Bahar Kizil

Occupation(s)Years active2006–presentLabels

Bahar Kizil (Turkish: Bahar Kızıl; born 5 October 1988) is a German singer and songwriter of Turkish descent, best known as one of the founding members of the girl group Monrose, which won the fifth season of the German version of Popstars.

Early life

Born in Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, Kizil is from a Turkish family from Bayburt,^[1] and her first name, Bahar, means "spring" (the season) in Turkish. At age 12, she started with ballet. In her town, she sang with four different bands prior to the Popstars casting.

Career

Kizil is one of the three winners of the fifth German Popstars season and was a member of the resulting group Monrose, together with Senna Gammour and Mandy Capristo. After their break-up in 2011, she started her solo-career in 2013 and premiered with her song "Drank" featuring SpaceBoyz. In the same year, her song "Medusa" featuring Nitro came out. In 2015, she released her debut album Bullets of Love, which did not peaked the Official Charts. In 2017, she participated on the German dance show Dance Dance Dance and teamed up with No Angels singer Sandy Mölling.

After a long music break, Kizil came back in 2019 as a lead vocalist in the pop group Traumfrequenz. In the same year, she released her solo songs "What Eyes Cannot See" and "C'est ma vie". In 2020, she decided to sing in German and released the songs "Die Fremde", "Blaue Stunde", and "NOS" on YouTube and Spotify. She is currently working on her second album.

Discography

With Monrose

Studio albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
		GER	AUT	SWI
Bullets of Love	Released: 30 January 2015 Label: Membran Media GmbH Formats: CD, digital download, streaming	—	—	—

Compilation

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
		GER	AUT	SWI
Die 10 Gebote (Musical by Dieter Falk, Michael Künzel)	Released: 1 September 2009 Label: Gerth Medien GmbH Formats: CD, digital download, streaming	—	—	—

Singles

As solo artist

List of singles, with selected chart positions and certifications

Title	Year	Peak chart positions				Album
		GER	GER BC	AUT	SWI
"Memories" (feat. Cristóbal Gálvez Moreno)	2009	—	—	—	—	Memories (CD single)
"Drank" (feat. SpaceBoyz)	2013	—	3	—	—	Bullets of Love
"Medusa" (feat. Nitro)		—	—	—	—
"Love Bullet"	2014	—	—	—	—
"Gossip Bitch"		—	11	—	—
"Revo"		—	—	—	—
"Bulletproof"	2015	—	—	—	—
"What Eyes Cannot See"	2019	—	—	—	—	Non-album singles
"C'est Ma Vie"		—	—	—	—
"Die Fremde"	2020	—	—	—	—
"Blaue Stunde"		—	—	—	—
"NOS"		—	—	—	—
"Flieder"	2021	—	—	—	—
"Genug"		—	—	—	—
"Zaman"		—	—	—	—
"—" denotes a title that was not released or did not chart in that territory.

With Traumfrequenz

Title	Year	Peak chart positions			Album
		GER	AUT	SWI
"Ohne dich"	2019	—	—	—	Non-album singles
"Hunderttausend"		—	—	—
"Mon chéri"		—	—	—
"—" denotes a title that was not released or did not chart in that territory.

Other appearances

Year	Song	Album
2011	"Daheim"	Non-album single
	"Königinnen"	Hanni und Nanni 2: Original Soundtrack
2012	"Marching Over You"	Non-album single
2016	"Ist dein kleines Herz noch für mich frei?" (with Whiskydenker)	Wir bleiben hier

Filmography

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2013	Promi Shopping Queen	Herself	Participant; 1 episode
2017	Dance Dance Dance	Herself	Participant

References