Nilgül Badakal was born in Izmir on February 2, 1972 and continued her education life intertwined with music. The artist, who completed his primary, secondary, high school and higher education years in Izmir, started performing in various choirs and associations during his youth. Winning the contracted artist exam organized by TRT İzmir Radio's TSM department in 1993 was the first step in his professional music journey.
Nilgül moved to Istanbul after a short time and performed in various venues there for six years; He also took part in the stages as the vocalist of well-known bands such as Fedon and Hayko.
Meeting TMC in 1998 triggered his decision to make an album. After a long preparation process, the album "Ömürsüz Sevdalar", arranged by Erhan Bayrak, met with the audience in July 2000. A video clip was shot for the songs "Yüreğimi Eller Dağlamış" and "Allah Korusun" from the album; Nilgül also sang the song "Balalayka", with lyrics by Ayla Hacıoğulları and music by Aşkın Arsunan.
In February 2002, he wrote and composed four songs, "Alem", "Güller Soldu", "Hani Her Şeydim" and "Yan Kalpim Yan", in the "Arabesk Günler" project directed by Kıraç.
His third album, "Pervane", was released on January 31, 2005, with the production and arrangements of Febyo Taşel; A video clip was shot for the songs "Pış Pışla", "Konuşaiyorum" and "Yıllar Yollar". Due to health problems, they released their fourth album "Nar‑ı Aşk" on June 27, 2006, under the arrangement of Güçlü Arslan, and a rock-oriented sound and live instrument performances came to the fore.
The album included Nilgül's lyrics and compositions such as " Benim Olsan " and "Sevda Yalan", as well as a cover of İzzet Altınmeşe's folk song "You Turn My Summer Into Winter".
Nilgül, who recorded a duet called "Yandım Yandım Yandım" with Bertuğ Cemil in 2008, married businessman Nazif Eroğlu in 2009 and gave birth to her son Ömer Efe in 2010. After a long break, he released a three-song maxi single called "Okyanus" in March 2012; The music video was shot for the song “Dualarım Benimle” (My Prayers Are With You).
He brought a new breath to his music career with his singles "Radyoda Bi' Şarkı" in 2018 and "Lektup" in 2019.
