Ümit Sayın is a Turkish pop singer, composer and songwriter who, after working as a vocalist for many famous artists in the 1990s, is known for his own albums and the songs he wrote for other singers.
He was born on April 26, 1970 in Izmir. He completed his primary and secondary education in this city, then started studying economics at Anadolu University Open Education Faculty; However, he abandoned his education when he turned to music. He took classical guitar lessons from Timur Selçuk in Istanbul and worked in a recording studio for two years.
From vocalist to solo career
Taking the stage at Sezen Aksu's Izmir concert in 1990 was the turning point in her career; Aksu took him into the vocal team. In the following years, he worked as a vocalist with Harun Kolçak (1992), Ajda Pekkan (1993) and Tarkan (1994-1995).
Since 1991, he also turned to composition and songwriting. Names such as Deniz Arcak, Tarkan, Zeynep Dizdar, Leman Sam and Işın Karaca sang his songs. He released his first solo album in 1996; This was followed by I Am Of Course in 1999 and Mai in 2004. In the following years, his works titled Lyrics-Music Ümit Sayın and Spontaneously were published.
Sayın continues his production as one of the names that made an important contribution to the background of 1990s Turkish pop, both with his own albums and with the songs he gave to other performers.
