his debut in 2000 in Spain's Segunda División. He moved to Real Zaragoza after two seasons, after a total of 38 goals and 80 appearances for Gijón. He made his La Liga debut at Zaragoza and scored 31 goals in 73 appearances in the next two seasons, winning the Copa del Rey and Supercopa de España, his first senior honours. He joined Valencia CF in 2005 for a transfer fee of €12 million. He was the second highest scorer in the 2005–06 season with 25 goals, and was part of the Valencia team that won the Copa del Rey for a seventh time in the 2007–08 season. In 2010 he moved to Barcelona for €40 million.

Villa made his international debut in 2005 against San Marino. He has since participated in three major tournaments: 2006 World Cup, Euro 2008 and the 2010 World Cup. He scored three goals at the 2006 World Cup, was top scorer at Euro 2008 with four goals and another five at the 2010 World Cup. He is the second all-time scorer for Spain, trailing Raúl González's record of 44 goals. Statistics (based on goal importance and the tournament they were scored in) demonstrate Villa to be the most prolific goalscorer in the world between 2005–2009, seeing the back of the net over 156 times, while the IFFHS listed him 4th in the "World's Top Goal Scorer 2009" rankings, while in 2010, he came 1st in their "2010's World Top Goalscorer at International Level" rankings. Villa has two children with his wife Patricia and often attends charity events supported by sports personalities.