Hadise Açıkgöz (born 21 October 1985)[2] is a Belgian-born Turkish singer, songwriter, dancer and television personality.

In 2003, she participated in the Belgian singing competition show Idool 2003, but rose to fame after releasing her debut album Sweat in 2005.

The album, which includes English and Turkish songs, features the single "Deli Oğlan" that became a number-one hit in Turkey.

[10] At the age of 18 and with the support of her family Hadise participated in the first season of the show Idool, the Flemish version of the Pop Idol series.

Hendrickx contacted Hadise explaining how impressed he was with her performance on the show and offered her an album contract.

[15] She later released the single "Stir Me Up" which gained popularity in both Belgium and especially Turkey, where the song became a huge hit in the summer of 2006.

[12][13] Hadise then released her single "Milk Chocolate Girl", the biggest hit from her debut album, which peaked at No.

[16] The self-titled album, was originally intended to be named On High Heels, referring to the fact that she had grown enormously in her professional career and knowledge.

Also the song "My Body" became popular in the Balkan countries and started airing at the Bulgarian Balkanika TV's playlist.

In July 2008, Hadise revealed that she had met Kevin Federline during her trip to the United States and told the media that he had produced some music for her to use on a future album.

A new video had surfaced of Hadise telling Belgian viewers that her future album would include urban beats along with some of the producers and choreographers had worked with Britney Spears, Justin Timberlake, Alicia Keys, and many more artists that are big in the game.

[23] In August 2008, she was nominated as the Best Turkish Act on MTV Europe Music Awards but lost to Emre Aydın.

[28] On 24 October 2008, İbrahim Şahin, the general manager of Turkish broadcaster TRT, announced that Hadise had won an official poll beating out the likes of Şebnem Ferah to represent Turkey as the 2009 participant at the 54th Eurovision Song Contest.

[26] It was later revealed by the Turkish newspaper Sabah, that Hadise had presented three songs to TRT, who then chose the entry internally.

[32][33] Hadise then began working on her third studio album, titled Fast Life,[34] which she first revealed on her official MySpace page, during her preparation for the Eurovision Song Contest.

The tracks "Sirada" and "Kahraman" are the Turkish translation of Hadise's songs, from her album Fast Life, "On Top" and "Hero" respectively.

[39] After her successful tour, Hadise began working on her second Turkish album, Aşk Kaç Beden Giyer?.

received mixed reviews from critics with some finding it too ordinary and the others praising it for its high standards in the Turkish pop music category.

[42][43] The lead single, "Superman", quickly began gaining airplay in Turkey and ranked number 5 on Türkçe Top 20 and eventually became the eighth most-downloaded song of the year.

In January 2014, Hadise stated that her older sibling, Hülya Açıkgöz, would be directing her upcoming and subsequent music videos.

[47] Her sixth studio album, Tavsiye (English: Advice), was produced by Pasaj Müzik and released in August 2014.

[56] Its music video was later described as erotic by the Radio and Television Supreme Council and, as a result, the channels that had broadcast it were fined.

[57] Hadise, who described this decision as an act of patriarchy and sexism, commented on the issue by saying: "Our male artists have had numerous scenes with actresses/models and they do not fall into the category of 'erotic' at all.

[62] Its music video, which took 32 hours to shoot, was first shown to the public during Hadise's concert at the Cemil Topuzlu Open-Air Theatre on 10 August 2019.

[64] The EP's lead single, "Olsun", was written and composed by Yıldız Tilbe and Devrim Karaoğlu and its music video was directed by Şenol Korkmaz.

The song's music video was inspired by the death of Evelyn McHale, who committed suicide by jumping from the 86th-floor observation deck of the Empire State Building.

She handled a critical moment when Maurice Engelen, one of the judges, left the contest during a live television cast.

Since 2011, Hadise has been working as one of the judges on the singing competition show O Ses Türkiye (Turkish version of The Voice).

[69] In October 2021, Hadise launched her own clothing brand called Kert, the products of which were put on sale on GittiGidiyor.